There's an Apple for that

I've always wondered about the origin of certain words. 'Cantankerous,' for example. But food words especially arouse the curious feline within. Some are logical: Popcorn, Gumball. But others defy explanation. We've come to accept so many words as normal and obvious when, if made to stop and think about the actual words themselves, they cease to make any sense. This is all well and dandy if we're talking about monolithic search engines or the like: intangible, abstract, invisible at their root, 1s and 0s. When we stuff these nonsensically-named things in our mouths, though, is when I start demanding answers. Or at least a clever story. It's just dawning on me this whole exercise is a very similar concept as those Cheez-It commercials, where the kid explains how they got all that cheese flavor into such a small cracker. Oh well. So, without context nor explanation, I list a few top-'o-the-head edibles that get me wondering...

Lollipop
Marshmallow
Tofu
Cottage (?) Cheese
Barbeque Sauce (okay, it's used on meats grilled over a barbeque... but what the heck-fire is barbeque supposed to mean?)
Toast
Orange Juice (kidding)
Milk
Bagel (I know why it's called a "donut" but the unfried version evades me)
Seasoning (add a touch of fall here, some summer there...)

Um... Meatloaf? No, that makes sense. Cupcake? No, that makes sense, too. Okay, this is harder than I thought. And I realize a lot of the other strange food words (brenois, bouillabaise, burrito, etc.) are loanwords from other languages, or brand-names devised by white-collar types paid to think like ten-year-olds (Twinkee, Snickers, Miracle Whip). So... fine. You win. I detract my argument. You win. Happy? Excuse me while I gorge myself on toast (I get it now) with peanut butter (easy) and jam (yep).