Famous Foods

5. a hamburger topped with cheese
6. a form of sweet dessert that is typically baked. In its oldest forms, _____ were modifications of breads, but they now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and that share features with other desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.
7. a yeasted flatbread generally topped with tomato sauce
9. a cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a partially sliced bun as a sandwich
10. a famous variety of dry pasta traditionally shaped into narrow tubes
11. a sausage (usually a hot dog) coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter on a stick

1. the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian ____) or Oryza glaberrima (African ____). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population
2. ground or minced meat rolled into a small ball
3. a dish of ground meat mixed with other ingredients, formed into a loaf shape
4. a type of corn that expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated
8. a meat has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from around 600 BC. it was one of the most common meats available in the Middle Ages