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November 2022 Monthly Challenge✔beans - Fiber and Brimstone - 11/3/22 - p254 - "Red beans and bones, and venerable..."
✔carrots - The Last Graduate - 11/3/22 - p110 - "...produced carrots roughly the size of a..."
✔feast - The Last Graduate - 11/3/22 - p9 - "...hall waiting for the graduation feast..."
✔herbs - Death with All the Trimmings - 11/10/22 - p188 - "...sort of person who grew herbs was likely..."
✔lobster - Fiber and Brimstone - 11/3/22 - p192 - "...crab and oyster gumbo, and even lobster gumbo..."
✔mussels - One Feta in the Grave - 11/7/22 - p160 - "...and set a large bowl of mussels..."
✔onions - Fiber and Brimstone - 11/3/22 - p173 - "...red pepper rings, jalapenos, pickled onions..."
✔oyster - Fiber and Brimstone - 11/3/22 - p122 - "...only was she an oyster freak, but caviar..."
✔plums - The Last Graduate - 11/3/22 - p269 - "...was full of plum trees on the cusp of..."
✔pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’) - Fiber and Brimstone - 11/3/22 - p165 - "...some fresh-baked pumpkin bread."
✔spinach - Shadow Tag - 11/7/22 - p14 - "...salad of baby spinach, toasted walnuts..."
✔turkey - Died in the Wool - 11/5/22 - p149 - "...turned out to be smoked turkey with..."
BONUS words :
✔cottage cheese /or/ curds - A Dark and Stormy Tea 11/22/22 - p252 - "...with homemade lemon curd and fresh..."
✔molasses - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - 11/9/22 - p299 - "They moved like molasses."
✔venison - The Marrow Thieves 11/11/22 - p180 - "Venison stew."
Just noticed that beans is listed twice. :)
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OOPS .. that second "beans" should be FEAST. Original post corrected.
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Begins: 01Nov22 / Ends: 30Nov22
12 / 12 words found
3 / 3 BONUS words found
6 books read
Word list
beans - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 28 - "…in beans and salt pork"
carrots - The Paris Hours ✔ – 08Nov22 - pg 155 - "…orange of freshly harvested carrots."
feast - The Paris Hours ✔ – 08Nov22 - pg 17 - "…devoured a feast by the side…"
herbs - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 91 - "…knowing about herbs."
lobster - The Cat Who Played Post Office ✔ – 14Nov22 - pg 24 - "…tenderloin, lobster and…"
mussels - The Cat Who Played Post Office ✔ – 14Nov22 - pg 14 - "…salpicon of mussels today?"
onions - The Paris Hours ✔ – 08Nov22 - pg 155 - "Baskets of yellow onions."
oyster - The House on Mango Street ✔ – 02Nov22 - pg 60 - "…a little oyster, a little piece…"
plums - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 169 - "…off a tree, like plums."
pumpkin - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 43 - "…dry apples and pumpkins."
spinach - The Cat Who Played Post Office ✔ – 14Nov22 - pg 49 - "…leaves of spinach to add…"
turkey - I Am the Messenger ✔ – 10Nov22 - pg 217 - "…paying for a turkey and going…"
BONUS words :
cottage cheese - The Cat Who Played Post Office ✔ – 14Nov22 - pg 15 - "… on cottage cheese salads,…"
molasses - Enemy Women ✔ – 18Nov22 - pg 165 - "…a spoonful of molasses with..."
venison - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 253 - "Venison? Davy shrugged."
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Nov 2022 Mini Challenge – FIRST THANKSGIVING SCAVENGER HUNTBegins: 01Nov22 / Ends: 30Nov22
Word list
beans-The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegal finished 11/5 p. 28 ...the English continued to eat beans on toast...
carrots-The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegal finished 11/5 p. 4 ...ranging from carrot, vanilla, and mint...
feast-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 100 ...this meal is called the Feast Of The Seven Fishes...
lobster-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 13 ...at the time lobster was somewhat affordable...
mussels-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 13 ...brimming with clams, mussels, shrimp...
onions-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 18 ...made with more onions than usual...
oyster-The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegal finished 11/5 p. 49 ...for example, he ate oysters...
plums-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 18 ...sliced 1 cup canned whole plum tomatoes...
pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’)-The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegal finished 11/5 p. 7 The wild ancestors of pumpkins...
spinach-The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegal finished 11/5 p. 51 ...shallots, sheep's kidneys, spinach...
turkey-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 23 ...turkey breast and mayo, American cheese and mayo...
BONUS words :
cottage cheese -Detours: Life, Death and Divorce on the Road to Sturgis by Richard La Plante finished 11/15 p. 247 ...spreading like cottage cheese against my hand-stitched saddle.
molasses-Find a Trail or Blaze One: A Biography of Dr. Reatha Clark King by Kate Leibfried finished 11/22 p. 17 ...it took the form of molasses creeping from the jar.
venison-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 35 ...as well as eels or a variety of venison cuts...
Nov 2022 Mini Challenge – FIRST THANKSGIVING SCAVENGER HUNTBegins: 01Nov22 / Ends: 30Nov22
12 / 12 words found
3 / 3 BONUS words found
Word list:
beans The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 278 "...my son told me that it blew their budget and they had to eat beans and rice for a month." FINISHED 11/5
carrots The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 108 "I scooped up handfuls of diced carrots, crisp slices of celery, and pungent onions..." FINISHED 11/5
feast The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 5 "While the rest of my family watched Jen in the pageant, I cooked our Christmas Eve feast and had it waiting for them." FINISHED 11/5
herbs Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian page 61 "An array of ingredients and herbs was already spread out..." FINISHED 11/15
lobster Fade Away by Harlan Coben page 299 "Images of severed heads and limbs, lobster claws, hands reaching out from the dirt as though trying to escape hell..." FINISHED 11/11`
mussels One Feta in the Grave by Tina Kashian page 126 "A waiter approached to fill their wineglasses and set a large bowl of mussels on the table." FINISHED 11/17
onions The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 26 "I tossed chopped celery into a pan of onions sizzling in bacon grease for a quick dressing." FINISHED 11/5
oyster The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry page 420 "Scoop up a bucket of oysters and eat them cold." FINISHED 11/8
plums Hadley & Grace by Suzanne Redfearn page 73 "...noticing that Mrs. Torelli has changed into a coton skirt the color of plums and an ivory tank." FINISHED 11/5
pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’) The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 36 "Pumpkin! You came!" FINISHED 11/5
spinach Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy page 131 "Bucky pulled out a genly browned spinach quiche." FINISHED 11/13
turkey The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 104 "I happened to be a fan of turkey leftovers myself." FINISHED 11/5
BONUS words:
cottage cheese /or/ curds Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian page 63 "I don't use cottage cheese or mozzarella, only Muenster." FINISHED 11/15
molasses The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 102 Sweet as molasses on the outside, but underneath, she was conniving and manipulative."" FINISHED 11/5
venison The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis page 168 "It's shiitake mushroom and venison burger with rosemary and Asiago cheese" FINISHED 11/5
I'm in. Word list
beans--Flipped for Murder by Maddie Day--finished 11/16/2022--pg. 15.-- A dozen ribs oozing with sauce vied for space with corn bread, baked beans, and a little dish of cole slaw.
carrots--Flipped for Murder--pg. 70--Her slender hands were like machines with the knife, the carrots rapidly transformed into tiny cubes.
feast--A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--finished 12/4/2022--Pg. 78--"The Founder of the Feast, indeed," cried Mrs. Cratchit, reddening.
lobster--You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar--finished 11/23/2022--pg. 9--They thought they might make lobster for the two of them.
mussels--Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach--pg. 223--Here is a partial list of what a herring gull considers edible--that is, things that have been vomited in the general direction of Julie C. Ellis, senior research investigator at the University of Pennsylvania: bologna, ants, strawberry shortcake, a large mackerel, a whole hot dog, intact mice, squid, a used sanitary napkin, discarded lobster bait, Vienna sausages, an eider duckling, beetles, rotten chicken drumsticks, a rat, a paper muffin wrapper, a loaded diaper, and a plate's worth of spaghetti marinara with mussels.
onions--Flipped for Murder--pg. 57--I'd created another section for fruit, and the last for vegetables, like green and red peppers, onions, and mushrooms for omelets, as well as lettuce and tomato for the burgers.
oyster--A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--pg. 9--Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
plums--A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--pg. 68--Nor was it that the figs, were moist and pulpy, or that the French plums blushed in modest tartness from their highly decorated boxes, or that everything was good to eat and in its Christmas dress, but the customers were all so hurried and so eager in the hopeful promise of the day, that they tumbled up against each other at the door, crashing their wicker baskets wildly, and left their purchases upon the counter, and came back running to fetch them, and committed hundreds of like mistakes, in the best humor possible;...
pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’)--Flipped for Murder--pg. 201--Plus I'm going to turn into a pumpkin any night when i have to open the next day.
spinach--Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law--pg. 32-- You may have those hearts of romaine and that spinach gnocchi, but do not come near my grilled sustainable Skuna Bay salmon.
turkey--Flipped for Murder--pg. 14--"And beef and turkey burgers from Kiss My Grass Farm, Buck, so you'll have something to eat, too."
BONUS words :
cottage cheese /or/ curds--The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson--pg. 14--Fat camp is a place where they feed you lettuce and grapefruit and cottage cheese and eggs for a month, and you either give up and cheat or you give up and get skinny.
molasses--Flipped for Murder--pg. 221--I nodded as if molasses had a hold of my head.
venison--Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law--pg. 196--The driver or motorcyclist braked, and the vehicle skidded and went off the road or collided with something less yielding than venison.
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WORD LIST
✔beans The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller, P. 79 "as there was nothing in the recipe to indicate that anything should be served alongside these two elements -- potatoes or green beans or whatnot." FINISHED 11-18-22
✔carrots The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller, P. 193, "She had original Pyrex oven dishes with pictures of carrots and onions on the side." FINISHED 11-18-22
✔feast Nothing with Strings: NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories by Bailey White, P. 97 "...the little old lady took out a big plastic bag and began unpacking a feast." FINISHED 12-16-22
✔lobster Vigil Harbor by Julia Glass, P. 50 "...a lobster trap tossed through the air came shockingly close to my head" FINISHED 12-1-22
✔mussels A Grand Old Time by Judy Leigh, P. 94 "The mussels were served in a wonderful sauce, the chips were thin and crispy..." FINISHED 11-25-22
✔onions The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller, P. 72 "Boiled onions served with bran, herbs, soya oil and tomatoes, with one egg beaten in." FINISHED 11-18-22
✔oyster They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell, P. 6 "He refused to eat oysters or squash." FINISHED 12-7-22
✔plums My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul, P. 73 "Of course everyone at the table knew "The Grapes of Wrath." What had I said? "The Plums of Fury." FINISHED 11-16-22
✔pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’) Murder at the Tokyo American Club by Robert J. Collins, P. 47 "Or pumpkin?" suggested Kawamura, bringing to two the items neither man would be comfortable eating again." FINISHED 12-14-22
✔spinach A Grand Old Time by Judy Leigh, P. 118 "Olivier told them cheerfully that the village they would stay in was called Epinard, which Brendan thought meant spinach. FINISHED 11-25-22
✔turkey A Grand Old Time by Judy Leigh, P. 16 "Christmas had turned out to be turkey, torpor and television." FINISHED 11-25-22
BONUS words :
✔cottage cheese /or/ curds Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, P. 26 “…toasting slabs of soda bread, comically, on the long fork, which the girls buttered and spread with Marmite or lemon curd.” FINISHED 11-15-22
✔molasses My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul, P. 47 "I glued together catalogs in an empty room that reeked inexplicably of molasses." FINISHED 11-16-22
✔venison Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen, P. 18 "There were many surprises, such as the fact that venison, and especially moose meat, were very low in nutritional value and protein while rabbit was the highest." FINISHED 12-22
Update message #8: Challenge completed!
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Book Concierge wrote: "Way to go, Beverly! And, Happy Thanksgiving!"Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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I'm still looking for oysters and venison!! It's funny now that even when I'm watching a TV show I'm listening for those words! I don't think that will do me any good though ;)
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Also a flock of about 15 turkeys putting on their very own Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade as they strutted their stuff down the middle of the street!
No oysters spotted, though.
Oh, that sounds amazing! But keep looking for those oysters! ;)
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It seems that I completely eliminated one of the words when posting the challenge.
"herbs" should come between feast and lobster.
If you feel you have time to find it, go for it. If not ... it's a freebie!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just read Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen.P. 91 "He hadn't taken three steps when he saw the deer.
Good meat, Brian thought --really good meat."
Just say it! Just say it! VENISON!!!
Nope :/
I finally got "venison!" Yay! Not finished yet, but closer :)
I finally finished!!! Thanks, BC, this was a fun challenge :)
I finished! I didn't think I'd ever find mussels.
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (other topics)The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (other topics)
Nothing with Strings: NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories (other topics)
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Begins: 01Nov22 / Ends: 30Nov22
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This month’s challenge is inspired by the First Thanksgiving, when Native Americans joined the pilgrims in celebration. Of course, they didn’t have a convenient grocery store and had to hunt and gather the supplies for the feast.
Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month. All are items that historians believe were likely part of that first thanksgiving feast.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
Word list
beans
carrots
feast
lobster
mussels
onions
oyster
plums
pumpkin (WITHOUT ‘pie’)
spinach
turkey
BONUS words :
cottage cheese /or/ curds
molasses
venison
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Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So if you are looking for "gold" - I will NOT allow "golden."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Finger - The Summer Wives ✔ - 15March22 - pg 47 - "...instant before her fingers opened, I saw..."
If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.
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