Usually, bitter tannins that occur in acorns need to be leached out in water. But in days past, many cultures around the world have used acorns as food. These days, we don’t usually consider acorns as a foodstuff. 20 EDM instrument : SYNTHĮlectronic dance music (EDM) 24 Acorn producer : OAK That’s when users referred to AOL as “Always Off-Line”.
During the heady days of AOL’s success the company could not keep up with the growing number of subscribers, so people trying to connect often encountered busy signals. As America Online went international, the initialism AOL was used in order to shake off the “America-centric” sound to the name. 19 Like AOL software, originally : ON CDįounded as Quantum Computer Services in 1983, the company changed its name in 1989 to America Online. Early French explorers chose this name as they found dense growths of wild garlic along the banks of the river. Chicago takes its name from the Chicago River, which in turn takes its name from the Native American word “shikaakwa” that translates as “wild onion” or “wild garlic”.
It is also home to O’Hare airport, the busiest airport in the whole world (in terms of takeoffs and landings). 17 Something heard around Chicago, literally? : WE-ACCENT-ST (MIDWEST ACCENT)Ĭhicago, Illinois is the US’s third most populous city, after New York and Los Angeles.
Chanel built on that reputation, and within a few years opened her first dress shop in Paris. Using her connection to Balsan, Chanel met many women who lived extravagant lifestyles in Paris in those pre-war years, and hence was able to establish her reputation as a hatmaker. The shop was on the ground floor of the home of socialite Étienne Balsan, of whom Chanel was his mistress. The House of Chanel has its origin in a millinery shop in Paris that Gabrielle “CoCo” Chanel opened in 1909. The seeds are used as the main ingredient in chocolate. The pollinated flowers turn into ovoid cacao pods, each of which contain 20-60 seeds or beans. The flowers of the cacao tree grow in clusters, directly on the trunk and on older branches. “Abracadabra” is Aramaic, and roughly translates as “I will create as I speak”. It was used as far back as the 2nd century AD in ancient Rome when the word was prescribed by a physician to be worn on an amulet to help his emperor recover from disease. The incantation “abracadabra” has a long history. The word “charcuterie” comes from the French “chair” meaning “flesh” and “cuit” meaning “cooked”. Although these meats often feature pork, it is not exclusively so. In French, a “charcutier” is a pork butcher, although the term “charcuterie” has come to describe a genre of cooking focused on prepared meats such as bacon, ham, sausage and pâté. The black color indicates that the underlying cheese has been aged for a minimum of 17 weeks. You might occasionally come across an Edam cheese that is coated in black wax. The cheese is famous for its coating of red paraffin wax, a layer of protection that helps Edam travel well and prevents spoiling. 9 Charcuterie board selection : EDAMĮdam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town of Edam in North Holland. The term “coif” comes from an old French term “coife” describing a skull-cap that was worn under a helmet back in the late 13th century. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪ coif is a hairdo.
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