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A cashew shack
What is a nut hut?
In Alaska, this fish is "King" as the official state fish
What are salmon?
On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries
What are cherries?
This classic Plymouth muscle car with a 383 c.i. engine shares its name with a speedy cartoon bird
What is a roadrunner?
Puerto Rico & Cuba are known for light-bodied forms of this liquor; Jamaica goes heavier
What is rum?
Song for a dried plum
What is a prune tune?
Encountering them on a trip to South America, Theodore Roosevelt called them "the most ferocious fish in the world"
What are piranhas?
One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater
What is decaf?
It's a myth that this Chevy didn't sell in Spanish-speaking markets because its name can be translated as "doesn't go"
What is the Nova?
This blue ribbon beer company also provides hard coffee & stronger seltzer
What is Pabst?
A big rush for a hot, spicy dish of India
What is a curry hurry?
This name for a flatfish with both eyes on the same side of its head is also a verb meaning to struggle ineffectively
What is flounder?
Sweet'N Low contains saccharin; sucralose goes into this "S" brand
What is Splenda?
Honda said this model name reflected the company's desire for "harmony between people, society and the automobile"
What is the Accord?
Mexicans drink the most per capita of this spirit named for a Jalisco town; Americans, the most overall
What is tequila?
A lower-fat Frankfurter
What is a leaner wiener?
Succulent but potentially lethal, Japan's specially prepared delicacy known as fugu uses a variety of this type of fish
What are pufferfish?
Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852
What is a French press?
This brand's hood ornament is called the Spirit of Ecstasy, & if you had one, you'd be ecstatic too
What is Rolls Royce?
With brands like Old Overholt, whiskey made from this grain, not corn, was once a favorite of the American sot
What is rye?
A birthday celebration for a mild Danish cheese
What is a havarti party?
AKA the coalfish, it doesn't do action painting but does provide action for North Atlantic anglers
What is pollock?
Some of the highest rated coffee is from a roaster called Port of Mokha, named for a place in this war-torn country
What is Yemen?
The Marathon was the model name of this maker's iconic taxicabs; the meter stopped running for the last NYC one in 1999
What is Checker?
The name of this drink made with bourbon & mint comes from the Persian for "rose-water"
What is a mint julep?