4Food rifled through its record collection to find the top 10 tunes with a culinary twist
"I like my men like I like I like my coffee"
The all girl trio went on to choose the undeniably attractive attributes of hot, strong and sweet like toffee to explain the analogy. They could have equally gone with wet, bitter and gives me a migraine – though granted this doesn't rhyme as well.
"The world is just a great big onion"
No it's not Marvin, unless Stephen Hawkins is really barking up the wrong tree. The duo go on to explain that just like the way an edible bulb can make you blub a little when you're finely slicing, pain and fear are also 'spices that can make you cry'. Thanks for that guys.
"You are as sweet as candy, you're my sugar dandy"
We're not that sure what a sugar dandy is unless we're talking a cross between Lawrence Lleweyln-Bowen and Hugh Heffner, neither of whom propel us to give them a lick never mind 'make my heart go giddy up'.
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, Every ball you throw will make me rich"
A somewhat boastful number from the 1940s in which a mercenary coconut shy holder explains the art of his trade to the rhythm of a gentle folk ditty. To give him his due he has got: 'big ones, small ones, some as big as your head' - so there's something there for everyone.
"Some day soon I'll make you mine, then I'll have candy all the time"
This feisty front woman has certainly got a sweet tooth - screeching her request with aggressive zeal. But she's discerning too: it's not just Mars Bars at breakfast and a Twix at lunch – she particularly: 'likes candy when it's wet dance weather'. As do we all.
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard"
'Greensleeves' for the hip-hop generation. Mind that child, Kelis.
"Make your thighs like butter - easy to spread, and we can make sandwiches"
The noughties kicked off with this ballad to inappropriate on-the-dance-floor activities. Hold the mayo.
"I need a Mars Bar, Hey raid the Spar, to help me through the day. I need a Mars Bar, I've had ten so far, it helps me - makes me - work rest and play"
A newsagent's dream, Fergal Sharkey and co did not have lukewarm feelings about their confectionary choices. Let's hope they flossed.
"Red, red wine, go to my head, make me forget that I still need her so"
Crooning for the binge drinkers. If you ever see Neil Diamond down the pub, just order him a lager top.
"Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown"
Proving that presidential ignorance is nothing new, this paean to peaches belies a lack of seasonality that would make Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's toes curl.
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