ALL ANSWERS · FOOD & DRINK · DAILY No. 26 · SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Size It Up Food & Drink answer: September 29
The five Food & Drink silhouettes for September 29, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 26 ran from a strawberry (3.492 cm) to a wine bottle (28.9 cm). The widest gap was round 2, Chicken Egg against Wine Bottle, at 5.2×; the closest call was round 5, Pineapple Slice against Onion, only 1.9× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Sweet Potato (USDA whole raw sweet potato) vs Flour Tortilla (USDA tortilla)
Flour Tortilla · reference · 25.4 cm Sweet Potato · true length · 12.7 cm 2.0× shorter than the flour tortilla
Sweet Potato: 12.7 cm length. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 11507: sweetpotato, 5" long. Portion reference, not a universal average; 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Full long-axis span, tip to tip, rather than the short diameter.
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ROUND 2
Chicken Egg (brown, 61 g) vs Wine Bottle (750 ml Bordeaux)
Wine Bottle · reference · 28.9 cm Chicken Egg · true length · 5.58 cm 5.2× shorter than the wine bottle
Chicken Egg: 5.58 cm length. Brown supermarket eggs averaging 61 g measure 5.58 cm from end to end and 4.47 cm across. Full straight length from tip to tip.
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ROUND 3
Eggplant (Black Beauty, selected harvest size) vs Bell Pepper (USDA medium)
Bell Pepper · reference · 6.985 cm Eggplant · true length · 15.24 cm 2.2× longer than the bell pepper
Eggplant: 15.24 cm length. Selected 6 inch fruit within the grower’s 5–6.5 inch harvest range; exclude the stalk. Straight end-to-end span; exclude decorative stems and leaves.
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ROUND 4
Strawberry (USDA large) vs Carrot (USDA small)
Carrot · reference · 13.97 cm Strawberry · true diameter · 3.492 cm 4.0× shorter than the carrot
Strawberry: 3.492 cm diameter. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 09316: large (1-3/8 inch diameter). Selected dimension converted from inches using 2.54 cm per inch. Across the widest part of the food, excluding any stem or leaves.
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ROUND 5
Pineapple Slice (USDA cross-section · outer diameter) vs Onion (USDA medium bulb)
Onion · reference · 6.35 cm Pineapple Slice · true diameter · 11.85 cm 1.9× wider than the onion
Pineapple Slice: 11.853 cm diameter. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 09266: slice (4-2/3" dia x 3/4" thick). Portion reference, not a universal average; 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Full outer diameter, not the central hole; the reused ring is a schematic cross-section.
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