Let’s Eat!
Have you ever heard someone talk about “viands” and wondered what they were talking about? It sounds like a fancy word, but it just means “food” or “meals.”
“Viands” is an old-fashioned word that’s used to refer to different kinds of food, especially when talking about a large variety of dishes or meals. For example, a big feast with many different foods might be called a “spread of viands.” It’s like calling everything on the table “good eats,” but with a bit more formal or old-school feel.
Here’s an example: If you went to a fancy dinner and there were lots of different foods, like soup, roast chicken, and vegetables, someone might say, “The viands were delicious!” It’s just a way to talk about the food, but in a way that sounds a little more elegant.
While the word “viands” isn’t used much today, you might still come across it in books or movies set in the past.
In chapter one of, A Little Girl in Old Boston, by Amanda Minnie Douglas, ten year-old Doris sits down to her first American meal.
Betty came and poured tea for her father and Warren. Mr. Leverett piled up her plate, but, although the viands had an appetizing fragrance, Doris was not hungry. Everything was so new and strange, and she could not get the motion of the ship out of her head. But the pumpkin pie was delicious. She had never tasted anything like it.
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