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A small portion of ground meat that has been seasoned and rolled into a round ball-like shape. Meatballs were most likely created as a way to use up excess meat, taking scraps of meat, grinding them into small bits and possibly adding some fillers to help hold the mixture together.

A gray or dark brown sea vegetable, commonly referred to as kelp (or konbu) that is sun dried to form hard dark green to almost black in color, sheets that are processed into a variety of different products including foods, cosmetics, health items, and other products.

A gray or dark brown sea vegetable, commonly referred to as kombu (or konbu) that is sun dried to form hard dark green to almost black in color, sheets that are processed into a variety of different products including foods, cosmetics, health items, and other products.

Native to Australia, this fruit grows on bushes maturing from a pale green into a small yellow colored berry.

A variety of mushroom that includes over 100 different species, most edible but also some are poisonous.

Thin, fragile, white Japanese noodles made from wheat flour. They are sold in straight strands that are dried and bundled.

An aged Italian cheese made from sheep's milk that has a hard yellow to dark brown rind and a yellowish white interior.

A dark blackish green, triangular-shaped pepper, 3 to 5 inches long, with a wide top that tapers to a blunt end.

A dark green, tapering and narrow pepper that is five to seven inches long. When fully mature it turns a dark brown.

In plant families, the tomato is classified as a fruit (berry), but when eaten it resembles a vegetable, which it is most often considered to be.

A thick, strong flavored syrup, produced as a by-product when sugar is refined through several boilings of sugar cane or sugar beets.

A thick nutritious paste made from a base of steamed and crushed soybeans, barley and/or rice, which are then fermented and aged for as little as a few months or as long as three years.

A food substance that is produced by cooking sugar until it melts and darkens into a nutty brown colored mixture that ranges in consistency from liquid to hard-surfaced.

Often referred to as "grey" in France, this berry is very similar to the traditional black peppercorn or "poivre noir" that is common throughout the world.

(Scientific Name: Lyophyllum shimeji) Small in size, this type of Asian mushroom is one of the numerous Shimeji varieties common to Japan.

Often credited with being created in the southeast Asian region previously known as Burma where Rangoon was the capital and a major city, this food is probably not an actual Asian inspired food.

A type of flour produced from grinding polished rice (the bran and germ have been removed) into a powder.

A small pulse (legume) that is most commonly grown as a crop in India. It is used as a food for both human and animal consumption.

A type of vinegar that is produced from barley cereal grains that are malted. To manufacture the Malt Vinegar, the grain is soaked in water to soften its texture, allowing the barley to germinate, but not sprout, which results in the release of active enzymes.

A Cajun dish made as a stew containing vegetables and a single type of seafood served over a bed of rice.