This weekend, my sister, her friend Lex, my friend Rob, and I decided
collectively to call all dishes containing pignolias (pine nuts) "pig".
We think the new name is going to stick.

(With apologies to anybody whose children are pigs, Tim Tyler).

Everybody's family has funky short names for foods.  For example,
Annie's Alfredo tends to be Annie's Fredo (kinda like Al's Fredo
for Alfredo, but made by Annie) around here.  Tofu Enchiladas are often
Tofiladas.  I'm still looking for a name for Fried Spiced Tofu that won't
scare off people who haven't tried it; have contemplated Golden Tofu Cubes,
or just Golden Cubes, but it doesn't quite have the right ring to it.
"Mrs. Dugan's Harvest Loaf Cake" is Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread.
And at the end of the meal we "dosh the wishes" in the "wishdosher".

What kind of unique food names does your family use?

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 It is a sad commentary on society when people make food items sound more 
appealing by coming up with a 'cute' name.

ooh... i wouldn't say that "pig" sounds more appealing to eat than
"pasta, pesto, and pine nuts".  the names are intended to be cute
and short, but not necessarily more appealing.

You could always call fried spicey tofu "frispito" and palm it off
as a Mexican dish.

My young cousin used to refer to "pisghetti" when she was 3 or 4.

  When I was young, I would refer to pretzels as "cretzels". This info
courtesy of my mom.

Re: 4, Was that before or after she tasted it?

My mom, the speech pathologist, says it's incredibly common for
kids to say "pasghetti" instead of "spaghetti".  Go figure!

I'd guess maybe the "sp" sound is more difficult to produce,
and takes longer to learn?  I was trying to teach my 15 month
old niece to say "squish" last week, and although she's a
very good imitator, she only was able to say something
resembling "ish".  The "sq" was still too hard, as I imagine
the "sp" is.

When I was in Cairo, we referred to the implements for Turkish coffee as 
"Saied 'ahwa" ("Mr. Coffee" in Arabic)
 
It's soda.

They're jimmies.

I used to joke about making "Dad's Famous" peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches - meaning, sandwiches oozing and dripping with gross excesses
of all ingredients except the bread.  That eventually caught on to
the point where any overly stuffed or messy food item is referred
to as "famous" by my kids.  "Famous" chocolate milk, for example, is
chocolate milk with too much syrup.  

I have a diet buddy who got me in the habit of calling Alfredo "stuff",
because then her husband wouldn't know she had cheated. It stuck.

I dunno why, but my dear husband has always referred to soda as sodee.

Kids do funny things to one's food vocabulary. The aforementioned diet buddy
has a small one who has us saying "acoon" for popcorn. Makes for embarassing
moments on movies nights with adult friends. . . ;>

rice crispy treats have been, and always will be "sticky" 

and carrot cake is "that AGAIN?!?!?!"  :)

A long time ago, a kid I babysat for taught me to say "Appoly"
or "Uh-oppoly" for the name of the game "Monopoly".

Lately "pine nuts" seem to be "nine putts" here.

Omelettes in our house are always "nice eggies". (That's how we coaxed
the kids to eat them when they were little).

My son calls anything on the table "yum yums"

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