[Being dead will not stop Eriq from commenting on this. Nothing can come between him and his need to stalk Peter everywhere. It just means he has to be creative about things]

Well, I imagine "cookies" comes from the German word "kuchen," which means cake. And they are really kind of like little tiny cakes.

Bacon I just don't know about, but I'm sure there's a very good reason that has to do with etymology as well.