Well seasoned vocabulary
This tasty verb precedes favor when you are using flattery as a means of advancement
What is the spice
Curry
Born on the foam of the sea this mighty goddess had a magic girdle that made the wearer amazingly desirable as girdles do
Aphrodite
Pollex
Thumb
Meaning to achieve a goal there's more than one way to do this but why bring the feline into it
To skin a cat
...Is called Earth's twin but it must be fraternal as we don't enjoy the same thick clouds of sulfuric acid
Venus
As a verb this seasoning means to hit rapidly & repeatedly or to pelt with questions
What is the spice
Pepper
This Olympian goddess of wisdom was big in agriculture too teaching man how to yoke oxen
Athena
The carpus
The wrist
An idiom suggests not doing this to spite your face; why would you even consider it?!
Nose
Can get within about 29 million miles of the sun
Mercury
Someone who can be a bit nasty or short with people, usually elderly
What is the spice
Salty
Her marriage to the king of Sparta went kinda sideways after her abduction but some stories have the 2 reconciling later
Helen of troy
Tympanum or tympanic membrane
Eardrum
Actors don't like Good luck before shows but this 3-word alternative seems awfully painful
Break a leg
Has about a dozen moons at least 6 miles in diameter including Ganymede
Jupiter
A very wise person
What is the spice
Sage
An early snowbird this daughter of Zeus had to spend a few months a year in Hades after an unfortunate food choice
Persephone
Patella
Knee cap
This 2-word term for someone deemed attractive yet chaotic has origins in warm foods served in the 19th century
A hot mess
Is noted for a dark gap called the Cassini division
Saturn
This is frequently said to fly but it doesn’t have wings.
What is the spice
Thyme
She's is the helping guide to her blind father Oedipus into exile
Antigone
Coccyx
Tailbone
Something that looks holy unrecognizable at first but then offer a pleasant surprise
A blessing in disguise
May have used its gravity to capture an independent object that would become one of its moons--Triton
Neptune