Waves of Grain
Surprising Dish Origins
On Farm
Home Turf TX
Periodic Table
200

This psuedograin, native to the Andean region, has approximately 15% protein.

What is quinoa?

200

 This popular fermented cabbage dish originated in China moret than 2,000 years ago, not Germany.

What is sauerkraut?

200

The word for this machine comes from the latin word "trahere", to pull.

What is a tractor?

200

In the United States, Texas is the state that produces the most of this meat.

What is beef?

200

Atomic number 20 is both a plant-required and human-required nutrient, and can be supplemented to treat osteoporosis.

What is calcium?

400

These grains, regularly eaten by humans for their association with lower blood cholesterol, are also a common animal feed.

What are oats?

400

The Cesar Salad was not created in Italy, but instead in this "party" town across the border from San Diego.

Where is Tijuana, Mexico?

400

This Spanish-named knife can be used to cut sugar cane or cornstalks.

What is a machete?

400

Texas' official state dish does not have beans in it, unlike most common recipes you'll find.

What is chili?

400

An essential nutrient, this element (symbol K) is high in bananas, lima beans & avocados

What is potassium?

600

This wheat product is a staple of North African cuisine.

What is couscous?

600

 A Duke, known for his victory at the battle of Waterloo, had this pastry-wrapped meat dish named after him.

What is Beef Wellington?

600

On a farm, it's a cylindrical tower to store grains; the ones that store missiles are underground.

What is a silo?

600

The exteme drought that took place in Texas from 2010-2013 hit downstream farmers growing this grain especially hard.

What is rice?

600

The deficiency for this plant-required nutrient (also known for glowing in elemental form) expresses as purpling in the leaves.

What is phosphorus?
800

There are six major types of this grain: dent, flint, pod, pop, flour, and sweet.

What is corn?

800

This prophetic dessert item was originally created by Japanese Americans.

What are fortune cookies?

800

It can be a low cupboard with shelves or a coop for animals, usually rabbits.

What is a hutch?

800

This fruit, famously grown on the Rio Grande, is touted by Texan farmers as the best in the world.

What is grapefruit?

800

This significant plant nutrient is the primary cause for eutrophication.

What is nitrogen?

1000

This aquatic plant is one of the most culturally important grains native to North America, and is a part of many indigenous food ways in the Great Lakes region and beyond.

What is wild rice?

1000

This American social butterly and President's wife popularized strawberry iceacream in 1812, originally created by Sallie Shadd, a freed slave from Delaware.

Who is Dolley Maddison?

1000

A combine on a farm is short for combine this, a machine that cuts & threshes grain.

What is a combination harvester?

1000

This perennial Texas crop is related to Hickory and a staple of Thanksgiving tables.

What are pecans?

1000

Arguably the most essential plant nutrient, every plant is about 50% this element.

What is carbon?