Food · Puzzle #34 · Monday, November 2
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
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- From Europe: 10 pts if first grown or made in Europe
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- From Asia: 10 pts if first grown or made in Asia
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Cholesterol: 1 pt per 10 mg of cholesterol 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
Dried apricots
Chewy orange dried fruit
Photo: Fir0002, GFDL 1.2 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Chocolate chip cookie
Cookie studded with chocolate chips
Photo: brainloc on sxc.hu (Bob Smith), CC BY 2.5 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Popcorn
Puffed kernels at the movies
Photo: Bill Ebbesen, CC BY-SA 3.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Hot dog
Frank in a bun at the ballpark
Photo: Czar, original photographed by Renee Comet, Public domain On this board Hot dog scored best in Salty (9.8): it has 865 mg of sodium per 100 g. From Europe was its weakest fit (0.0): it wasn't first grown or made in Europe.
- Carbs
- has 3 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Europe
- wasn't first grown or made in Europe (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 315 calories per 100 g (6.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 54% water (5.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Salty
- has 865 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 1.2 g of sugar per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 58 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (5.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Bison
Red meat of the buffalo
Photo: Jack Dykinga, Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Green tea
Brewed from unfermented leaves
Photo: Alessandro Martini, CC0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Sauerkraut
Fermented shredded cabbage
Photo: Annakareninerussie, CC BY-SA 4.0 On this board Sauerkraut scored best in From Europe (10.0): it was first grown or made in Europe. From Asia was its weakest fit (0.0): it wasn't first grown or made in Asia.
- Carbs
- has 4.3 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Europe
- was first grown or made in Europe (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 19 calories per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 93% water (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Salty
- has 661 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 1.8 g of sugar per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Walnuts
Wrinkled nut shaped like a brain
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
