Foods that Start with H

I heard that the filbert industry changed the name to hazelnut for marketing reasons. People found the name hazelnut more appealing than filbert. They grow them here in Oregon, and when I was a kid we called them filberts, too.

You don't normally see it with the skin on (in my experience) which makes it look a good deal better - and it is very tasty indeed.

Looks as gross as it sounds. Gag.

I always think of it as a giant sausage, which I guess it sort of is. I would try it if I had the chance.

Not the best picture to be sure, but they are delicious. Perhaps quizmaster could find a pic of a living specimen, with its legs longer on one side, so that it can run around the steep hills of the Scottish highlands without falling over. Very cute, but easily caught by turning them around so they roll down the hills to the waiting huntsmen.

I'll be your huckleberry

Yup! They're closely-related, and very similar, to blueberries.

If you drive through the Pacific Northwest of the US during summer, you'll see signs everywhere for huckleberry pie.

Hominy is kernels of dried field corn that have gone through the process of nixtamalization which loosens the outer husks. I made it once with my grandmother who poured water through wood ashes to make lye water for soaking the kernels. After they swelled we had to wash and wash and wash and wash it, and then wash it again, slipping off the outer husks with our hands as we washed the kernels. It takes a lot of time and work to make hominy by hand. We decided it was much easier to buy it in the can, or dried and ground as hominy grits.

Didn't try it but it definitely popped into my head, along with "I wonder how many other people will think Halle, reading this question"

Were you struck down by the common glizzy-hotdog confusion?

I concur entirely with your sentiment. The english language is a complex and ever-changing agglomeration of words and phrases. Often defined more by the users and their culture than a definition in a book. I often find myself ruminating in my study for hours upon end, which is quite taxing on the mind and body. My immediate source of energy is preferably a "hot-dog" although i am quite afraid this term is rather archaic and seldom used. Instead, my colleagues and I prefer the term "glizzy" as it is much more in fashion today than ever before. Never have I come across a young person who is a "hot dog eater", rather, they prefer the more apropros term "Glizzy Gobbler". I hope this issue is resolved in a timely manner. Ciao!