What is a mnemonic device for milk eggs margarine oranges rhubarb ice cream eggplant and sausage?

Answer 1

For remembering a long list of unrelated items like a grocery list, the best way to remember is to use a mental image mnemonic like a loci or peg list.

Loci: put one item in each part of a familiar location inside your mind, then take a mental walk. For example, you could use your house - put milk in the sink in the bathroom, eggs on the television, margarine in your video game, etc

Peg: use a rhyme like 1 is a bun, 2 is a shoe, 3 is a tree, 4 is a door, 5 is a hive, 6 is a stick, 7 is in heaven, 8 is a gate, 9 is a vine, 10 is a hen. Put a carton of milk between the halves of a bun, eggs in a shoe, margarine hanging from a tree, etc.