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This is on another forum I belong to. There are no answeres yet. Does any one know any of these.
1) What vegetable of the marrow family takes its name from a medieval French word meaning "cooked by the sun."
2) Which state has the turkey as its state bird, and has the largest per acre population of wild turkeys?
• a) Minnesota
• b) Wisconsin
• c) New York
• d) Alabama
• c) Colorado
3) In April, 2001, Italian astronaut Umberto Guidoni and Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield brought some luxury food items with them to the International Space Station.
Can you name these luxury foods?
4) This product was invented around 1910 by Swiss chemist Jacques Brandenberger. It is derived from wood pulp, and various types are widely used for breads, meat, produce, etc.
Name this product.
5) Why should you be very careful about drinking grapefruit juice when taking many prescription medications?
6) This tree, native to tropical Africa, is one of the largest in the world. Slow growing, it grows to a height of 25 to 40 feet, and 1,000 year old trees may have a 30 foot diameter trunk, with roots reaching out more than 100 feet, with foliage reaching 150 feet in diameter. The fruit of this tree may be eaten as is, or the flesh dried and ground into flour.
Name this tree and its fruit.
7) What is the name of the small, sweet yeast buns with raisins or candied fruit, that are traditionally served in England on Good Friday?
8 ) Pick it, wash it, hollow it out, fill it with cream or milk and bake it whole.
What is it, and what pie evolved from this recipe?
9) The jack-o-lantern, or carved pumpkin was originally made from what vegetable?
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Wow Amybyrd, You have totally stumped my little brain cells. -
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1. Pumpkin
2. No idear
3. Alabamer (a)
4. Plastic wrap - .. um, cellophane
5. Potency problems with meds and upset tummy - hubby still takes a LOT of meds
6. Baobab
7. Hot Cross Buns (know the song?)
8. Pumpkin
9. Turnips - In Ireland, no less! Taught the kids that one when we homeschooled -
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Had to look up #2 - but I'm not telling
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for #2 there are a few actually: AL, MA, SC and OK
Nothing like having a grade daughter to have to learn all these! -
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Ok here is another one and it requires math
You are a cook in a remote area with no clocks or other way of keeping time other than a four minute sandglass timer and a seven minute sandglass timer. (The kind you turn over - hourglass shaped) You do have a stove, however, with water in a pot already boiling. Somebody asks you for a nine-minute egg, and you know this person is a perfectionist and will be able to tell if you undercook or overcook the eggs by even a few seconds. What is the least amount of time it will take to prepare the egg? And how will you prepare it so that it is neither undercooked or overcooked?-
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You should never boil an egg
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yes you should but only if you cover it in sausage and deep fry it like my scotch eggs. (still cant get the picture to load:( )
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I make Scotch eggs all the time! I meant, technically you shouldn't boil it beyond 'reaching' a boil - I was just being silly
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yeah I know I was too. I have the answer to the above but I am no good at math so it is to technical for me to think about lol
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Pour out half of the boiling water and replace it with cool water, hence, you bring down the temperature of the water. Add your eggs to the water and turn the four minute timer over. When the sand runs out, flip it over and when the sand runs out for the second time, remove the eggs from the water. Serve them to the somebody who is waiting and there you go.
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