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Foods that start with E

22 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 3 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

Rare but real

Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.

English sole
Highly valued almost pure white flesh. Fish & seafood, Rare
Eccles cake
A flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit. Sweets & desserts, Schooler
Espagnole
Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira. Sauces & condiments, Schooler
Elver
Young eel. Fish & seafood, Schooler
Emmental
Swiss cheese with large holes. Cheese & dairy, Schooler

All 22 foods that start with E

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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Foods that start with E, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
NameWhat it isGroup
Tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili. Dishes & other foods Plankton 368K
Toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce. Dishes & other foods Plankton 165K
The fatty flesh of eel. Fish & seafood Plankton 135K
also Egg fu yung Omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish. Dishes & other foods Plankton 110K
Narrow strip of pasta dough made with eggs. Pasta, rice & grains Plankton 110K
Made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth. Soups & stews Plankton 110K
An egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter. Sweets & desserts Too Clever 91K
also Spring roll Minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried. Dishes & other foods Too Clever 91K
also Snail Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic. Meat & poultry Too Clever 91K
Oblong cream puff. Breads & pastries Too Clever 74K
Round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle. Breads & pastries Too Clever 74K
Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering. Cheese & dairy Too Clever 27K
A dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course. Dishes & other foods Too Clever 15K
Cut of meat taken from between the ribs. Meat & poultry Too Clever 12K
also Emmenthal, Emmenthaler, Emmentaler Swiss cheese with large holes. Cheese & dairy Schooler 8.1K
Young eel. Fish & seafood Schooler 6.6K
also Sauce Espagnole Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira. Sauces & condiments Schooler 5.4K
A flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit. Sweets & desserts Schooler 3.6K
Similar to but smaller than American lobsters. Fish & seafood Schooler 1K
also Lemon sole Highly valued almost pure white flesh. Fish & seafood Rare 320
also Sparling Common smelt of Europe. Fish & seafood Deep Cut 90
Lightly sauteed veal cutlets spread with a Soubise sauce and liver paste then sprinkled with grated Parmesan and baked briefly. Dishes & other foods Deep Cut 10

Questions about foods that start with E

How many foods start with E?

RareList lists 22 foods that start with E. 6 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 3 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common foods that start with E?

The most searched foods starting with E are Enchilada, Eggs Benedict, Eel, Egg foo yong and Egg noodle.

What is a rare food that starts with E?

European smelt is one of the rarest. Common smelt of Europe. It gets about 90 US searches a month. Other rare picks: English sole, Eccles cake and Espagnole.

How does RareList decide what counts as rare?

Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.