# Funny/Weird Nicknames For Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486 "2018-02-09T00:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/1 "2018-02-09T00:06:45Z")
Do you have any nicknames, derogatory or otherwise, for foods? In my (Italian) family, my brother and I routinely concocted nicknames for foods that were regularly served in our home, regardless of whether we liked them or not. Rigatoni=“sewer pipes” Lasagna=“Lagagme” Beef Stroganoff=“Beef Strokinoff” (my brother and I would snigger endlessly over that one). Those are all I can think of off the top of my head. I remember my Dad telling me about SOS (“Shit On A Shingle”) from his West Point days, but our favorite was always “Donkey Dorks” (Get it? The USMA mascot is a donkey?) to describe beef wrapped in cabbage leaves in a, um, quasi-cylindrical fashion. What are yours? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/2 "2018-02-09T00:12:50Z")
Such like broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes and more I call SIDE dishes. SIDE=Shit I Don’t Eat. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/3 "2018-02-09T00:25:32Z")
tortellini = “tiny buttholes.” no, I’m not kidding. yes, we thought it was hilarious. still do 😛 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/4 "2018-02-09T00:47:44Z")
My mother used to make some concoction with roast beef chunks, potatoes and who-knows-what-else in thick gravy; we called it “Who Hash.” It wasn’t quite as thick as corned beef hash. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/5 "2018-02-09T01:01:50Z")
I make a jelled dessert, with lime jello. My kids hated it. They called it ‘green slime’. When they were young I made veggie/beef soup for them, they called it ‘Zoop’. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/6 "2018-02-09T01:22:02Z")
Tapioca pudding = fish eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/7 "2018-02-09T01:35:42Z")
When I was growing up, my mom would periodically announce that we were having “mustgo” for dinner. When she said it, it sounded like “mussko”. These are the leftovers that “must go” tonight or they’ll be thrown out. Nowadays, when I’m doing the meal planning for the week, I always build in a “mustgo” night. I love mustgo now because it means I don’t have to cook and the cleanup is super easy. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/8 "2018-02-09T01:49:29Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > My mother used to make some concoction with roast beef chunks, potatoes and who-knows-what-else in thick gravy; we called it “Who Hash.” It wasn’t quite as thick as corned beef hash. She should have chopped those chunks smaller. I LOVED roast beef hash when I was a kid…my dear Mama minced the leftover meat and onions and potatoes FINE and fried ‘em down in dat gravy. I didn’t learn about corned beef hash until I moved for college and started going out to diner breakfasts. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/9 "2018-02-09T01:54:05Z")
Crepes: creepies Poisson: poison Chia seeds: frogspawn ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/10 "2018-02-09T02:03:29Z")
Hors d’oevres = Horse doovers ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/11 "2018-02-09T03:03:39Z")
Mac n CHeese= “Mac and Sleazy” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/12 "2018-02-09T03:51:17Z")
My brother and I used to call doughnuts _“Doug Hunts”_. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/13 "2018-02-09T03:55:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Hors d’oevres = Horse doovers Not [Horse Ovaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20772523&postcount=8)? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/14 "2018-02-09T04:46:40Z")
Mr.Wrekker calls any hamburger and pasta dish, Hamburger Helpless! It doesn’t matter if it’s homemade or from a box, all the same to him. He hates them all equally. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/15 "2018-02-09T12:31:56Z")
I make a dish titled Hoisin and Blackberry roast pork tenderloin. Which has morphed into: Poison Blackberry pork! Also, Banana Split is now referred to as Banana Speed at our house, due to a spelling error on an Asian menu we recently saw while travelling! ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/16 "2018-02-09T12:50:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Hors d’oevres = Horse doovers Whores devours. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/17 "2018-02-09T14:02:52Z")
snails= ass cargo calamari= deep fried assholes ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/18 "2018-02-09T15:00:14Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Do you have any nicknames, derogatory or otherwise, for foods? > > In my (Italian) family, my brother and I routinely concocted nicknames for foods that were regularly served in our home, regardless of whether we liked them or not. > > Rigatoni=“sewer pipes” > Lasagna=“Lagagme” > Beef Stroganoff=“Beef Strokinoff” (my brother and I would snigger endlessly over that one). > > Those are all I can think of off the top of my head. I remember my Dad telling me about SOS (“Shit On A Shingle”) from his West Point days, but our favorite was always “Donkey Dorks” (Get it? The USMA mascot is a donkey?) to describe beef wrapped in cabbage leaves in a, um, quasi-cylindrical fashion. > > What are yours? HA! My Italian family also called rigatoni “sewer pipes”. Who knows how old I was when I finally realized that sewer pipes weren’t the actual name of the pasta. I probably noticed what it said on the box one day and was amazed. I also remember my dad calling linguine “worms”. After that, all I could think of was tapeworms when I ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/19 "2018-02-09T15:26:44Z")
We call rotisserie chicken rat chicken because quite awhile ago I abbreviated it on a shopping list and my husband, unable to decipher my not so gorgeous handwriting said, “what the hell is rat chicken?” It stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486/20 "2018-02-09T15:34:19Z")
Another one I just remembered. I picked this up from my older brother. Rotini, being corkscrew-shaped noodles, are “scroodles”. It’s just fun to say. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-nicknames-for-food/808486.md?page=2)