Picnic wars

3. Gathered under Arctic sea ice by Inuit communities.
4. Scale used to measure the heat of chili peppers.
5. Conical cooking vessel from Mediterranean lock in flavor by letting the steam fallback on the food.
8. Used as food and moisturizer in ancient cultures.
9. Smuggled into India by Baba Budan, hidden in his beard.
11. Funky, sulphuric spice from plant resin, traditionally sourced from Afghanistan.
14. Birthday guest of honor at the picnic.
16. Taste whose evolutionary purpose remains unclear.
18. Umami bomb originally extracted from seaweed; falsely blamed for health problems.
20. Used as condoms in ancient Rome — comes from sheep, sometimes pigs.
22. Food found in ancient tombs that never spoils.
23. Now in her 70s, this Bangkok street chef earned a Michelin star after decades of making crab omelets and noodles by fire.
24. Spicy tofu dish named after a pockmarked grandmother.
25. Aromatic root used in Thai cooking, similar to ginger.
26. Region believed to be the origin of all modern citrus fruits.
27. Bread everyone tried baking during the pandemic.

1. Fermented corn drink made by chewing and spitting.
2. Pungent fruit banned on public transport in parts of Asia.
6. Flatbread made from teff, fermented for at least 3 days, eaten cold.
7. Venetians smuggled Saint Mark’s remains under this to evade Ottoman customs.
8. Monk who laid the foundations of modern genetics with peas.
10. These mamals have been observed gently biting pufferfish to get high.
12. Earliest known recipe for this beverage found here.
13. Spicy root traditionally grated on sharkskin.
15. Glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.
17. Alien-looking wild edible fungus known for its foul smell.
19. Ancient Egyptian pyramid workers were paid in this.
21. Country experimenting with jellyfish as a food source to solve marine imbalance.
25. Ancient Roman fermented fish sauce.
28. Extinct bird hunted for meat on Mauritius.