"Cullinary Bullying?" by Marti Ronemus

School bullying is much in the news, but it isn't the only kind of bullying. Are you aware of the deep-seated culinary bullying of -- SPAM? People are almost embarrassed to have it in their checkout cart at the grocery. BUT! This isn't so around the world.

In the UK, Spam is battered, deep-fried and served with mushy peas and thick-cut French fries. Hawaii? Something called Spam Musabi. Picture crispy Spam, topped with rice and nori (seaweed) and served resembling sushi. How about Puerto Rico? Spam is chopped fine with Velveeta (or Cheese Whiz) and canned pimentos, and unapologetically spread on white bread.

I know, I know. Your mouth is watering. First though, your quiz.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ K Q 8
♥ K Q
♦ 7
♣ K J 10 8 7 6 2

Q: 1 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♣	Pass	1♦	Pass
?

A: 2♣: A plain, unadorned Spam bid for a plain, unadorned hand. This hand has non-working honors (♥K-Q) and no aces, even though it's 17 pts with distribution.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A Q 8
♥ 3 2
♦ 7
♣ A K Q 8 7 6 2

Q: 2 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♣	Pass	1♦	Pass
?

A: 3♣: This hand is a trick-taker. It has less HCP than our last hand, but what a difference!! This can hardly be called Spam.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 9 3
♥ A K Q 3 2
♦ 5 4 3 2
♣ 9 7

Q: 3 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♥	Pass
3♥	Pass	3♠	Pass
?

A: 5♥: Why would Pard name a new suit after we've agreed on trump? He's making a slam try. Interestingly, his points are everywhere BUT the trump suit! If we were to bid 4♥, it would be a shut-out. Let's show him our fab trump support, and put the Spam in his pan.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ A Q 8
♥ K Q 4
♦ A K J 9 7 5
♣ 8

Q: 4 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♦	Pass	3♦	Pass
?

A: 4 No-trump: You gotta check. If Pard has one Ace, we've got ourselves a Diamond slam.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A Q 8
♥ K Q 4
♦ A J 9 7 5
♣ K 8

Q: 5 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♦	Pass	3♦	Pass
?

A: 3 No-trump: Same number of points, BUT!! We have no wonderful source of tricks, and no singleton or void. Let's bid what we know we can make.

Ready for a hand?

Your result so far:

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Play this Hand

Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

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