Eat Your Words - Paul Convery

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edible plants or vegetables

      levets * leftover food; the leavings from a dish or a meal

      livenoth * in Old English, food as nourishment and the sustenance of bodily needs

      long-pig * human flesh as a dietary option; cannibal fare

      lubberwort * junk food; after a mystery herb imagined to render one idle and stupid

      mammaday * runny food, especially pap; soft, soppy fare for weaned babies

      manna * miracle food; heavenly fare

      marinade * seasoned liquor for flavouring and tenderizing food prior to cooking

      marrow * nourishing food

      masticatory * any plant substance such as gum that is chewed for pleasure

      maw-wallop * emetically foul food

      meal * the edible part of any cereal grain, plant seed, or pulse ground to a powder

      meat analogue * any substance designed as surrogate meat in look, texture and taste

      meaties * food for infants and younger children

      meatkin * food provisions; victuals

      meat-ware * potatoes, pulses, and other fare of a similarly starchy nature

      menavelings * food scraps, tidbits, or general odds and ends

      menu-gibier * small culinary game such as partridge, grouse, and pheasant

      meresauce * brine or marinade for pickling or preserving food

      mess-meat * minced meat; hash

      microgreens * leaf vegetable shoots used as garnish for salads, sarnies, and soups

      milkness * cheese and other dairy goods made from milk

      minifoods * cultures of single-cell proteins specially harvested as human food

      mongee * grub, in old American hobo argot

      morsel * a small “bite” of food

      mouthful * a modest quantity of food, somewhat more than a mere morsel

      moyse * anciently, a class of set pudding

      muggings * food; informally, grub

      munchable * an article of food that’s good to munch on

      munjary * food in Antipodean slang

      musical fruit * humorously, fruit or vegetables that make one toot

      mycoprotein * meat analogue grown in fermenters from fungi

      natural food * prepared without artificial ingredients or known food additives

      nonedibles * food items not deemed fit to be eaten; or, items not deemed fit to be food

      nonperishables * foodstuffs that do not easily or quickly spoil

      nourishment * nutritious food

      nouriture * poetically, sustenance, food

      nunyare * grub in camp theatrical argot

      nutmeat * nuts as a class of food; also, that part or germ of a nut that people eat

      nutrimentum * food as aliment, as nutrition

      nutrition * food, especially of the wholesome and health-giving variety

      nutritive * any article of nourishing food

      ofett * a generic term used in Old English for fruit and vegetables

      offalment * the edible waste parts stripped from the carcass of a butchered animal

      offmagandy * the choicest of choice viands; top-notch gourmet grub

      olitory * vegetables and herbs grown for any culinary purpose

      opsony * any rich food or relish taken with bread as an accompaniment

      organic food * produced or prepared holistically without chemical supplementation

      orts * meal scraps or morsels; the proverbial crumbs that fall from the table

      pabulum * food, feed or fodder; often used figuratively, meaning “food for thought”

      packaged food * pre-prepared, wrapped commercial food, as opposed to fresh fare

      panfish * fish good for simple pan-frying, especially if caught rather than bought

      panmeat * food of any description cooked in a pan

      pannum * bread or breadstuffs; more broadly, one’s workaday staple fare

      pantile * cookies or biscuits as a genre of hard-baked goods

      papmeat * breastmilk; alternatively, any semi-liquid food for infants or invalids

      pasternaks * culinary root vegetables, particularly carrots and parsnips

      pastry-meat * pies and pasties, collectively

      patisserie * pastries and cakes, collectively

      peck & tipple * food and drink

      peckage * food scraps or supplies

      pedware * an antique culinary term embracing pulses, peas, and beans

      penance * poor or paltry food; hence fare more suitable for fast days

      perishables * fresh foodstuffs that all too easily or quickly spoil

      pharmafoods * health food products containing bespoke nutritional enhancement

      phitosite * high-calorie food

      pianteric * fattening food

      pig-cheer * meat products made from the inferior or interior portions of the animal

      pigswill * loathsome food; originally, kitchen scraps and slops fed to the pigs

      ploughmeat * cereal, in the popular tongue of yesteryear

      pogeybait * a sweet treat or food package for those confined to care or convalescence

      poisson * the flesh of fish used for food, in the jargon of the gastronome

      porkery * pig flesh and pig meat products, collectively

      potage * food cooked in the pot; thick soup or stew, generically

      potherbs * culinary herbs, notably those grown in a kitchen garden

      pottage-ware * those herbs or vegetables traditionally used to make soups and stews

      poultry-ware * domestic fowl reared or regarded as a source of meat or eggs

      prasadam * vegetarian food purified as a gift to the gods and partaken by worshippers

      preserves * candied fruit stuffs all: jams, marmalades, chutneys, compotes, and more

      processed food * any edible substance whose essential material or nutritional nature is altered in some way during manufacturing as a modern commercial food product

      prog * food, grub, vittles

      prosphagion * historically, any delicacy or luxury viand eaten with bread

      provender * food, generally or jocularly speaking; elsewise, animal fodder

      proviant * victuals for the catering corps; food for the forces

      pullayly * an older dialectal synonym for poultry

      pulment * stodge for the lower orders, typically of the nature of gruel

      pulses * the edible seeds of leguminous plants as a separate nutritional category

      purtenance * animal innards—organs, intestines, and all—as a class of unclassy food

      purvey * the food or catering supplied on occasions such as weddings and funerals

      reduction * in cooking, a concentrated stock or condensed sauce

      regalo

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