Kitchen Dictionary for Kids

Apple
Tooth Fairy's delight.

Boil
A point parents reach when hearing the automatic yuk before a food is even tasted.

Casserole
A combination of favorite foods that go uneaten because they are mixed together.

Chair
Spot left vacant by mid-meal bathroom visits.

Cookie
An item that must be eaten in front of a sibling (last one).

Crust
The part of a sandwich saved for the starving children of the world.

Dessert
The reason for eating a meal.

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

Fat
Microscopic substance detected by children on pieces of meat that they don't want to eat.

Fish
A form of protein with too many bones.

Floor
A place for all food that is not found on lap or seats.

Fork
Eating utensil made obsolete by the discovery of fingers.

Fried Food
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.

Hungry
Constant condition of well nourished children.

Jelly Bean
The only vegetable all kids will eat.

Ketchup
A condiment that other foods are eaten with.

Leftovers
Commonly described as gross.

Liver
A food that affects genes, creating a hereditary dislike.

Lollipop
A snack provided by people who don't have to pay your dental bills.

Macaroni
Material for a collage.

Measuring Cup
A kitchen utensil that is stored in a sand box.

Metric
A system of measurement that will be accepted only after forty years of wandering in the desert.

Napkin
Any worn cloth object, such as shirt or pants.

Natural Foods
Food eaten with unwashed hands.

Nutrition
A secret war waged by parents using direct commands.

Peanut Butter
Staff of life.

Plate
A breakable frisbee.

Pot Luck
When children set the table.

Refrigerator
A very expensive and highly inefficient room air conditioner.

Saliva
A medium for blowing bubbles.

Snack
Meals lasting all day.

Soda Pop
Shake 'n Spray.

Table
A place for storing gum.

Table Leg
A percussion instrument.

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

Vegetable
A basic food known to satisfy hunger but only in sight.

Water
Popular beverage in underdeveloped countries.

Yukky
Half of the vocabulary of a child.

Yummy
Other half of vocabulary of same child.

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