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Parents Glossary Of Kid's Kitchen Terms

- Appetizing: Anything advertised on TV

- Boil: The point a parent reaches upon hearing the automatic "yuck" before a food is even tasted.

- Casserole: Combination of favorite foods that go uneaten because they are mixed together.

- Chair: Spot left vacant by mid-meal bathroom visit.

- Cookie (Last One): Item that must be eaten in front of a sibling.

-Crust: Part of a sandwich saved for the starving children of: China, India, Africa, or Europe (check one)

-Desserts: The reason for eating a meal.

-Evaporate: Magic Trick performed by children when it comes time to clear the table or wash dishes.

-Fat: Microscopic substance detected visually by children on pieces of meat they do not wish to eat.

-Floor: Place for all food not found on lap or chair.

-Fork: Eating utensil made obsolete by the discovery of fingers.

-Fried Foods: Gourmet cooking.

-Frozen: Condition of children's jaws when spinach is served.

- Fruit: A natural sweet not to be confused with dessert.

-Germs: The only thing kids will share freely.

-Kitchen: The only room not used when eating crumbly snacks.

-Leftovers: Commonly described as "gross"

-Macaroni: Material for a collage

-Measuring Cup: A kitchen utensil that is stored in the sandbox

-Napkin: Any worn cloth object, such as shirt or pants

-Natural Foods: Food eaten with unwashed hands

-Nutrition: Secret war waged by parents using direct commands, camouflage, and constant guard duty

- Plate: A breakable frisbee

-Refrigerator: A very expensive and inefficient room air conditioner.

-Soda Pop: Shake 'N Spray

-Table: A place for storing gum

-Thirsty: How your child feels after you've said your final "good night"

-Vegetable: A basic food known to satisfy kid's hunger-but only by sight

-Water: Popular beverage in underdeveloped countries.

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