on a stick
Carnival food style
On a stick describes food or novelty items attached to a handheld stick for easy eating or carrying: corn dogs, popsicles, cake pops, kebabs.
County fairs are famous for putting unlikely foods on sticks.
The phrase can modify almost any noun to suggest a convenient or portable version: It's basically a taco on a stick.
Sometimes used figuratively for anything packaged in simplified, accessible form.
- popsicleFrozen treat on stick
- kebabGrilled food on skewer
- corn dogBattered frankfurter on stick
- corn dog standBooth selling battered franks
- deep friedCooked submerged in oil
fair food · satay · pinwheel · flagpole · scarecrow · tiki torch · candy apple · fishing rod · signpost · broomstick · lollipop · hiking pole · marshmallow · corn on the cob · puppet · state fair · cake pop · skewer
on a stickplated
Coated with metal
sit-down · table service · knife and fork · à la carte · fine dining
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