Food · Puzzle #19 · Sunday, October 18
Food: the board
Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Food.
The categories
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- Cholesterol: 1 pt per 10 mg of cholesterol per 100 g
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
The best board
The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.
The lineup, figure by figure
Falafel
Fried balls of ground chickpeas
Photo: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0 On this board Falafel scored best in Potassium (9.8): it has 585 mg of potassium per 100 g. Cholesterol was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g.
- Watery
- is 35% water (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 3.4 mg of iron per 100 g (6.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 585 mg of potassium per 100 g (9.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 13 g of protein per 100 g (5.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 54 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 1.6 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 294 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Sirloin steak
Beef steak cut from the hip
Photo: Calgary Reviews from Calgary, Canada, CC BY 2.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Calamari
Fried rings of squid
Photo: Jeffrey_Allen, CC BY 2.0 Calamari has 260 mg of cholesterol per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Cholesterol, worth 10.0. Its weakest was Vitamin C, worth 0.8, since it has 4.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 g.
- Watery
- is 65% water (6.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 1 mg of iron per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 279 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 18 g of protein per 100 g (7.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 39 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 260 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 4.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 306 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Cheeseburger
Beef patty with a slice of cheese in a bun
Photo: Renee Comet (photographer), Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Yellow mustard
Tangy yellow sauce for hot dogs
Photo: fuji01, CC0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Tomato juice
Juice of the Bloody Mary
Photo: PublicDomainPictures-14, CC0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Mussels
Blue-black shellfish steamed in wine
Photo: Wilson44691 at English Wikipedia, Public domain Mussels have 6.7 mg of iron per 100 g, so their best fit on this board was Iron, worth 10.0. Their weakest was Calcium, worth 1.7, since they have 33 mg of calcium per 100 g.
- Watery
- is 61% water (6.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 6.7 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 268 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 24 g of protein per 100 g (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 33 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 56 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (5.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 14 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 369 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Celery
Crunchy stalks served with wings
Photo: Lombroso, Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
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