Food trivia
Name a way to cook food
“Name a way to cook food” is one of 54 food prompts in Icillion. Of its 138 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Boil
- Fry
- Bake
- Roast
- Grill
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Steam
- Microwave
- Barbecue
- Deep fry
- Stir fry
- Poach
- Toast
- Sauté
- Simmer
- Stew
- Smoke
- Slow cook
- Air fry
- Pan fry
- Braise
- Sear
- Sous vide
- Pressure cook
- Rotisserie
- Blanch
- Flambé
- Casserole
- Chargrill
- Scramble
- Campfire
- Griddle
- Parboil
- Caramelise
- Brown
- Pot roast
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsBoil · Fry · Bake
- Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsSteam · Microwave · Barbecue …
- The Deep51 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss51 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 51 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 138 answers in total, 51 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dum”. Longest: “Mongolian barbecue”.
- S, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 101 answers can be typed more than one way: “Shirring” counts as Shirr.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 24 of the answers begin with it.
- Boil, Fry and Bake are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a way to cook food”?
- The usual first answers are Boil, Fry, Bake, Roast and Grill. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a way to cook food”?
- 138 in all: 5 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 51 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a way to cook food” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dum” and the longest is “Mongolian barbecue”.
- How hard is “Name a way to cook food”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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