Cooking
Butterball advises putting the thermometer in this part of the turkey that provides dark meat
The thigh
"Ring" in if you know that this gem is the hardest substance found in nature
A diamond
These bakery pastries don't contain the "ursine" parts in their names; that would be too "grizzly"
Bear claws
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere only made it to Lexington on his warning ride; Samuel Prescott got to this city
Concord
In 1856 P.T. Barnum boasted he'd go over this in a 30-foot-wide rubber ball-- didn't happen
Niagara Falls
From the Latin for "flat wood", it's one of a fry cook's tools
A spatula
This gem is most prized when its color is pigeon's blood red
A ruby
The Godiva candy called an "open" one of these bivalves is a praline "pearl" resting in a chocolate shell
An oyster
General Casimir Pulaski's ability to command was hampered by his inability to do this (unlike his men)
Speak English
In "Paradise Lost" book I, line 392, Milton begins to list & describe these disgraced denizens of hell
The fallen angels
Hungarian goulash recipes measure salt & pepper in teaspoons or tablespoons, but this spice in cups
Paprika
Folklore affirms that spheres made from this precious stone, ojo de tigre, help in attaining business success
Tiger's eye
In 1981 the Trolli Company gave us the "gummi" type of these creepy crawlies seen on your lawn
Worms
The flag resolution of 1777 called for 13 white stars on a blue field, "representing a new" this
Constellation
Female anatomical tubes named for an Italian doctor
Fallopian tubes
Craig Claiborne's recipe for this French soup reminds you to chill thoroughly & pronounce the final "S"
Vichyssoise
This 2-word gemstone was once ground to produce ultramarine, a deep blue paint pigment
Lapis lazuli
No gastropods were harmed to make this sweet swirled roll (do the French call it a cinnamon escargot?)
Anails
The First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the war, he was known for his lunch-break preferences
The Earl of Sandwich
Descent with an unopened parachute as the first part of a jump
Freefall
Also sometimes done to harbors, it means to coat food with a dry ingredient like flour
Dredge
Citrine, a translucent yellow quartz, is often sold as this gem
A topaz
The classic French cookie called a langue de chat looks like this kitty part--luckily, not an ingredient
Tongue
Victories in the NW Territory by this brother of an explorer forced Britain to surrender the area in 1783
George Rogers Clark
This 6-word state motto of Kentucky implies a need for solidarity
"United we stand, divided we fall."