American Diner Slang

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== American Diner Slang ==
Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
 A B C E G H I J L M N O P S T W Y Z
== A ==
* a squeeze......orange juice
* Adam 'n' Eve.......two poached eggs
* Adam's ale....water
* axle grease......butter
== B ==
* belch water.....soda water
* breath.....onions
* bridge....four of anything
* bucket of hail....glass of ice
* burn the British....toasted muffin
== C ==
* clean up the kitchen....hash
* crowd.....two of anything
== E ==
* eve with a lid on.....apple pie
== G ==
* gravel train....sugar bowl
== H ==
* hemorrhage....ketchup
* hold the hail.....no ice
* hounds on an island......sausages on beans
== I ==
* in the alley....serve as a side
== J ==
* java, joe.....coffee
== L ==
* life-preserver......doughnut
* looseners......prunes
* lumber.....toothpick
== M ==
* Mike 'n Ike.....salt and pepper
* moo juice.....milk
* Murphy....potatoes
== N ==
* no cow.....without milk
== O ==
* on a raft.....on toast
* on wheels.....take out
== P ==
* put out the lights and cry....liver and onions
== S ==
* sand......sugar
* sea dust.....salt
* shingles with a shimmy.......toast and jam
* side arms.....salt and pepper
* splash of red.....tomato soup
== T ==
* to 'dine with Duke Henry'......to go without dinner
* the five tastes......salt, sweet, sour, bitter, umami 
Umami was recently recognized as savory or meaty sensations, and is stimulated by condiments like soy sauce, or by food which contain glutamate compounds, like msg. Source: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany
* two cows, make them cry......two hamburgers with onions
== W ==
* warts.....butter
* wreath.....cabbage
* wreck 'em......scramble the eggs
== Y ==
* yum-yum....sugar
== Z ==
* zeppelins in a fog.....sausages in mashed potatoes
== Notes ==
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