Eat Your Words. Paul Convery
* any foodstuff such as pie cooked in an open container
dollop * a sloppy, shapeless mass or serving of soft food
dressing * sauce or seasoning, especially applied as a complement to salad dishes
dulciaries * an archaic term for sweeteners or other such flavour enhancers
eatments * items of food
eattocks * Scottish dainties, sweets, and the like
edibles * articles of food, in particular snacks or nibbles
edule * edible matter
esculents * foods that may be healthily consumed, especially fresh vegetables
estables * an earlier form of eatables—items for the eating
estmete * Old English epicurean fare
exchange * a quantity of safe, alternative food for those following a diabetic diet
fameal * basic food of the nature of meal distributed for the purpose of famine relief
faring * food; fare
farsure * one of many lost soundalike synonyms for farcement or forcemeat; stuffing
fast food * inexpensive, pre-prepared, and quickly served hot food, to-go or to sit-in
finger food * light bites requiring no utensils to consume, such as canapés
fixings * garnish, in American English; more broadly, any food items or ingredients
flatogen * a “gasser,” being a foodstuff notorious for producing flatulence
flavouring * any essence or extract used to impart greater flavour to food; seasoning
flesh-meat * animal flesh—in contrast to fish, fruit, or vegetables—as an article of food
fodder * grub considered so poor it would be more suitable for animal consumption
foodstuff * any substance, or class of substances, capable of providing nourishment
foodwise * with regard to food; concerning matters culinary or consumptionary
forcemeat * any ground or minced and well-seasoned food mixture used as stuffing
fosterment * food, with a connotation of virtuous eating and vital nourishment
fourment * an archaic name for cereal grains, such as wheat or more commonly corn
fowl * poultry; by extension, in cookery, the flesh of domesticated birds used as food
fragrant meat * a euphemism for the flesh of an exotic animal, or one not customarily killed for the pot; candidly put, dog meat
Frankenfoods * genetically modified foods regarded as a dietary and ecological evil
Friday-fare * fast-day food, especially fish; otherwise, plain and simple cooking
friture * fried food
frosting * iced confectionery, usually consumed in the form of trimming or topping
fruitage * food fruits, variously and collectively
fruits de mer * a culinary expression covering seafood and edible crustaceans
functional food * any consumable item purposively fortified with specific nutrients
furmage * formerly, a general term for cheese
furnitures * seasoning, in particular salad dressing
game * birds or field animals hunted or shot for the pot; hence also, the meat of same
garbage * offal; the organs and offcuts of any creature used as a source of food
garnison * victuals to support an army or sustain a population under siege
glop * unpalatable or otherwise unappetizing food
glutting * a quantity of food sufficient to fill the consumer to the point of repletion
glycosites * sweets and suchlike sugary treats
gobbet * a mouthful of semi-digested or regurgitated food
gob-meat * a coarse vernacular expression for food; grub to stuff the mouth with
gorgeful * a most immoderate amount of consumed food
goulie * food that one is unfamiliar with or perhaps unaccustomed to
grannam * an old term for the cereal staple corn, in the common tongue
greengrocery * fresh fruit and vegetables
grillade * grilled food, most notably meat, in general
groats & grits * oats and grains as one’s basic food resource
groceries * those foods and goods retailed in a grocery store; loosely, fruits and vegetables
gros-gibier * big culinary game such as wild boar
grub & bub * food and drink
grubbins * food, in earlier American idiom
gruel * thin, watery fare unpleasant in both taste and texture; slops, spoon food
grunting-peck * pork or bacon; pig meat
gustables * tasty articles of food
gut-pudding * sausage or sausage meat
guttle * that which one consumes in a guttlesome, or gluttonous, fashion
gyppo * greasy food, be it gravy, stew, butter, bacon fat or other substance
halal * lawfully prepared food, according to Muslim legal and customary observance
harmalia * manna; nourishment
hastery * roasted food; alternatively, roast meats categorically regarded
health food * natural food claimed to contain superior nutritional goodness
herbage * a collective term for culinary herbs, used as garnish for prepared food
hog & hominy * spartan or simple fare
hogo * any dressing, relish, seasoning, or condiment adding piquancy to a dish
hollow * poultry, rabbit and hare; those meats not traditionally sold by butchers
infant formula * instant baby food given as surrogate breast milk
ingesta * those substances swallowed to sustain the body; in plain, food and drink
ingredients * those individual food items which together comprise any given dish
inmeat * the edible viscera of an animal slaughtered first and foremost for its flesh
inside-lining * filling food, jocularly speaking
jossop * any juicy foodstuff, as syrup, gravy or sauce
jowpment * a confused jumble of victuals or extemporized hash
junk food * high-calorie fare of little nutritional value or redeeming culinary merit
junketry * sundry candies and confections
jusculum * medicinal broth; alternatively, savoury soup
kickshaws * fancy French food, especially bonnes bouches or similar titillating bites
kitchen-physic * nourishing and restorative food for invalids and convalescents
kitchen-stuff * pan fat or dripping saved for subsequent cooking
kitchen-tillage * vegetables grown for their culinary utility
knick-knackery * assorted sweets and other light confections
lactage * dairy produce; milk and milk products including butter, cream, and cheese
larder * food laid down in store
legumes * beans, peas, lentils