American History
While in the VA. legislature, this 3rd president introduced his religious freedom statute
Thomas Jefferson
Use these bristly implements to butter pastries or to keep meat moist on the grill
Brushes
When it breaks, the cradle will fall
The Bough
It's the only continent occupied by a single nation
Australia
Peach County is the center of this state's peach-growing belt
Georgia
Founded in 1607, the Popham colony on the Kennebec River was this state's first English settlement
Maine
Waffles are made in an iron & muffins are made in an implement named for this metal
Tin
A goon, a bruiser, a heavy or a thug
a tough
The red marking on a black widow is described as this shape
Hourglass
Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river
Potomac
In 1952 composer Stuart Hamblen was the presidential candidate of this anti-liquor party
Prohibition
Used to keep food warm, this "dish" is a container with a pan of hot water beneath it
a chafing dish
It's similar to batter but it's too stiff to pour
dough
A fool or madman card is among the 78 cards that make up this special fortune telling pack
Tarot
This site of the U.S. Immigration Depot was called Oyster Island by the Dutch
Ellis Island
On Dec. 23, 1921 President Harding pardoned this Socialist so that he could have Christmas dinner with his wife
Eugene Victor Debs
When using this short, axlike butcher's knife, keep your other hand out of the way
a cleaver
To truly eat like a pig, put your food in one of these
trough
Reigning from 1449 to 1453, Constantine XI Palaeologus was this empire's last emperor
The Byzantine Empire
At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia
This soldier & frontiersman won important victories over the British in the Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clark
The mandoline, resembling a washboard, eases this process of cutting potatoes into matchlike strips
julienning
It's a political division of New York City; Queens is one
a borough
3 U.S. presidents died on this date & one, Calvin Coolidge, was born on it
July 4
The U.S.A.'s strongest surface wind, 231 mph, was recorded on this New Hampshire mountain
Mount Washington