This file includes food and eating, beans, bread, breakfast, condiments and spices, dairy products, gravy, groceries, hunger, jam and jelly, manners, mushrooms, pasta and rice, peanut butter, salad, and sweeteners.
Also see Main Dishes, Vegetables, Beverages, Cooking, Chocolate, Desserts and Snacks, Dieting, Fruits and Berries and Health.
Page Toppers
- Bottomless Pit (eating)
- Chow Time
- Conspicuous Consumption
- Dig in
- Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
- Eat It? I Can't Even Pronounce It!
- Eating Again?!
- Enjoy Life, It's Delicious.
- Feed Me I'm Yours
- Feeding Frenzy (baby eating)
- Finger Food
- Finger-Lickin' Good
- Food Fight and Baby Lost
- Food Fight and Mommy Lost
- For This I Gave Up My Bah-Bah?
- Give Me Something Good to Eat!
- I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
- It's Hard to Be Neat When You're Learning to Eat
- Kibbles and Bits
- Let's Eat
- Love Me...Love My Messes!
- Messy Eater
- Mommy's Little Mess Maker
- Mmm Good
- More Please!
- The More I Eat, the More I Want
- Munch a Bunch
- Munch Madness
- Name That Food
- Oink, Oink, I'm a Little Pig (messy eating pictures)
- Pigging Out
- Simply Delicious
- So, Eat Already!
- Some Like it Hot
- A Taste of Tradition
- A Tasty Tradition
- Tender Vittles
- This Eating Stuff is Hard Work
- THIS is Food?!?!
- When Do We Eat?
- Who Needs a Fork?
- You are What You Eat
- You People Eat This Stuff?
- You Said This was Yummy!?!
- Yum Yum
Quotes
- The Devil whispered in my ear, "You're not strong enough to withstand the storm." I whispered in the Devil's ear, "I love your eggs."
- Health food is anything you eat before the expiration date.
- I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and think "well, that's not going to happen".
- I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
- If we are what we eat I'm fast, cheap, and easy.
- The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. (Calvin Trillin)
- Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. (G.K. Chesterton)
- My cooking is so awesome even the smoke alarm cheers me on.
- One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. (Luciano Pavarotti)
- Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. (Mark Twain)
- Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. (Epictetus)
- The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. (George Miller)
- Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
- A wise mother give her children two choices at mealtime: take it or leave it.
ABC Potluck Dinner
You can plan the dinner and pick things from the list or you can just give the guests the letter with some ideas to pick from. If you have less than 26 people, assign more than one letter per person.
- Acorn Squash, Angel Food Cake, Animal Crackers, Apples, Apple Pie, Applesauce, Apricots, Asparagus, Avocado
- Bagels, Bananas, Bean Salad, Beer, Beets, Biscuits, Blueberry Muffins, Bread, Bread Sticks, Broccoli, Brownies, Buffalo Wings, Bundt Cake, Burgers, Butter
- Caesar Salad, Cabbage Rolls, Cantaloupe, Carrot Cake, Carrot Sticks, Casserole, Cauliflower, Celery Sticks, Cheese Tray, Chicken Casserole, Chocolate ______, Coffee Cake, Cola, Cookies, Corn Casserole, Croissants, Cups
- Dessert, Deviled Eggs, Dill Pickles, Dips and Chips, Donuts, Doritos, Drumsticks
- Egg Salad, Eggplant, Egg Rolls, Eggs (Deviled), Endive Salad, Eskimo Pie
- Fajitas, Forks, Fortune Cookies, Frankfurters, French Fries, Fried Chicken, Fritos, Fruit, Fruit Salad, Fudge
- Garbanzo Beans, Garlic Bread, Gingerbread, Glasses, Goulash, Graham Crackers, Grapes, Green Bean Casserole, Guacamole
- Ham, Hamburgers, Hash Browns, Herbs, Hershey Bars, Honeydew Melon, Horseradish, Hot Dogs, Hummus
- Icebox Cookies, Ice, Ice Cream, Ice Tea, Iceberg Lettuce, Irish Stew, Italian Bread, Italian Dressing
- Jalapeno Peppers, Jam, Jello Salad, Jelly Beans, Juice, Junk Food
- Kale, Ketchup, Kidney Bean Salad, Kielbasa, Kisses (Hersheys!), Kiwi Fruit, Kool-Aid
- Lemonade, Lettuce Salad, Linguine, Lobster Salad, Lollipops, Low-Fat _____
- Macadamia Nuts, Macaroni and Cheese, Mandarin Oranges, Manicotti, Mashed Potatoes, Mayonnaise, Meat Tray, Meatballs, Meatloaf, Melon Balls, Mint Tea, Mousse, Muffins, Mustard
- Nachos, Napkins, Naval Oranges, Nectarines, New England Clam Chowder, Noodles, Nuts
- Oat Bread, Olives, Onion Rings, Oranges, Oreo Cookies, Oyster Soup
- Pasta Salad, Peaches, Pears, Peas, Pickled Beets, Pickles, Pie, Pistachios, Pita Bread, Pizza, Plates, Pop, Pot Stickers, Potato Chips, Potato Salad, Pretzels, Pudding, Pumpkin Bread
- Quail, Quesadilla, Quiche, Quick Bread, Quince Jam
- Radishes, Raisins, Ravioli, Red Beans and Rice, Rhubarb Pie, Ribs, Rice Krispie Treats, Ritz Crackers, Roast Beef, Rolls, Rye Bread
- Salad Dressing, Salsa, Sandwiches, Short Cake, Slaw, Sloppy Joes, Snacks, Snow Peas, Soda, Soup, Spaghetti, Spinach Dip, Spinach Salad, Spoons, Strawberries, Stuffing, Sweet Potatoes
- Tacos, Tangerines, Tea, Three-Bean Salad, Thousand Island Dressing, Tomatoes, Torte, Tossed Salad, Tuna Salad, Turkey
- Ugli Fruit, Ultimate ______, Unsalted _____, Upside Down Cake, Utensils
- Vanilla Wafers, Veal, Vegetable Soup, Vegetable Tray, Vienna Fingers, V-8 Juice
- Waldorf Salad, Watermelon, Wheat Rolls, Wheat Thins, Whipped Cream, Wine, Wraps
- CheX MiX, eXcellent ______, Xavier Steak, Xiangjiao (Chinese for banana), Xiaodianxin (Chinese for cookies), Xihongshi (Chinese for watermelon), Xtra _____, Xmas Candy, Xmas Cookies
- Yams, Yeast Bread, Yellow Cake, Yellow Squash, Yogurt, Yorkshire Pudding
- Zesty ______, Zima, Zinfandel Wine, Zingers, Ziti Pasta, Zucchini Bread, Zwieback
Songs about Food and Eating
- Eat Organic - The Other Band (2007)
- Food, Glorious Food - Mark Lester and Harry Secombe (1968)
- Free Eats - The Count Basie Orchestra (1947)
- Hands Across the Table - Fats Domino (1962)
- My Dad's Dinner Pail - Mick Moloney (2006)
- Pot Luck - Don and Juan (1962)
- Silver Platter - Mark McGuinn (2001)
- Soul Food - The American Four (1964)
- Table of Plenty - John Michael Talbot (1996)
- Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - Ohio Express (1968)
Page Ideas
- Use this quote with appropriate pictures.
Someone's in the kitchen with Mommy, Someone's in the kitchen I know,
Someone's in the kitchen with Mommy, eating all the cookie dough (or other appropriate ending).
- Make a color copy of a favorite bib. Us it on a page with photos of reactions to first foods or for messy face or spaghetti face photos.
Try to have some with the baby wearing the copied bib.
- Use scalloped scissors to take a 'bite' out of a food related die-cut or photo.
Some foods introduced to the market in the 20th century.
- Campbell's Pork and Beans (1904)
- French's Mustard (1904)
- Harvest Burger (1993)
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes (1906)
- Kellogg's 40% Bran Flakes (1915)
- Wonder Bread (1920)
- Welch's Grape jelly (1923)
- Peter Pan Peanut Butter (1928)
- Velveeta Cheese (1928)
- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (1937)
- Sweet 'N Low (1957)
- Pop-Tarts (1964)
- Scramblers (1982)
Source: Bon Appetit magazine.
There's Nothing to Eat
(Erma Bombeck)
The baby manual would have you believe a child's first words are "Mama" and "Dada". Don't you wish. The first word is "No," followed in two weeks by the first complete sentence, "There's nothing to eat."
"There's nothing to eat" is an expression older than dirt. It is possibly the greatest guilt line ever written. It'll play anywhere and is guaranteed to bring mother to her knees begging for forgiveness.
Perhaps the most familiar performance is the one staged hourly in from of the refrigerator door. A child will walk into the house, mechanically pull open both the doors to the freezer and refrigerator and scream, "There's nothing to eat."
To a child, nothing is considered edible that is frozen, packaged, wrapped in foil, needs to be heated, cooked, identified, or has not danced on television. Anything edible would have walked out of the refrigerator and jumped on their plate.
"There's nothing to eat" is a great line whenever a mother appears late from an afternoon where she has taken a little time for herself. My kids always played to the house . . . especially when my mother or mother-in-law were in it. They would wait until I had assumed my Florence Henderson pose of a loving mother and wife. Then they would appear and whisper, "Grandma, there's nothing to eat around here . . . EVER!"
It never ends. The first letter you get from your child at college will have one theme: starvation. And for mothers who work outside the home, food bulletins are issued every fifteen minutes via a telephone call. There's nothing to eat for breakfast, nothing to pack for lunches and nothing in sight for dinner. As for the woman who doesn't have an assortment of snacks by the door, don't even think of calling yourself 'Mother.'
In my son's apartment the other day, I opened the door to his refrigerator. There was nothing in it but a calcified egg roll and a box of cereal hiding out from the roaches. "There's nothing to eat," I said.
He replied, "I've been trying to tell you that for years but you wouldn't listen."
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Butter Beans
(song by Little Jimmy Dickens)
Just a bowl of butter beans
Pass the corn-bread if you please
I don't want no collard greens
All I want is a bowl of butter beans.
Just a piece of country ham
Pass the butter and the jam
Pass the biscuits if you please
And some more o' them good ol' butter beans.
Red eye gravy is all right
Turnip sandwich a delight
But my children all still scream
For another bowl of butter beans.
Some folks think that corn-pones best
Some likes grits more than the rest
But if I was a man of means
I'd just want them good ol' butter beans.
See that lady over there
With the curlers in her hair
She's not pregnant as she seems
She's just full o' them good ol' butter beans.
When they lay my bones to rest
Place no roses upon my chest
Plant no blooming evergreens
All I want is' a bowl of butter beans.
Songs about Beans
- Baked Bean Boogie - Wicked Good Band (1985)
- Baked Beans - Buck Howdy (2005)
- Beans and Cornbread - Louis Jordan (1949)
- Beans in My Ears - Serendipity Singers (1964)
- Black Bean Soup - David Soul (1977)
- Black-Eyed Peas - Carey Bell (1994)
- Butterbeans - Johnny Russell and David Wilkins (1987)
- Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas - Bernard Peiffer (2003)
- Cornbread and Butterbeans - Carolina Sunshine Trio (1999)
- Greens and Beans - Johnny and the Hurricanes (1963)
- Red Beans and Rice - Booker T. and the MGs (1965)
- Three-Bean Salad - Owen Davis (2008)
- Tortillas and Beans - Stan Kenton Orchestra (1951)
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Quotes and Page Toppers
- Bread always rises to the occasion.
- The hardness of the butter is inversely proportional to the softness of the bread.
- Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. (President James Garfield)
- My kids are funny. They won't eat the heels on a loaf of bread. So I patiently explained to them that they eat rolls, and rolls are all crust, just like heels...and now they won't eat rolls!" (Dik Browne)
- On a Roll
The Toaster
(William Jay Smith)
A Silver-scaled Dragon with jaws flaming red
Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread.
I hand him fat slices, and then one by one
He hands them back when he sees they're done.
Songs about Bread
- Beans and Cornbread - Louis Jordan (1949)
- Biscuit Blues - Riders in the Sky (1991)
- Bread and Butter - Robert John (1983)
- Bread and Butter - The Newbeats (1964)
- Bread and Gravy - Martha Davis and Spouse (1957)
- Bread and Roses - John Denver (1989)
- Bread and Roses - Judy Collins (1976)
- Burnt Biscuits - Booker T. and the MGs (1963)
- Burnt Toast and Black Coffee - Shorty Long (1956)
- Cornbread and Butterbeans - Carolina Sunshine Trio (1999)
- Cornbread and Buttermilk - Little Jimmy Dickens (1956)
- Cornbread, 'Lasses and Sassafras Tea - Lonzo and Oscar (1947)
- Cornbread, Meat and Molasses - S. Terry and B. Mcghee (1995)
- Cornbread, Molasses and Sassafras Tea - Freight Hoppers (1996)
- Day-Old Bread - Milt Trenier (1954)
- Good Bunch of Biscuits - Jim and Jesse (1994)
- Gravy and Bread - Grant Rogers (1965)
- Half a Loaf of Bread - Jimmy Murphy (1965)
- Honest Farmer (Pans of Biscuits), The - Hedy West (1964)
- Hot Biscuits and Gravy - Marvin and Johnny (1963)
- How Many Biscuits Can You Eat? - Stringbean (1963)
- Hush Puppies - Kenny Roberts (1953)
- Jellybread - Booker T. and the MGs (1963)
- Jenny, Get Your HoeCakes Done - Grandpa Jones (1978)
- Leftover Biscuits - The Lost and Found (1980)
- Miracle of Wheat, The - Ed McCurdy (1956)
- No Biscuit Blues - Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1977)
- Our Daily Bread - Dickie McBride (1956)
- Pass the Biscuits Please - Andre Williams (1957)
- Please Pass the Biscuits - Gene Sullivan (1957)
- Shortnin' Bread - Paul Chaplan and the Emeralds (1959)
- Tea and Scones - The Strawberry Jam (2007)
- Toast and Tea - Noel Prior (2006)
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Quotes and Page Toppers
- All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. (John Gunther)
- Breakfast of Champions
- Brunch is breakfast without an alarm clock.
- Eggstra- special
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Ham And Eggs--A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig.
- I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam I Am. (Dr. Seuss)
- Nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs. (Mark Twain)
- Somebody asked me what to do with left-over bacon. I told him I never heard of that kind of bacon.
Egg-Thoughts
I do not like the way you slide,
I do not like your soft inside,
I do not like your many ways,
And I could do for many days,
Without a soft-boiled egg.
One Egg
It's hardly enough for breakfast.
It isn't enough when you bake.
It isn't sufficient to a make meringue,
or cookies, or even cake.
It doesn't go far in a salad,
though you devil it, slice it or chop it.
But it covers the floor from wall to wall
if ever you should drop it.
Mix a Pancake
(Christina G. Rossetti)
Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake,
Pop it in the pan;
Fry the pancake;
Toss the pancake,
Catch it if you can.
Songs about Breakfast
- Bacon - Grayson Capps (2008)
- Bacon and Eggs - Jason Ramsey (2006)
- Breakfast Alone - George Fox (1993)
- Breakfast at Our House - Gretchen Peters (2007)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - Henry Mancini Orchestra (1961)
- Breakfast Blues - Mindy Simmons (2006)
- Breakfast for Two - Country Joe McDonald (1975)
- Breakfast in America - Supertramp (1979)
- Breakfast in Bed - Deep Purple (1990)
- Breakfast in Birmingham - David Lee Murphy (1996)
- Breakfast in My Bed on Sunday Morning - Harry Lauder (1996)
- Bringing Home the Bacon - Porter Wagoner (1953)
- Burnt Toast and Black Coffee - Shorty Long (1956)
- Chocolate Cake for Breakfast - Bill Cosby (1991)
- Cold Pizza For Breakfast - Christine Lavin (1984)
- Cooking Breakfast For the One I Love - Maria Muldaur (1995)
- Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos (1994)
- Cornflakes - Chain (2008)
- Eggs and Sausage - Tom Waits (1976)
- Eggs in the Morning - B. Gahan (2008)
- Ham and Eggs - Brownie McGhee (1995)
- Ham 'n' Eggs - Lonnie Donegan (1958)
- Invisible Married Breakfast Blues - Leon Rosselson (1977)
- Is There Life After Breakfast? - Ray Davies (2006)
- Kisses for Breakfast - The Fifth Estate (1967)
- Mississippi Syrup Sopper - Jewel Akens (1969)
- My Omelet - John Curtis (2007)
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast - Julie London (1966)
- Orange Juice - Grand Archives (2008)
- Salt on My Eggs - Red Sovine (1965)
- Scrambled Eggs - Roni Size (2003)
- Snap, Crackle, and Pop - Johnny Carver (1976)
- St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast - Frank Zappa (1974)
- Steak and Eggs - Bobby Byrd and Jim Ward (2006)
- Whiskey Before Breakfast - Mason Williams (1978)
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Quotes
- Dijon vu--the same mustard as before.
- The Himalayan sea salt we got today says it was created 250 million years ago. It has an expiration date of May 2017. I guess they dug it up just in time. (Jeff Dunham)
- Practice safe eating--always use condiments.
- Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. (Alice May Brock)
On Ketchup
If you do not shake the bottle,
None'll come and then a lot'll.
Songs about Condiments and Spices
- Asparagus and Mayonnaise - We Stain Porcelain (2005)
- Basil - Ginger Baker (1990)
- Basil Waltz - Harry Choates (1959)
- Cayenne - The Beatles (1960)
- Cinnamon and Cloves - Joni Janak (2004)
- Cinnamon and Sugar - Royce (2002)
- Condiment Song, The - M. Cohen, P. Greenwood and J. Neal (1996)
- Dill Pickles - Sue Keller (2007)
- Everything Tastes Good With Ketchup - Mother's Little Helpers (2005)
- French Fried Potatoes and Ketchup - Sammy Davis, Jr. (1957)
- Grain of Salt, A - Penny Starr (1967)
- Ketchup and Fries - Matt Fisher (2007)
- Ketchup and Mayo - Ken Smith and Steve Ivey (2007)
- Ketchup Song, The - DJ Mattox (2006)
- Lobster and Mayonnaise - The Waxworks (2008)
- Louisiana Hot Sauce - Van Trevor (1964)
- Mayonnaise - The Headhunters (2007)
- Mustard - Sunless Day (2000)
- Olives - The Observatory (2005)
- Parsley and Celery - Lisa and Linda (2008)
- Pickles - Raina Rose (2007)
- Pimento - Bill Doggett (1958)
- Salt on My Eggs - Red Sovine (1965)
- Sprig of Thyme - Cambridge Singers (2004)
- Sugar and Spice - The Searchers (1963)
- Sweet and Sour Pickles - Richard Freitas (2005)
- Sweet Pickles - Meg Graf and Vicki Cox (2004)
- Wild Mountain Thyme - Buddy Emmons (1976)
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Quotes
- Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this? (Mark E. Smith)
- Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality. (Cliff Fadiman)
- The hardness of the butter is inversely proportional to the softness of the bread.
- If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat. (Amanda Peet)
- Say Cheese
- The two major food groups:
1) The foods that you put cheese on.
2) The remaining foods that you put chocolate on.
- What happens to the hole when the Swiss cheese is gone? (Bertolt Brecht)
Songs about Dairy Products
See Beverages for things about milk.
- Butter and Cheese and All - Sam Larner (1961)
- Bread and Butter - Robert John (1983)
- Cheese and Crackers - Deja Voodoo (1988)
- Cheese Blintzes - The Don Thompson Quartet (1960)
- Cornbread and Buttermilk - Little Jimmy Dickens (1956)
- Cottage Cheese - Crow (1970)
- Cream in My Coffee - The Tikis (1965)
- I Like Stinky Cheese - Dick 'Two Ton' Baker (1949)
- Lime-Jello Marshmallow Cottage-Cheese Surprise - Morris (1980)
- Oh That Gorgonzola Cheese - Cohen, Greenwood and Neal (1996)
- Old Buttermilk Sky - Lonzo and Oscar (1947)
- Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser Band (1946)
- Peaches 'N' Cream - Meg Graf (2004)
- Peaches and Cream - Richard Greene (1996)
- Tangerines and Blue Cheese - Work of Saws (2001)
- Who Stole My Provolone? - Lou Monte (1962)
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from Bread and Gravy
(Ethel Waters)
Bread and gravy, lots of bread and gravy
Beans and bacon, lots of beans and bacon
No more frettin' since I've been gettin'
Lots of bread and gravy all the time.
Songs about Gravy
- Bread and Gravy - Martha Davis and Spouse (1957)
- Country Ham and Red Gravy - The Hotmud Family (1979)
- Good Brown Gravy - Joe Diffie (1994)
- Gravy and Bread - Grant Rogers (1965)
- Gravy for My Mashed Potatoes - Dee Dee Sharp (1962)
- Gravy Waltz - Buddy Emmons (1963)
- Hot Biscuits and Gravy - Marvin and Johnny (1963)
- Turkey and Gravy - Tres Gone (2007)
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Songs about Groceries
- Canned Goods - Greg Brown (2003)
- Corner Grocery Store - Raffi (1978)
- Groceries - Marc Russo (2007)
- Grocery Clerk Blues - American Wicker (2007)
- Grocery List - Nick Fiore (2008)
- Grocery Shopping - Mark Simmons (2008)
- Grocery Store - Goldspot (2009)
- Grocery Store Clerk - Mike Vitale (2006)
- Johnston's Grocery Store - Lost and Found (2001)
- Local Grocery Store - Drew Price (2008)
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Songs about Hunger
- Appetite Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins (1949)
- Broke and Hungry - Sleepy John Estes (1964)
- Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals - Harris (1958)
- Hunger and Cold - Phil Ochs (1972)
- Hunger and Thirst - Susan Ashton (1993)
- Hunger Feeds Itself - Kevin Mileski (2009)
- Hungry - Paul Revere and the Raiders (1966)
- Hungry Man's Dream - Wyvon Alexander (1982)
- Starvation - Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (1953)
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Ingredients For Jam
(Mary Cooper)
Sufficient glasses
And a good-sized kettle,
Fresh-hulled berries,
Well-shaped and crimson red.
Sugar . . . and to put you
On your mettle
A small boy waiting
With a piece of bread.
Songs about Jam and Jelly
- Blackberry Jam - Leroy Hutson (1976)
- Boysenberry Jam - Moby Grape (1968)
- Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett (1969)
- Jelly - The Red Coats (1957)
- Jelly Doughnuts - Dick Curless (1950)
- Jellybread - Booker T. and the MGs (1963)
- Peach Jam - Rubyana (2007)
- Peanut Butter and Jelly - Cathy Fink (1989)
- Rhubarb Jam - National Health (2009)
- Strawberry Jam - Al Hirt (1966)
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Table Manners
(Gelett Burgess)
The Goops they lick their fingers,
And the Goops they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the table-cloth;
Oh, they live untidy lives.
The Goops they talk while eating,
And loud and fast they chew,
So that is why I am glad that I
Am not a Goop. Are you?
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Quotes about Mushrooms
- All mushrooms are edible--once.
- Falling in love is like eating mushrooms, you never know if it's the real thing until it's too late. (Bill Balance)
- Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. (Shirley Conran)
- Not presume to dictate, but broiled fowl and mushrooms--capital thing! (Charles Dickens)
Songs about Mushrooms
- Gather in the Mushrooms - Benny Hill (1961)
- Gathering Mushrooms - Regina Delaney (2004)
- Gone Pickin' Mushrooms - Producers With Laptops (2007)
- Like a Mushroom Grows - Paul McMachon (2003)
- Mushroom Song - Rebecca Hollweg (2008)
- Mushrooms and Asparagus - James K (2001)
- Mushrooms and Broccoli - The Unisex (2005)
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Quotes
- Life is a combination of magic and pasta. (Fellini)
- Oh Oh, Spaghetti-O!
- I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2000 of something. (Mitch Hedberg)
- I wouldn't exactly call it 'cooking' but I can make noodles. That means I can boil water, put the pasta in and wait until it's done.
(Devon Werkheiser)
- If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
- Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it.
Oodles of Noodles
I love noodles. Give me oodles.
Make a mound up to the sun.
Noodles are my favorite foodles.
I eat noodles by the ton.
Lasagna
Lasagna, lasagna,
You're wonderful stuff.
I love you, lasagna,
I can't get enough.
You're messy like spaghetti,
and you're cheesy and hot.
Lasagna, lasagna,
You really hit the spot.
Songs about Pasta and Rice
- Cavatini - Tommy Tedesco (1979)
- Chicken Noodle Soup - Webstar (2007)
- I Feel Like Spaghetti Tonight - Frankie Carle (1951)
- Noodles - Matt Rowan and Jaytech (2008)
- On Top of Spaghetti - Tom Glazer (1963)
- Oodles and Oodles of Noodles - Katherine Dines (1996)
- Oodles of Noodles - Percy Faith Orchestra (1949)
- Pasta Nova - Tommy Tedesco (1979)
- Red Beans and Rice - Booker T. and the MGs (1965)
- Rice is Nice - The Lemon Pipers (1967)
- Spaghetti Rag - Frankie Carle (1950)
- Spanish Rice - Si Zentner Band (1964)
- Wild Rice - Ray Barretto (1967)
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Quotes
- Everyone has the talent to some degree: even making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you know whether it tastes better to you with raspberry jam or grape jelly; on chewy pumpernickel or white toast. (Anna Shapiro)
- It's like peanut butter and chocolate. Each is great, but they're better together. (Richard Whitehead)
- Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. (President James Garfield)
- Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. (Charlie Brown)
- Peanut butter is the pâté of childhood. (Florence Fabricant)
- Who would guess that a peanut butter and bacon sandwich is so good it will bring tears to your eyes? It does. Add lettuce, and you have a complete meal, with every known daily nutrient needed by the average 200 pound man. (Roger Welsch)
Peanut Butter
(Kenn Nesbitt)
It's delicate and luscious,
both the chunky kind and creamy.
There isn't any better food--
It's positively dreamy.
It's satisfying in your mouth,
it's scrumptious in your belly,
it's perfect on a piece of toast,
it's heavenly with jelly.
I like it more than any other
food I can remember.
I'd eat it every day from
January through December.
There's just one little problem
with this appetizing stuff . . .
Without some milk to wash it down
it mmmph mmmph mmmmph mmmmph mmmmmmmpphhh!
Peanut Butter Sandwich
In the pantry in our kitchen
There is food on every shelf.
There's a snack that I enjoy
And I can get it by myself.
When I am feeling hungry
And I need to fill my belly,
I find the peanut butter,
Get some bread and lots of jelly.
Then I make a tasty sandwich,
And I gobble every bite.
A peanut butter sandwich
Is simply a delight.
You can eat your cold Bologna
Or enjoy some ham and cheese.
But for me, when I am hungry
I say, "Peanut butter, please!"
Songs about Peanut Butter
- Peanut Butter - Lois and Bram Sharon (2004)
- Peanut Butter and Crackers - Bob Savage (2006)
- Peanut Butter and Honey - Slide Hampton (2002)
- Peanut Butter and Jelly - Cathy Fink (1989)
- Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Jimmy Buffett (1973)
- Peanut Butter Cups - The Bananas (2008)
- Peanut Butter Sandwich - Shel Silverstein (1984)
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Quotes
- Caesar salad is one of my favorite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time. (Janet Street-Porter)
- If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck. (Jeff Foxworthy)
- Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know. (Alan Ayckbourn)
- Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl. (Dorothy Draper)
- The West wasn't won on salad. (North Dakota Beef Council)
- A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. (Lord Byron)
Songs about Salad
- Cole Slaw - Jesse Stone Band (1949)
- Cottage Cheese - Crow (2008)
- Cucumber Salad - Kui Lima (2009)
- Fruit Salad - The Wiggles (2000)
- I Like Jello - David Casey (2007)
- Jello - Tim Hall (2004)
- Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White (1969)
- Salad Bar - The Evaporators (2004)
- Side Salad - Gary Cooper (2008)
- Soup and Salad - Ava Dupree (2004)
- Steak and Salad - Jim Gaffigan (2006)
- Sugar-Free Jello - Shop Smart (2007)
- Three-Bean Salad - Owen Davis (2008)
- Tossed Salad - Zeek (2008)
- Tossing Salad - Tom McCaffrey (2008)
- Tropical Fruit Salad - Cricco Castelii (2006)
- Tuna Salad - Prisoners of the Sun (2002)
- Waldorf Salad - Trancient Dreams (2008)
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Quotes about Sweeteners
- The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting. (Benjamin Franklin)
- Tart words make no friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. (Benjamin Franklin)
- If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. (Dale Carnegie)
- A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.
The Bee
(Emily Dickinson)
The pedigree of Honey does not concern the Bee--
A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy.
I Like Molasses
(Hank Penny)
Now nearly everybody likes some food the best,
Somethin' they are fonder of more than all the rest.
Mine is plain molasses and I think that they're the stuff.
I eat all night and morning but I never do get enough!
'Cause I'm just crazy 'bout molasses, good ol' country sorghum.
I sops 'em in the summer and the fall.
You just get 'em hot, and get 'em spread,
On a hunk of ol' corn bread.
That's the way I like 'em best of all.
Now both my pa and ma, they like molasses too,
And pa says they're the only friend that'll stick to you.
Well, when they eat their molasses, they sure are a stuck-up pair.
They get in my papa's mustache and in my mama's hair,
But they're just crazy 'bout molasses, good ol' country sorghum.
They eat 'em in the summer and the fall.
They just set there an' they sop an' sop.
Man, I think they'd never stop.
That's the way they like 'em best of all.
Grandpa's eyes are failing, and he can hardly see.
What's in his molasses, not a dern cares he.
Grandpa's teeth are missing, every single one,
And when he eats his molasses, he just smacks 'em with his gums
'Cause he's just crazy 'bout molasses, good ol' country sorghum.
He eats 'em in the summer and the fall.
When they get so full of flies,
That they look like raisin pies,
That's the way he likes 'em best of all!
I went to see my sweetie; it was just the other day,
And she had supper ready, and you know she asked me to stay.
She didn't have no 'taters, and I don't think they ever do eat meat,
But a jug of black strap molasses was all she had to eat,
'Cause she's just crazy 'bout molasses, good ol' country sorghum.
She sops 'em in the summer and the fall.
Now when they trickle down her chin,
Shucks, I just lick 'em off again,
'Cause that's the way I likes 'em best of all!
Songs about Sweeteners
- Apple Honey - Woody Herman (1945)
- Black Strap Molasses - Tex Williams (1951)
- Cinnamon and Sugar - Royce (2002)
- Cook With Honey - Judy Collins (1973)
- Cornbread, 'Lasses and Sassafras Tea - Lonzo and Oscar (1947)
- Cornbread, Meat and Molasses - S. Terry and B. Mcghee (1995)
- Cornbread, Molasses and Sassafras Tea - Freight Hoppers (1996)
- Equal in My Tea - Bhi Bhiman (2007)
- Green Tea and Honey - Love Machine (2007)
- Honey in My Tea - One Horse Shy (2008)
- Honey Lemon Tea - Nicholas Barron Band (2008)
- Honey Song, The - Nick Todd (1957)
- I Like Molasses - Hank Penny (1951)
- Peanut Butter and Honey - Slide Hampton (2002)
- She Puts Sugar in Her Tea - Lunavelis (2007)
- Sugar and Spice - The Searchers (1963)
- Sugar-Free - Jim Mundy (2006)
- Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert (1965)
- Tea and Honey - Wooden Kites (2008)
Some of the song titles on this page came from Eric's Thematic Songlists
Some graphics on this site are from Public Domain Clip Art, Free Clip Art Library and Free Clipart Now.
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