/ˈmʌŋ.ki ˌbred/ a sweet food made of small balls of bread dough (= a mixture made of flour and water) that have been covered in butter and baked together: Monkey bread is easy to separate once it is cooked.
The term monkey bread, initially referring to a loaf formed from pieces of yeast dough dipped into butter, seems to have emerged or was at least popularized in southern California in the 1940s. It was a rich savory bread, sometimes accompanied with jam or preserves, requiring no knives to serve.
Monkey bread gets its name by the method in which it is eaten: picking off chunks of buttery, gooey dough with your fingers not unlike a monkey grooming his buddy (which is actually a weird thing to name a food after, if you really think about it.)
There's a million different names for monkey bread: Christmas morning delights, monkey puzzle bread, monkey brains, sticky bread, Hungarian coffee cake, golden dumpling coffee cake, pinch-me cake, pluck-it cake, bubble loaf and funky bread.
Some say monkey bread evolved from Parker House rolls. Others attribute its creation to silent film actress ZaSu Pitts in the '40s.
Closely linked to this phrase, another word for money is dough D-O-U-G-H which appears to be based on “bread”. Both words have been popular slang for money since the 1930s.
USES: Young leaves eaten as a vegetable; bark yields fiber.
Noun. devil's bread (uncountable) Conium maculatum, poison hemlock.
The most popular Greek breads are “village” bread (rustic bread), pita bread, raisin bread, Greek sesame bread rings and Lagana. Each one is prepared and shaped in a different way and has each own unique texture and taste.
Granny's Monkey Bread is a sweet, gooey, sinful cinnamon sugar breakfast treat made with store-bought canned biscuit dough (in a tube) and lots of butter.
Savoury Multi-Flavoured Monkey Bread - ALDI UK. Tasty, multi-flavoured monkey bread made to tear and share with the family.
slang. a butt of derision; someone made to look a fool (esp in the phrase make a monkey of)
Why is it that the word “bread” is so often used as a slang term to mean either general sustenance or as a synonym for money? It makes sense of course that bread equates with sustenance or nutrition, we know that! It's thought that the use of the word “Bread” as a synonym for money dates back to the 1930's America.
Bread means money.
The origins of “Bread” meaning money comes from the English Cockney Rhyming Slang, “Bread and Honey” meaning money. “Dough” is a term from Bread which also means money.
Darker, rye-dominated breads, such as Vollkornbrot or Schwarzbrot, are typical of German cuisine. Pumpernickel, a steamed, sweet-tasting bread, is internationally well known, although not representative of German black bread as a whole. Most German breads are made with sourdough.
Pita, also Pitta, breads, also called Arabic bread, balady, shamy, Syrian bread, and pocket bread, are circular, leavened double-layered flat breads that originated in the Middle East. It is prepared with flour, water, baker's yeast, and salt.
A typical Greek breakfast usually consists of a wide variety of bread, pastry, fruits, and Greek yogurt. These foods are high in nutritional value and a great source of energy — an excellent way to begin your Greek food adventures!
Roti buaya (English: Crocodile bread) is a Betawi two piece sweetened bread in the shape of a crocodile. Roti buaya is always present in traditional Betawi wedding ceremonies.
The gospels of Mark, Luke, and Matthew place the meal during the Jewish Passover on the day of Unleavened Bread.
Sacramental bread, also called Communion bread, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (Latin: hostia, lit. 'sacrificial victim'), is the bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.
Cinnamon Melts are McDonald's take on the cinnamon roll without actually bothering to roll anything. They resemble monkey bread in form, are topped with a cream cheese icing, and are priced at $1.69 (may vary).
What is Monkey Bread? Monkey bread is a sweet, gooey Bundt cake made from balls of dough rolled in cinnamon sugar. Arrange the dough balls in a Bundt pan, then top it all with a buttery brown sugar sauce before baking.
In the United States and its possessions, monkeypod grows in Hawaii, Florida, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Marianas. It is naturalized in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (3,10). The tree was reportedly introduced into Hawaii in 1847, when Peter A.
"Bread,” the slang word for money, comes from an old Cockney rhyme, “Give me your money. Give me your bread and honey."