Peruvian Food Word Search
A free Peruvian Food word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CEVICHE, LOMO, SALTADO, GALLO, PINGA, CAUSA, PAPA, HUMITA, ANTICUCHO, CHICHA, MORADA, PISCO.
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Peruvian Food word list, defined
- CEVICHE /səˈviːtʃeɪ/ · noun
- A Latin American dish of raw fish or seafood marinated in citrus juice, typically lime, which 'cooks' the flesh by denaturing its proteins, usually combined with onion, chilli, coriander, and other seasonings. Related: crudo, tiradito, kinilaw.
- CAUSA /ˈkaʊ.zə/ · noun
- In legal and philosophical contexts, causa denotes a reason, motive, or grounds for an action — most familiar today in set phrases such as 'causa mortis' (in anticipation of death) and 'causa sine qua non' (an indispensable condition). Separately, it is the name of a layered cold potato dish that is a staple of Peruvian cuisine. Related: reason, grounds, motive, justification.
- PAPA /ˈpɑːpə/ · noun
- An informal word for one's father, especially used by children or as a familiar form of address. Capitalized as a title, it can also refer to the pope. Related: dad, daddy, father, sire.
- CHICHA /ˈtʃiːtʃə/ · noun
- A traditional fermented beverage of South and Central America, most often made from maize but also from other grains, fruits, or cassava; the term also covers a non-alcoholic sweet maize drink (chicha morada) popular in Peru. Related: brew, ferment, liquor, beverage.
- PISCO /ˈpɪskoʊ/ · noun
- Pisco is a clear grape spirit distilled from fermented grape juice. It is the defining ingredient in the Peruvian cocktail known as a pisco sour. Related: grape brandy, pomace brandy, Peruvian brandy, Chilean brandy.
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