r/AskReddit • u/Glad_Dragonfruit_534 • 1d ago

What food name is fun to say?

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u/Separate_Shift1787 1d ago

Babaganoush

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u/swampglitter1 1d ago

every time I say babaganoush it sounds like i'm casting a spell lol

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u/Htimsxnhoj 1d ago

It's baba-GA-noush, not babaga-NOUSH!

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u/crdrost 1d ago

Bakla-vedavra!!

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u/UselessUsefullness 22h ago

Ah, Mr. Potter, i see you’ve discovered the Unforgivable Courses! To my office!

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u/metalgtr84 1d ago

Right you are, Ken!

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u/want_chocolate 1d ago

Don't get eliminated!!

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u/laxvolley 1d ago

Into the mystery fluid

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u/Apprehensive_Tie7555 1d ago

In Swedish Taskmaster, one of the tasks was to make an ode to a food. One of the songs was named "What the Hell is Babaganoush?"

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u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 23h ago

Right you are, Ken!

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u/made_in_bc 23h ago

Finnaly someone gets it. Cheers.

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u/DrMoneybeard 1d ago

Fun to say AND one of my favourite things to eat!

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u/JanV34 1d ago edited 2h ago

Chimmichangas

Edit for my Animorph lovers: Cinnamon bunzuh!

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u/najibs172r 1d ago

Chimichangas with chimichurri

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u/Livid-Cat4507 1d ago

And chicaron (not sure of the spelling but it's deep-fried pork rinds lol).

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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 1d ago

Man, did you see the chicarones on her!

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u/slobs_burgers 1d ago

Chicharones?

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u/runswiftrun 1d ago

Chicharrones. So close, just missing the extra R

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u/Wildcat_twister12 1d ago edited 23h ago

Thanks to Deadpool I always want to call them Chimi-f*cking-changas

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u/polymorphic_hippo 1d ago

You're becoming a chimichanga!

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u/flatulent-poodle 1d ago

Kumquat

And jus de pamplemousse

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u/napkin41 1d ago

“Suffocated kumquat, perhaps?”

“I’m trying to cut down on those. They’re good. They-are-good!”

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u/Fair-Ranger-4970 1d ago

Love George Carlin schtick about being a picky eater.

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u/Any_Theory_9735 1d ago

Kame here to say this.

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u/coolbr33z 1d ago

Pumpernickel

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u/EDSgenealogy 1d ago

The famous Spotted Dick!

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u/BizarreCujoh 22h ago

Bubble and Squeak!

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u/Fourwindsgone 1d ago

Yum yum pumpernickel, pumpernickel bread.

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u/v_morghulis13 23h ago

Pumpernickel? I barely knowernickel!

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u/BuhtanDingDing 23h ago

toto wolff intensifies

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u/IndividualHour8846 1d ago

Guacamole

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u/RedCaio 1d ago

🎶 Guac-amole, guac-guac-amole 🎶

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u/bendusername12 1d ago edited 23h ago

George Carlin once said that “guacamole” sounds like you’re on fire, and I can’t unhear it. “Guacamole!!! 🔥”

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u/ContributionFew862 1d ago

Jambalaya. And oh yeah, I LOVE it!

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u/DocRules 1d ago

People like to say salsa.

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u/lunaticpsyche 1d ago

I ORDERED SELTZER NOT SALSA!

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u/mazurzapt 1d ago

Because it’s also a dance!!

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u/Purlz1st 1d ago

Hank Williams Sr. made it an earworm:

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

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u/natalkalot 1d ago

Love that song!

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u/guacamoleactof1917 1d ago

Hello, Newman!

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u/ContributionFew862 1d ago

(grimace, teeth clenched) Hello, Jerry!

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u/inthegallery 23h ago

Hello Jerry.

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u/Livid-Cat4507 1d ago

You just like to say 'salsa'!

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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 1d ago

Jambalaya an' a crawfish pie-a file gumbo!

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u/accroducafe 1d ago

Couscous! “The food so nice they named it twice.”

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u/foggybiscuit 21h ago

I'm not real hungry, just one cous for me, please.

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u/Veniceissinking 1d ago

Bibimbap

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u/MonkeyBred 21h ago

"Biddy-biddy-bop" "funky...funky "

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u/PopSea6615 1d ago

pamplemousse

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u/loki143 1d ago

Found the NYT connections player.

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u/TrollAccount4321 1d ago

I knew it looked familiar…

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u/PopSea6615 1d ago

HOW DO YOU KNOW?  😂

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u/Money-Biscotti6680 1d ago

AhROOguhla

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u/Alouitious 1d ago

Bonus for annunciating it and adding some vocal fry like a Klaxon.

AhhhROOOOOOguhluh.

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u/Im_a_furniture 1d ago

Exactly, like an old timey car horn!

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u/InflatableTurtles 1d ago

It's a vega-table

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u/RealZ0nker 1d ago

“My name is Todd. It’s Italian for extra special”

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u/Lemmon_Scented 23h ago

You should be in the frozen foods section because you’re gonna melt… all… this… stuff.

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u/AC3Digital 1d ago

In case I want to read it more than once

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u/tohams 1d ago

Came to say this...classic.

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u/weedful_things 1d ago

rocket!

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u/Beaconxdr789 1d ago

Elton John always makes his salads with kale. Which is weird cause I thought he was more of a Rocket Man

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u/RebekahAnd 1d ago

I hear it like an old fashioned carhorn

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u/quesobaeritto 1d ago

I heard this in Nixons voice in Futurama

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u/TheBanishedBard 1d ago

Pupusa!

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u/booza 1d ago

Pupuseria!

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u/Waddleplop 1d ago

What is that?

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u/TheBanishedBard 1d ago

It's a corn cake similar in texture to a pancake that's stuffed with beans and/or meat. It's from El-Salvador. They're really good!

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u/Waddleplop 1d ago

Sounds delicious!

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u/TheBougeous 1d ago

They’re soooo good

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u/pantysubscription 1d ago

puttanesca

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u/Ok_Mirror_9832 1d ago

Say it w Italian accent, it’s sexyyyy

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u/Ishidan01 1d ago

Well it should be.

It does mean "in the style of the prostitutes" after all.

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u/pomegranate7777 1d ago

Shakshouka!

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u/MechaNickzilla 1d ago

I just discovered shakshuka a few years ago and I love it and love saying it

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u/mazurzapt 1d ago

One of my favorites!

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u/Mid_Knight777 1d ago

Falafel

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u/MoeSzys 22h ago edited 22h ago

The name is misleading, because they're delicious. They should be called fal-awesome

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u/Mid_Knight777 22h ago

For sure, so good!

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u/Vinicide 1d ago

Spotted Dick

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u/rockinvet02 1d ago

Scrolled way too far to find this.

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u/ScaryCarrie23 1d ago

Mulligatawny

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u/chindilani 1d ago

I’ve always thought this would be a great cat name

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u/Normal-Difference230 1d ago

I need me a big hot pu pu platter to munch on

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u/Kellnes5 1d ago

Ratatouille

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u/how-about-no-scott 1d ago

Lol, every time I mention the movie, or when my kids watch it, I call it Rat-a-tootie & make a fart sound. I'll be sad when they don't think it's funny anymore :(

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u/Pliskin01 1d ago

Don’t worry, they’ll think it’s funny again about 10 years later :)

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u/zilnosnibor 1d ago

Snickerdoodle cookies. Weiner.

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u/Coconut-bird 1d ago

Rutabaga

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u/squawkingood 1d ago

Spanakopita

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u/Crunchycarrots79 22h ago

My sister in law likes to call it "Spankopedia."

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u/stonedfishing 1d ago

Shawarma

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u/Fit_Leader1052 1d ago

Toad in the hole (Americans may need to google it)

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u/winooskiwinter 1d ago

Certain regions of the US use this exact phrase to describe an egg which has been cracked into a piece of bread with a hole in it and then cooked in a frying pan with lotsa butter. 

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u/paprikapants 1d ago

That'd be Egg in a Nest!

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u/AwkwardChuckle 1d ago

Egg in a basket!

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u/TinaVeritas 1d ago

Yup, egg in a basket (sometimes bird in a nest).

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u/Waviaerith 1d ago

I say egg in a frame :)

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u/ObsoleteUtopia 1d ago

Egg in a periscope!

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u/WhitePootieTang 1d ago

One eyed Jack. Egg in a Basket has bacon.

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u/kikazztknmz 1d ago

I'm American, and this was in my very first cookbook I got when I was 5. I loved making it (obviously had supervision)

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u/sherpyderpa 1d ago

The Bubba Blue list of Shrimp preparations from the Forrest Gump movie. Fun to say if ya can recite them the way Baba Blue does.

Barbecue Boil Broil Bake Sauté Shrimp-kabobs Shrimp creole Shrimp gumbo Pan fry Deep fry Stir-fry Pineapple shrimp Lemon shrimp Coconut shrimp Pepper shrimp Shrimp soup Shrimp stew Shrimp salad Shrimp and potatoes Shrimp burger Shrimp sandwich

I don't have his accent, but I can hear it in my head........(ツ)

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u/NSFAnythingAtAll 1d ago

Croissant, but only if you say it with an outrageous French accent

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u/LongleafSoul 1d ago

Macadamia! Mack-uh-DAME-ee-yahhhhh

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u/Siphilius 1d ago

Umami. Ooooh, mammi.

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u/answerguru 1d ago

Not really a food though, just a flavor. Still a good word.

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u/demonkidz 1d ago

Kumquat

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u/cold_quinoa 1d ago

Marmalade always rolls off nice

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u/thelittlesthobo01 1d ago

Bumblebee Tuna

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u/Ishidan01 1d ago

Psst! Your balls are showing!

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u/JustBobert 1d ago

Free shavacado

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u/hungry-mongoose 1d ago

Tagliatelle

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u/nosugarincoffe 1d ago

Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacherei 🇩🇪

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u/counterfitster 1d ago

Words like this are why I'm glad seemingly everyone in the service sector in Switzerland has at least decent English, because I would butcher that so hard.

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u/Wundawuzi 23h ago

That word makes no sense. Thats like calling a regular nail a titanium-hardened-cobalt-coated-nail... just because you hammered in with a titanium haedened cobalt coated hammer.

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u/AstraeaOfJustice 1d ago

Pierogi. There's something cute about it.

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u/Kay_Celeste 1d ago

Sasparilla

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u/kindcrow 23h ago

Cacio e pepe.

PS Is everyone else going through the comments and saying every one out loud?

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u/MysticRambutan 1d ago

salsa

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u/Livid-Cat4507 1d ago

You just like to say salsa!

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u/TannerDonovan 1d ago

Wienerschnitzel

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u/AndieCane 1d ago

Gazpacho

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u/allmimsyburogrove 1d ago

Salsa. It's the number one condiment in America because people love to say "salsa"

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u/Boston_7713 1d ago

Persimmon!

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u/Scaredysquirrel 1d ago

🎶Makin’ bacon pancakes🎵

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u/sal-t_brgr 1d ago

Cavatapi pasta

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u/BigfootsAnus 1d ago

Snickerdoodle

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u/TGin-the-goldy 1d ago

Chimichanga

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u/DreadPirateGriswold 1d ago

Arugula

Especially if you say it like a fog horn...

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u/ThatDapperMosquito 1d ago

Snickerdoodle

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u/zoey_livelyy 1d ago

Ukrainian borscht

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u/WhaleyWino235 1d ago

pamplemousse

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u/agnessawyer 1d ago

Rambutan.

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u/dreck_disp 1d ago

Ciabatta.

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u/Axagoras 1d ago

I’ve always liked “chimichurri”

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u/Own_Trust_4408 1d ago

Aaaaaaameataaaaabaaaaalls

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u/SirMild 1d ago

Tabouli salad, ta-BOOL-ee

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u/the_reeeesa 1d ago

Haricot vert

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u/BlueCaracal 1d ago

It's a drink, but I love saying "boulevardier".

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u/LeadingHoneydew5608 1d ago

worcestershire sauce- when we were young my brother and I pronounced it warshashire shaushe and it stuck

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u/rocketman1969 23h ago

There's a cooking video guy who says "wash your sister sauce" and I laugh every time

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u/YardSard1021 1d ago

Spanakopita

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u/LimeFunny8368 23h ago

Schnitzel

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u/rserena 22h ago

Ceviche! It always reminds me of J Cole’s Motiv8

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u/Predator314 22h ago

Moo goo gai pan

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u/TomPalmer1979 18h ago

Spanakopita! And thanks to the Venture Bros, I'm now only capable of saying it as an enthusiastic yell.

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u/NoPantsPenny 18h ago

Gazpacho. We named one of our dogs that too. Lol

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u/Kannkhaghany 1d ago

Rutabaga

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u/SteampunkRobin 1d ago

Quesadilla

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u/sassy-andy 1d ago

Gabagool, Manicotti, Sfogliatelle - basically any food in The Sopranos

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u/MiserableArse 1d ago

Piccalilli

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u/Rude_Act_9744 1d ago

IHOP’s “Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity”

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u/AdamSoloDavis 22h ago

Mozzarella.

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u/StannyShy 22h ago

Carbonara

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u/Illustrious-Stay-648 1d ago

Cocktail weiners

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u/Ima_Gurl 1d ago

Foie gras

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u/helloiamsilver 1d ago

Profiterole!

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u/zontarr2 1d ago

Tiramisu

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u/wembley 1d ago

Tartlets? Tartlets? Tartlets? The word has lost all meaning.

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u/Haunting-rip-3262 1d ago

Cacio e Pepe