QUIZ: Do You Know What These Old-Fashioned Cooking Terms Mean?

Recently we were looking through an old cookbook and we noticed some strange words and phrases we had never heard before.

Chris Foster

Think back to how you used to talk when you were a kid. Chances are a lot of the slang words and shorthand you used have changed quite a bit since then, no? Well, the same thing happens to food terms. Recently we were looking through an old cookbook and we noticed some strange words and phrases we had never heard before. Some of them applied to units of measurement, while others were the names of actual dishes. So we decided to dig a littler deeper and come up with some of the more silly sounding food terms we could find. From a time when standard units of measurement were not agreed upon, and when everything was made from scratch, these old food terms are almost completely unheard of today. And while we’re far from being food historians, we want to know how much you know. Take our quiz below, and let us know your results in the comments section.

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</p> <section> <h2>Question One Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is a butt (of beer)?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 2 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is slumgullion?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 3 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is syllabub?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 4 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is switchel?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 5 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is farce?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 6 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is fool?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 7 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What are jumbles?</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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</p> <section> <h2>Question 8 Food Terms</h2> </section> <section> <h2>What is a clove? (not the spice)</h2> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>

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