Is there a word to describe things you eat or drink while consuming alcohol? We usually eat something like chips, cucumbers, olives etc while drinking especially with strong types of drinks like vodka (mostly because it makes it easier to drink) or when we'd like to take a while drinking and probably getting drunk at the end.
Intending to have a wild drunk night, a couple of pals get together with a bottle of strong alcoholic drink in the woods. Joe takes out glasses and the bottle and says,
OK Jack. What you waiting for? Go get the [word]. Come on! What is it?… Oh, You didn't forget to get the [word]. All you had to do was to drop by a supermarket and get some [word].
Or someone pour you some liquor. You drink a bit and say,
Wow it's a bit strong! Have you got some [word]? Anything will do.
Best Answer
I'm not sure we have a direct analog, for food we only consume with alcohol, but the word
would apply. They mean small food items to be consumed, not as a meal. Chips, cucumbers, and olives would definitely apply.
Serving a similar purpose, people frequently mix other liquids in with hard alcohol to make cocktails that taste better. We would call those
And sometimes people have a drink on hand that they drink after consuming hard alcohol to get rid of the lingering taste, and that is what we would call a