By Jan Jackson for One Pan Annie
I got to thinking about snacks and what the word snacks mean? The thought turned out to be interesting.
First of all, I looked the word up in the dictionary and here is what I found:
snack | snak | noun1 a small amount of food eaten between meals: not many people make it through to the evening meal without a snack. • a light meal that is eaten in a hurry or in a casual manner: bar snacks are served at lunchtime. 2 informal a sexually attractive person: it’s clear from the pics that her new husband is a total snack. verb [no object] eat a snack: she likes to snack on yogurt. ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘snap, bite’): from Middle Dutch snac(k), from snacken ‘to bite’, variant of snappen. Senses relating to food date from the late 17th century.
Ha ha – didn’t know about the sexually attractive person option – probably won’t be using the word in that context anyway, but I did get a kick out of it.
So then, I began to wonder when and where the stuff on this list of 12 Greatest Snacks entered our lives. Probably about the time as the obesity epidemic. Here is the list:
- Potato chips – I love them but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Oreos – I love them, but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Cookies – I love them, but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Pop Tarts – I love them, but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Cheese Crackers – I love them, but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Popcorn – I love popcorn and I pop popcorn at home and eat it for a snack.
- Tortilla Chips – I love them but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Fruit Snacks – I love them but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Mixed Fruit – I love fresh fruit and I’m not allergic – I don’t break out in fat.
- Pretzels – I love them but I’m allergic to them – I break out in fat.
- Prepared Cereal – I love bowlfuls of it but I’m allergic to it – I break out in fat.
- Chocolate Bars – I love them, but I break out in fat.
So, whether you are obese or not, and those top 12 popular snacks are yours, I guess that’s not so good. I recommend snacking on plain food.
Bon Appetit.