#972 Food encroachment

A plate in danger of food encroachment.

Food encroachment isn't in everyday vocabulary and it's definitely not in the dictionary, but it should be. Here's a freebie for you Webster.

Food encroachment [food en-krohch-muh-nt]
noun
The act of one food (normally a condiment of sorts) infringing on another food.

This is pretty much the slightly annoying occurrence that happens on your plate when, for example, your gravy spills over from your turkey into your asparagus. Sometimes we do this to ourselves by accidentally placing a food too close to another food, and sometimes its an act of God at work. Regardless, you usually end up with an unwanted food combination that's not the end of the world, but still kind of sucks. When you put that ketchup on your plate for your fries, little did you know that it would end up on your turkey club sandwich. Your best solution is to grab a french fry (or whatever food that condiment was intended for) and use it as an edible mop to mop up the invading condiment before it's too late. Edible cleaning supplies...mmmmmm.

It's just slightly annoying.