munjary * food in Antipodean slang
musical fruit * humorously, fruit or vegetables that make one toot
mycoprotein * meat analogue grown in fermenters from fungi
natural food * prepared without artificial ingredients or known food additives
nonedibles * food items not deemed fit to be eaten; or, items not deemed fit to be food
nonperishables * foodstuffs that do not easily or quickly spoil
nourishment * nutritious food
nouriture * poetically, sustenance, food
nunyare * grub in camp theatrical argot
nutmeat * nuts as a class of food; also, that part or germ of a nut that people eat
nutrimentum * food as aliment, as nutrition
nutrition * food, especially of the wholesome and health-giving variety
nutritive * any article of nourishing food
ofett * a generic term used in Old English for fruit and vegetables
offalment * the edible waste parts stripped from the carcass of a butchered animal
offmagandy * the choicest of choice viands; top-notch gourmet grub
olitory * vegetables and herbs grown for any culinary purpose
opsony * any rich food or relish taken with bread as an accompaniment
organic food * produced or prepared holistically without chemical supplementation
orts * meal scraps or morsels; the proverbial crumbs that fall from the table
pabulum * food, feed or fodder; often used figuratively, meaning “food for thought”
packaged food * pre-prepared, wrapped commercial food, as opposed to fresh fare
panfish * fish good for simple pan-frying, especially if caught rather than bought
panmeat * food of any description cooked in a pan
pannum * bread or breadstuffs; more broadly, one’s workaday staple fare
pantile * cookies or biscuits as a genre of hard-baked goods
papmeat * breastmilk; alternatively, any semi-liquid food for infants or invalids
pasternaks * culinary root vegetables, particularly carrots and parsnips
pastry-meat * pies and pasties, collectively
patisserie * pastries and cakes, collectively
peck & tipple * food and drink
peckage * food scraps or supplies
pedware * an antique culinary term embracing pulses, peas, and beans
penance * poor or paltry food; hence fare more suitable for fast days
perishables * fresh foodstuffs that all too easily or quickly spoil
pharmafoods * health food products containing bespoke nutritional enhancement
phitosite * high-calorie food
pianteric * fattening food
pig-cheer * meat products made from the inferior or interior portions of the animal
pigswill * loathsome food; originally, kitchen scraps and slops fed to the pigs
ploughmeat * cereal, in the popular tongue of yesteryear
pogeybait * a sweet treat or food package for those confined to care or convalescence
poisson * the flesh of fish used for food, in the jargon of the gastronome
porkery * pig flesh and pig meat products, collectively
potage * food cooked in the pot; thick soup or stew, generically
potherbs * culinary herbs, notably those grown in a kitchen garden
pottage-ware * those herbs or vegetables traditionally used to make soups and stews
poultry-ware * domestic fowl reared or regarded as a source of meat or eggs
prasadam * vegetarian food purified as a gift to the gods and partaken by worshippers
preserves * candied fruit stuffs all: jams, marmalades, chutneys, compotes, and more
processed food * any edible substance whose essential material or nutritional nature is altered in some way during manufacturing as a modern commercial food product
prog * food, grub, vittles
prosphagion * historically, any delicacy or luxury viand eaten with bread
provender * food, generally or jocularly speaking; elsewise, animal fodder
proviant * victuals for the catering corps; food for the forces
pullayly * an older dialectal synonym for poultry
pulment * stodge for the lower orders, typically of the nature of gruel
pulses * the edible seeds of leguminous plants as a separate nutritional category
purtenance * animal innards—organs, intestines, and all—as a class of unclassy food
purvey * the food or catering supplied on occasions such as weddings and funerals
reduction * in cooking, a concentrated stock or condensed sauce
regalo * an offering of food in the form of dainty or delicacy; a gastronomic gift
remissals * remaindered food
repasture * food for a feast
reversion * leftover food
salading * those herbs or vegetables suitable for eating raw, and so ideal for salads
salsure * any seasoning brine useful for pickling or preserving food
sampuru * false food; plastic display food (being a Japanese corruption of “sample”)
saucepanful * a quantity of food or fluid sufficient to fill a cooking pan
saucer-meat * a lost dialectal synonym for sausage meat, or sausages generally
savouries * snack food items either salty or spicy in flavour, rather than sweet
scitament * an archaism for delicate, delicacy, or downright delicious food
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