Amusing List Found in Cook Book

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Parents’ Glossary of Kids’ Kitchen 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 . . . (choose one)

Desserts: The reason for eating a meal.

Evaporate: Magic trick performed by children when it comes time to clear the table or wash 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 thing 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 people who don’t have to pay dental bills.

Macaroni: Material for a collage.

Measuring Cup: A kitchen utensil that is stored in the sandbox.

Metric: A system of measurement that will be accepted only after forty years of wandering in the desert.

Napkin: Any worn cloth object, such as shirt or pants.

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: Percussion instrument.

Thirsty: How your child feels after you’ve said you final “good night.”

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

Water: Popular beverage in underdeveloped countries.
 













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