Some families place undue emphasis on food: conversations center on it, and rich delicacies are offered as rewards, withheld as punishment.

Some of the species of Allium are important food plants for example onions ( Allium cepa ), chives ( A. schoenoprasum ), garlic ( A. sativum and A. scordoprasum ), and leeks ( A. porrum ).

* Some ancient Egyptian statues of Anubis read ,"... I am death ... I eat ambrosia and drink blood ..." which hints that ambrosia is a food of some sort.

" Some of the dishes included in the category of minutas are milanesas, churrascos, bifes, escalopes, tallarines, ravioles ( ravioli ), ñoquis ( gnocchi, although some are very typical of locations that sell food: " bifes a caballo " ( beef steak with two fried eggs ), " milanesa a caballo ", " milanesa completa " ( a milanesa with two fried eggs and a garnish of fries ), " revuelto Gramajo ", " colchón de arvejas ", " suprema de pollo " ( a kind of chicken milanesa ), matambres, " lengua a la vinagreta " and " sandwiches " ( sandwiches de miga ).

Some examples of cruciferous food plants are the cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, rapeseed, mustard, radish, horseradish, cress, wasabi, and watercress.

Some outbreaks, such as food poisoning due to E. coli or Salmonella, could be of either natural or deliberate origin.

Some environmental and commercial strains B. coagulans may play a role in food spoilage of highly acidic, tomato based products.

Some Christians, such as Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, also have traditions of fasting, in which saints, as well as Jesus, are claimed to have been able to go for a period of time ( without any food, or with no food but the Eucharist ).

Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation.

Some of these cancers may be caused by carcinogens in food generated during cooking process, although it is often difficult to identify the specific components in diet that serve to increase cancer risk.

Some high-skilled consultants, however, may garner some benefits such as a bonus, sick leave, or food and travel expenses, since they usually charge a high flat-fee for their services, or otherwise garner high hourly wages.

Some scientists argue that megafauna cryptids are unlikely to exist undetected in great enough numbers to maintain a breeding population, and are unlikely to be able to survive in their reported habitats due to issues of climate and food supply.

Some cities such as Seattle and San Francisco require food and yard waste to be sorted for composting.

Some algae may store food in the form of oil droplets. Green algae usually have a rigid cell wall made up of an inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose.

Some species form packs or live in small family groups depending on the circumstances, including the type of available food.

Some cheeses called Cheddar are actually flavoured processed cheeses or cheese food, and often bear little resemblance to the original cheese.

Some of those who received the sacrament of the consolamentum upon their death-beds may thereafter have shunned further food or drink in order to speed death.

Some substances may be defined as either food or drink, and accordingly may be eaten with a spoon or drunk, depending upon their thickness and solutes.

Some food is obtained directly from plants ; but even animals that are used as food sources are raised by feeding them food derived from plants.

Some cultures consume blood, sometimes in the form of blood sausage, as a thickener for sauces, or in a cured, salted form for times of food scarcity, and others use blood in stews such as jugged hare.

Some cultures and people do not consume meat or animal food products for cultural, dietary, health, ethical, or ideological reasons.

Some canned foods, notably soups or packaged broths, tend to be high in salt as a means of preserving the food longer.

Some are fishing, some driving the team, and many are sitting indolently on the banks of the river.

Some are styled " national " banks, such as the National Bank of Ukraine ; but the term " national bank " is more often used by privately owned commercial banks, especially in the United States.

Some banks however claim that they still do some transactions en colones, keeping this change from being unconstitutional.

Some 7 – 8 % of GDP was needed to bail out failing banks and force banking sector consolidation.

Some designers have reverted to a 60 ° angle between cylinder banks, which produces a more compact engine, but have used three-throw crankshafts with flying arms between the crankpins of each throw to achieve even 120 ° angles between firing intervals.

Some hold the view that this contributed to the severity and length of the Great Depression as the gold standard forced the central banks to keep monetary policy too tight, creating deflation.

Some early computers, such as ENIAC, had banks of switches and plugboards for manual program entry.

Some protesters advocated non-payment of taxes, and urged a run on the banks, saying, " Stop the Duke, go for gold.

Some customers choose to use equipment that is powered directly by 48VDC ( nominal ) battery banks.

Some silver coins, such as the German € 10 commemoratives, are often available at banks and some retailers at face value.

Some banks remained open and continued to issue notes, signaling no distinct end to the paper currency problem.

Some colonies along the banks of the Po River in Italy will dive for mollusks, a practice demonstrating social learning among members of this species.

Some Hobbits live in " hobbit-holes " or Smials, traditional underground homes found in hillsides, downs, and banks.

Some of them headed north on Zhongshan North Road for Yijiang Gate ( North Gate ), which led to Xiaguan on the banks of the Yangtze.

Some forests line the banks of rivers.

Some of China's largest state banks were depositors in BCCI's Shenzhen branch.

Some economic measures and counter-measures were taken on both banks of the Dniester.

Some of the vegetation found along the river banks include paperbarks, cadjebuts, native fig trees and leichhardt trees.

Some entrepreneurial immigrants opened small businesses to service the community, such as harvesting ice from the Hudson River, which was stored in large ice houses along the banks of the river and sold in the summers to homes and businesses.

Some of the larger businesses included two banks, two hardware stores, a meat market, two lumber companies, three hotels, a restaurant, a grocery, a furniture store, a pool hall, a photographer's studio, a drug store, two newspapers, three livery barns and three blacksmith and machine shops.

Some fifty business establishments, including two banks and a newspaper, were in operation.

Some historians believe that Farndon was the location of the first ever competitive horse race with riders, in a local field on the banks of the River Dee.

Some 6, 000 troops were paraded in meadows on the banks of the Dender between Geraardsbergen and Jedeghem.

Some 4, 000 banks and other lenders ultimately failed.