Cooking Terms

Dictionary Of Common Cooking Terms


Appetizing -- Anything advertised on TV.

Boil -- The point a parent reaches upon hearing the automatic "yuk" before a food is even tasted.

Casserole -- Combination of favorite foods that go uneaten because they are mixed together.

Chair -- Spot left vacant by mid-meal bathroom visit.

Cookie (last one) -- Item that must be eaten in front of a sibling.

Crust -- Part of a sandwich saved for the starving children of China, India, Africa, or Europe (check one).

Desserts -- The reason for eating a meal.

Evaporate -- Magic trick performed by children when it comes time to clear the table or wash the dishes.

Fat -- Microscopic substance detected visually by children on pieces of meat they do not wish to eat.

Floor -- Place for all food not found on lap or chair.

Fork -- Eating utensil made obsolete by the discovery of fingers.

Fried Foods -- Gourmet Cooking.

Frozen -- Condition of children's jaws when spinach is served.

Fruit -- A natural sweet not to be confused with dessert.

Germs -- The only things kids will share freely.

Kitchen -- The only room not used when eating crumbly snacks.

Leftovers -- Commonly described as "gross".

Liver -- A food that affects genes, creating a hereditary dislike.

Lollipop -- A snack provided by those who don't clean sticky fingers, furniture, etc. or have to pay dental bills.

Macaroni -- Material for a collage.

Measuring cup -- A kitchen utensil that is stored in the sandbox.

Napkin -- Any worn cloth object, such as shirt or pantsor dresses.

Natural food -- Food eaten with unwashed hands.

Nutrition -- Secret war waged by parents using direct commands, camouflage, and constant guard duty.

Plate -- A breakable Frisbee.

Refrigerator -- A very expensive and inefficient room air conditioner.

Saliva -- A medium for blowing bubbles.

Soda Pop -- Shake 'n' spray.

Table -- A place for storing gum.

Table leg -- A percussion instrument.

Thirsty -- How your child feels after you have said your final good night.

Vegetable -- A basic food known to satisfy kid's hunger... but only by sight.

Water -- Popular beverage in underdeveloped countries.