Custard
Custard is poured over puddings and is itself a pudding, so it can be served on top of itself.
Pancake
The first pancake of any batch is always a failure, a law of cooking older than the frying pan itself.
Lunchtime
Lunchtime is the time of day when it is time for lunch, which begins roughly forty minutes before it officially does.
Porridge
Porridge is just right for exactly one spoonful, between too hot and suitable for building.
Lemon
The lemon is a sour yellow fruit, best known for being handed out by life, usually without sugar.
Biscuit
A biscuit is a small, flat, twice-cooked food that is crunchy right up until it meets a cup of tea.
Elevenses
Moving elevenses to ten o’clock produces tenses, which grammarians do not allow.
Pear
A pear is ripe for about eleven minutes. Before that it is a doorstop; afterwards it is a soup.
Crumb
A crumb is a piece of food small enough to fall off the food and large enough to be found in bed.
Toast
Toast is bread with a past, and scholars still cannot agree whether it has really changed.