Food Facts
Terrapin meat, derived from this type of creature, is sometimes pounded & served like steak
turtle
When used to mean a road, pike is short for this
turnpike
Some archaic versions of this sewing device had hooks rather than eyes to hold the thread
a needle
The French equivalent of mr., it's abbreviated just m.
monsieur
It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round"
love
The word jambalaya may come from the French jambon, meaning this
ham
Members of this military group are called leathernecks
Marines
Thread made of this fiber is often mercerized, giving it greater strength & affinity for dye
cotton
Title shared by a large moth or the largest penguin
emperor
There's "no time like" this
the present
This condiment was sold as medicine in the 1830s to treat ailments like diarrhea.
Ketchup
This word can mean a type of small deer or the eggs of a fish
roe
This is sewing together 2 pieces of fabric with padding between, perhaps to make a bed cover
quilting
After taking Venice, Napoleon abolished this title of the ruler of the city
the doge
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
a watched pot
A popular appetizer, this Mexican dish consists of tortilla chips topped with cheese & chilies
nachos
This 3-letter word can refer to smoked salmon or liquid oxygen
lox
Ebenezer Butterick is said to have invented the tissue paper type of this
a pattern
Arabic's amir-al-bahr, or commander of the sea, became this English title
admiral
It "comes not alone" & "makes waste"
haste
Ricotta is often made from this liquid left over from making provolone cheese
the whey
The name of this common device for regulating the flow of a liquid comes from Latin for "false"
a faucet
Term for a strip of fabric sewn with examples of different stitches, often in silk thread
a sampler
A member of a state university board, or a person who substitutes for a king
a regent
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
a shoe