Numbers
The number of red stripes on the American Flag.
7
What's for dinner if your main ingredients are:
1 yellow onion
1 pound ground beef
2 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 cups beef broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can red kidney beans
1 can tomato sauce
Chili
TGIF is an ever popular acronym in delight of the coming weekend
Thank God It's Friday
One of the Gorgons from Greek mythology, looking at her face and snakey hair is said to have turned people to stone.
Medusa
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Roughing It
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The number of colored squares on a Rubik's Cube.
54 (9 squares x 6 sides)
rice
seaweed sheets
soy sauce
toasted sesame seeds
wasabi
raw sashimi
Sushi
LOL is used to convey amusement
Laugh Out Loud
This immortal bird from Greek mythology cyclically dies in a burst of flame and is born again from the ashes of its former self.
The Phoenix
Murder on the Orient Express
And Then There Were None
Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
The number of spikes on the crown, or halo, of the Statue of Liberty.
7
⅓ cup butter
⅓ cup flour
3 cups milk
1 small onion diced
3 pounds white potatoes sliced about ⅛" thick
2 cups cooked ham diced
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
TTYL is used at the end of a conversation and infers that you will engage with that person again in the future.
Talk To You Later
This legendary, mythical creature has the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head, wings and front legs of an eagle
A Griffin
The Old Man and the Sea
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
The total number of books in the modern King James Version of the Bible, including the New Testament and the protocanonical Old Testament.
66
1 pie crust
5 large eggs
½ cup heavy cream
¾ cup milk
the fillings of choice
Quiche
EOD is a business acronym and refers to the time when offices generally close for the day.
End Of Day
After Hera induced a madness into this Greek hero that made him kill his wife and children, he was sent to perform 12 legendary feats as penance.
Hercules
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
While the prefix centi- means 100, the average centipede only has this many legs.
30
(The Northern California millipede ranks as the animal with the most limbs on Earth, having 750!)
center-cut beef tenderloin
mushrooms
shallots
prosciutto
puff pastry
Beef Wellington
IMHO is used when you want to share your thoughts on a topic
In My Honest (or Humble) Opinion
As punishment from Zeus for giving fire to humans, this Titan was bound to a rock and an eagle comes every day to eat out his liver, which grows back overnight so that the eagle can come back the next day and eat it again.
Prometheus
The Great Gatsby
Tender is the Night
The Beautiful and the Damned
F Scott Fitzgerald