"The Andy Griffith Show": Food, Drink and Spirits Quiz

Answer: Forty-five minute hard boiled eggs

Opie got up extra early to make breakfast for his pa in an effort to show him that the two bachelors could get along fine without Aunt Bee. The only housekeeper Opie had ever known, Rose, had gotten married and gone to live with her new husband. Opie was devastated and vowed he wouldn't love no one 'sides Rose and didn't want any other woman in their lives. So he ended up cooking the eggs for 45 minutes (adding water several times because it kept boiling away) until Andy finally awoke and found Opie in the kitchen.

Answer: Cornish pastie

In this episode titled "Andy's English Valet", Malcolm was on holiday bicycling around America when he happened upon the quaint village of Mayberry. While riding his bike through town he caused a traffic accident and needed to pay $40 in damages. Andy arranged for him to work the debt off by helping Aunt Bee cook and clean around the house.

The Cornish pastie is corned beef and potatoes at one end with plum pudding in the other all wrapped in pastry crust and baked.

Answer: Sweet cider

This was revealed to Andy by Barney because he missed his old room and wanted to go home. While telling this to Andy he was also drinking some of the cider that he had left over from last summer and it seemed that the cider had turned hard so Barney got a little buzzed! This episode was called "Up in Barney's Room".

Answer: Fried chicken and Johnnycake

It turned out that the newcomer's name was Ed Sawyer and he had come to Mayberry to try and purchase George Safferly's gas station. Appropriately titled "Stranger in Town", it featured William Lanteau as Ed Sawyer. This was also the first appearance of Floyd the barber and the only episode starring Walter Baldwin as Floyd. Subsequent episodes featured Howard McNear in the barber role.

Incidentally, Johnnycake is a flatbread made with either yellow or white cornmeal, milk, salt and a bit of sugar (if desired). It is also known as Johnny bread or hoecakes.

Answer: Pearly onions

While Mr. Darling did mention an affinity for white beans in another episode, it was the little pearly onions that set his buds to dancin'! They were served with Aunt Bee's pot roast along with potatoes and carrots. The episode was called "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee" and was the first show in season four. Denver Pyle played Mr. Darling and the four Darling boys were members of "The Dillards" musical group - Rodney Dillard, Doug Dillard, Mitchell Jayne and Dean Webb.

Answer: Making moonshine

In this wonderful episode, "Alcohol and Old Lace", the sisters had at least one selfish reason for wanting Ben and Rube's stills put out of action. They were making their own 'elixir' in their hothouse to sell for 'special occasions'. By the way, it seems to me that Ben Sewell must be a separated-at-birth twin because he is the spitting image of Rafe Hollister! I am surprised that Barney with his keen detective skills did not notice this since he did book both of them as prisoners at one time or another?

Answer: Peanut butter and jelly

He also made one that was peanut butter and liverwurst? Yuck!
The premise of this story was a runaway boy, George Foley, from nearby Eastmont, showed up in Mayberry and was befriended by Opie. Andy finally convinced Tex to head on back home by telling him he'd have to take along at least 600 sandwiches to last him until he reached Texas. Then Sheriff Taylor asked Tex how he was going to carry that many sandwiches and Tex said in his wagon.

Andy shook his head and said he'd never seen a cowboy pulling a wagon load of sandwiches - that just wasn't something cowboys were known to do.

Answer: Grits

The breakfast did not include grits but did come with juice and coffee. That was a real bargain but Barney also mentioned that it was served at that price only between 5 am - 6 am. This was from the episode "Goober Takes a Car Apart".

Answer: Marmalade

In this episode entitled "The Pickle Story", Andy came up with a perfect solution for the 'kerosene cucumbers' that Aunt Bee continued to make. He got store-bought pickles and switched them while she was out of the house. The plan backfired however when she tried one of 'her' pickles and discovered how delicious it was.

She then decided to enter them at the county fair. Andy knew that Clara Johnson won the pickle blue ribbon every year and also that she absolutely lived for that contest. Long story short - they had to eat up all of the store-bought pickles so that Bee would be forced to make a new batch if she wanted to have an entry.

As for the marmalade, Andy and Barney were sitting at the kitchen table and Barney smelled something and asked Andy if he'd been painting.

It turned out Bee made a batch of marmalade that smelled as if she used ammonia as one of the ingredients.

Answer: Count Istvan Telecky

Barney evidently loved going to the police surplus auctions in Mt. Pilot which was where he purchased the kit. In another episode he bought a motorcycle at one of those auctions. The fortune-telling kit contained an Aladdin-like oil lamp, a deck of cards, magic powder (used to evoke the Count's spirit) and the instruction manual to explain how it all works.

In trying out his purchase he was granted one wish, using it to ask for a new fingerprint kit. Amazingly, that wish was granted. Then, to prove further that the Count's powers were for real he persuaded Opie to try it out. Opie was granted three wishes and they all came true!