Exotic Zoology
Females of this animal type generally have only one ovary
What are birds?
This is the name of Dexter's older sister in Dexter's Laboratory
Who is Dee Dee?
This character sacrificed her life to replace the moon spirit during the Sidge of the North by sharing it's position
Who is Yue?
This is the direction that the heat source comes from when food is broiled.
What is above? - This is a quick method of cooking or finishing a dish. It can be used to brown and melt cheese on tuna melt sandwiches, for example.
These creatures, half woman and half bird, first appeared in Homer's Odyssey where their enchanting voices allured sailors to their doom to nearby rocks, sandbars, and shoals.
What are sirens?
This miniature marsupial can weigh up to half an ounce and is named after their love of sweet foods.
What are sugar gliders?
Who is Emily Elizabeth Howard?
This character is a non bender with 6 identical sisters
Who is Ty Lee?
This is the term for a mixture of flour and fat used for thickening sauces.
What is a roux? - this combines equal parts of flour and fat, usually butter. It's the most common way of thickening gravies and stews and is the based of lots of dishes
This is the term for any member of a large class of female nature entities with various aspects of nature having their own kind.
What is a Nymph?
What are hedgehogs?
This is the name of Angelica's doll in Rugrats
Who is Cynthia?
Azula and her friends used this disguise to influtrate Ba Sing Se
What are Kyoshi Warriors?
This cooking term refers to plunging vegetables into boiling water briefly, and then into iced water.
What is blanching? - this process helps preserve the vegetables' color, texture, and nutritional value while making them easier to peel or preparing them for freezing
The description of these creatures varies across Greek literature with the earliest source defining them as three sisters: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa.
What is a Gorgon?
The feet of these animals have tiny hairs called setae that create an electric attraction to surfaces allowing them to cling to vertical surfaces and even walk on ceilings
What are geckos?
This character, from a cartoon airing from 1998 - 2004, is a "geek" with a passion for exploration and has the ability to speak to animals
Who is Eliza Thornberry?
Who is The Painted Lady?
This is the term for when something is cooked and preserved in it's own fat.
What is confit? - this is derived from the ancient method of preserving meat (usually goose, duck, or pork) in which the meat is salted and slowly cooked in its own rendered fat. However, it originally meant foods that were cooked and preserved in sugar and syrup.
In Irish folklore, this is a female spirit who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.
What is a banshee?
This animal generally has one functional lung while the other is reduced or absent
What are snakes?
This ingredient was mistakenly added to create the Powerpuff Girls in addition to sugar, spice, and everything nice
What is Chemical X?
This character got her name after the fire lord that initiated the Hundred Year War
Who is Azula? - named after Fire Lord Azulon
This term refers to cooking food in a sealed bag in a water bath at a precise temperature for en extended period of time?
What is sous vide? - This method allows for even cooking and enhanced flavor retention over an extended period, often resulting in tender and perfectly cooked dishes
Megara refers to one of three goddesses of vengeance and retribution that take on this title as she is the punisher of infidelity, oath breakers, and theft.
What is a fury or erinyes?