2511 Board

AUTUMN LEAVES

100

October 4, 1883: This train leaves Paris on its maiden journey, bound for Constantinople; no one aboard is murdered

Orient Express

200

Oct. 31, 1967: This royal lady departs on her last ocean voyage, leaving Southampton & docking in Long Beach

Queen Mary

300

November 14, 1889: Journalist Nellie Bly leaves New York for this trip to break a record set by Phileas Fogg (who's fictional, BTW)

Around the world

400

October 10, 1973: This former governor of Maryland takes leave of the vice presidency, though not by choice

Spiro Agnew

500

November 9, 1918: This deposed leader leaves Germany & seeks asylum in the Netherlands, where he remains until his death

Kaiser Wilhelm

TURKEY DAY

100

A symbol of Turkey since Ottoman times, this flower has inspired decorative motifs on carpets, clothing & ceramics

The Tulip

200

Yagli gures, one of the most popular sports in Turkey, is a variety of this one, but with the grapplers covered in oil

Wrestling

300

Made with molten glass, a nazar boncuğu is a Turkish amulet used for protection against this negative force

The evil eye

400

Producing more than 70% of the world's supply, Turkey is the world's largest grower of these nuts, aka filberts

Hazelnuts

500

Before Turkey's largest city was renamed Istanbul, it was Constantinople & just before that, known as this

Byzantium

VEGETABLES

100

Remove the seeds & ribs before stuffing a bell one of these

Pepper

200

You can eat the pod as well as the seeds of the Oriental snow variety of this vegetable

Peas

300

Traditionally served with hollandaise sauce, it's harvested when its tip is about 6" off the ground

Asparagus

400

Tea time in England wouldn't be tea time without sandwiches made from this gourd

Cucumber

500

Heads up! Its name is the Italian word for flowering cabbage tops

Broccoli

USES FOR STALE BREAD

100

Cube the bread & saute or bake it to make these to garnish soup or salad

Croutons

200

Make this breakfast dish--bread dipped in an egg-milk mixture & fried until golden brown on both sides

French Toast

300

Stale bread is handy as an ingredient in this Thanksgiving side dish, named for its placement inside the bird

Stuffing

400

Use stale bread to make these to bind meatloaf or to coat chicken before baking; panko is a Japanese type

Breadcrumbs

500

Make this Italian bread topped with tomatoes; its name is from the Italian for "to roast over coals"

Bruschetta

APPLES

100

These green-skinned apples go into apple pie & at See's Candies, go into the apple pie truffles

Granny Smith

200

In 2011 McDonald's removed the caramel dip from the apple slices option with this package offering

The Happy Meal

300

Oscar Tschirky, the legendary maître d' of a certain hotel, created this salad with apples as the central ingredient

Waldorf Salad

400

This apple with a Japanese name is actually a cross between 2 American varieties

Fuji

500

This preparation is a favorite accompaniment of foods from pork to latkes

Applesauce

POPCORN

100

I like to make popcorn with this Indian clarified butter; I swear it makes it crispier

Ghee

200

Legend says in 1621 Native Americans introduced the Pilgrims to popcorn by bringing it to this celebration

Thanksgiving

300

Popcorn is mostly this type of carbohydrate that provides energy & also stiffens shirt collars

Starch

400

For a bedtime snack try popcorn with parmesan; the dairy & carbs activate the effect of this amino acid that's more associated with turkey

Tryptophan

500

Founded in 1914, the American Pop Corn Company makes this "happy" brand of popcorn, America's first

Jolly Time