Any interesting / funny food nicknames ?

top mom

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 5:21 am

I'll start
I'm making " apple potatoes" aka honey roasted potatoes, for dinner today. I cut them into wedges, and it reminds my kids of apples What

amother

Celeste

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 7:39 am

Life cereal = monkey cereal as there was a picture of curious George on the box the first time I bought it for my kids.

Hashemlovesme1

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 8:18 am

Crispix - “hexagon cereal” because one of my kids wanted to know what shape it was

dankbar

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 8:35 am

My mom used to call the drumstick. Lolly fleish. Shape of lollipop.

I guess she wanted us to eat it.

Raisin

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 8:37 am

My son asked for Japanese bread. Took me a minute to realise he meant french toast.

amother

Lime

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 9:05 am

Shabbos crackers =Graham crackers
I don't even remember that origin story

Teacher_EW

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 9:09 am

I have an aunt who calls shnitzel Bang bang chicken - because you pound to thin it

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:16 pm

Every Shabbos without fail I ask my kids 'who wants Zalmen Leib? That's salmon for the confused among us.

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:16 pm

Teacher_EW wrote:

I have an aunt who calls shnitzel Bang bang chicken - because you pound to thin it

Bang bang theory!

Ema of 5

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:17 pm

My daughter used to say “boo bellies” and now she’s teaching that to my baby.

amother

Chartreuse

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:22 pm

dankbar wrote:

My mom used to call the drumstick. Lolly fleish. Shape of lollipop.

I guess she wanted us to eat it.

and cutlets were called cookie fleish in my parents house. Same Idea I guess?

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:27 pm

amother Chartreuse wrote:

and cutlets were called cookie fleish in my parents house. Same Idea I guess?

Breaded cutlets were called ibergetzoigeneh fleisch growing up.
Anyone else?

amother

Chartreuse

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:29 pm

amother Oxfordblue wrote:

Breaded cutlets were called ibergetzoigeneh fleisch growing up.
Anyone else?

LOL, that's the yiddish translation of what a cutlet is and we called it that too.

amother

Blushpink

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:30 pm

Have to post this anon because it will out me.

We used to call chicken thighs hamantaschen which some kid called it at one point and it stuck.

mushkamothers

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:30 pm

I call patties cookies and beef jerky (I started making my own) fleish candy to get the kids to eat it. They're not big cookie fans but they love fleish candy!

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amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:30 pm

amother Chartreuse wrote:

LOL, that's the yiddish translation of what a cutlet is and we called it that too.

Nowadays I just call them cutlets. That's the only way I make them -fried. So no one's confused lol.

amother

Wandflower

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:30 pm

My kids call the mini potatoes “turtle potatoes “. I cut them in half, so it reminds them of turtle shells.

They also call the Trix cereal “PJ Funnybunny”, because the bunny on the box reminds them of one of the characters in a Dr. Seuss books we have.

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:31 pm

Growing up Schnitzel was ground meat patties by us or fushet. Took me awhile to figure out that others called cutlets Schnitzel What

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:32 pm

I don't. But I know some people say brekelach fleisch.

Ema of 5

Mon, Jan 22 2024, 1:33 pm

Also one of my kids calls breaded fish “sharpies” and now that’s what everyone, even our shabbos regular guests (the ones who come every week) call it!