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12. both of my parents loved to rename foods

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:18 AM

Jun 2013

it's like they thought they were inventing a whole new language

ba-lan-joes (bananas)
gorilla cheese (grilled cheese)
yeggerts (eggs)
ass-per-gas (asparagus)
boo-tree (butter)
ba-log-na (bologna)
maulk (milk--that was my baby word)

i'm sure there were more but it's all i can think of offhand

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Have some unusual 'family names' for foods? Sop-Eggs [View all] trof Jun 2013 OP

butterjuice noamnety Jun 2013 #1

'Splain me? trof Jun 2013 #2

pink stuff is salad dressing. noamnety Jun 2013 #3

Pokey eggs at our house. tavernier Jun 2013 #4

Google eggs graywarrior Jun 2013 #5

crappy tacos Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #6

omg! my favorite tacos in the WORLD orleans Jun 2013 #11

One of the world's premier beer foods. Paladin Jun 2013 #21

As my mom says... GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #31

lol I loved the JitB tacos OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #35

"I'll eat them hoppy bastards all damn day." Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #37

Flappy cheese. cyberswede Jun 2013 #7

Shit on a shingle Major Nikon Jun 2013 #8

I loved eating shit on a shingle when I was a kid mokawanis Jun 2013 #13

Same with me Major Nikon Jun 2013 #16

Didn't we all love the SOS we grew up with? I did until... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #17

Someone once said that the army buys the best food in the world hobbit709 Jun 2013 #19

Flip overs and flop overs. Scruffy Rumbler Jun 2013 #9

My four year old son called flour tortillas vanlassie Jun 2013 #10

both of my parents loved to rename foods orleans Jun 2013 #12

Ghepi for spaghetti. applegrove Jun 2013 #14

Me and my kid called it skabetties Bucky Jun 2013 #26

Round eggs. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #15

"Mother's Tragedy" for anything be mixed in a bowl. sarge43 Jun 2013 #18

That's hilarious! Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #24

-1 for blatant misuse of 'ambrosia' pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #20

You ain't tried the drippins from Ziegler's "Seasoned to Please" hot sausage. trof Jun 2013 #33

Mouse cheese for GentryDixon Jun 2013 #22

Grandpa called a chunk of cheddar 'rat trap cheese'. trof Jun 2013 #32

Dippy Eggs is a Pittsburgh thing, I think. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #23

Pigs in a blanket to me OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #36

Stinky feet cheese lost-in-nj Jun 2013 #25

"City spinach" for broccoli woodsprite Jun 2013 #27

Not any particular food, but my kids always had a "bednight snack". Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #28

Captain America Shield buns tandot Jun 2013 #29

Grandma's Surprise KamaAina Jun 2013 #30

To our young daughter spaghetti was 'pusgetty'. Breakfast was 'brefftuss'. trof Jun 2013 #34