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the quiet rebellion against three balanced meals and any semblance of self-control
means Small portions of food eaten between regular meals, or the act of eating them.
from From 'snack,' which in Middle English (as 'snak') meant a snap or bite — borrowed from Middle Dutch 'snacken,' to snap or chatter, a cousin of the sound a dog's jaws make closing on something. For centuries a snack was literally a bite, a snatch of food taken in passing; only later did it settle into the cozy modern sense of treats between meals, with the plural 'snacks' carrying the cheerful implication that one was never going to be enough.
- word origin
- From Dutch 'snacken,' meaning to bite or snap
- midnight math
- Hunger feels stronger after dark, blame circadian rhythms
- crunch matters
- Brands engineer chip sounds to boost perceived freshness
- global ritual
- Snacking now rivals meals in many countries' diets
- airline secret
- Cabin noise dulls taste, so snacks get saltier
doritos — triangular corn tortilla chips first produced by frito-lay in 1966
pocky — japanese stick snack by glico, over 4 billion sticks sold annually
beef jerky — dried cured meat snack dating back centuries, commercialized by various brands including jack links
wasabi peas — spicy roasted pea snack popular in asia and north america since the 1990s