According to the Dictionary of American Regional English, cream cheese has had a few different labeling when going to different regions. Within the southeastern region of Texas and Louisiana, cream cheese has picked up the meaning of what we (in NJ) would call cottage cheese. Otherwise in New Orleans, the term cream cheese has created its own specific labeling, being a breakfast dessert with cream over sour cheese and sugar is spread over it.
Another term I have taken off DARE is flannel cake. This term is quite interesting because the basic meaning of the term refers to a pancake. Over the time, this term has traveled all over the country. DARE mentions flannel cake being used in Mississippi used to eat with other breakfast foods, served with syrup. Otherwise, it has traveled to other places such as Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Dunkin' Donuts terms:

Dunkachino (sp questionable)-played off the name of the business, blending of words dunkin' (or perhaps playing on the word dunk-able, being able to dip a pastry into the drink) and cappuccino. It's a good combination of words because of the possibility of the an adjective and noun being put together as well as the nice ring to it.

munchkins-since its not as big as a donut, the bite wouldn't be as big. Not a chomp or gobble, but something you could munch on. Again, they are playing on the word "Dunkin'" and added it to the end of the the verb.

McDonald's has a certain way of inventing words by adding "Mc" to their products.

"McChicken"

"McGriddle"

"McCafe"

..and so on. It's easy to memorize and you can always relate the product to the location.

Starbucks words:

Frappuccino comes from the word frappé to blend something. The other half of the word probably comes from cappuccino as that is a popular hot drink to order.

Reese's pieces-derived from the product Reeses, little pieces you can put into your mouth. Has a good ring/rhyme/jingle to it

There are many cooking verbs because of the way they are cooked, how long they are cooked, or with what they are cooked with. We have definitely advanced in forms of cooking techniques. We first began with just wood and fire, which was used just to cook our raw food to avoid illness. We then advanced with more technology such as ovens and stove tops. We learned to boil, fry, bake, and broil. With new technology and new techniques, new cooking verbs emerged. Each main verb also can be broken down into sub-categories because the cooking technique becomes more specific.

The reading gives the example for the verb "to brown". "To brown" has sub-categories "toast", "rissoler", "sear", "parch", and "flamber". All of them serve the general purpose of browning the surface (changing the texture of the material). However, they all have a specific technique in doing the "browning". Flamber requires some sort of alcohol in order to create a certain type of flame. Parch requires baking. Rissoler and sear requires frying, but rissoler requires a long period of time. Toast requires direct heat.