FOOD PREPARATION
To slice a tomato, use a knife with this type of edge for a clean cut
a serrated edge
If you separate out these rhyming candies, you'll get about half orange ones, 1/4 brown & 1/4 yellow
Reese's Pieces
This -ism named for a legendary soldier devoted to Napoleon can mean the belief that one's gender is superior
chauvinism
This opposite of analog comes from the Latin for "finger"
digital
His "Divine Comedy": "All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"
Dante
An enzyme called papain in the leaves & green skin of raw papaya can be used as one of these food preparations as it breaks down the connective tissue of meats
a tenderizer
A Kraft favorite debuted in 1937 containing this food in orange powder form
cheese
To execute without due process, especially by hanging; it was named for a Virginian who was allowed to do it
to lynch
This "holy" synonym for wedlock comes from the Latin for "marriage"
matrimony
From Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan": "I can resist everything except" this
temptation
Colorful cooking methods include browning & this one associated with Cajun cooking
blackening
Orange chicken is the most popular item at this restaurant founded by Andrew Cherng
Panda Express
A Greek god who was half man, half goat & known for causing terror gives us this word for sudden terror
panic
That's funny--the name of this arm bone is from the Latin for "shoulder"
humerus
Karl Marx: this "is the opium of the people"
religion
Simmer short-grain rice seasoned with saffron in the broad, shallow pan that gives this Spanish dish its name
paella
The country tune "Song Of The South" mentions pie made from this tuber
sweet potato
The 9th century "Apostle of the Slavs" gave his name to this alphabet used by the Slavs
Cyrillic
This word meaning to compel into military service comes partly from the Latin for "to write"
conscript
From "Walden": "the mass of men lead lives of quiet" this
desperation
The name of this technique indicates that meat is soaked in saltwater, though other liquids can be used instead
brining
In Yiddish tsorres (trouble) should not be confused with tsimmes, a stew containing mern, these veggies
carrots
This setter dog breed was developed in Scotland & named for the nobleman who popularized it in the early 19th c.
the Gordon Setter
Ovid used this Latin plural meaning "transformations" for a title
metamorphoses
John Adams at the Boston Massacre trials: these "are stubborn things"
facts