A Food Quiz for Seniors to Make Eating More Enjoyable

What do you call ohagi in the summer?

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What is the reason we don’t eat eel as sashimi?

Let’s think simply! Here’s a trivia quiz: Why don’t we eat eel as sashimi? While there are many kinds of fish served as sashimi, eel is never offered that way.

The answer is: because eel blood contains toxic substances.

Eel blood has a toxin called ichthyotoxin (ichthyohemotoxin), which can cause symptoms like nausea and abdominal pain if ingested.

That’s why eel should always be cooked thoroughly before you enjoy it.

What is the name of the headache you get when eating cold foods like shaved ice, where your head suddenly aches sharply?

A quiz about relatable topics! Here’s a trivia question: What is the name of the headache you get when your head suddenly aches with a sharp “keen” sensation while eating cold foods like shaved ice? In summer, we often crave chilly treats like shaved ice and ice cream, right? Many people have probably experienced that piercing headache at those times.

It seems that headache is called “ice cream headache.” The mechanism behind this headache is apparently not yet fully understood.

Which has higher nutritional value, fresh daikon or dried daikon (kiriboshi daikon)?

Kiriboshi daikon may seem like a simple processed food—basically just dried daikon—but the ways you use it in cooking are quite different from fresh daikon, right? So which one is more nutritious: kiriboshi daikon or fresh daikon? The key point is that it’s dried.

If you think about how the drying process changes its state, you might arrive at the answer.

The answer is “kiriboshi daikon.” By drying it, the water is removed and the nutrients become concentrated, so even the same amount ends up being more nutritious.

Knowing that drying also increases umami might make you even more eager to try using it.

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What ingredients help prevent food poisoning when included in a bento?

Here’s a trivia quiz: Which ingredient helps prevent food poisoning when packed in a bento? As temperatures rise, food poisoning from lunch boxes becomes a concern.

The ingredient said to help prevent it is umeboshi (pickled plums).

Umeboshi, rich in salt and citric acid, has strong antibacterial effects, making it a good addition to bentos.

However, it’s best not to rely on umeboshi alone—use it together with ice packs and an insulated bag.

A handy tip for the warmer seasons.

Food and Farming Quiz: Summer Vegetables Edition

Food and Agriculture Quiz Part 1: Summer Vegetables Edition

Let’s try a summer vegetable food-and-agriculture quiz! It’s a true-or-false quiz, so it’s easy for seniors to answer as well.

You might discover lots of things you didn’t know, like how tomatoes contain different nutrients depending on their color, or that green peppers have more vitamins than many fruits.

This quiz also includes trivia about summer vegetables along with health-related explanations, making it perfect for the season.

In the hot summer, boost your knowledge of summer veggies and enjoy eating them deliciously!

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Strawberries are actually vegetables.

When I was a kid, every summer there was that rumor going around like “watermelon isn’t a fruit, it’s a vegetable.” Looking back, it’s kind of cute and charming how it came up year after year.

Come to think of it, strawberries are also classified as vegetables by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

It feels odd to call something that sweet and delicious a vegetable, doesn’t it? Surprisingly, bananas and pineapples are also categorized as vegetables.

That said, these are nowadays sometimes referred to as “fruit-type vegetables,” and are treated a bit differently from ordinary vegetables.

If it’s a sweet, tasty fruit, I just want to call them all fruit already.