Food Word Scramble #2 — Answers

Answers for Food Word Scramble Set 2, with a note on each, including where the word spaghetti actually comes from.

#1easy

Tropical stone fruit, orange and messy to eat.

JumbleGONAM

AnswerMANGO

More mangoes are eaten worldwide than any other fresh fruit.

#2easy

Milk, given time and bacteria.

JumbleEESHCE

AnswerCHEESE

There are well over a thousand distinct varieties, and France alone claims several hundred.

#3medium

Flat pasta sheets layered with sauce and baked in a dish.

JumbleLGNAAAS

AnswerLASAGNA

The flat sheets are among the oldest pasta shapes, predating the tube and ribbon forms.

#4medium

Small cakes in paper cases, usually iced.

JumbleCKCSUPEA

AnswerCUPCAKES

The name comes from the original recipe being measured in cups rather than weighed.

#5medium

Long thin strands, best eaten with a twist of the fork.

JumblePASTTHEIG

AnswerSPAGHETTI

The name comes from spago, the Italian word for string.

#6hard

Ninety per cent water, and the giveaway is in the name.

JumbleAOERNEWTLM

AnswerWATERMELON

It is both a fruit and a vegetable, and the rind is edible when pickled.