Cooking Techniques
Cooking food quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat, commonly used with a wok.
What is stir-fy?
This NFL team has played on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
This side dish often uses cream of mushroom soup and crispy fried onions.
What is green bean casserole?
Snoopy serves toast and popcorn in this animated Thanksgiving special.
What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?
This word describes a fully ready-to-use product or service — often used in real estate and business.
What is turnkey?
Heating food slowly in liquid at a temperature that’s just below boiling
What is simmering?
his team became the second “annual” Thanksgiving host starting in 1966.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
The sweet orange vegetable often topped with marshmallows.
What are sweet potatoes?
Joey puts a turkey on his head in this hit sitcom.
What is Friends?
This chewy, dried meat snack.
What is Jerky?
Cooking something under direct high heat from above, often used to brown the top of a dish.
What is broiling?
The college rivalry game between Alabama and Auburn is famously played around Thanksgiving and known by this name.
What is the Iron Bowl?
This sauce can be shaped like a can or made fresh from berries.
What is cranberry sauce?
This 1987 comedy stars Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for Thanksgiving.
What is Planes, Trains, & Automobiles?
A mechanic might describe an engine with a lot of pulling power.
Vacuum-sealed food cooked in a temperature-controlled water bath for even results.
What is sous-vide?
The player who scores a touchdown by catching the ball is credited with this statistic.
What is a receiving touchdown?
The mixture of bread, herbs, and broth baked inside or outside the bird.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This New York City event features giant balloons and is watched by millions on Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This transcontinental nation known for Istanbul, Cappadocia, and the Bosphorus Strait.
What is Turkey?
Browning meat or veggies in a pan to build flavor before adding liquid or simmering.
What is searing?
The NFL added a third Thanksgiving game in this decade.
What are the 2000s? (2006 specifically)
This dessert uses a nut found mostly in the Southern U.S.
What is pecan pie?
his animated sitcom focuses an entire episode on Bob’s obsession with cooking the perfect Thanksgiving meal.
What is Bob’s Burgers?
This tropical vacation spot in the Caribbean.
What is Turks and Caicos?