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The answers to our May 2025 identify-the-meals competition |
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We received 19 entries for this competition, with impressively high scores (everybody got at least 19 out of the 24 answers correct). |
In this blog
Congratulations to Martin Hall of Blue Machinery for winning the competition (out of 19 entries received his was the one drawn out of our randomised Excel sorting hat, weighted by people's scores, and so he wins this month's £50 prize).
To put you out of your misery, here are the answers with some notes and explanations.
People struggled most with numbers 6 and 7 (understandably!) for the starters:
Number | Rebus | Answer/notes |
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1 | ![]() | Fishcakes |
2 | ![]() | P(R)awn Cocktail |
3 | ![]() | A mixed SALAD |
4 | ![]() | Spring Rolls |
5 | ![]() | Sata(n)y S(k)ewers |
6 | ![]() | "Soap of the dad", suitably adjusted to Soup of the day |
7 | ![]() | "Macho S" adjusted to Nachos |
8 | ![]() | Stuffed mushrooms |
Not everyone worked out that Concarneau was the town referenced in number 8!
Number | Rebus | Answer/notes |
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1 | ![]() | Bangers and Mash (the TV series) |
2 | ![]() | Shepherd's pi E |
3 | ![]() | A mixed GRILL |
4 | ![]() | Toad on the mole, suitably adjusted to Toad in the hole |
5 | ![]() | BeeF Wellington |
6 | ![]() | Ploughman's (L)Hunch |
7 | ![]() | Bubble(s) and Squ(e)awk (Bubbles was Michael Jackson's chimp - amazingly,I think everyone got this one!) |
8 | ![]() | CH Ill I Concarneau losing the final AU (CH denoting Switzerland on numberplates and Ill being a common abbreviation for Illinois) |
Numbers 5 and 6 caused by far the most problems out of all of the questions:
Number | Rebus | Answer/notes |
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1 | ![]() | Baker(d) Alaska |
2 | ![]() | TRifle |
3 | ![]() | Cheese (c)rake |
4 | ![]() | Arctic roll (hence the polar bear) |
5 | ![]() | Chocolate Brown ie (I accept not everyone's colours came out correctly, and accepted just Brownie for this) |
6 | ![]() | Millionaire's short bread. I accepted just Shortbread for this. A few people put mini roll, which I don't think is much of a dessert, and doesn't quite work (sorry). |
7 | ![]() | B(L)ack Forest GateAU |
8 | ![]() | Raspberry P(i) A V L 0 V A using Roman numerals |
Thanks to everyone for taking part!
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