Food of the World

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Across
  1. 2. pasta named after worms
  2. 8. spanish rice dish cooked in a wide pan
  3. 9. leafy green vegetable eaten by Popeye
  4. 10. Also known as the Egg Plant
  5. 11. like a casserole but usually cooked in apan
  6. 14. New Zealand's most famous pudding of meringue, cream and fruit
  7. 15. jam made from citrus fruits such as oranges or lemons
  8. 16. chick pea pate from the Middle East
  9. 17. how pasta should be cooked - literally 'to the tooth' (2,5)
  10. 19. creamy italian rice dish
  11. 21. the centre piece of a marriage feast (7,4)
  12. 23. a British pudding, traditionally made with suet and dried fruit and often served with custard (7,4)
Down
  1. 1. quick-fried beaten egges
  2. 3. meat from the back end of a cow (4,5)
  3. 4. Bengali curry with a thick spicy sauce that includes green chillies
  4. 5. sausages in batter (4,2,3,4)
  5. 6. produced by mammals to feed their young
  6. 7. nuts used in a Waldorf salad
  7. 12. rolled pudding with jam loved by Harry Redknapp
  8. 13. expensive japanese beef from pampered cattle
  9. 14. North East delicacy made of split peas (5,7)
  10. 18. what you put in a toaster
  11. 20. japanese dish supposedly consisting of raw fish
  12. 22. they came before the chickens