# The Grunt - An unusual name for such a tasty dessert

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grunt-an-unusual-name-for-such-a-tasty-dessert/207858 "2003-10-16T20:19:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Photog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Photog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Photog)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grunt-an-unusual-name-for-such-a-tasty-dessert/207858/1 "2003-10-16T20:19:37Z")

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I make my living as a food photographer.

I was hired recently to shoot a magazine story on fruit desserts. The four recipes I photographed were the **Grunt** , the **Betty** , the **Buckle** , and the **Pandowdy**.

Where do these unusual names come from?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grunt-an-unusual-name-for-such-a-tasty-dessert/207858/2 "2003-10-16T22:07:51Z")

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