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#	Answer	Count	Sample Clue
1	tea	12	"Quick" thinkers know that brewed tea is dehydrated & granulated to make this kind of tea
2	chocolate	8	A tradition at Vienna's Demel Coffeehouse, founded 1786, is a cup of this warm sweet beverage on New Year's Day
3	root beer	8	At the A&W restaurants, order your burgers with a frosty mug of this beverage that they're famous for
4	peanut butter	6	Reese's baking chips are this flavor, not chocolate
5	eggs	5	The sizes of these are based on their minimum weight per dozen; jumbo are 30 oz. per dozen, peewee, 15
6	cheese	5	Valmeuse & St. Benoit are nice soft runny these
7	milk	5	Of cow's milk, goat's milk or reindeer's milk, the one with the most fat by far
8	tequila	4	For purists, the blue agave from Jalisco state produces the best of this product
9	sake	4	You can eat rice as a grain or ferment it to make this alcoholic drink, the national beverage of Japan
10	rice	4	This "dirty" grain, a Cajun specialty, isn't really dirty; it gets its color from its spices & giblets
11	ham	4	Prosciutto is Italian for this meat, especially the Parma kind
12	coffee	4	Much of the robusta type of this beverage comes from Africa
13	sugar	3	Mexican wedding cakes, also known as Russian tea cakes, are usually rolled in the powdered type of this
14	Spain	3	Malaga is an extremely rich dessert wine that originated in Malaga in this country
15	rum	3	The cake called a baba is sometimes soaked in kirsch instead of this liquor
16	Potatoes	3	Corned beef is hashed to make corned beef hash; these are hashed to make hash browns
17	Oolong	3	"Formosa" often precedes the name of this tea whose name comes from the Chinese for "black dragon"
18	New Zealand	3	Kiwi lager is one of the most popular brews concocted in this country
19	Mushrooms	3	Porcini & portobellos are types of these
20	Italy	3	A trattoria usually specializes in this country's cuisine
21	grapes	3	A dish served "Veronique" is garnished with this fruit
22	dessert	3	You may be shown a tray for this course whose name is from the old French for "to clear the table"
23	cinnamon	3	Goldschlager, a spicy schnapps of this flavor, contains flakes of 24 karat gold leaf
24	Belgium	3	Waterzooi, a stew from this low country, may be made with fish or chicken
25	Tongue	3	Dreyer's ice cream insured this part of its official taster's body for a cool ¼ million bucks
26	potato	3	Satisfied w/single serving of over 9 tons, Guinness won’t accept new records for this food:
27	onions	3	Collecting a string of these pickled "gems" may get you pickled yourself
28	ketchup	3	The corporate website for this product says it leaves its container at.028 miles per hour
29	Dr Pepper	3	In diner slang, an "M.D." isn't a Mountain Dew but this soft drink
30	bread	3	To make this favorite of gold prospectors, start off with a bit of yesterday's leftover dough
31	water	2	Excluding reindeer milk, all major types of milk used by humans consist of 80-90 % of this ingredient
32	vinegar	2	"Joy of Cooking"'s recipe for drinks called fruit shrubs uses the white wine type of this liquid
33	vermouth	2	To make a very dry martini, use plenty of gin but just a little of this potent potable
34	Tuna	2	It's popularly referred to as "Chicken of the Sea"
35	tarragon	2	This aromatic herb essential to bearnaise sauce has a sweet flavor similar to licorice or anise
36	Spinach	2	This Swiss chard relative found in Florentine dishes probably comes from Asia & was used medicinally
37	sherry	2	Vino de Pasto, an inexpensive type of this fortified Spanish wine, is often served as an aperitif
38	sesame seeds	2	Halvah consists mainly of honey & tahini, a paste of these seeds
39	Scotch	2	A Rusty Nail combines this potent potable & Drambuie
40	sardines	2	Type of fish canned on Steinbeck's "Cannery Row"
41	salt	2	Serve oysters Rockefeller on a bed of the "rock" type of this seasoning so the shells won't topple over
42	salsa	2	It's simply Spanish for "sauce"
43	saffron	2	Risotto alla milanese gets its vivid golden color & flavor from this expensive spice
44	red	2	This color flannel is in the name of a hash that's perennially popular in New England
45	Rabbit	2	Featured in "Roger & Me" & "Fatal Attraction", this meat is a good source of selenium
46	pineapple	2	Creme d'ananas is a liqueur flavored with this fruit
47	pig	2	Lard is the rendered fat of this animal
48	Pennsylvania	2	It leads all U.S. states in the production of chocolate
49	Peach Melba	2	Escoffier came up with this fruit & ice cream dish in 1892 to honor a star of "Lohengrin"
50	Parmesan	2	The true type of this Italian cheese is made from April to November in Parma, Bologna & Mantua

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tea 12x $258 avg J:8 DJ:4

J $100 1999 Always offer your guests their choice of cream or lemon at the afternoon party named for this beverage

DJ $600 1986 It was grown in South Carolina in 1890, but was too costly to compete with Asian brews

J $100 1993 English breakfast & Irish breakfast are types of this that can be served with dinner, too

chocolate 8x 37.5% stumper $525 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $400 2008 A tradition at Vienna's Demel Coffeehouse, founded 1786, is a cup of this warm sweet beverage on New Year's Day

J $500 1993 In 1828 C.J. van Houten discovered a way to solubilize or "Dutch" this food

DJ $1,600 DD 1994 Cortes called it "the divine drink that builds up resistance and fights fatigue"

root beer 8x $212 avg J:8

J $100 1993 When Charles Hires invented this beverage, it was slightly alcoholic

J $200 2015 In 1919 Roy Allen created the A&W recipe for this drink

J $200 2003 At the A&W restaurants, order your burgers with a frosty mug of this beverage that they're famous for

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cheese 6x 16.7% stumper $317 avg J:6

J $100 1994 The "pot" type of this is very similar to the "cottage" type

J $600 2008 Valmeuse & St. Benoit are nice soft runny these

J $200 1997 The Bel Paese type of this dairy product originated in a small town outside Milan

peanut butter 6x $383 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 1997 By U.S. law this spread must be at least 80% milkfat; the rest is water & milk solids

DJ $1,000 1986 Arachibutyrophobia is an actual fear of having this food stick to the roof of the mouth

DJ $200 1992 Van den Bergh Foods company makes a spread called "I Can't Believe It's Not" this

eggs 5x $300 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 2001 These should be stored in the fridge pointed end down & should not be eaten raw; boiled or poached is okay

DJ $200 1987 It's said color of these has no bearing on their nutritive value; it's just indicative of the chicken they came from

J $400 2010 The sizes of these are based on their minimum weight per dozen; jumbo are 30 oz. per dozen, peewee, 15

milk 5x $280 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1992 Of cow's milk, goat's milk or reindeer's milk, the one with the most fat by far

J $600 2007 In 1680 the French social critic Marquise de Sevigne made the first mention of adding this to tea

J $100 1990 Traditionally, Indy 500 winners drink this in the winner's circle, so it does a car body good, too

tequila 4x $450 avg J:4

J $100 1995 Mexican salsa borracha or "drunken sauce" is made with chilies & this liquor

J $600 2008 Named for a town in Mexico, it's believed to be the first distilled spirit produced in North America

J $300 1993 A mexicana & a mexicola are 2 of the many cocktails that contain this liquor

sake 4x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1995 This Japanese alcoholic beverage is traditionally served warm in small porcelain cups

DJ $600 1997 This Japanese "rice wine" is traditionally served hot in an earthenware bottle called a tokkuri

J $200 1995 This Japanese "rice wine" doesn't require aging

rice 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1989 With the hull left on it's called brown; with it removed it's white & called "polished"

DJ $800 1987 When a Mandarin-speaking Chinese orders "mi", he's ordering this—& he should know

J $300 1986 The essential ingredient in sushi isn't raw fish but vinegar & this

ham 4x $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1994 Jamon de Asturias is a famous Spanish type of this meat

J $600 2004 Traditionally, inside your chicken cordon bleu you'll find melted cheese & a thin slice of this meat

J $300 1993 In the French dish jambon a la choucroute, this meat is served with sauerkraut

coffee 4x $250 avg J:4

J $100 1992 Decaffeinization of this bean drink provides caffeine for the soft drink & pharmaceutical industries

J $500 1995 Much of the robusta type of this beverage comes from Africa

J $200 1994 The very strong Turkish variety of this beverage is made in a special pot called a jezve or ibrik

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sugar 3 Spain 3 rum 3 Potatoes 3 Oolong 3 New Zealand 3 Mushrooms 3 Italy 3 grapes 3 dessert 3 cinnamon 3 Belgium 3 water 3 Tongue 3 potato 3 onions 3 lemonade 3 ketchup 3 Dr Pepper 3 bread 3 a chicken 3 vinegar 2 vermouth 2 Tuna 2 tarragon 2 Spinach 2 sherry 2 sesame seeds 2 Scotch 2 sardines 2 salt 2 salsa 2 saffron 2 red 2 Rabbit 2 pineapple 2 pig 2 Pennsylvania 2 Peach Melba 2 Parmesan 2 menudo 2 Maxwell House 2 Limburger 2 lemon 2 Kahlua 2 Jell-O 2 honey 2 Hawaii 2 gazpacho 2 eggplant 2 Coca-Cola 2 cider 2 chickpeas 2 champagne 2 caviar 2 Caesar's Palace 2 buckwheat 2 Bologna 2 Blue Mountain Coffee 2 beef bourguignon 2 barley 2 Asia 2 an artichoke 2 a Slurpee 2 a martini 2 a burrito 2 Irish whiskey 2 whipped cream 2 a Waldorf salad 2 string beans 2 a Shirley Temple 2 pâté de foie gras 2 bread pudding 2 a phosphate 2 an orange 2 fat 2 Key lime 2