Pet-Names for Vegetables (and some other foods) I seem to have gotten these from my mom. Maybe it was just her way of trying to get us to like vegetables -- I don't know. I like vegetables, but I don't think it had anything to do with this. My love of pet-names, on the other hand was probably quite influenced by these early examples. green-beanlies (green beans) bruggle-sprouts (brussels sprouts) broccoloccoli (broccoli) limbo beans (lima beans) carrotoots (carrots) peasles/peaslies (peas) Since then, I have acquired many more pet-names for other foods, just from my own inclination to use lengthening nick-names, and some through Andy. mash-potatees/mashies (mashed potatoes) pastaloides (pasta) tortelonies/torteloonies (tortelini) frozen ravs/canned ravs (frozen ravioli/canned ravioli) roteenie-weenie (rotini) and, by inference, robiggie-wiggies (bigger rotini) actually, I've found that most roteenie are pretty biggie, and it's funnier, anyhow woofie/toaster woofie (waffles/toaster waffles) (from Rash, apparently) nanner (banana) (from a Snuffy Smith comic, apparently) cokee-wa (Coke) see my information about the -wa phenomenon

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