CHILI PEPPERS
THE BUTCHER
THINK PINK
LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK
STADIUM FOOD
100
Chipotles are dried & smoked types of these chilis
Jalapeños
100
Select & choice are OK, my butcher says, but if you want the best, go for this USDA grade you usually get in restaurants
Prime
100
This title object of a 1963 film doesn't refer to a large feline but to a large gem targeted by a thief
pink panther
100
If you can make it to the island of Hawaii, check out the Merrie Monarch Festival, billed as "the perpetuation of" this dance
Hula
100
At Yankee Stadium, pucker up for some frickles, fried these
pickles
200
These fruit-named peppers are sometimes confused with hotter, yellow wax chilis
banana peppers
200
Your butcher should be able to tell you whether his poultry is classified as this, meaning they were allowed outdoors
free range
200
In 1939 Paul & Betty Pink began selling soda & these from a cart on La Brea & Melrose in L.A. & the rest is history
Hot Dogs
200
You can hang glide from sand dunes & visit the Wright Brothers Memorial in this state's Outer Banks
North Carolina
200
A Pittsburgh institution, Primanti Brothers' sandwiches are served at this home of the Steelers
Heinz field
300
Often used in cajun recipes, this chili pepper is also known as a bird pepper, ginnie pepper or finger chili
cayenne
300
For Thanksgiving our butcher is offering turkeys that have been "pre-" this, meaning soaked in a salt solution
brined
300
Introduced in 1957, this brand was packaged in little pink packets so that it would stand out in sugar bowls
Sweet n' Low
300
Panama City, Florida is a great place to see these dolphins named for the shape of their snouts
Bottlenose Dolphins
300
While Boston has the Fenway Frank, L.A.'s National League baseball team has this alliterative equivalent
Dodger Dog
400
To catch the eyes of guests, use these peppers that can be spelled with 1 or 2 I's
pimento or pimiento
400
Kosher salt would be better called koshering salt; butchers use it to draw out this, which kosher meat can't have
blood
400
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of this fashion designer's Pink Pony initiative to fight cancer
Ralph Lauren
400
Spring break is major party time on the beaches of SPI, this Texas spot
South Padre Island
400
A few years back Wrigley Field introduced the Northside Twist, a 4-pound one of these with 3 dipping sauces
a pretzel
500
This guy in the Red Hot Chili Peppers said playing bass gets you "into (a) hypnotic state... you are just a conduit for (the) rhythm"
Flea
500
If you're into experimenting, ask your butcher for the hip steak named for this mollusk
oyster steak
500
In Hawaii, these flowers, often with a touch of pink, are popular for leis
a plumeria
500
If you can make it to Cancun, try a little of this; not afraid of heights, are you?
Parasailing
500
Florida's Sun Life stadium features such Latin cuisine as Cuban sandwiches & these meat-filled turnovers
Empenadas