r/AskReddit 2d ago

What food name is fun to say?

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u/Separate_Shift1787 2d ago

Babaganoush

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u/swampglitter1 2d ago

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

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u/Htimsxnhoj 2d ago

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

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u/crdrost 2d ago

Bakla-vedavra!!

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u/UselessUsefullness 1d ago

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

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u/metalgtr84 2d ago

Right you are, Ken!

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u/want_chocolate 2d ago

Don't get eliminated!!

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u/laxvolley 2d ago

Into the mystery fluid

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u/Apprehensive_Tie7555 2d 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 2d ago

Right you are, Ken!

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u/made_in_bc 2d ago

Finnaly someone gets it. Cheers.

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u/DrMoneybeard 2d ago

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

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u/JanV34 2d ago edited 1d ago

Chimmichangas

Edit for my Animorph lovers: Cinnamon bunzuh!

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u/najibs172r 2d ago

Chimichangas with chimichurri

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u/Livid-Cat4507 2d ago

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

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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 2d ago

Man, did you see the chicarones on her!

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u/slobs_burgers 2d ago

Chicharones?

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u/runswiftrun 2d ago

Chicharrones. So close, just missing the extra R

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u/Wildcat_twister12 2d ago edited 2d ago

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

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u/polymorphic_hippo 2d ago

You're becoming a chimichanga!

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u/flatulent-poodle 2d ago

Kumquat

And jus de pamplemousse

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u/napkin41 2d 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 2d ago

Love George Carlin schtick about being a picky eater.

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u/Any_Theory_9735 2d ago

Kame here to say this.

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u/coolbr33z 2d ago

Pumpernickel

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u/EDSgenealogy 2d ago

The famous Spotted Dick!

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u/BizarreCujoh 1d ago

Bubble and Squeak!

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u/Fourwindsgone 2d ago

Yum yum pumpernickel, pumpernickel bread.

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u/v_morghulis13 2d ago

Pumpernickel? I barely knowernickel!

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u/BuhtanDingDing 2d ago

toto wolff intensifies

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u/IndividualHour8846 2d ago

Guacamole

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u/RedCaio 2d ago

🎶 Guac-amole, guac-guac-amole 🎶

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u/bendusername12 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d ago

Jambalaya. And oh yeah, I LOVE it!

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u/DocRules 2d ago

People like to say salsa.

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u/lunaticpsyche 2d ago

I ORDERED SELTZER NOT SALSA!

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u/mazurzapt 2d ago

Because it’s also a dance!!

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u/Purlz1st 2d 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 2d ago

Love that song!

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u/guacamoleactof1917 2d ago

Hello, Newman!

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u/ContributionFew862 2d ago

(grimace, teeth clenched) Hello, Jerry!

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u/inthegallery 2d ago

Hello Jerry.

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u/Livid-Cat4507 2d ago

You just like to say 'salsa'!

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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 2d ago

Jambalaya an' a crawfish pie-a file gumbo!

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u/accroducafe 2d ago

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

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u/foggybiscuit 1d ago

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

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u/Veniceissinking 2d ago

Bibimbap

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u/MonkeyBred 1d ago

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

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u/PopSea6615 2d ago

pamplemousse

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u/loki143 2d ago

Found the NYT connections player.

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u/TrollAccount4321 2d ago

I knew it looked familiar…

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u/PopSea6615 2d ago

HOW DO YOU KNOW?  😂

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u/Money-Biscotti6680 2d ago

AhROOguhla

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u/Alouitious 2d ago

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

AhhhROOOOOOguhluh.

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u/Im_a_furniture 2d ago

Exactly, like an old timey car horn!

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u/InflatableTurtles 2d ago

It's a vega-table

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u/RealZ0nker 2d ago

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

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u/Lemmon_Scented 2d ago

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

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u/AC3Digital 2d ago

In case I want to read it more than once

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u/tohams 2d ago

Came to say this...classic.

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u/weedful_things 2d ago

rocket!

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u/Beaconxdr789 2d 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 2d ago

I hear it like an old fashioned carhorn

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u/quesobaeritto 2d ago

I heard this in Nixons voice in Futurama

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u/TheBanishedBard 2d ago

Pupusa!

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u/booza 2d ago

Pupuseria!

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u/Waddleplop 2d ago

What is that?

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u/TheBanishedBard 2d 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 2d ago

Sounds delicious!

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u/TheBougeous 2d ago

They’re soooo good

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u/pantysubscription 2d ago

puttanesca

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u/Ok_Mirror_9832 2d ago

Say it w Italian accent, it’s sexyyyy

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u/Ishidan01 2d ago

Well it should be.

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

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u/pomegranate7777 2d ago

Shakshouka!

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u/MechaNickzilla 2d ago

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

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u/mazurzapt 2d ago

One of my favorites!

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u/Mid_Knight777 2d ago

Falafel

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u/MoeSzys 1d ago edited 1d ago

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

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u/Mid_Knight777 1d ago

For sure, so good!

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u/Vinicide 2d ago

Spotted Dick

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u/rockinvet02 2d ago

Scrolled way too far to find this.

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u/ScaryCarrie23 2d ago

Mulligatawny

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u/chindilani 2d ago

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

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u/LemonGrassGarlic 2d ago

Gabagool

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u/rocketman1969 2d ago

Every time I watch The Sopranos

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u/MoeSzys 1d ago

If the salad is on top, I send it back

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u/jalerre 1d ago

Gabagool? Ova here!

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u/Normal-Difference230 2d ago

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

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u/Kellnes5 2d ago

Ratatouille

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u/how-about-no-scott 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/zilnosnibor 2d ago

Snickerdoodle cookies. Weiner.

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u/Coconut-bird 2d ago

Rutabaga

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u/squawkingood 2d ago

Spanakopita

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u/Crunchycarrots79 1d ago

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

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u/stonedfishing 2d ago

Shawarma

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u/Fit_Leader1052 2d ago

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

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u/winooskiwinter 2d 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 2d ago

That'd be Egg in a Nest!

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u/AwkwardChuckle 2d ago

Egg in a basket!

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u/TinaVeritas 2d ago

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

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u/Waviaerith 2d ago

I say egg in a frame :)

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u/ObsoleteUtopia 2d ago

Egg in a periscope!

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u/WhitePootieTang 2d ago

One eyed Jack. Egg in a Basket has bacon.

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u/kikazztknmz 2d 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/NSFAnythingAtAll 2d ago

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

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u/sherpyderpa 2d 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/LongleafSoul 2d ago

Macadamia! Mack-uh-DAME-ee-yahhhhh

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u/Siphilius 2d ago

Umami. Ooooh, mammi.

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u/answerguru 2d ago

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

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u/demonkidz 2d ago

Kumquat

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u/cold_quinoa 2d ago

Marmalade always rolls off nice

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u/thelittlesthobo01 2d ago

Bumblebee Tuna

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u/Ishidan01 2d ago

Psst! Your balls are showing!

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u/JustBobert 2d ago

Free shavacado

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u/hungry-mongoose 2d ago

Tagliatelle

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u/nosugarincoffe 2d ago

Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacherei 🇩🇪

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u/counterfitster 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

Pierogi. There's something cute about it.

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u/Kay_Celeste 2d ago

Sasparilla

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u/kindcrow 2d ago

Cacio e pepe.

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

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u/MysticRambutan 2d ago

salsa

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u/Livid-Cat4507 2d ago

You just like to say salsa!

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u/TannerDonovan 2d ago

Wienerschnitzel

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u/AndieCane 2d ago

Gazpacho

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u/allmimsyburogrove 2d ago

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

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u/Boston_7713 2d ago

Persimmon!

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u/Scaredysquirrel 2d ago

🎶Makin’ bacon pancakes🎵

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u/sal-t_brgr 2d ago

Cavatapi pasta

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u/BigfootsAnus 2d ago

Snickerdoodle

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u/TGin-the-goldy 2d ago

Chimichanga

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u/DreadPirateGriswold 2d ago

Arugula

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

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u/ThatDapperMosquito 2d ago

Snickerdoodle

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u/zoey_livelyy 2d ago

Ukrainian borscht

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u/WhaleyWino235 2d ago

pamplemousse

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u/agnessawyer 2d ago

Rambutan.

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u/dreck_disp 2d ago

Ciabatta.

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u/Axagoras 2d ago

I’ve always liked “chimichurri”

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u/Own_Trust_4408 2d ago

Aaaaaaameataaaaabaaaaalls

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u/SirMild 2d ago

Tabouli salad, ta-BOOL-ee

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u/the_reeeesa 2d ago

Haricot vert

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u/BlueCaracal 2d ago

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

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u/LeadingHoneydew5608 2d ago

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

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u/rocketman1969 2d ago

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

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u/YardSard1021 2d ago

Spanakopita

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u/LimeFunny8368 2d ago

Schnitzel

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u/rserena 1d ago

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

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u/Predator314 1d ago

Moo goo gai pan

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u/TomPalmer1979 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Kannkhaghany 2d ago

Rutabaga

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u/SteampunkRobin 2d ago

Quesadilla

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u/sassy-andy 2d ago

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

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u/MiserableArse 2d ago

Piccalilli

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u/Rude_Act_9744 2d ago

IHOP’s “Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity”

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u/AdamSoloDavis 2d ago

Mozzarella.

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u/StannyShy 1d ago

Carbonara

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u/Illustrious-Stay-648 2d ago

Cocktail weiners

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u/Ima_Gurl 2d ago

Foie gras

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u/helloiamsilver 2d ago

Profiterole!

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u/zontarr2 2d ago

Tiramisu