"Cheese&Rice" became the substitute curse when baby started talking and we didn't want to be outed as potty mouths when kindergarten started. Recipe: Fry 3 strips bacon until crisp, during which chop 1/4 cup onion and add to pan after removing bacon and cook to just caramelized, peel and slice 3 zucchini and add to onions in pan, tossing to coat (add butter as needed if bacon was lean) and cook until almost tender, stirring occasionally. Make a well in pan and add 1cup of corn (I like Trader Joe's fire roasted) and add salt and pepper to taste, stir to combine and once corn is heated, crumble bacon over and top with grated cheese. Even kids like these veggies! This has become my most requested holiday meal contribution. 😋
Cheesy Corn was the subject, you are incorporating my quasi curse, but seriously you could put the veggie dish over rice to bulk it (and yourself) up, no problem!
Yes - I am off dairy fat to get my cholesterol down and I don't eat corn unless it's fresh picked out of someone's garden (of course then I would have to put butter on it!)
What's your beef with food words? I mean, come on. We'd all be in pickle if we didn't have a nutty idea every once in a while and let a word take on a new use in language. Perhaps it is a bit of a "pie in the sky" fantasy that the slang I created for my fictional world in the FORGED series might someday become common use in everyday language... it's not too cheesy for a girl to hope, right?
Rergarding the mixing of Urdu "Chiz" with English "Cheese" it reminds me a bit of the folk etemology surrounding avocado. There's a theory that because the original Nahautl word for the fruit was something like ahuacatl, meaning testicle(lol), the Spanish may have shifted the loanword into their language as avocado based on the similarity with the Spanish word for lawyer, abogado. It's all speculative of course but perhaps the negative association of lawyers with testicles had something to do with this! I think this is a controversial folk etemology but if true would be kind of similar to your example for cheese
James, I've heard this avocado tale as well! The chiz/cheese one is probably closer to fact, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised to discover that the Nahuatl word being so similar to the existing Spanish word was the ultimate deciding factor. Like, "sure it looks more like this other word, but it sounds more like this other one; let's start calling them those."
It is delightful to consider these potential routes.
One meaning of cheese you missed was its use at least in America as a substitute for profanity in the early 20th century ("Cheese it- the cops!").
My homeland Canada, despite the fact that American fast food chains are a prominent presence now, still has some unique cuisine products not available anywhere else. We remain one of the world's leading sources of maple syrup, for one thing. The adjective "syrupy" is used to explain something that is literally or metaphorically laid on thick, without subtlety, as syrup is on pancakes.
That's a great callout - Shire also mentioned the swearing thing (with "Cheese and Rice" as a worthy stand-in).
Syrupy is a great word too, although I think maple syrup can be found in Vermont as well. I love cheese curds too, which are prominent in Wisconsin and Canada alike. SO good!
"Cheese&Rice" became the substitute curse when baby started talking and we didn't want to be outed as potty mouths when kindergarten started. Recipe: Fry 3 strips bacon until crisp, during which chop 1/4 cup onion and add to pan after removing bacon and cook to just caramelized, peel and slice 3 zucchini and add to onions in pan, tossing to coat (add butter as needed if bacon was lean) and cook until almost tender, stirring occasionally. Make a well in pan and add 1cup of corn (I like Trader Joe's fire roasted) and add salt and pepper to taste, stir to combine and once corn is heated, crumble bacon over and top with grated cheese. Even kids like these veggies! This has become my most requested holiday meal contribution. 😋
That sounds awesome, and I still need to eat breakfast! It's gonna be oatmeal today, though.
I snorted at "cheese and rice." I get it!
No rice and the first time I read it I couldn’t find the cheese!
Cheesy Corn was the subject, you are incorporating my quasi curse, but seriously you could put the veggie dish over rice to bulk it (and yourself) up, no problem!
Salty 😒 I feel like Salty really hit the scene around 10 years ago
Yeah, it kinda made a comeback and had a bit of a recent evolution, didn't it?
How about "spicy"?
🌶️ 🔥 🥵 if it’s got an emoji it’s a winner
lol i would like to take this opportunity to tell you sausage party is now a TV series
I mean, Idiocracy is a movie... but also more like a blueprint.
Possibly also a wiener!
I love all the cheese!!
I’m from Iowa, so can’t drive many places without going past a cornfield or two.
I am so glad you weren't bothered by my description of the Corn Belt! It's true, though: there is a LOT of corn.
How funny! Also, corn and cheese are two foods I avoid.
Do you avoid them for health reasons? My mom is super duper allergic to corn.
Yes - I am off dairy fat to get my cholesterol down and I don't eat corn unless it's fresh picked out of someone's garden (of course then I would have to put butter on it!)
The whey joke was mint.
I see what you dilled there.
What's your beef with food words? I mean, come on. We'd all be in pickle if we didn't have a nutty idea every once in a while and let a word take on a new use in language. Perhaps it is a bit of a "pie in the sky" fantasy that the slang I created for my fictional world in the FORGED series might someday become common use in everyday language... it's not too cheesy for a girl to hope, right?
I was worried this joke was going to get a little corny, but I can see that you really brought home the bacon in the end.
I figured you were trying to egg us on, so I accepted the challenge. Did I get any egg on my face?
Something something frittata!
Rergarding the mixing of Urdu "Chiz" with English "Cheese" it reminds me a bit of the folk etemology surrounding avocado. There's a theory that because the original Nahautl word for the fruit was something like ahuacatl, meaning testicle(lol), the Spanish may have shifted the loanword into their language as avocado based on the similarity with the Spanish word for lawyer, abogado. It's all speculative of course but perhaps the negative association of lawyers with testicles had something to do with this! I think this is a controversial folk etemology but if true would be kind of similar to your example for cheese
James, I've heard this avocado tale as well! The chiz/cheese one is probably closer to fact, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised to discover that the Nahuatl word being so similar to the existing Spanish word was the ultimate deciding factor. Like, "sure it looks more like this other word, but it sounds more like this other one; let's start calling them those."
It is delightful to consider these potential routes.
Corn and cheese, twin demons of the apocalypse.
Delicious eternal fire!
Something's fishy about this post, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Your... chicken finger?
Thanks. I needed to read this today.
I feel like a high percentage of this community will have something with corn or cheese in it today for food.
One meaning of cheese you missed was its use at least in America as a substitute for profanity in the early 20th century ("Cheese it- the cops!").
My homeland Canada, despite the fact that American fast food chains are a prominent presence now, still has some unique cuisine products not available anywhere else. We remain one of the world's leading sources of maple syrup, for one thing. The adjective "syrupy" is used to explain something that is literally or metaphorically laid on thick, without subtlety, as syrup is on pancakes.
That's a great callout - Shire also mentioned the swearing thing (with "Cheese and Rice" as a worthy stand-in).
Syrupy is a great word too, although I think maple syrup can be found in Vermont as well. I love cheese curds too, which are prominent in Wisconsin and Canada alike. SO good!