Chillin’ and Grillin’
Summertime cooks apply this thick sauce to meat toward the end of the grilling process.
What is barbecue? If you apply it too early, it will burn while the food cooks through. In the U.S., there are four predominant regional styles of barbecue sauce: Texas, Memphis, Kansas City, and Carolina.
This popular purple vegetable, prominent in Italian and Greek cooking, is ripe for harvest in August.
What is eggplant? When its skin is smooth and shiny and it seems too heavy, it’s ripe.
Cairo is the capital of this North African country.
What is Egypt? The Great Pyramid of Giza outside Cairo is the only location of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World remaining.
He played the role of Matlock on a show by the same name.
Who is Andy Griffith? After the end of the series, Griffith reprised the role for the final time on a two-part episode of Diagnosis Murder
August has this number of days…currently.
What is 31? August didn’t always have 31 days; it started with 30 days. Then, it was increased to 31 days. When January and February were introduced, August was reduced to 29 days. Finally, it reverted to 31 days, where it has remained.
This is a more common term for “mopping.”
What is basting? Whatever you call it, it’s applying a seasoned liquid while grilling to keep the food soft and moist. The newfangled term for “spraying” is spritzing. Thank you to all the celebrity chefs for keeping us on our toes with new terminology!
When you begin to feel a nip in the air in late August, it is time to plant this generic salad ingredient. Some varieties of it include oak leaf and Buttercrunch.
What is lettuce? You can also plant any salad green, cucumber, or root or tuber vegetable in early fall. Cucumbers prefer warm weather, but they grow quickly.
Lisbon is the capital of this country.
What is Portugal? Lisbon is the oldest city in Western Europe. Fado is a genre of sad folk music, and Fado restaurants are popular among tourists and locals there.
After 9/11, this New York City mayor earned the moniker “America’s Mayor.”
Who is Rudy Giuliani? Before becoming mayor, he earned a reputation for prosecuting and convicting organized crime bosses, drug dealers, and white-collar criminals in New York.
August gets its name from this Roman emperor.
Who is Augustus Caesar? Before it was named for Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, it was known as Sextilis, because it was the sixth month of the year.
Add this to the ice in a manual ice-cream maker before churning the ingredients.
What is (rock) salt? Adding salt makes the ice cream freeze faster
This huge late bloomer is prized for its bright yellow color and its edible seeds.
What is sunflower? What we think of as one sunflower is actually multiple flowers. The fuzzy, brown center comprises over a thousand tiny flowers.
Santiago is the capital of this South American country
What is Chile? In Chile, husbands and wives have different last names because women keep their maiden names.
Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman to hold this distinction.
What is to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court? President Reagan appointed her, and she served on the court for 24 years.
Known as “Satch,” he was born on August 4, 1901. We know him for “Hello Dolly,” among many other standards.
Who is Louis Armstrong? The string of vintage songs associated with Armstrong includes “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “When You’re Smiling,” “What a Wonderful World,” and “Georgia on My Mind.”
You probably associate charcoal grills with this American brand.
What is Weber? The brand consistently comes up in grilling-related Top 10 lists. Another brand that has gained momentum is Slow ’N Sear (or SnS).
These beautiful insects love flowers, but you won’t see them once fall temperatures arrive, because they can’t fly in temperatures less than 55ºF.
What are butterflies? A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope or flutter.
Reykjavik is the capital of this European country.
What is Iceland? Iceland is part of the European continent but not part of the European Union. Fun fact: Dogs were banned in Reykjavik from 1924–1984 because they were considered farm animals.
He was known for serving on O. J. Simpson’s defense team, and his former wife Kris and daughters Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney star in the E Network TV reality show bearing his last name.
Who was Robert Kardashian? The TV show is Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Robert Kardashian died in 2003, and the show portrays the remaining Kardashians’ extravagant lifestyles.
Locals on this continent travel during August, and many mom-and-pop stores are closed.
What is Europe? While the native citizens travel, there’s no lack of tourists in Europe during August.
This is the term for a slab of meat or chicken breast that has been slit almost in half and opened to lie flat.
What is butterfly? You must be careful when preparing and grilling butterflied chicken or meat. Be sure not to cut it all the way through into two pieces, and remember that grilling time is cut in half because the meat is half as thick.
This August bloomer with many petals grows from tubers, has flowers that can grow to the size of a dinner plate, and comes in a vast array of colors.
What is dahlia? While they are in full bloom in August, they bloom from mid-summer into mid-fall.
Kabul is the capital of this country, where Americans and Canadians fought a war that spanned the 20th and 21st centuries.
What is Afghanistan? In the 1970s, Afghanistan was a modern country, with women fully participating in society. It was difficult to distinguish their college campuses from those in North America and the Western world.
In this decade, Charlotte E. Ray received her law degree and became the first Black female lawyer in the United States.
What are the 1870s? She received her degree from Howard University in 1872.
In leap years, August starts on the same day of the week as this month.
What is February? In non-leap years, it starts on a day of the week that no other month does.