November is a great month for eating and entertaining. Try these questions to see if you are a turkey expert or just a lame duck. The answers appear below.
1. What main dish consists of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck and then stuffed into a deboned turkey?
2. What Thanksgiving staple was invented in the 1950s by a Campbell Soup employee in hopes of boosting sales of a particular product?
3. Although stuffing and gravy are popular options at a Thanksgiving table, what starchy food is the most requested side dish?
4. What Thanksgiving food contains so much tryptophan that it is blamed for the post-feast sleepiness?
5. Although pumpkin pie is a perennial favorite for Thanksgiving dessert, what kind of pie is actually the best-selling pie in America?
6. What spongy confection did not top sweet potatoes until a 1917 pamphlet was published that promoted the combination to increase sales?
7. What tiny red fruit may have actually been eaten by the pilgrims and the American Indians at the first Thanksgiving?
8. According to poll results, what is by far the most preferred commercially-produced dinner roll chosen for Thanksgiving Dinner?
9. What famous (nut-filled) pie was officially named as the Texas state dessert in 2013?
10. What shell fish is often added to Thanksgiving dressing to add a salty savoriness without it tasting fishy?
11. What Thanksgiving food created from bread and giblets is considered the unhealthiest Thanksgiving food?
12. A melted candy bar in the pocket of Percy Spencer, a radar scientist, led to the invention of what kitchen appliance often used for warming (or rewarming) food for Thanksgiving dinner?
Answers:
1. Turducken
2. Green bean casserole
3. Mashed potatoes
4. Turkey
5. Apple
6. Marshmallows
7. Cranberries
8. King’s Hawaiian
9. Pecan pie
10. Oysters
11. Stuffing
12. Microwave
