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Food
- What is the only fruit that has cholesterol?
- Pasta, havmg too many types of noodles to deal with sanely, has adopted a standardized number system to identify each type. What noodle is #1? #34?
- What Five fruit juices are in 5-Alive?
- Name all 9 Gatorade flavors.
- Where did the Jakarta mango originate?
- Roughly, how many gallons of maple sap does it take to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup?
- What line of edibles found at Stop and Shop always comes in a 4 1/2" by 2 1/2" by 2 5/8" metal container?
- Honey is poisonous if the bees which produce it pollinate either of two types of flowers. Which ones?
- What varieties can you get a Cadbury bar in?
- Name 4 real La Choy tips.
- What are the main ingredients of the following sauces?
- satay-
- wasabi-
- melba-
- Ben & Jerr's ice cream flavor names aren't always as informative as possible. What's actually in Chubby Hubby? Chunky Monkey? Wavy Gravy?
- What are the purposes of the following nasty chemicals you see in ingredient lists?
sorbitan monostearate:
- sorbic acid:
- sodium aluminum phosphate:
- sodium benzoate;
- Where do the following spiccs come from? (example: Ginger: root of ginger plant)
- Allspice:
- Celery salt:
- Cilantro:
- Cinnamon:
- Clove:
- Cream of tartar:
- Cumin:
- Horseradish:
- Mace:
- Marjoram:
- Mustard:
- Nutmeg:
- Paprika:
- Pepper:
- Rosemary:
- Turmeric:
- Snooty Foods:
- What four fish does caviar traditionally come from?
- There is a distinct difference in taste between wine produced from grapes on new vines, and those on old vines. Elaborate & explain.
- What three brands of gourmet cat food does Stop & Shop carry?
- What is generally considered the most expensive type of coffee available?
Questionable Foods and Food-Like By-Products:
- What liquors come in neon blue?
- Stop and Shop has its own "Classic Blend". What type of food is it?
- What flavor do SweeTarts come in, that Pixie Stix do not?
- What fruits will prevent Jell-O from setting properly?
- What blend of cheeses are in Cheez-Whiz?
- Velveeta can't legally be called cheese. What exactly does it claim to be?
- Hostess calls their chocolate cream rolls "Ho-Ho's". What do Little Debbie and Drake's call theirs?
- Which red dye was banned?
- What flavor is Moxie soda?
- How many fluid ounces to a Hug? How many can you get for $1 (at Stop & Shop)?
- What type of snack are "Dunkaroos"? How about "String Things"?
- Tell us about Haggis. Be explicit.
- How do you make the Scandinavian delicacy Lutefisk ?
- The great Twinkie experiments concluded that due to their amazing stamina and other unusual qualities, Twinkies should not necessarily be considered food. Give a brief outline of the experiments.
Mixed Drinks: or, How to Make a Screaming Orgasm
- How do you make these mixed drinks?
- A Black Russian--
- A Fuzzy Navel--
- A Godfather--
- What are these concoctions named?
- 1 Ginger Ale
1 Grape Juice
1 Vodka
1 Grain Alcohol
- 1 Vodka
1 Kahlua
1 Bailey's
- 1 Amber Rum
1 Tia Maria
1 Pineapple Juice
Glass: Tall glass.
Directions: Pour liquor in glass, fill with ice, add pineapple juice and stir.
- How do you make a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?
- Which of these are real names for mixed drinks, and which are fake?
Vulcan Mind Probe
Six Feet Under
Muppet
Demon Drop
Test Tube Baby
Bad Habit
Russian Sledgehammer
Food In (or on, or whatever) the Arts:
- What exactly was it that Sally ordered in "When Harry Met Sally" that caused the old woman to say "I'll have what she's having"?
- Who was present during the famed dinner scene in "Tom Jones"?
- What sculptor's work includes a giant floppy hamburger?
- Another lovely food sculpture, "Chocolate Gnaw", involve a mammoth hunk-o-chocolate with parts chewed out. Who created it? What was its companion piece?
- What does the narrator do with oatmeal in Stephen Dobyns' poem "Oatmeal Deluxe"?
- Fill in the blanks from Sylvia Plath's poem "Cut."
What a thrill- my ______ instead of an ________.
- What did the old woman who lived in the shoe feed her kids?
- What is this from:
"Well what do you know, he's nibbling my toe!"
- Extra for reciting the whole poem:
- How many blackbirds are baked in a pie?
- What was the Queen doing in the parlor?
Diner-ese
Short order cooks often have a "shorthand" way of referring to food. What are the following phrases referring to??
- Draw one in the dark
- Bossy in a bowl
- Balloon juice
- Let it walk
- An M.D.
- Noah's Boy on bread
- Hold the hail
- A Murphy
- Wreck 'em
- Nervous pudding
- Sweep the kitchen
- Paint a Bow-wow red
- Adam and Eve on a raft
- Eve with a lid
- A spot with a twist
- Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it
- A blonde with sand
- Mike and Ike
- Break it and Shake it
- Angels on Horseback
- A stack of Vermont
- Lighthouse
- Million on a platter
- Houseboat
- A white cow
- Wax
- Throw it in the mud
- Put a hat on it
- Hug one
- A splash of Red noise
- Life preservers
- Put out the lights and cry
Logo Secton
Following are a list of brand names, and a list of logos. They have nothing to do with one another. For the pictures, identify what brand they are. For the brand names, draw their logo.
NOTE: All text has been deleted from provided logos, but please include text, where appropriate, in the ones you draw.
- Folgers
- Purina
- Betty Crocker
- Nutrasweet
- Nabisco
- Tobler
- Pringles
- Orangina
- Smuckers
- Vivarin? Who needs Vivarin?
- What is the difference between Cafe Latte and Cafe Au Lait?
- How about between a cappuccino and a mochaccino?
- What are Steamers (Hot Clouds, or whatever you call them ... )?
- What are the ingredients in a Mudslide? (non-alcoholic version)
- A Mt. St. Helens?
- A Cardiac Arrest?
Essay:
Why are raspberry-flavored foods (i.e. Jello/Kool Aid, etc.) BLUE?