Recipes Plus More: Games and Puzzles

Which Flour Doesn't Belong

I thought it might fun to test your knowledge about all the different types of flour there are. I never even knew some of these existed! Below are three groups of flours. Tell me which one in each group doesn't belong. Answers are listed below!

Bean

Tomato
Kamut
Pea

Teff
Triticale
Sweet Potato
Sorrel

Beet
Sorghum
Pumpernickel
Barley

Chickpea
Coconut
Parsnip
Tapioca

Answers:

Tomato, Sorrel, Beet and Parsnip are not flours. All others are!

Veggie Chain

Since I still have vegetables on the brain, I thought you might like to try this fun game. I call it Veggie Chain. In the following list I give the beginning and ending letter of a vegetable. See if you can guess all nine of them.

Example:
L . . . K
K . . . E

Answer would be LEEK, KALE

C . . . R

R . . . B

B . . . T

T . . . P

P . . . P

P . . . O

O . . . A

A . . . S

S . . . T

Answers:

Cucumber or Cauliflower

Rhubarb
Beet
Turnip
Parsnip
Potato
Okra
Asparagus

Shallot

Spill The Beans

How well do you know the types of beans available? See how much by playing this game. By using the letters in the following phrase, discover the hidden types. For example, you can get "green" from using the letters g, r, e, e, and n from this phrase. When you are finished, check out your list against mine. Maybe you'll find even more than I did.

I love eating beans every which way; perhaps you do too!

Here is my list:

red

white

navy

pinto

Italian

urad

runner

sword

split

peanut

soybean

broad

butter

lupini

Apple Uncrossword

I don't know about you but I need that extra little push today with it being Monday morning! Maybe this
puzzle will get your brain cells working!

The following are crossword clues. All of them give a clue to something you can make with apples. See how many you can figure out before peeking at the answers below!

May be sweet or hard _ _ _ _ _

Fastener _ _ _ _ _ _

Ms. Rubble _ _ _ _ _

Likes Shoes _ _ _ _ _ _ _

May be humble _ _ _

Pasta topper _ _ _ _ _

Cow's creativity _ _ _ _ _ _

Won Ton, e.g. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Like new bills _ _ _ _ _

To squander _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answers:

Cider
Buckle
Betty
Cobbler
Pie
Sauce
Butter
Dumpling
Crisp
Fritter

Eggplant By Any Other Name

In the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia eggplant is simply called eggplant. But in other parts of the world, eggplant is called something else. Can you figure out which name goes with which country?

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Aubergine Brinjal Melanzane (crazy apple) Nasu

Melongene   Patlikan Munakoiso Terung

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Malaysia Japan Turkey Britain & France Finland

Trinidad & Tobago   South Africa & India Italy

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Answers:

Aubergine - Britain & France (and many other countries in Europe)

Brinjal - South Africa & India

Melanzane - Italy

Nasu - Japan

Melongene - Trinidad & Tobago

Patlikan - Turkey

Munakoiso - Finland

Terung - Malaysia

Famous Fish

How well do you know your famous fictional fish? Let's play a game to find out. The following is a list of clues to help you come up with their names. If you need a little help, the answers are below.

1. Famous Clownfish

2. Starkist Favorite

3. Friend of Ariel in The Little Mermaid

4. Driving Instructor on Sponge Bob Square Pants

5. Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse from Shark Tale

6. Colorful Fish with Shiny Scales

7. "Keep on Swimming; Keep on Swimming" is Her Mantra

8. Angel Fish from Shark Tale

9. Three-Eyed Fish From The Simpsons

10. His Voice Sounds a Lot Like Don Knotts

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Answers:

1. Nemo (from the movie "Finding Nemo")

2. Charlie ("Sorry Charlie" is the famous line from this ad)

3. Flounder

4. Mrs. Puff (after all, she is a puffer fish!)

5. Oscar

6. Rainbow Fish (Children's Book)

7. Dorrie (from "Finding Nemo")

8. Angela

9. Blinky

10. Mr. Limpet (from the movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet)

Sandwich Selection

Let's see how well you know your sandwiches! Below is a description of what are some of the typical ingredients in each sandwich. . . can you name the sandwich? Check your answers below.

1. Round loaf of Italian bread, salami, ham, Provolone, topped with marinated olive salad

2. French toast, sliced turkey, Swiss cheese

3. Peanut butter, marshmallow fluff

4. Many layers of bread, various meats, cheeses, lettuce, tomato, etc.

5. Peanut butter, bacon and bananas

6. Mozzarella cheese, tomato, basil

7. Rye Bread, Swiss cheese, corned beef, sauerkraut, Russian dressing

8. Baguette,sour pickled daikon and carrots, cilantro, chilies, various meats

9. Pita bread, hummus, pickled onions or cucumber, tomato, parsley, cumin

10. Toast or a roll, scrambled eggs, green pepper, ham, onions

Choices:
Elvis
Western or Denver
Caprese
Banh Mi
Fluffernutter
Monte Cristo
Dagwood
Muffuletta
Falafel
Reuben

Answers:
1. Muffuletta
2. Monte Cristo
3. Fluffernutter
4. Dagwood
5. Elvis
6. Caprese
7. Reuben
8. Banh Mi
9. Falafel
10. Western or Denver

Tomato Trivia

Here's a trivia game to test your knowledge about this fruit. See how well you do by answering the following questions then compare your responses with those listed below.

1. How many variety of tomatoes are there?

a. 4,000

b. 6,000

c. 8,000

d. 10,000

2. Tomato is the most consumed fruit in the United States.

a. True

b. False

3. The country that produces the largest amount of tomatoes is

a. United States

b. China

c. Turkey

d. India

4. The largest tomato plant obtained a length of

a. 15 feet

b. 25 feet

c. 45 feet

d. 65 feet

5. Tomatoes are originally from

a. Italy

b. Spain

c. South America

d. China

6. Farm journals in 1842 stated that the tomato was the "latest craze".

a. True

b. False

7. The color of tomatoes can be

a. white

b. black

c. purple

d. pink

8. There used to be a law that banned the eating of tomatoes.

a. True

b. False

Answers:

1. d - 10,000 at least

2. a - True

3. b - China followed by the United States, Turkey, India and Egypt

4. d - 65 feet and it was grown by Nutriculture Ltd. of Mawdesley, Lancashire, UK in the

year 2000

5. c - South America

6. a - True

7. a, b, c, d - tomatoes can be all these colors (tricked you!)

8. a - True; in 1820 the state of New York made this law because they thought that

tomatoes were poisonous

BOUNTIFUL BERRIES

Did you know that the botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from one ovary? With that being said, the following are considered true berries. . . pumpkin, watermelon, grapes, bananas, tomatoes, honeysuckle, etc. Other fruits that we typically think of as berries are not berries in the botanical sense. They may be what we call drupes or stone fruit (acai berry), epigynous fruits (blueberries), or compound fruits (strawberries).

However, for this exercise I am including those that we think of as berries. See if you can discover 12 more known berries hidden in this puzzle (I did blue. . . berries for you). All the letters need to connect -- either up, down, sideways or diagonal to form the word.

B	L	H	N	I	O
O	U	E	L	W	C
G	A	C	K	D	S
E	N	A	R	E	O
S	I	L	N	A	O
Y	O	B	E	Y	G

Answers:

Logan

Huckle

Boysen

Acai

Cran

Black

Wine

Bear

Cow

Elder

Bil

Goose

Grain Scramble

As you probably know, oats are a grain (there's a hint here for your first answer!). Here is a list of some more. Just fill in the blanks. Then take each letter you have filled in to complete the phrase below that tells you something about grains. I have put in the first and last letter of the phrase for you already. (Another hint: there's a "w" and a "t" among the missing letters!)

O _ _ _

B _ _ l _ y

B u l _ u _

K _ s _ _

Q u _ _ _ a

F r _ e k _ _

M i _ _ e _

R _ _

_ _ e a _

_ a _ r o

C _ u _ c _ _ s

W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t!

Answers:

O a t s
B a r l e y
B u l g u r
K a s h a
Q u i n o a
F r e e k e h

M i l l e t
R y e
W h e a t
F a r r o
C o u s c o u s

Whole grains are healthy for us to eat!

Macaroon Mania

Depending on what part of the world you live in, you will find different varieties of macaroons. Do you know which region typically creates the following type of macaroon?

1. This macaroon has a thick velvety center that is covered in chocolate and then topped with roasted coconut.

2. This macaroon is the traditional coconut macaroon made with egg whites, sugar and, of course, coconut.

3. This macaroon is made with egg whites and cashews.

4. This macaroon is made with honey and hazelnuts.

5. This macaroon is made with coconut, cinnamon and ginger.

6. This macaroon is made with bitter almonds.

Here are the answers to choose from:

Indian Turkish Scottish North American Spanish Dominican

Answers:

1. Scottish

2. North American

3. Indian

4. Spanish

5. Dominican

6. Turkish

Name That Vegetable

Let's see how well you know your vegetables. See if you can guess which vegetable is the correct answer.

1. This vegetable has more sugar than any other vegetable.

2. The vegetable is the one most consumed by Americans each year.

3. This vegetable must still be harvested by hand.

4. This vegetable was first grown as medicine and not as food.

5. This vegetable was given to the winner of certain athletic events in Ancient Greece.

6. This vegetable is actually the flower of the plant that we eat.

7. This vegetable is actually the seed of the plant that we eat.

8. This vegetable becomes sweeter and more desirable after being exposed for a longer period of time to temperatures below 40 degrees F.

Answers:

1. beets
2. potatoes
3. asparagus
4. carrots
5. celery
6. broccoli (artichokes are actually flower buds)
7. corn
8. parsnip

Mother's Day Wish

Because my wish for all mother's today is to have a day of joy and leisure, I thought it might be fun to turn "oven" into "take out" hoping that might be your gift today! The idea is to link the words through association. For example, if we had the word cherry, you could link it to pit or pie. I have given you the first letter of each word. However, if you get stuck, scroll down a bit to see the answer!

Oven

B__________

S__________

O__________

G__________

O__________

Take Out

Answers:

Oven Baked

Baked Sun

Sun Spot

Spot On

Ongoing

Going Out
Out Take

Take Out

Pasta Puzzle

Speaking of ravioli, did you know that there are more than 500 different pasta shapes? We're all familiar with spaghetti, macaroni, angel hair, etc. but let's see if you can identify the following. If you need a little help, scroll down a bit to see a list of names to choose from.

Names to choose from:

Gnocci
Gigli
Cannelloni
Ditalini
Trottole
Rotelle
Tortellini
Tagliatelle
Orzo
Fusilli
Farfalle
Stelline
Campanelle

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Answers:

A. Fusili
B. Tagliatelle
C. Ditalini
D. Farfalle
E. Rotelle
F. Orzo
G. Gnocci
H. Stelline
I. Tortellini
J. Cannelloni
K. Campanelle
L. Gigli
M. Trottole

Pot of Gold

How well do you know your Irish foods? Well, here's a game that will test your knowledge. Below is a list of foods. Which ones are typically found in Irish "pots" and which are not. You can see if you are right, by peeking at the answers further down. The luck of the Irish to you!*

Irish Potatoes

Soda Bread
Corned Beef & Cabbage
Colcannon
Barm Brack
Coddle
Crubeens
Black Pudding
Bacon & Cabbage
Drisheen
Tayto
Nettle Soup
Irish Stew

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Answers: All of them are typical Irish foods except for Corned Beef & Cabbage. That dish actually originated with the Irish living in America. Corned beef was scarce and was costly in Ireland but when they emigrated to the U.S. they found it readily available.

*The term "the luck of the Irish" really means bad luck and not good luck (although I meant good luck to you!). That was because historically the Irish were typically unlucky people.

This saying does originate in America. Some even say that it was meant that the Irish who found gold in California found it because of luck and not because they were capable of success.

Presidential Match-Up

Let's see if you can guess some of the American presidents' favorite foods. One list contains the names of the presidents and the other list contains some of their favorite foods. Can you match the name with the food? Check your answers with the ones below.

Jimmy Carter

Abraham Lincoln

Grover Cleveland

William Henry Harrison

James K. Polk

William Howard Taft

Richard Nixon

John F. Kennedy

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George W. Bush

Ronald Reagan

Mexican Food, PB&J

Monkey Bread, Macaroni & Cheese, Jelly Beans

Turtle Soup

Dried Figs, Cottage Cheese, Meatloaf

Baked Grits with Cheese, Eggplant, Cornbread

Corn Pone, Ham, Southern Food

Corned Beef & Cabbage, Pickled Herring

Succotash, Oxtail Soup, Prune Whip

Fruitcake, Hotdogs, Fish Chowder

New England Clam Chowder

Chicken Fricassee, Fruit Salad, Cheese, Crackers

Squirrel Stew, Hard Cider

So how did you do? Check how the answers compare to yours!

Jimmy Carter - Baked Grits with Cheese, Eggplant, Cornbread

Abraham Lincoln - Chicken Fricassee, Fruit Salad, Cheese, Crackers

Grover Cleveland - Corned Beef & Cabbage, Pickled Herring

William Henry Harrison - Squirrel Stew, Hard Cider

James K. Polk - Corn Pone, Ham, Southern Food

William Howard Taft - Turtle Soup

Richard Nixon - Dried Figs, Cottage Cheese, Meatloaf

John F. Kennedy - New England Clam Chowder

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Succotash, Oxtail Soup, Prune Whip

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Fruitcake, Hotdogs, Fish Chowder

George W. Bush - Mexican Food, PB&J

Ronald Reagan - Monkey Bread, Macaroni & Cheese, Jelly Beans

Cheese Anagrams

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, an anagram is a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase. For example, by mixing the the letters of the following phrase -- Chefs Banner -- you get French Beans. See if you can mix up the letters of the following phrases to get different types of cheese.

1. O cart it

2. Cat member

3. Creole gus

4. Man, pac rose

5. Ten rums

6. He ceded search

7. Earns map

8. Our bins

9. Tilts on

10. Que for rot

11. Cop in ore

12. Or no, ma

Answers:

1. Ricotta

2. Camembert

3. Gloucester

4. Mascarpone

5. Munster

6. Cheddar cheese

7. Parmesan

8. Boursin

9. Stilton

10. Roquefort

11. Pecorina

12. Romano

Soup Personality

Would you like to see what your favorite soup says about your personality? Just choose your favorite among the following soups and then read to find out what it tells about you! Were they accurate or not?! I must have a split personality because I'm a little bit of everything (except the Chili-Beef!) LOL :)

Chicken Noodle

Tomato

Vegetable

New England Clam Chowder

Chili-Beef

Minestrone

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Chicken Noodle: Churchgoer, on the whole. Also loyal, relaxed, a homebody; someone who likes hobbies like quilting or photography. Also loves daytime talk-shows.

Tomato: "Affectionate" is your middle name. Pets, people and yet you also like to spend time alone and are an avid reader of books. Creative, inside and outside the kitchen. Adventurous too; you're always up for something new. . . and that includes wild and crazy foods.

Vegetable: A real homebody. . . gardener. . . reader of family magazines. You love dessert, but are nutritious conscious. You're mad about cooking, but not about traveling.

New England Clam Chowder: Sophisticated and intellectual! Cynical, introspective, thoughtful! Self indulgent when it comes to food. Known to be sarcastic. You rarely cook from scratch.

Chili-Beef: manly, hearty, extremely competitive, a little unpredictable, a beer-drinking party boy except when you're home -- that is when you turn into a TV-loving couch potato.

Minestrone: You love the outdoor life and fitness. Nutrition conscious and often dieting. A family lover. Not one for pets, though.

Broken Cookies

These "cookies" are broken. They need you to make them whole again by taking a set of letters from each column to form the name of a Christmas cookie.

Example:

su g ar

This would be SUGAR when put together. Now you try!

sp rtbr hen

leb ing rle

ma mbpr tti

pi ri ue

thu ff int

spr sco tz

sho ca le

mer zze roon

tru kuc lle

bi inge ead

Give up? Here's the answers!

spritz

lebkuchen

macaroon

pizzelle

thumbprint

springerle

shortbread

meringue

truffle

biscotti

Vegetable Idioms

Because I've been sharing a lot of recipes lately that include vegetables, I thought it might be fun to play this game.

The following is a list of idioms that use vegetables as part of the phrase. (An idiom is a phrase or an expression that cannot be taken literally.) See if you can fill in the blank.

Like two __________ in a pod

Cool as a __________

Small __________

Not worth a __________

__________ and stick

__________ branch

In a __________

As red as a __________

Know your __________

Answers:

Like two peas in a pod

Cool as a cucumber

Small potatoes

Not worth a bean

Carrot and stick

Olive branch

In a pickle

As red as a beet

Know your onions

Soups of the World

Here in the States we're familiar with Chicken Noodle Soup , Minestrone, Chowder, etc., but are you familiar with soups from other countries? Below is a list of types of soup and a list of countries. See if you can match the soup to the right country.

For example: Egg Drop is a Chinese soup made of beaten eggs, chicken broth and boiled water. (Salt, pepper and green onion are also commonly added).

Avgolemono Greece Poland Russia

Callaloo Ecuador Trinidad/Tobago Spain

Cullen Skink Ireland Japan Scotland

Erwtensoep Netherlands Austria Switzerland

Fanesca Italy France Ecuador

Ginataan Thailand Phillipines Vietnam

Menudo Spain Mexico Brazil

Miso Japan China Greece

Pho Vietnam Korea Turkey

Solyanka Slovakia Russia Poland

Tom Yam Turkey Thailand Malaysia

Torpedo Malaysia Trinidad/Tobago Vietnam

Waterzooi Netherlands Ghana Kenya

Zurek Germany Switzerland Poland

Answers:

Avgolemono - in Greece means egg-lemon. This soup contains chicken, lemon and egg as its main ingredients.

Callaloo - is a thick, creamy soup made with okra and crab meat from Trinidad and Tobago.

Cullen Skink - is from the town of Cullen in Moray on the northeast coast of Scotland. It is often served as a starter at formal Scottish dinners. It is always thick with smoked Finnan haddock, potatoes and onions.

Erwtensoep - is a thick pea soup eaten in the Netherlands as a winter dish, traditionally served with sliced sausage.

Fanesca - in Ecuador this soup is usually served the week before Easter and typically includes figleaf gourd, pumpkin and twelve different kinds of grains (representing the disciples of Jesus) and salt cod (due to the belief that you must not eat red meat during these days).

Ginataan - it is a dessert soup from the Phillipines whose name is derived from the Filipino word for coconut milk "gata" which is the main ingredient in this soup.

Menudo - is a traditional Mexican soup largely made out of tripe and hominy. It is considered by some as a cure for hangovers.

Miso - Japan's most famous soup is made from fish broth, fermented soy and "dashi" (a Japanese soup stock).

Pho - This Vietnamese beef/chicken soup is cooked with scallion, welsh onion, charred ginger, wild coriander, basil, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and black cardamom.

Solyanka - This is a Russian cabbage soup made of mainly three different kinds of main ingredients being either meat, fish or mushrooms. All of them contain pickled cucumbers with brine, cream and dill.

Tom Yam - is one of the most famous dishes of Thai cuisine and is known for its distinct hot and sour flavors made of stock and fresh ingredients such as lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, shallots, lime juice, fish sauce, tamarind and crushed chillies.

Torpedo - is found commonly in parts of Malaysia especially Penang. Torpedo is a type of exotic soup that includes the penis of a bull as the main ingredient. It is reputed to be an aphrodisiac.

Waterzooi - Waterzooi means "watery mess" in Dutch. It is made of fish or chicken, carrots, leeks and potatoes, herbs, eggs, cream and butter.

Zurek - is made from soured rye flour and meat which is specific to Poland and other northern Slavonic nations such as Slovakia.

Pumpkin Patch

Below are various "pumpkin patches". Each "patch" contains a list of pumpkin varieties. Can you pick out the patch that doesn't belong (i.e. the one that is not a list of pumpkin varieties)?

Spooktacular Yellow Gold

Ghost Rhider Autumn Green

Spirit Little White

Frosty Aspen

Winter Luxury Connecticut Field

Snowball New England Pie

Baby Boo Tricky Jack

Baby Pam Jack-Be-Quick

Baby Bear Jackpot

Answer:

Yellow Gold, Autumn Green and Little White are not varieties of pumpkins.

Name That Cake

Let's see if you are a "cake connoisseur". Below are photos of different types of cakes. Can you name all of them? If you need a little help, scroll down a bit to see the names to choose from. Scroll down a bit further and you'll have the answers.

Names to choose from:

Petit Fours

Buche de Noel

Madeleine

Panforte

Strawberry Shortcake

Boston Cream Pie

Black Forest Cake

Red Velvet Cake

Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

Sachertorte

Tiramisu

Lava or Molten Cake

Funnel Cake

Kugelhopf

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Give up?!

Answers:

A = Panforte

B = Madeleine

C = Strawberry Shortcake

D = Funnel Cake

E = Kugelhopf

F = Red Velvet Cake

G = Sachertorte

H = Lava or Molten Cake

I = Petit Four

J = Buche de Noel

K = Tiramisu

L = Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

M = Black Forest Cake

N = Boston Cream Pie

How many did you know? How many have you tried? Too bad they can't be baked with zero calories!!

Fruity Tuity Tunes

In honor of all the fresh fruit we have available right now, I thought it would be fun to play the following game. In each group below, you will find two song titles. One of them is a song title; the other is not. Can you guess which is which? Check your answers below.

One Bad Apple

One Good Apple

Ape Over Bananas
Bananas

Cherry Baby Baby
Cherry Bomb

Georgia Peaches
My Georgia Peach

Lemonade
Lemonade Tree

Orange Blossom Special
Orange Tambourine

Pineapple Man
Pineapple Princess

Black Raspberry
Raspberry Beret

Strawberry Berry
Strawberry Letter 23

Watermelon Crawl
Wicked Watermelon

Answers:

One Bad Apple - 1971 - The Osmonds

Bananas - 1998 - Queen Latifah

Cherry Bomb - 1976 - Runaways

Cherry Bomb - 1988 - John Cougar Mellencamp

Georgia Peaches - 2011/2012 - Lauren Alaina

Lemonade - 2009 - Phil Vassar

Orange Blossom Special - 1964/1965 - Johnny Cash

Pineapple Princess - 1960 - Annette (Funicello)

Raspberry Beret - 1985 - Prince & the Revolution

Strawberry Letter 23 - 1977 - Brothers Johnson

Watermelon Crawl - 1994 - Tracy Byrd

Ice Cream Personality Test

A national manufacturer of ice cream, Edy's Grand Ice Cream, commissioned an ice cream flavorology study to determine how ice cream preferences relate to personality. The study, conducted by Dr. Alan R. Hirsch (M.D.) neurological director of the smell and taste treatment and research foundation in Chicago, revealed that distinct personalities correspond with ice cream flavors.

Choose from the following to see your "personality"! Then see who you're compatible with -- do you think the results are true? We'd love to hear your comments!

Vanilla

Chocolate

Butter Pecan

Banana

Strawberry

Chocolate Chip

If you like vanilla, you are colorful, impulsive, a risk taker who sets high goals and has high expectations of yourself. You also enjoy close family relationships. Gregarious, lives a hectic life. Easily suggestible, expressive, idealistic; a private person.

If you like chocolate, you are lively, creative, dramatic, charming, enthusiastic and the life of the party. Chocolate fans enjoy being at the center of attention and can become bored with the usual routine. Seductive, well-dressed, extroverted, easily influenced, a follower, intuitive, enjoys intimate relationships.

If you like butter pecan, you are orderly, perfectionist, careful, detail-oriented, conscientious, ethical and fiscally conservative. You are also competitive, aggressive in sports and the take-charge type of personality.

If you like banana, you are easy going, well adjusted, generous, honest and empathetic.

If you like strawberry, you are shy, yet emotionally robust, skeptical, detail-oriented, opinionated, introverted and self critical. Easily made to feel guilty; cranky, pessimistic, low self-esteem.

If you like chocolate chip, you are generous, competitive and accomplished. You are charming in social situations, ambitious and competent. A visionary, a conqueror, enjoys being catered to, a go-getter, intolerant of defeat.

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The flavorology research also compiled a compatibility chart for ice cream lovers. If your favorite flavor is:
Vanilla - you are most likely to be compatible with someone whose favorite flavor is also vanilla.
Chocolate - you are most likely to be compatible with someone whose favorite flavor is butter pecan or chocolate chip.
Butter pecan - you are most likely to be compatible with someone whose favorite flavor is butter pecan, chocolate or chocolate chip.
Banana - you are compatible with all flavors.
Strawberry - you are most likely to be compatible with someone whose favorite flavor is chocolate chip.
Chocolate chip - you are most likely to be compatible with someone whose favorite flavor is butter pecan or chocolate.

This was found at the following website: http://www.personalityquiz.net/foodtests/icecream.htm#vanilla

Candy Timeline

It's time to play Candy Timeline! Can you put each group of candy in the order that they were created? Answers are below!

Candy Corn

Tootsie Rolls

Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar

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Conversation Hearts

Hershey Milk Chocolate Kisses

NECCO Wafers

~ ~ ~

Life Savers

Chuckles

Heath Bar

~ ~ ~

Baby Ruth

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Bit-O-Honey

~ ~ ~

Red Hots

Milk Duds

M&Ms

~ ~ ~

Marshmallow Peeps

Smarties

Candy Necklaces

~ ~ ~

Answers:

Candy Corn (1880s)

Tootsie Rolls (1896)

Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar (1900)

NECCO Wafers (1901)

Conversation Hearts (1902)

Hershey Milk Chocolate Kisses (1906)

Life Savers (1912)

Heath Bar (1914)

Chuckles (1921)

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (1922)

Baby Ruth (1923)

Bit-O-Honey (1925)

Milk Duds (1926)

Red Hots (1932)

M&Ms (1941)

Smarties (1949)

Marshmallow Peeps (1954)

Candy Necklaces (1958)

Potato Jumble

The following are names of various potato dishes. Fill in the blanks to discover each one. Then unscramble the "colored" letters to answer this riddle: Something you're not if you're busy cooking in the kitchen.

Example:   _ a _ s l_ y _ _       p a r s l e y e d

_c _ l _ o p _ d

h _ s _ _ _ o w _ _

_ u _ e _

_ y o _ n _ i _ e

t _ _ _ r    _ o _ s

_ a s _ _ d

t _ _ c _    b _ _ _ _

a _    _ r _ _ _ n

_    _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _!

Answers:

s c a l l o p e d
h a s h   b r o w n s
k u g e l
l y o n n a i s e
t a t e r   t o t s
m a s h e d
t w i c e    b a k e d
a u    g r a t i n

A couch potato!

                                 Jello Knockout  

There
 have been many flavors of Jell-O over the years.  Some of them are 
still available today, some are no longer available and new ones are 
always being added.  The following contains two lists.  One of the lists
 is Jell-O flavors currently available and the other list is 
discontinued flavors.  Can you tell which is which?  The answer is 
below.

Column 1                            Column 2

apricot                             bubblegum

margarita                           black raspberry

melon fushion                       cola

pina colada                         concord grape

island pineapple                    cranberry-strawberry

tropical berry                      lemon-lime

watermelon                          mango

Answer: The first column contains Jell-O flavors that are currently available and the second column contains flavors that have been discontinued. According to Wikipedia, other flavors that have been discontinued include: celery, chocolate, coffee, root beer, Italian salad, mixed vegetable, maple syrup and seasoned tomato. I think I can imagine why these are no longer available, can't you? Has anyone ever tried these flavors? Tell me what you thought of them!

Rice Elimination

The following is a list of various varieties of rice. However, each line contains one that is not a type of rice. Can you guess which ones those are?

opus popcorn venus

rover baldo roma

carolina clearfield claverly

gardenia jasmine california rose

striped flattened weedy

aromatic pontic red cargo

wehani alegahini Koshihikari

Answers (these are not rice varieties):

venus

rover

claverly

gardenia

striped

pontic

alegahini

Chicken Crossword Puzzle

Across

4. another word meaning to grill

5. Buffalo ______

7. cooked in oil

10. chicken ______ pie

11. stew made from paprika

13. chicken that is "royal"

14. chicken noodle ______

15. a type of fruit

Down
1. named after capital of Ukraine
2. also known as hunter's stew
3. chicken and ______
6. named for an opera singer
8. a Japanese cooking method
9. French recipe meaning cooked in wine
12. chicken dish made with wine & mushroom sauce

 
Answers:

Across:

4. barbeque
5. wings
7. fried
10. pot
11. paprikash
13. a la king
14. soup
15. lemon

Down:

1. kiev
2. cacciatore
3. dumplings
6. tetrazzini
8. teriyaki
9. coq au vin
12. marsala

Link the Words

See if you can link the word cherry to the word pie. The words are related to each other by association. For example if we had the word banana then we could link that word with peel or muffin. I have given you the first letter of each word. If you get stuck, scroll down a bit to find the answer(s). Have fun!

Cherry

P_________

B_________

W________

C_________

Pie

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Answers:

Cherry

Pit

Bull

Whip

Cream

Pie

Blondie Word Game

As a child, did you ever play the game when you would take a word and see how many other words you could make from it? For example, if you took the word brownie, you could make the words: or, brown, own, ore, etc. Well I thought it would be fun if you took the word blondie and see how many words you could make. I came up with 43. (Who knew one little word could make that many words!) Did anyone come with more?

"B L O N D I E"

My Words:

blond bond bind bend blend din

dine bin blind line lined don

bone boned lone lob lobe nob

dole nod node nib die lie

lied nil bile in bid lid

den bed led bled lien loin

on I end bole oil lend

boil

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Mushroom Word Search

Q L O B S T E R I J N X

U G L C M P I W N C E J

Y N L Q A H N L I H E F

E I E Z I E I L M A W E

K L B B T D C A E N O L

A R A U A G R B R T L F

T E T T K E O F C E L F

I F R T E H P F C R A U

I F O O P O Q U O E H R

H I P N D G H P R L D T

S F A T I N A M A L B O

A P O Y S T E R L E T Y

AMANITA	MAITAKE
BUTTON	OYSTER
CHANTERELLE	PFIFFERLING
CORAL	PORCINI
CREMINI	PORTABELLO
HALLOWEEN	PUFFBALL
HEDGEHOG	SHIITAKE
LOBSTER	TRUFFLE

Answers:

Q L O B S T E R I J N X

U G L C M P I W N C E J

Y N L Q A H N L I H E F

E I E Z I E I L M A W E

K L B B T D C A E N O L

A R A U A G R B R T L F

T E T T K E O F C E L F

I F R T E H P F C R A U

I F O O P O Q U O E H R

H I P N D G H P R L D T

S F A T I N A M A L B O

A P O Y S T E R L E T Y

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Bread Scramble (Unscramble these types of bread)

1) ufnimf

2) wabczeik

3) liinaat

4 rdlfaaebt

5) hhaallc

6) caoficca

7) secno

8) ittrlaol

9) ceeiklmnppru

10) crnhef

11) abctiaat

12) srotncasi

13) ocbireh

14) nbaredroc

15) gruouodhs

16) adtkhcar

Answers:

1) muffin

2) zwieback

3) italian

4) flatbread

5) challah (leavened bread usually made by Jewish people for Shabbat)

6) focaccia

7) scone

8) tortilla

9) pumpernickel

10) french

11) ciabatta

12) croissant

13) brioche (highly enriched french bread noted for its high butter & egg content)

14) cornbread

15) sourdough

16) hardtack

How did you do? How many have you tried? There may be only two on the list that I haven't eaten; maybe because it's one of my favorite comfort foods!

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Pizza Toppings

Pizzas are eaten in almost every country. See if you can match each nation with their favorite toppings.

Nations

Japan

Costa Rica

Brazil

Hong Kong

Australia

India

Russia

France

Pakistan

Toppings

Mockba (a combination of Sardines, Tuna, Mackerel, Salmon, Onions) and Red Herring

Coconut

Curry

Pickled Ginger, minced Mutton and Paneer (a form of cottage cheese)

Ham and Pineapple

Eels and Squid

Thousand Island Dressing

Green Peas, Chocolate and Fruit

Flambée (Bacon, Onion, Fresh Cream)

- - - - - -

Answers: Japan (Eels and Squid); Costa Rica (Coconut); Brazil (Green Peas, Chocolate and Fruit); Hong Kong (Thousand Island Dressing instead of tomato sauce); Australia (Ham and Pineapple); India (Pickled Ginger, minced Mutton and Paneer); Russia (Mockba, Red Herring); France (Flambee); Pakistan (Curry)

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Easter Truths - which of the following statements are true and which are false?

1. 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year.

2. Each day five million marshmallow bunnies and chicks are produced to get ready for Easter.

3. 63 percent of Americans would most like to receive a chocolate bunny on Easter followed by marshmallow bunnies (10 percent).

4. The world’s largest jar of jelly beans weighed 6,050 pounds.

5. 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter each year.

6. April 22nd is National Jelly Bean Day.

7. Red jelly beans are children's favorites.

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Answers: They are all true

Note: the 16 billion jelly beans that are made for Easter are enough jelly beans to completely fill an 89 foot high and 60 foot wide plastic Easter egg – about the height of a nine story office building!

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Test Your Irish Knowledge

1) Some areas in Ireland are known to receive this many inches of rain each year, which accounts for the brilliantly green grass that has earned Ireland the nickname the "emerald isle":

Sixty inches, Seventy inches, Eighty inches or Ninety inches

2) "Erin Go Bragh," a phrase heard often on St. Patrick's Day, means:

I Love Ireland, Ireland Forever, Brave and Free or Ireland Go Green

3) Irish tradition says that anyone who kisses the blarney stone, which is located near this town, will be blessed with the Irish "gift of gab":

Dublin, Wexford, Cork, or Waterford

4) This Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet and playwright was also a senator of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1928:

George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, or William Butler Yeats

5) With 27,136 square miles of land, the Republic of Ireland is approximately half the size of this U.S. state:

Montana, Ohio, Louisiana or Arkansas

6) Today, this number of Americans trace their ancestry back to Ireland:

Ten million, Twenty-five million, Forty million or Sixty-five million

Answers

1) 90”
2) Ireland Forever
3) Cork
4) Yeats
5) Arkansas
6) 40 million

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Pie Match

1. Official pie of Florida

2. In Kansas, it was once illegal to serve ice cream on this pie

3. This is actually a cake

4. This is the most popular dessert pie in America

5. This is the second most popular dessert pie in America

6. This is the third most popular dessert pie in America

7. Mark Twain's housekeeper baked him this pie because he had a habit of skipping
lunch

8. This is one of George Washington's favorite pies

9. This pie was invented in 1806 in Philadelphia

10. Bill Clinton's favorite pie

11. This pie was used to attract flies from the kitchen

12. Indiana's state pie

(a) Lemon Meringue
(b) Pumpkin
(c) Shoo-Fly
(d) Boston Cream
(e) Cherry
(f) Apple
(g) Key Lime
(h) Hoosier
(i) Sweetbreads
(j) Pecan
(k) Huckleberry
(l) Peach

Answers: 1(g), 2(e), 3(d), 4(f), 5(b), 6(j), 7(k), 8(i), 9(a), 10(l), 11(c), 12(h)

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