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Foods that start with N

18 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 2 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

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

Nesselrode
A rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum. Sweets & desserts, Rare
Nougat bar
A bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate. Sweets & desserts, Schooler
Nut bread
Bread containing chopped nuts. Breads & pastries, Schooler
Norwegian lobster
Caught in European waters. Fish & seafood, Schooler
Newburg sauce
Lobster butter and cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira. Sauces & condiments, Schooler
Nova lox
Brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most. Fish & seafood, Schooler

All 18 foods that start with N

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

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Foods that start with N, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
NameWhat it isGroup
A ribbonlike strip of pasta. Pasta, rice & grains Plankton 368K
A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled. Sandwiches & snacks Plankton 165K
A block of ice cream with 3 or 4 layers of different colors and flavors. Sweets & desserts Too Clever 91K
Leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India. Breads & pastries Too Clever 61K
also Strip steak Steak from upper part of the short loin. Meat & poultry Too Clever 50K
Nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste. Sweets & desserts Too Clever 50K
Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies. Sweets & desserts Too Clever 33K
A thick chowder made with clams and potatoes and onions and salt pork and milk. Soups & stews Too Clever 18K
Ground nuts blended with a little butter. Sauces & condiments Too Clever 15K
also Nova Scotia lox, Nova Scotia salmon, Nova salmon Brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most. Fish & seafood Schooler 9.9K
Paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars. Sweets & desserts Schooler 2.9K
also Boiled dinner Corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables. Dishes & other foods Schooler 2.4K
Lobster butter and cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira. Sauces & condiments Schooler 2.4K
also Langoustine Caught in European waters. Fish & seafood Schooler 1.6K
Bread containing chopped nuts. Breads & pastries Schooler 1.3K
A bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate. Sweets & desserts Schooler 1K
also Nesselrode pudding A rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum. Sweets & desserts Rare 480
also Throat sweetbread Edible thymus gland of an animal. Meat & poultry Deep Cut 10

Questions about foods that start with N

How many foods start with N?

RareList lists 18 foods that start with N. 2 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 2 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common foods that start with N?

The most searched foods starting with N are Noodle, Nacho, Neapolitan ice cream, Naan and New York strip.

What is a rare food that starts with N?

Neck sweetbread is one of the rarest. Edible thymus gland of an animal. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Nesselrode, Nougat bar and Nut bread.

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.