Tens
This is a term for 10 years.
What is a decade? A century is 10 decades, and a millennium is 10 centuries.
What you should do each month when your bank statement comes
What is balance your account or checkbook? Not all graduating students have mastered money management and/or credit card use. All these skills use basic arithmetical functions.
This is the expression for giving up something such as smoking all at once.
What is going cold turkey?
This is the milk with the least amount of fat.
What is skim? It’s also called nonfat milk because the fat has been removed. You can find other nonfat dairy products such as yogurt.
When someone earns a living, they are said to bring home this pork product.
What is bacon? The popular expression is “bring home the bacon.”
These are the rules in the Old Testament.
What are the Ten Commandments? Did you know they are never referred to as the Ten Commandments in the Bible?
Table manners, social graces, writing thank-you notes, RSVP to an invitation, etc.
What is etiquette? Do you remember when hats were never allowed indoors?
You can find a turkey equivalent of this long, thin, breakfast meat.
What is bacon? It’s made from pressed dark and light meat. According to dietitian Laura Jeffers, MEd, RD, LD, “This substitute is still high in saturated fat and sodium and doesn’t carry as many health benefits as many believe.” A two-ounce serving of bacon contains 22 grams of fat. An equivalent serving of turkey bacon contains 14 grams of fat.
This dairy product can be churned into butter but is most often used as a whipped topping on dessert.
What is cream? It’s slightly yellow, like the color named for it. Cream from pastured cows can have a more distinct yellow hue, which is derived from the carotenoid pigments found in the plants they eat.
This is a baker’s dozen.
What is 13? Medieval English bakers gave their customers 13 loaves of bread when they ordered a dozen so they wouldn’t be accused of shortchanging their customers.
Blackjack is this card and a 10.
What is ace? A blackjack can also be any face card and an ace.
How to write a formal document that provides an overview of your professional qualifications, otherwise known as a CV or this
What is resume? Students are also not taught how to apply for jobs.
The minimum safe temperature of a cooked turkey is 130, 165, or 195 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 165? The only way to tell if a turkey is cooked properly is to use a meat thermometer.
This dairy product is one part cream and one part milk.
What is half-and-half? It is one-third to one-half the fat content of cream, depending on what type of milk is used.
Gossip is heard through this plant in the vineyard.
What is grapevine? The telegraph was called the grapevine telegraph, and that is where “heard it through the grapevine” originated.
Ten is the number of players on the court in this major league sport.
What is basketball? There are five members of each team on the court during play, for a total of 10 on the court at any time. Players can be switched during play. During the season, a team is limited to 15 players; during off-season, teams can have up to 20 players.
The deductions that come out of a paycheck and shock many newly employeed teenagers
What are taxes? We all have stories about people we know who are utterly shocked when they receive their first paycheck. Students are often not taught how to file taxes and require their parents guidance.
This is the name of a female turkey.
What is hen? A male turkey is called a gobbler or a tom.
If you don’t have this type of milk on hand, you can add a little vinegar or lemon juice to regular milk to make it.
What is buttermilk? It’s often used in baked goods, especially pancakes. The slight acidity reacts with baking soda, creating fluffier baked goods.
We warn people with big mouths not to spill these dry goods when we tell them a secret.
What are beans? The phrase originated in Greece where black and white beans were used in voting, where the outcome had to be unanimous. If the counter spilled the beans and one bean of the other color was spotted, voting was halted.
These two sets of human digits come in tens.
What are fingers and toes? Vertebrates’ fingers and toes are called digits in anatomy.
How to physically take care of yourself when confronted with an attacker.
What is self-defense? Gym class offers the opportunity to teach this life skill.
Wild turkeys sleep here.
What are trees? They sleep in trees because they have poor night vision, and it keeps them safe from predators.
This thick, sweet milk is sold in a can and is the foundation of caramel.
What is condensed? Condensed milk is similar to evaporated milk but contains added sugar. It has a shelf life of around two years.
Some people are as slow as this thick syrup.
What is molasses? When you get stuck driving behind people who are going 15 miles under the speed limit, they are moving as slow as molasses.