Food
This fast food chain with more than 17,000 stores worldwide dropped its full name in 1991 and began using an abbreviation
KFC
A solemn promise, you might take one "of silence"
a Vow
Romaine & leaf are types of this salad starter
Lettuce
An ache, or a piece of glass in a window
a pain/pane
According to tradition, if this critter sees its shadow on Feb 2, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
a groundhog/Groundhogs Day
Its the pina in pina colada
Pineapple
Your face, or a coffee cup with a handle
Mug
This fuzz-free baby type of fruit named for a New Zealand bird is eaten whole, as one would eat a grape
a Kiwi
A flower, or lines of seats
rose/rows
On this holiday, people once placed bowls of food outside their homes to appease ghosts
Halloween
Its the familiar Japanese name for what's also called the golden oak mushroom
a shitake
237, when talking about 199+38
Sum
What we actually call the netted melon or muskmelon
Showers, or leather straps that control a horse
Rains/reins
Presidents Day honors these two presidents in particular, who were both born in February
George Washington & Abraham Lincoln
Headquartered in Atlanta, this chain of over 430 restaurants says 66% of its customers are male
Hooters
Another word for eggs, used as caviar
This stone fruit is fuzzier if bought by the roadside; supermarket varieties are mechanically brushed
Peaches
To acquire through merit, or a large decorative vase
earn/urn
At the beginning of each term, Supreme Court justices work one week, then get off Monday for this
Columbus Day
This rum drink hailing from New Orleans' French Quarter has its own glass of the same name
the Hurricane
In volleyball, its when you dive to hit the ball just about the ground
a Dig
The Bosc variety of this fruit is excellent for baking or poaching
Pears
A hiding place, or the moolah you might put there
cache/cash
in 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday
Labor Day