20 Questions Game 19

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Dinner food with multiple ingredients that is not usually smaller than an orange…

Maybe twice baked potato (the ones that have butter, chives, sour cream and sometimes bacon), pork buns, empanada, chimichanga, pierogi, dumplings.

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Is it vegitarian?

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  1. (Kat987) Is it alive? No
  2. (Lucy) Is it bigger than a breadbox? No
  3. (YankeeTripper) Is it mobile? No (3)
  4. (Lucy) Is it commonly found in a home? Yes (4)
  5. (Twig) Does it use electricity? No
  6. (JSM) Is it smaller than an orange? Not usually
  7. (Twig) Do the majority of homes in North America have this item? No
  8. (Lucy) Is it something you might intentionally eat or drink? Yes
  9. (Kat987) Does this item require multiple ingredients to make? Yes
  10. (JSM) Do white people commonly eat/drink this? No (10)
  11. (Twig) is it a beverage? No
  12. (Lucy) is it a type of food that you’d expect most of us, who are guessing, have eaten? Yes
  13. (Kat).If this item is on a restaurant’s menu, would we see it listed for dinner? Yes
  14. (Soy) is it vegetarian? Not usually

3 Such that a person/car/animal is mobile, but an ASM Study Manual is not mobile
4 Using the Given we are talking about item prior, would it be common to find it in a home definition
10 I answered this the following way: If I asked a random white person if they commonly ate/drank this, would more than 30% of randomly asked white people answer this question with a yes?

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I’m going to edit that to say “not usually” vegetarian. It is possible but typically it is not vegetarian.

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Do you typically eat this with a fork

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  1. (Kat987) Is it alive? No
  2. (Lucy) Is it bigger than a breadbox? No
  3. (YankeeTripper) Is it mobile? No (3)
  4. (Lucy) Is it commonly found in a home? Yes (4)
  5. (Twig) Does it use electricity? No
  6. (JSM) Is it smaller than an orange? Not usually
  7. (Twig) Do the majority of homes in North America have this item? No
  8. (Lucy) Is it something you might intentionally eat or drink? Yes
  9. (Kat987) Does this item require multiple ingredients to make? Yes
  10. (JSM) Do white people commonly eat/drink this? No (10)
  11. (Twig) is it a beverage? No
  12. (Lucy) is it a type of food that you’d expect most of us, who are guessing, have eaten? Yes
  13. (Kat).If this item is on a restaurant’s menu, would we see it listed for dinner? Yes
  14. (Soy) is it vegetarian? Not usually
  15. (JSM) do you typically eat this with a fork? Yes

3 Such that a person/car/animal is mobile, but an ASM Study Manual is not mobile
4 Using the Given we are talking about item prior, would it be common to find it in a home definition
10 I answered this the following way: If I asked a random white person if they commonly ate/drank this, would more than 30% of randomly asked white people answer this question with a yes?

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Well, not pho. Nothing east Asian.

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Thoughts:

  1. Something that white people eat, but not commonly. Like something expensive such as lobster or raw oysters or Kobe beef or something. (I guess you don’t eat oysters with a fork, so not oysters.)

  2. Ethnic food that most white people have tried but don’t eat very often. Like ramen (except I eat ramen with a spoon) or tamales or fried okra (not really a dinner item since it’s a side dish).

  3. Something that’s not exactly ethnic but specific to a region like chicken & waffles or Boston baked beans (not really dinner) or Philly cheesesteak or Cincinnati chili.

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Raw oysters (which i adore) are usually served with a tiny fork, along with a spicy red sauce and some lemon wedges.

But i agree with your general analysis.

I’ll also say that it has to be a dish (e.g., chili) not a food item (e.g. lobster) because it has multiple ingredients and is usually (but not always) vegetarian.

And it can be ethnic, but I don’t think Mayanactuary would assume that one ate anything east asian with a fork. The normal utensil for all those foods would be chop sticks or a spoon (or fingers). I suppose many white people do eat fried rice with a fork, but it would still be weird to just answer that, “yes”, imo.

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A number of East Asian countries use folks, Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian all use forks

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I think it’s usually not vegetarian.

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Hmmm, ramen is frequently vegetarian. Cincinnati chili is not usually vegetarian, but it could be. But I don’t know if that’s really something that most of you have tried. (Was there a Potacular in or close enough to Cincinnati that Cincinnati chili was served? That might change my mind.)

What other kinds of food are occasionally but not usually vegetarian? Curry? Regular chili? (Surely more than 30% of white people regularly eat regular chili?). Shepherd’s Pie?

I don’t think you could really have vegetarian chicken & waffles.

Sushi?

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Would it be worth figuring out if we’re talking about beef, seafood, poultry?

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Gumbo is another “not usually vegetarian” main dish.

75

My white friends/coworkers tend to avoid authentic spicy food, raw seafood (excluding oysters), dishes w/ strong smelling spices (like cumin), goat/lamb, and dishes that look weird to them (like a whole steamed fish).

So going off that, maybe curry? Maybe we can ask if its typically served with rice?

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Maybe ask if it’s Indian?

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Official: Is the item generally considered to be foreign (not US-based)?

(Broad definition of “foreign” that would count pizza as Italian or tacos as Mexican. But gumbo or chicken & waffles would be American.)

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Vietnamese usually use chopsticks. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Cambodian food. Have most white Americans done so? I’d forgotten that Thai food is usually served with forks, since I don’t like Thai food and rarely eat it.

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  1. (Kat987) Is it alive? No
  2. (Lucy) Is it bigger than a breadbox? No
  3. (YankeeTripper) Is it mobile? No (3)
  4. (Lucy) Is it commonly found in a home? Yes (4)
  5. (Twig) Does it use electricity? No
  6. (JSM) Is it smaller than an orange? Not usually
  7. (Twig) Do the majority of homes in North America have this item? No
  8. (Lucy) Is it something you might intentionally eat or drink? Yes
  9. (Kat987) Does this item require multiple ingredients to make? Yes
  10. (JSM) Do white people commonly eat/drink this? No (10)
  11. (Twig) is it a beverage? No
  12. (Lucy) is it a type of food that you’d expect most of us, who are guessing, have eaten? Yes
  13. (Kat).If this item is on a restaurant’s menu, would we see it listed for dinner? Yes
  14. (Soy) is it vegetarian? Not usually
  15. (JSM) do you typically eat this with a fork? Yes
  16. (Twig) is the item generally considered to be foreign? Yes

3 Such that a person/car/animal is mobile, but an ASM Study Manual is not mobile
4 Using the Given we are talking about item prior, would it be common to find it in a home definition
10 I answered this the following way: If I asked a random white person if they commonly ate/drank this, would more than 30% of randomly asked white people answer this question with a yes?

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I’m thinking sushi or curry. I can’t think of anything else that most of us would have tried but don’t commonly eat. And since sushi is more common…

Is it Indian?