* food in the vernacular
scran * grub, scoff; originally, scraps of food eaten to sustain labourers at toil
seafood * marine fish and shellfish used as food; the ocean’s bounty
seasoning * any condiment, relish, or table sauce used to lend extra savour to food
shambles-meat * fresh meat, not yet salted
sheepmeat * mutton, hogget, or lamb—ovine flesh overall as a food resource
shellfish * in cookery, the meat of exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates, such as lobsters, crabs, oysters, and prawns, served as food
shmeat * meat analogue grown in a petri dish from tissue culture; lab meat
shortening * edible fat used in cooking to make baked goods light and flaky
sipperty * sauce or gravy; any relish for a dish
sirtfoods * an informal dietary class of disparate foodstuffs alleged to share the potential to activate sirtuins, or fat-burning proteins, in the body
slibbersauce * any foul, sloppy concoction ingested as foodstuff or pharmaceutical
slink-meat * generally, meat deemed unfit for human consumption; more precisely, the flesh of an aborted animal passed off as veal
slow food * quality fare carefully prepared using seasonal produce and honouring local culinary tradition
soot-meat * sweets or similar dainties
soul food * the comestibles and cuisine of Black America
sowl * highly flavoured food, typically in the form of relish for bread
space food * victuals specially prepared and processed for cosmic consumption
specery * spice and all things nice
spiceries * either spices or groceries, collectively
spissament * any thickening agent used in cookery, as flour in gravy
spoonmeat * soft or semi-liquid food taken by spoon; pap
spreadum * butter, in the vernacular of bygone days
staple * the basic foodstuff or essential dietary item of a given population
stickjaw * any foodstuff that causes the teeth to stick together when chewed
stodge * high-carb, farinaceous fare that sits heavy in the gut and is difficult to digest
street food * viands cooked and sold outdoors for on-the-spot consumption
stuffure * forcemeat; stuffing
suckabobs * a generic term denoting boiling, or suckable, sweets
suckings * any food that may be consumed by the action of sucking
sugar-work * confectionery
superfoods * nutrient-rich foods marketed on the basis of their purportedly superior health-giving properties
suppage * light or fast food; supper’s fare
suppings * food that may be supped or taken by spoon, as soup or broth
surchargure * an excessive quantity of food devoured
sustenance * food as the basic sustainer of life; that which makes one hale and hearty
sweetmeats * sundry candies and confections, collectively considered
swineflesh * pork, vulgarly
syfling * in Old English coin, food eaten with bread; alternatively, salt or seasoning
taureau * beef denominated as a culinary resource; also, broadly, jerked red meat
theobroma * god-food
thickening-stuff * victuals of any description, for any diet
titbits * bites of choice food; tasty treats
toothful * the smallest quantity of anything edible, nothing more than a morsel
tracklements * savoury condiments or sauces, especially jellies, serving as an accompaniment to roast meat
tragemata * fancy sweetmeats, in particular items of confectionery best chewed
trail mix * high-energy snack food for those who enjoy the great outdoors
treif * non-kosher fare
tripes & trillibubs * offal; the edible entrails and internal organs of beast or fowl
tubers * those starchy edible vegetables that grow underground on plant roots, as potatoes, yams, beets, and such
tubesteak * in vitro or otherwise synthetic meat
tucker * as grub, prog, scran, and so forth—food, informally speaking
variety meats * a euphemism for a range of interior or inferior edible animal cuts
vegetive * a vegetable, any vegetable
venison * literally “hunted’ food”; the meat of any big game beast such as boar or deer
vetches * a culinary descriptor once broadly applied to legumes and pulses
viance * food in general
viand * meat in general
viands * eatables, often with a connotation of gastronomic merit
victuallage * food held in stock or supply; catering provisions
victuals * foodstuffs fit for human consumption
victus * health-giving food
viennoiserie * baked goods made from puff pastry, such as croissants and brioche
vitafoods * foods made and marketed with the health-conscious consumer in mind
vittles * demotic victuals
vivers * Scots victuals
voidance * uneaten food or scraps such as bones cleared from plate and table
voip * tasteless food that is nonetheless filling
wafery * light pastry
washmeat * unsubstantial and unsatisfying food
waybread * food, baked or otherwise, to sustain one on a long or arduous journey
welfare * food in happy abundance
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