food words

What's even bigger than a food trend like pumpkin frozen yogurt? Food slang. In fact, I've come across so many contemporary words to add to my food vocabulary that perhaps the culinary world should have its own Urban Dictionary. Some of them make complete sense, but others just don't sound quite right!

For a little bit of education and a lot of fun, I'm going to test your knowledge of food slang. I'll list a word, and you tell me whether it's really been used or whether I just made it up. Play along to expand your culinary vernacular, then demonstrate your broadened vocabulary by using your favorite food slang in a sentence below.

Last Friday, the Scripps National Spelling Bee aired on ABC, and there was plenty of food vocab to go around. While mozzarella and zucchini seemed easy enough (they were food words from round two), what about foliocellosis and pfeffernuss? You may call yourself a foodie, but you'd be surprised by the difficulty of some of the culinary terms in the English language. Just for kicks, I thought I'd test your food word repertoire with terms from this year's and last year's Scripps Spelling Bee — plus a little food slang thrown in for good measure. My philosophy is, if you can say it, then you're ready to play it!