# If your board name was a food...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131 "2010-01-08T04:44:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/61 "2010-01-08T19:02:52Z")

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I taste like hypno-chicken.  
GLORIOUS hypno-chicken.

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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/62 "2010-01-08T19:04:06Z")

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It’d be one of those snooty amuse-blush (sp?) appetzers, a multi-layered  
morsel, sweet and sour and tangy all at the same time, served on a plate  
with swoops of some exotic syrup and dusted with something shaved and  
ridiculously expensive and addictive, something that shoots your tongue  
right into your cheek.

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/63 "2010-01-08T19:24:36Z")

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Probably a dessert. And blasphemous.

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**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/64 "2010-01-08T19:32:50Z")

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I think from my name I’d be some weird artificial salad type food marketed as totally natural and healthy but a close reading of the packet would include tiny warnings about the risk of the loss of both short term memory and hair.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/65 "2010-01-08T19:33:14Z")

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I think I’m a brand of pudding cup sold only in Japan. Expats would enjoy the chocolate for its friendly familiarity.

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**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/66 "2010-01-08T19:38:20Z")

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You don’t want to know. Really.

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**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/67 "2010-01-08T19:41:22Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> …tell us what it is!
> 
> This started when I pronounced ‘freckafree!’ out loud cause it just sounded like a fun word, and it is! And then I thought “Hey, that sounds like a sugar-free gum”.
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> Taomist…sounds like a green, sparkly tea drink of some type.

Now it’s time to put a three course meal menu together using member’s food names.

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/68 "2010-01-08T19:50:25Z")

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I think I would be some type of fiery hot chicken dish.

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**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/69 "2010-01-08T20:22:02Z")

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Guess.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/70 "2010-01-08T20:30:31Z")

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> [@Mrs.Cake](#):
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> Guess.

Umm… Pork chops?

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/71 "2010-01-08T20:31:47Z")

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Close. It’s bacon.

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**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/72 "2010-01-08T20:52:27Z")

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A baked spud served by ninjas. Inserted expertly into your stomach when you least expect it, shuriken-style.

> [@Celyn](#):
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> “Celyn” being “holly”, I think I would be pretty toxic, and no-one would like me.

Either that or something Elvish. No? You sure?

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/73 "2010-01-08T21:06:19Z")

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Rice-A-Roni?

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/74 "2010-01-08T21:08:16Z")

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You guys are really good at this. Cat Whisperer - about all I got is maybe an Australian wine.

(featherlou would have been better for this - that sounds like a dessert with pastry or something.)

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**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/75 "2010-01-08T21:11:36Z")

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Pronounced improperly (rhyming with “ass”), I would be a spicy fish dish. Maybe what you make with Thing Fish.

Pronounced properly (“base”), I would be a brand name soup stock. “Use JumpBass for all your cooking needs!”

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**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/76 "2010-01-08T21:23:01Z")

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Changed: T-Bone!

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**Author:** ![Negative\_Lite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Negative\_Lite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Negative_Lite)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/77 "2010-01-08T22:31:33Z")

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A diet drink that requires more calories to digest than it produces.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/78 "2010-01-08T22:46:05Z")

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All I need to do is add an “ala” in the middle and I’m all set!

It tastes like chicken … with TINY drumsticks … .

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/79 "2010-01-08T22:54:38Z")

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Pork Chops marinated in very cheap wine.

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**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/80 "2010-01-08T22:54:43Z")

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good lord, tough one. Maybe if mrs. butterworth died, I could be a bigger better pancake syrup! Any better suggestions?😃

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