Sunday, July 11, 2010

Words that Food Expressed (4)


Fat:
(a) a solidified animal or vegetable oil used in cooking
(b) material under the skins of animals and human beings which helps keep them warm (c) obesity; corpulence (d) the best or richest part of anything (e) an over abundance or excess (f) action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities (g) especially profitable or advantages work (h) dull; stupid (i) wealthy; prosperous (j) to make or become fat (k) a fat chance – a very slight chance; small probability (l) a fat lot – little or not at all (m) the fat is in the fire – the decision whether good or bad has been made (n) chew the fat – to converse at length in a relaxed manner (o) thick or tightly packed
Food:
(a) something that people and animals eat
(b) food for thought – something to think about carefully (c) worm-food – a corpse (d) squirrel-food – a nut; a loony person
Fritter:
(a) piece of cooked batter with fruit, meat, etc., inside
(b) fritter away – waste (money)
Fruit cake:
(a) cake containing small dried fruits, nuts, etc.
(b) a crazy, silly person (c) as nutty as a fruit cake – completely crazy
Fudge:
(a) creamy brown candy made of sugar, milk, butter, etc.
(b) put together roughly or dishonestly (c) avoid taking firm action (on)

Ginger:
(a) plant whose root taste hot and is used in cooking
(b) orange-brown colour
Grain:
(a) single seed of rice, wheat, etc.
(b) crops from food plants like these (c) small hard piece (d) the smallest unit of weight in most systems (e) the smallest possible amount of anything (f) natural arrangement of threads or fibres in wood, cloth, etc. (g) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed (h) the lamination or cleavage of stone, coal, etc. (i) a state if crystallization (j) temper or natural character (k) be / go against the grain – in opposition to one's temper, inclination, or character (l) a granular texture or appearance (m) with a grain of salt – with reserve or allowance
Gram:
(a) any of several plants such as the chickpea bearing seeds used as a food
(b) a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (c) grandmother
Grill:
(a) a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc.
(b) a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc. over a fire (c) to broil on a gridiron (d) to subject to severe and persistent cross-examination or questioning (e) to torment with heat (f) to mark with a series of parallel bars

Posted by Jade Dame
[To be continued]

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