Beautiful food words

[Kent Wang]

My favorite is demerara.

[srhcb]

Meringue is nice.

SB (But it's about as easy for me to make as to spell. )

[Carrot Top]

My favorite is demerara.

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Lovely. Absolutely. That's hard to top.

It would be a nice name for a girl too, don't you think?

[Gifted Gourmet]

skordalia is one of my favorites .. Greek ...

auberginesounds exotic .. purple prose or purple vegetable ... ca ne fait rien ...

mirepoix but uttered in a tiny voice ... in little bits ...

sultana ... lovely and regal way of saying "raisin" ...

[Kent Wang]

It would be a nice name for a girl too, don't you think? 

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On a tangent, I would name all my children after food terms: Basil, Ginger, Rosemary.

[Carrot Top]

skordalia is one of my favorites .. Greek ...

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I can picture "Madame Skordalia" in my mind right now, since you've said the word. . .

[chezcherie]

caramelizzzzzzed

[Carrot Top]

On a tangent, I would name all my children after food terms: Basil, Ginger, Rosemary.

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Excellent choices. Much more practical and long-lasting than those names of yesteryear that people used to dub their offspring with. Faith, Hope, Charity.

These names at least are edible, and easier to live up to possibly.

[Carrot Top]

Meringue is nice.

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Makes me want to dance.

[Carrot Top]

caramelizzzzzzed

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That is a sexy food word. Very.

Aaargh! This is better than eating, reading these words. A terrible plight to be in.

[moosnsqrl]

On a tangent, I would name all my children after food terms: Basil, Ginger, Rosemary.

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Excellent choices. Much more practical and long-lasting than those names of yesteryear that people used to dub their offspring with. Faith, Hope, Charity.

These names at least are edible, and easier to live up to possibly.

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But wouldn't it make you hungry every time you called their names? And can't you just hear the shrewish Sybil Fawlty screeching "Basil!"?

[Carrot Top]

But wouldn't it make you hungry every time you called their names?  And can't you just hear the shrewish Sybil Fawlty screeching "Basil!"?

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I might get hungry if I had a kid named "Pudding".

My old-fashioned romantic soul sees Basil Rathbone when I hear the name. Sybil could never ruin that for me.

[srhcb]

On a tangent, I would name all my children after food terms: Basil, Ginger, Rosemary.

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Several years ago, on another discussion board, the topic was nicknames. I made a list of people I've known which I'd fortunately saved as a Word file. I searched through the list and came up with these food related names:

Bones

Popcorn

Bosco

Porkpie

"Frites" (spelled "Freetz")

Java

Coconut

Juicy & Juicer

Taters

Bun

Beanie & Beaner

Boozy

Beefy

SB (never one to pass up a tangent)

[ludja]

I like the German word for chocolate:

Schokolade

(Show'-koe-lahd-eh) The first syllable is not really "show", it's somewhere between "show" and "shah". There is almost an equal accent on the first and third syllables.)

edited to improve the phonetic pronunciation...

Edited October 14, 2006 by ludja (log)

[Kent Wang]

Is the e at the end pronounced as well?

I like how the German version clearly pronounces the second syllable, unlike in English where it is often casually pronounced 'choclet'.

[ludja]

Is the e at the end pronounced as well?

I like how the German version clearly pronounces the second syllable, unlike in English where it is often casually pronounced 'choclet'.

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You're right; the "e" is pronounced although it is not strongly emphasized. Thanks for correcting me; I'll go back and edit it.

Yeah, I think it sounds more melodious than 'chocklet' or even 'chocolate'.

Edited October 14, 2006 by ludja (log)

[C. sapidus]

Fish sauce (possibly by association)

OK, for real, I've always liked the sounds of guajillo and shashlik. Of course, I could be saying them wrong.

[Kerry Beal]

Gianduja

[Chufi]

krupuk

gnocchi

foufou

ratafia

[Patrick S]

I'm partial to the sound of French words: genoise, pate sucree, caramel au beurre salé. . .

[Ling]

^I was going to list pate sucree as well.

I also like beurre noisette, sabayon, and petit pois.

Edited October 14, 2006 by Ling (log)

[lesfen]

Chiffonade. Croissant.

[petite tête de chou]

cafe con leche

bleu d'auvergne

"gooseberry" as said by an englishman

[srhcb]

If "petite tete de chou" is something to eat, it sounds good?

SB (mise en place and sans fromage about depletes my supply of French )

PS: Oh, and boeuf, which really doesn't sound all that great?

Edited October 14, 2006 by srhcb (log)

[Kent Wang]

A lot of French words here, understandably. My favorite of those is mirepoix.

Porterhouse has a tough, masculine ring to it, perfect for a cut of steak.