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Today's Question: Abbreviation for Pounds

Food & Drink

• Is it true that the Senate restaurants all serve bean soup everyday?
• What are the origins of beef stroganoff?
• I like to drink, yet I need to watch my caloric intake. When it comes to beer, wine, or liquor, which has the least amount of alcohol relating to its alcohol content?
• What is the difference between an herb and a spice?
• When were fortune cookies invented?
• What does the "7" in "7-Up" stand for or mean?
• Why do they call it "hamburger" when it's made of beef?
• I am looking for recipes for food eaten by people of the country Laos, located in Asia. Can you help me?
• I'm looking for the types of food that were eaten during the medieval times. Can you help me?
• Where can I find recipes for foods from Finland?
• Why is Ukraine called the "bread basket of Europe?"
• Is the caloric value of white wine different from that of red wine? In other words—if I drink the same volume of red and white wine, will I consume the same number of calories?
• What are the best selling Girl Scout cookies?
• I just cracked an egg and it had two yolks. How does this work? What are the odds of this happening?
• How many eggs were consumed per person in the U.S. in 1996?
• What is a falafel?
• I am looking for information on the dessert Turkish Delight. Can you help?
• My father is from Laos and my mother is from America. I am 10 years old and I want to learn to cook chicken soup like my father would make. Can you give me a recipe?
• How did the graham cracker get its name?
• What is the very poisonous fish that Japanese like to eat? And why do they bother?
• What's the difference between 1 cup dry measure and 1 cup liquid measure?
• What does M&M stand for?
• How many eggs does one chicken produce per day?

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