Comestibles
Environmental disasters and foreign competition have pushed many Louisianans out of this still important fishery; fortunately, seafood boils can come with crawfish instead.
What are shrimp?
John Pelicas, who works in this major port said, "It's bad enough they have to fight with the weather and not catching it, and the different equipment, different nets and all this diferent stuff, but them cutting the days."
What is New Bedford?
Not just a place to read "A Squeeze of the Hand," this is also the last surviving wooden whaleship.
What is the Charles W. Morgan?
The Morgan is also acceptable.
For working women in the '80s and '90s, fish wasn't just delicious and nutritious; it was also fast, with one recipe even suggesting how it could be prepared in this device.
What is a microwave?
The Biloxi Wade-Ins helped integrate this site of public recreation.
What is the beach?
Once a popular locally-grown New York foodstuff, this shellfish is now in the city's waterways for filtration and reef restoration rather than eating.
What is an oyster?
Kerry St. Pe said of the construction of these devices after the 1927 Flood: "People blame the Corps of Engineers for building_______but they forget at the time the people demanded" they "be built. Big corporations, big land corporations, agricultural corporations wanted their land protected. So it got protected...It's like how every environmental decision is made even today. Pressure from the big corporations, the rich."
What are levees?
The handy guide, "Survival on Land and Sea," was a big hit and a real lifesaver during this conflict.
What is World War II (or the Second World War)?
The decline in this once-abundant species spelled the death of its centuries-old fishing industry in Canada.
What is cod?
Grassroots organizing and citizen science emerged in response to the disaster in this place; people felt like they had to fight to keep themselves and their community safe--as Vicki put it: "They kept saying everyone within a 10 mile radius from [here] needed to evacuate. We kept saying… what about 10.1 miles… so that’s safe? Not an acceptable statement.”
What is Three Mile Island?
Williams-Mystic students have followed the nautical-themed recipe for this dish despite it sounding somewhat upchuck-adjacent.
What is Yack and Heave?
Richard Owen said of this creature: "I am far from insensible to the pleasures of the discovery of a new and rare animal; but before I can enjoy them, certain conditions - e.g., reasonable proof or evidence of its existence - must be fulfilled…. A larger body of evidence from eye-witnesses might be got together in proof of ghosts than of" this being.
What is a sea serpent?
Sea monster is also acceptable.
A member of this union said: "The most important thing was not that we had gays. It was that an injury to one was an injury to all--and we practiced it. We took care of each other."
What is the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union?
MCS is also acceptable.
V-notching berried females of this creature is part of the proud legacy of its Maine fishery.
What is a lobster?
This conflict in the Pacific Northwest led to the Boldt Decision--it radically altered (by finally recognizing) Indigenous treaty rights.
What are the Fish Wars?
Popular from Japan to New Zealand to Alaska, the consumption of this creature became controversial in some places as attitudes towards the creature and the environment changed.
What is a whale?
This former Stonington resident said: "Amidst all my griefs and pains, I have many consolations; Meg, the wife of my youth, whom I married for love, and bought with my money, is still alive. My freedom is a privilege which nothing else can equal."
Who is Venture Smith?
Just "Venture," "Broteer," or "Smith" are acceptable.
While it may be docked in southern Louisiana, this ship and icebreaker carries the name of a Stonington resident and Antarctic explorer.
Who is Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer?
Just Palmer is acceptable.
While formerly known for whaling, New Bedford is now one of the nation's top landing sites for this seafood (though some boats in Stonington fish for it, too).
What are scallops?
Lore Kessibuki, originally from this place, spoke of decades of frustration and hardship, saying: "We've learned to dry our tears of sorrow with dollar bills. But money never takes the place of" his home.
What is Bikini Island, or Bikini Atoll?
As Nakai taught us, you can take this from a certain kind of tree to make tea when you have a cold.
What are pine needles?
This military leader said: "my selfe received an arrow through my coate sleeve, a second against my Helmet on the forehead, so as if God in his providence had not moved the heart of my wife to perswade mee to carry it along with me which I was unwilling to doe, I had been slaine...let no man despise advise and Counsell of his wife though she be a woman."
Who is John Underhill?
Just Underhill is acceptable.
During this conflict, British ships, including the Terror, fired on Stonington, with one cannon ball crashing through someone's house before being returned to the British.
What is the War of 1812?
The Battle of Stonington is also acceptable.
Not really a "nest of naiads," this team of women researchers in TEKTITE-II was led by this scientist, also known as "Her Deepness."
Who is Sylvia Earle?
In 1922, sailors led a 56-day strike in this international port as part of their fight for better treatment and pay.
What is Hong Kong?