# Songs about food or cooking **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547 "2019-05-06T10:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/21 "2019-05-06T15:59:52Z")
Lunch Lady Land ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/22 "2019-05-06T16:08:21Z")
“[Vegetables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables_(song))” - The Beach Boys > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > There was a stop action short shown on _The Electric Company_ that showed pieces of food marching around while a stentorial voice sang to subtitles to the tune of _Pomp and Circumstance_ Yes, I remember this! Several times I’ve looked to see if the video is posted anywhere online (or at least the lyrics), but to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/23 "2019-05-06T16:09:57Z")
Two covers by The Royal Guardsmen: “[Peanut Butter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzxfAcJqj8)” “[The Jolly Green Giant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-vzr5vln9w)” ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/24 "2019-05-06T16:32:55Z")
The Beatles: “[Savoy Truffle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Truffle)” ---
**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:** [May 6, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/25 "2019-05-06T16:42:36Z")
Didn’t the Talking Heads devote an album to songs about food? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/26 "2019-05-06T16:42:39Z")
_[Last Meal](https://youtu.be/GzuRCeq8uBk)_, by Asleep at the Wheel ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/27 "2019-05-06T17:00:34Z")
[TV Dinners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc), ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/28 "2019-05-06T17:04:37Z")
[Tupelo Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbTIKHYwog) - Van Morrison [Cherry Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng) - Warrant [Peel Me a Grape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJ_c2tyfQ0) - Diana Krall ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/29 "2019-05-06T17:12:50Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Didn’t the Talking Heads devote an album to songs about food? > > 😉 And buildings! Speaking of them, a few of their songs make mention of food: In “[Life During Wartime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwZvg46jms)”: “I got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days” In “[Nothing But Flowers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY8YQYDBE)”: “We caught a rattlesnake, now we’ve got something for dinner” “This was a Pizza Hut, now it’s all covered with daisies” “I miss the honky tonks, Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/30 "2019-05-06T17:15:19Z")
Allen Sherman’s [Grow Mrs. Goldfarb](https://genius.com/Allan-sherman-grow-mrs-goldfarb-lyrics) You had for breakfast: two pounds bacon Three dozen eggs, one coffee cake, and Then you had something really awful Four kippered herrings on a waffle Nine English muffins, one baked apple Boston cream pie, Philadelphia scrapple Seventeen bowls of Crispy Crunch Then you said, “What’s for lunch?” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/31 "2019-05-06T17:24:56Z")
How about [More Songs About Buildings and Food](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Songs_About_Buildings_and_Food)? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/32 "2019-05-06T17:26:51Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > How about [More Songs About Buildings and Food](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Songs_About_Buildings_and_Food)? And Ninjas! (See posts #25 and 29. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/33 "2019-05-06T17:53:01Z")
[Mm… Food](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYkjt9F81c) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/34 "2019-05-06T18:08:28Z")
“[Junk Food Junkie](https://youtu.be/jQnIL-XPerQ)” - Larry Groce (1976) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/35 "2019-05-06T18:21:45Z")
[Nutrition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKdovsjjGs) by The Dead Milkmen _I’ve got nowhere to go Just movin’ on my feet People say I’ve got no ambition At least I give a shit About the stuff I eat Yeah! I care about nutrition_ [Cheesecake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w068PdDw0hs) by Louis Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/36 "2019-05-06T18:27:29Z")
Judy Collins — “[Cook With Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUh-_SumiQ)” (a somewhat subtle double entendre) “Muffin warm…” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/37 "2019-05-06T18:43:15Z")
“[Cook of the House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_of_the_House)” - Wings ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/38 "2019-05-06T18:50:28Z")
Kate Bush - “[Eat the Music](https://youtu.be/GPB4GM-WwwY?t=15)” More double entendres with food. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/39 "2019-05-06T19:04:08Z")
**Paul Simon** - _So Beautiful or So What_ > [@](#): > > I’m gonna make a chicken gumbo > Toss some sausage in the pot > I’m gonna flavor it with okra > Cayenne pepper to make it hot And on the lighter side, a little [Ylvis - Stonehenge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyzgeee2mg) > [@](#): > > When I make my jalapeños > Calamari and prosciutto > I’m the king! > > My wife applauds me in the kitchen > When I tell her all I bought is from the local store ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547/40 "2019-05-06T19:13:12Z")
[Pasta on the mountain !!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g82XwFIf_AQ) Bonus points…tell me is about? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-or-cooking/833547.md?page=3)