FOOD – NOUNS – ITEMS & DISHES
NOUNS – ITEMS & DISHES
► ACE a grilled cheese sandwich → Amer. lunch counter usage
► ADAM AND EVE two poached or fried eggs → L19 sl., orig. US short order usage
► ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT two poached eggs on toast → L19 sl., orig. US short order usage
► ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK ‘EM two scrambled eggs on toast → L19 sl., orig. US short order usage
► ARMY CHICKEN beans and frankfurters → 1944 service sl. (Bk.)
► ATTORNEY a grilled and devilled goose or turkey drumstick → E19 sl.
► BAB a kebab → 2000 UK sl.
► BABY FOOD cereal → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BABY’S HEAD a steak (and kidney) pudding → 1905 sl.
► BABY’S LEG meat loaf; jam-roly-poly → L19 sl.
► BACHELOR’S FARE bread and cheese and kisses → L18 sl.
► BALE OF HAY corned beef and cabbage → L19 sl.
► BEN-FLAKE a steak → M19 rhyming sl.
► BICKY ► BIKKY a child’s word for a biscuit → E20
► BLANKETS hot cakes → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLOOD ketchup → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLUSHING BUNNY Welsh rabbit with tomato soup as one of the ingredients → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BONDAGE PIE a pizza with sausage and mushroom topping → 1996 US sl.
► BOWL OF RED chili con carne → 1998 (Bk.)
► CABOB a leg of mutton stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs → 1690
► CACKLEBERRIES AND GRUNTS bacon and eggs → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHOW MIAOW Chinese food → 1958 Aust. sl.
► CREAMED FORESKINS creamed chipped beef → M20 US
► DALMATIAN PUDDING the boiled currant-pudding known as ‘spotted-dog’ → 20C Royal Navy sl.
► DANDYFUNK a pudding made of cracker crumbs, slush, and molasses → 1849 US nautical sl.
► DC a hamburger with every possible trimming and condiment → 1966 US sl.
► DEAD EYE AND HORSE a pie and sauce → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► DEAD HORSE tomato sauce → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► DEAD MAN’S HEAD a spherical plum pudding → 1994 NZ sl.
► FAIRY ON THE IRON boiled chicken → 1886 US short order usage
► FLOATER a meat pie in a bowl of peas or gravy → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GASKET a doughnut → 1942 US sl.
► GASPE STEAK fried bologna → 1998 Can. sl.
► GREASE PATTY prison-cooked, chicken-fried steak → 1990s US prison sl.
► GREASIES fish and chips, or some form of takeaway fast food → 1960s NZ sl.
► GRUNT a slice of ham or pork → 1920s US sl.
► GUT BOMB a greasy hamburger; broadly; any greasy, tasty, heavy food; any food considered to be especially unhealthy → 1968 Amer. sl.
► GUT BOMBER a greasy hamburger; broadly, and food considered to be especially unhealthy → 1980 Amer. sl.
► IRISH CABBAGE the traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal of corned (salt) beef, cabbage and Irish potatoes → 1960s US sl.
► IRISH TURKEY corned beef and cabbage → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► KATE AND SIDNEY steak and kidney → 1914 Brit. rhyming sl.
► KEGMEG tripe → M19 sl.
► KINGS AND QUEENS baked beans → 20C rhyming sl.
► KINGS ON HOLY GHOST baked beans on toast → 20C rhyming sl.
► MADE DISH a dish made of several ingredients → 1598
► MADE GRAVY a gravy artificially compounded, as opposed to one consisting only of the juices exuding from meat in cooking → 1796
► MADE MEAT a dish made of several ingredients → 1598 obs.
► MONKEY DICK Vienna sausage; frankfurter, hot dog → 1965 Amer. sl.
► MOUNTAIN OYSTERS lamb or calf testicles as food → 1857 US sl.
► NERVOUS PUDDING a dish made with gelatine or aspic → 1930s US sl.
► NERVOUS SALAD a dish made with gelatine or aspic → 1930s US sl.
► OLD FRIEND AND SHAMROCK an order of corned beef and cabbage → L19 US sl.
► PACKING HOUSE QUAIL spare ribs → L19 sl.
► PAIR OF BASTARDS ON A RAFT poached eggs on toast → 1980s NZ sl.
► POME a meatball; a dish made of meatballs → a1450 obs.
► POMEDORRY a meatball or rissole, esp. one with a glazing of egg yolk → 1381 obs.
► POME-GARNEZ a dish of garnished meatballs → a1450 obs.
► POT-CHEESE cottage cheese → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUFTERLOONER a type of scone made of dough and fried in fat → 1853 Aust. sl.
► PUT UP THE FLAG a plate of macaroni → 1900s US sl.
► RECTOR the bottom half of a sliced teacake, which received the most butter → L19 sl.
► REDEYE ketchup → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► RED LEAD ketchup → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► RESURRECTION ► RESURRECTION PIE a dish made of leftovers → 1884 sl.
► ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER a testicle of a sheep, bull, or hog, used as food → 1906 Amer. dial.
► SINEAD (O’CONNOR) a ‘doner’ kebab → 2001 UK rhyming sl.
► SNOB’S DUCK a leg of mutton stuffed with sage and onions → 19C sl.
► SOAPY-ISAAC suet pudding → 1904 prison sl. (Bk.)
► SUETTY-ISAAC suet pudding → 1904 prison sl. (Bk.)
► TANTADLIN ► TANTADLING ► TANTATLIN ► TANTATLING a small tart; an apple-dumpling; light delicacies, esp. sweets in contradistinction to more substantial food → 1857 Eng. dial.
► TANTADLIN-TART a small light tart; any kind of dainty; fancy food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANTARROW a pie made of meat, apples, etc.; something similar to a ‘squab-pie’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TRAIN SMASH a hastily prepared savoury dish of tomatoes with onions, eggs, sausages, etc. → 1960 Aust. sl.
► WORM CASTLE a hardtack biscuit → US Civil War usage
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