Foodisms

Jae made Taco's for dinner tonight. She said, when we have taco's for dinner, we don't say "I made taco's for dinner." We say "It's taco night!".
No one says "It's soup & salad night." or "It's spaghetti night." We just say "We're having [this] for dinner". What's so special about tacos that we have to dedicate the theme of our evening to it?

I've said this before, but it reminds me of "french" food. When you add the word "french" in front of something, it's basically just a greedier version of something common you eat.

'French' Apple Pie is just apple pie with icing on top.
'French' Onion Soup is onion soup with cheese melted on top.
'French' toast is regular toast that is dipped in egg and fried.

Also, you can make a "salad" just by adding mayonaise to a bowl of cut up [insert food item here]. Think about it, egg salad, potato salad, chicken salad, macaroni salad are all just the indicated food items mixed up with mayonaise.

Have you ever noticed that something with the word 'cream' or 'creme' in it is just a sweeter version of the normal food item? I got a vanilla 'cream' soda, and it just tasted lighter because it is sweeter. Or those caramel creams? They're not filled with cream. It's a sugar paste in the center. So when something says "cream", they really just mean sugar. I don't know where they made that leap.

So coming up with a good name is important for getting people to like your food, especially if it's a recipe you made up.

Alot of my favorite meals my Mom made were dishes she made up. It's just she never came up with a proper name for it. So she would say "Would you like some of my pumpkin stuff?" You should never use the word ''stuff'' to describe a dish. ('stuffed' is okay, but not 'stuff') I ended up just calling her food 'slop'. I might as well, because that is funnier.