Foods that start with H
63 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 8 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 14 Plankton
- 26 Too Clever
- 15 Schooler
- 4 Rare
- 3 Deep Cut
- 1 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.
- Hotchpotch
- A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables.
- Herring salad
- Based on pickled herring.
- Hindshank
- A cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg.
- Hand cheese
- Any cheese originally molded by hand.
- Hard sauce
- Butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings.
- Huitre
- Edible body of any of numerous oysters.
All 63 foods that start with H
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
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| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also Hotpot | A stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot. | Soups & stews | Plankton | 550K |
| also Ground beef | Beef that has been ground. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 368K |
| also Frankfurter, Hotdog, Wiener | A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 368K |
| also Hard-boiled egg | An egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 301K |
| Contains more than 36% butterfat. | Cheese & dairy | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Humus, Hommos, Hoummos | A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 165K |
| Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 135K | |
| Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Jambon, Gammon | Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked). | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 135K |
| also Double creme | Cream with a fat content of 48% or more. | Cheese & dairy | Plankton | 135K |
| also Duck sauce | A thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 135K |
| also Hushpuppy | Deep-fried cornbread ball (southern). | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 135K |
| Hulled corn with the bran and germ removed. | Pasta, rice & grains | Plankton | 110K | |
| Grated horseradish root. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 110K | |
| Half milk and half light cream. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 91K | |
| A small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Hero sandwich, Hoagy, Cuban sandwich | A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments). | Sandwiches & snacks | Too Clever | 74K |
| A pungent peppery sauce. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Candy that is brittle. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Sticky bun, Caramel bun, Schnecken | Rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Cross bun | Moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K |
| Lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Chopped steak, Chop steak, Chopsteak | A patty of ground cooked beef. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Pilot biscuit, Pilot bread, Sea biscuit | Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Sauce Albert | Creamy white sauce with horseradish and mustard. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 41K |
| A bar of milk chocolate made by the Hershey company. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Frankfurter bun | A long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Goulash, Gulyas | A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika. | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 27K |
| A spicy cake partially sweetened with honey. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Hamburger roll | A round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 18K |
| A dish served as an appetizer before the main meal. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 18K | |
| The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 15K | |
| A sandwich made with a filling of sliced ham. | Sandwiches & snacks | Too Clever | 15K | |
| A crisp candy made with honey. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Horseflesh | The flesh of horses as food. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 15K |
| also Pancake, Battercake, Flannel cake | A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 15K |
| Lining of the reticulum (or second stomach) of a ruminant used as food. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 12K | |
| A candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| A cereal that is served hot. | Pasta, rice & grains | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Grits | Coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States. | Pasta, rice & grains | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Sauce chausseur | Brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 4.4K |
| The back half of a side of meat. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Eggs (scrambled or fried) served with ham. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| also Challah | (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 2.4K |
| also Vienna roll | Yeast-raised roll with a hard crust. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 2.4K |
| also Fudge sauce | Thick chocolate sauce served hot. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 2.4K |
| also Oyster | Edible body of any of numerous oysters. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Chicken cacciatore, Chicken cacciatora | Chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Quahaug, Quahog, Round clam | Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 1K | |
| A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables. | Soups & stews | Rare | 880 | |
| Based on pickled herring. | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 480 | |
| A cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg. | Meat & poultry | Rare | 480 | |
| Any cheese originally molded by hand. | Cheese & dairy | Rare | 170 | |
| also Paprika sauce | Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onion and paprika and cream. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 70 |
| A British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds. | Sweets & desserts | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| Half mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheese. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Eggs and butter with lemon juice. | Sauces & condiments | One in a Krillion | <10 |
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Questions about foods that start with H
How many foods start with H?
RareList lists 63 foods that start with H. 14 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 8 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common foods that start with H?
The most searched foods starting with H are Hot pot, Hamburger, Hot dog, Hard-cooked egg and Heavy cream.
What is a rare food that starts with H?
Hardbake is one of the rarest. A British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds. It gets about 50 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Hotchpotch, Herring salad and Hindshank.
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.