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glop * unpalatable or otherwise unappetizing food
glutting * a quantity of food sufficient to fill the consumer to the point of repletion
glycosites * sweets and suchlike sugary treats
gobbet * a mouthful of semi-digested or regurgitated food
gob-meat * a coarse vernacular expression for food; grub to stuff the mouth with
gorgeful * a most immoderate amount of consumed food
goulie * food that one is unfamiliar with or perhaps unaccustomed to
grannam * an old term for the cereal staple corn, in the common tongue
greengrocery * fresh fruit and vegetables
grillade * grilled food, most notably meat, in general
groats & grits * oats and grains as one’s basic food resource
groceries * those foods and goods retailed in a grocery store; loosely, fruits and vegetables
gros-gibier * big culinary game such as wild boar
grub & bub * food and drink
grubbins * food, in earlier American idiom
gruel * thin, watery fare unpleasant in both taste and texture; slops, spoon food
grunting-peck * pork or bacon; pig meat
gustables * tasty articles of food
gut-pudding * sausage or sausage meat
guttle * that which one consumes in a guttlesome, or gluttonous, fashion
gyppo * greasy food, be it gravy, stew, butter, bacon fat or other substance
halal * lawfully prepared food, according to Muslim legal and customary observance
harmalia * manna; nourishment
hastery * roasted food; alternatively, roast meats categorically regarded
health food * natural food claimed to contain superior nutritional goodness
herbage * a collective term for culinary herbs, used as garnish for prepared food
hog & hominy * spartan or simple fare
hogo * any dressing, relish, seasoning, or condiment adding piquancy to a dish
hollow * poultry, rabbit and hare; those meats not traditionally sold by butchers
infant formula * instant baby food given as surrogate breast milk
ingesta * those substances swallowed to sustain the body; in plain, food and drink
ingredients * those individual food items which together comprise any given dish
inmeat * the edible viscera of an animal slaughtered first and foremost for its flesh
inside-lining * filling food, jocularly speaking
jossop * any juicy foodstuff, as syrup, gravy or sauce
jowpment * a confused jumble of victuals or extemporized hash
junk food * high-calorie fare of little nutritional value or redeeming culinary merit
junketry * sundry candies and confections
jusculum * medicinal broth; alternatively, savoury soup
kickshaws * fancy French food, especially bonnes bouches or similar titillating bites
kitchen-physic * nourishing and restorative food for invalids and convalescents
kitchen-stuff * pan fat or dripping saved for subsequent cooking
kitchen-tillage * vegetables grown for their culinary utility
knick-knackery * assorted sweets and other light confections
lactage * dairy produce; milk and milk products including butter, cream, and cheese
larder * food laid down in store
legumes * beans, peas, lentils and pulses; collectively, edible plants or vegetables
levets * leftover food; the leavings from a dish or a meal
livenoth * in Old English, food as nourishment and the sustenance of bodily needs
long-pig * human flesh as a dietary option; cannibal fare
lubberwort * junk food; after a mystery herb imagined to render one idle and stupid
mammaday * runny food, especially pap; soft, soppy fare for weaned babies
manna * miracle food; heavenly fare
marinade * seasoned liquor for flavouring and tenderizing food prior to cooking
marrow * nourishing food
masticatory * any plant substance such as gum that is chewed for pleasure
maw-wallop * emetically foul food
meal * the edible part of any cereal grain, plant seed, or pulse ground to a powder
meat analogue * any substance designed as surrogate meat in look, texture and taste
meaties * food for infants and younger children
meatkin * food provisions; victuals
meat-ware * potatoes, pulses, and other fare of a similarly starchy nature
menavelings * food scraps, tidbits, or general odds and ends
menu-gibier * small culinary game such as partridge, grouse, and pheasant
meresauce * brine or marinade for pickling or preserving food
mess-meat * minced meat; hash
microgreens * leaf vegetable shoots used as garnish for salads, sarnies, and soups
milkness * cheese and other dairy goods made from milk
minifoods * cultures of single-cell proteins specially harvested as human food
mongee * grub, in old American hobo argot
morsel * a small “bite” of food
mouthful * a modest quantity of food, somewhat more than a mere morsel
moyse * anciently, a class of set pudding
muggings * food; informally, grub
munchable * an article of food that’s good
