each response will contain those three letters in that order.
This food is made by letting warm, bacteria-laden milk sit out for hours
Yogurt
The name of this popular picnic side dish is from the Dutch
"cabbage salad"
Coleslaw
Of all the elements, this metallic one has the shortest name
Tin
Ferns are plants that reproduce using spores, which means they don't grow flowers & they don't produce or spread these
Seeds
Many in the military prefer "bird", not "chopper", for this type of transport
Helicopter
John Fogerty sang that he was born on this type of waterway, but he's actually from Northern California
A Bayou
From the Spanish for "spiced with chili", corn tortillas wrapped around a meat or cheese filling & topped with sauce are called
Enchiladas
This calm, circular center of a hurricane is typically 20 to 40 miles in diameter but can be over 100
The eye
A little canary told us...decayed ferns from the Carboniferous Period helped create this fossil fuel; we still use it today
Coal
A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II
This nimble dog breed can reach top speeds of up to 45 mph
Greyhound
"Apple of many seeds"
Not surprisingly, the Latin name for this fruit
Pomegranate
Among other things, these chemical substances secreted by certain animals are used to mark territory & to attract mates
Pheromones
This "F" word refers to the leaves of a fern, which are often featherlike in shape
A Frond
These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I.
A Joe
This Massachusetts town is home to Pilgrim Memorial State Park.
Plymouth
A color is in this adjective for heavily seasoned food like salmon or chicken cooked over high heat
Blackened
This beetle gets its 4-letter name from its huge jaws that resemble the antlers of a male deer
A stag beetle
Some ferns are epiphytic, meaning they grow on plant surfaces like tree trunks; others are epipetric, meaning they grow on these
Rocks
This rifle accessory is a "cheese toaster" & takes its real name from a French town where it was once made
Bayonet
It's the longest side of a right triangle
Hypotenuse
To really like something, or a finely chopped sweet pickle on a hot dog
Relish
DDT was first used as this lethal type of substance around 1940 & restrictions on it began in the late '50s
Pesticide
Because they're shaped like the scroll of a violin, the curled-up leaves of young ferns are called these, & you can eat them
Fiddleheads
This title of a 2012 film is military slang for
"so late it's early"
Zero Dark Thirty