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DEFINITION: v. To prepare or process food in a manner that renders it unpalatable, indigestible and completely inedible. n., Food which has been prepared in such a way that it is unfit for human, or even non-human, consumption.
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Cuisinedegrade
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kweh-ZEEN-de-grayd
Sentence: Caroline's one specialty was in the area of cuisinedegrade....she could make even beef wellington taste and look like pet food.
Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (a style or quality of cooking; cookery) and 'degrade' (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
Marbecue
Created by: G1GGSY11
Pronunciation: mar-be-cue
Sentence: the dinner was marbecued,totally under done and raw.
Etymology: mar- to spoil barbecue- a way of preparing food
Cookacle
Created by: pebblekicker
Pronunciation: coo-kac-el
Sentence: Meg invited us over for dinner. We should never have accepted the invitation knowing that she is such a bad cook. The dinner was such a cookacle.
Etymology: cook+debacle
Terramisu
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: terəmēsoō
Sentence: People love to invite Ruth to their parties. She is witty and funny. They did however learn their lesson about inviting her to a pot luck dinner. She brought what she referred to as tiramisu. Her fellow party goers called it terramisu. Being the creative person she is, Ruth did some substituting when she found herself short a few ingredients, hotdog buns for the lady fingers, tea for the coffee, and cottage cheese for the mascarpone. The final touch of chocolate chips subbing for powdered chocolate made it look like her dessert was infested with bugs. Everybody told Ruth how **interesting** her treat looked but nobody was brave enough to try a single bite.
Etymology: terror or terrible (your choice) + tiramisu (an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy or liqueur with powdered chocolate and mascarpone cheese)
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COMMENTS:
terrafic term - Nosila, 2010-04-08: 15:31:00
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Dulinaree
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: duh-li-naree
Sentence: A crock pot would have served us better dulinaree than this!
Etymology: dull + culinary
Palaterrible
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: paləterəbəl
Sentence: Joan hates to waste anything. This includes food that she has kept a bit too long. Just last week she tried to pass off on her boy friend a palaterrible sandwich, made with sticky coldcuts that were making their own mayonnaise. He thought better of it and went out for lunch.
Etymology: palatable (pleasant to taste) + terrible (extremely and shockingly or distressingly bad or serious)
Chucksuey
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: ch uuk soo ee
Sentence: Everyone at the party agreed to order pizza after they tried the chucksuey Martha made and 3 people ended up in the restroom immediately with vomiting and other problems.
Etymology: Chuck - as in up-chuck or vomit. Suey - as in chop suey.
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - Nosila, 2011-08-19: 11:45:00
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Retchipe
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: RECH - i - pee
Sentence: After Marla mixed and drank her healthy earth worm shake, Ron inquired which retchipe book she got her inspiration from.
Etymology: retch - to make an effort to vomit + recipe - list of ingredients and instructions for preparing a concoction of food or drink
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COMMENTS:
I like it!! - Mustang, 2008-01-14: 07:00:00
Retchipes for the wretched wreck of a cook gone bad! Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:20:00
very appropriate - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:29:00
Some recipes are so bad, they sound almost ready to retch for! Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:13:00
Its a retchtipe for disaster. Great word! - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 00:04:00
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Prepaputrefy
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: pre-pu-PYOU-tri-FI
Sentence: The young woman worked tirelessly for hours over a hot stove prepaputrfying her first Christmas dinner. Sadly, it did not go well.
Etymology: a blend of prepare + putrefy
