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1. While we were celebrating Guy Fawkes Day last November, we served up some traditional Groaty Pudding also known as Groaty Dick. Oats of course is the main ingredient, but which bulb vegetable is a tasty addition to this dish?
2. My breakfast of oatmeal with its lumps sure is looking bleak this morning. I would much rather have a cool glass of Avena from Latin America. Of course a couple of the ingredients are oats and milk, but what spice that comes from bark, can be added to this sweet drink?
3. While visiting the Southern United States, what food item did I most likely witness some people putting into a glass filled with buttermilk, eaten with barbeque, buttered, crumbled to make stuffing or eaten with pinto beans?
4. This original recipe invented by a Swiss doctor and pioneer of nutrition for his patients, contained oats, lemon juice, cream, apple and nuts. What is the name of the cereal today that can be packaged or fresh, and eaten with a variety of fruits, nuts and grains?
5. Which dark rye German bread bakes at a low temperature in a steam-filled oven between 16 and 24 hours, and is usually paired with sturgeon, caviar or smoked salmon on an hors d'oeuvre tray?
6. This grain gives Americans more nourishment than any other source of food. The land area for growing this crop is more than any other commercial crop. What is this grain that can be found on the back of U.S. pennies dated from 1909-1958?
7. This grain has a variety of uses such as a sweet prepared syrup in the southern U.S., can be popped like popcorn, and used to make gluten-free beer. The stem fibres are made into packaging for sensitive electronics because it does not accumulate static electricity. What "sweet sounding" grain am I describing?
8. During WWII, people ate this snack 3 times as much than before because of sugar rationing, which meant limited sweets. What crunchy food can be eaten buttered, carameled, or hung on a Christmas tree?
9. With my Australian camping trip at an end, supplies running low, and hunger at the top of my priority list, I mixed a dough of wheat flour, water and milk. I then placed it on the coals and ashes of my campfire to let it cook. What bread, which sounds like a part of a wood stove, did I just cook?
10. What British treat resembles a biscuit from the U.S., frequently contains raisins, currants, dates or cheese, and traditionally comes from South West England and Scotland?
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