Foods that start with L
54 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 6 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 6 Plankton
- 23 Too Clever
- 19 Schooler
- 4 Rare
- 2 Deep Cut
- 0 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.
- Lake herring
- Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
- Loaf sugar
- A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar.
- Lyonnaise sauce
- Brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar.
- Lye hominy
- Hominy prepared by bleaching in lye.
- Langouste
- Warm-water lobsters without claws.
- Long-neck clam
- A clam that is usually steamed in the shell.
All 54 foods that start with L
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 54. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also Lasagne | Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 301K |
| Flesh of a lobster. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 246K | |
| also Lamb-chop, Lambchop | Chop cut from a lamb. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 201K |
| also Linguini | Pasta in long slender flat strips. | Pasta, rice & grains | Plankton | 135K |
| Made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery. | Soups & stews | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Ice lolly, Popsicle | Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick. | Sweets & desserts | Plankton | 110K |
| Flesh of largemouth bass. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 91K | |
| A hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Potato pancake | Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Liquorice | A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 74K |
| Small finger-shaped sponge cake. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Pie containing lemon custard and topped with meringue. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Lobster tail meat. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Lemon cheese | A conserve with a thick consistency. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 41K |
| The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Lutfisk | Dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Norwegian lobster | Caught in European waters. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 33K |
| Mollusk with a low conical shell. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 33K | |
| A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also Liver pudding, Liver sausage | Sausage containing ground liver. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 33K |
| Diced lobster mixed with Mornay sauce placed back in the shell and sprinkled with grated cheese and browned. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 27K | |
| A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Flesh of large trout of northern lakes. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Gigot | Lamb leg suitable for roasting. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Littleneck clam | A quahog when young and small. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Luncheon meat | Any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 18K |
| A candy shaped like a small lifesaver. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Roast lamb | A cut of lamb suitable for roasting. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Coffee cream, Single cream | Cream that has at least 18% butterfat. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 8.1K |
| Curry made with lamb. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Lobster a la Newburg | Lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Meat from a loin of lamb. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Meuniere butter | Clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with lemon juice and parsley. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 3.6K |
| Strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| A commercial mix for making lemonade. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| A soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Butter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shells. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| A soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Winter flounder | Flesh of American flounder. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also White bread | Bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Whipping cream | Cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 1.6K |
| A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Lobscuse | A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Diced lobster meat in milk or cream. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Spiny lobster, Rock lobster, Crayfish | Warm-water lobsters without claws. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Soft-shell clam, Steamer clam | A clam that is usually steamed in the shell. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.3K |
| Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward. | Fish & seafood | Rare | 480 | |
| also Sugarloaf, Sugar loaf | A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar. | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 480 |
| also Brown onion sauce | Brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar. | Sauces & condiments | Rare | 320 |
| Hominy prepared by bleaching in lye. | Pasta, rice & grains | Rare | 110 | |
| A pastry shell filled with cooked lobster. | Breads & pastries | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| Vinaigrette with chili sauce and chopped watercress. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 50 |
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Questions about foods that start with L
How many foods start with L?
RareList lists 54 foods that start with L. 6 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 6 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common foods that start with L?
The most searched foods starting with L are Lasagna, Lobster, Lamb chop, Linguine and Lentil soup.
What is a rare food that starts with L?
Lorenzo dressing is one of the rarest. Vinaigrette with chili sauce and chopped watercress. It gets about 50 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Lake herring, Loaf sugar and Lyonnaise sauce.
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.