In working on the kids open dictionary, I expected to find out a lot of interesting things. (This is one of the things I love about working in education.) Here’s one that came up today. Our eating habits have changed enormously in the last 80 or so years. These are all words that did not appear in the 1913 dictionary:
pizza
hotdog
hamburger
sushi
teriyaki
bagel
croissant
meatball
naan
burrito
taco
quesadilla
cheesecake
I’ll leave out all the kinds of coffee…. :)
Thanks to FoodTV.com for helping with ideas for this. What others can you think of? If you find any that aren’t in our dictionary yet, email them to us.
How much food has changed