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