Food meme ponderings...
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gemfyreShellfish - It's a weird term. I think it applies to any mollusc (but maybe not octopus and squid, seeing as they are shelless molluscs) and crustaceans.
White goods - Apparently this term isn't used in the U.S. White goods are those large, generally white appliances - the fridge, the chest freezer, the washing machine, maybe the drier.
No lamb? - One of the questions is what meat have you eaten apart from cow, pig and poultry. I notice a lot of people don't list lamb. Is lamb a commonplace meat only in Australia or something? I LOVE lamb, especially roasted. *drools*
Tipple - I know that this is an alcoholic drink, although I hardly ever use the word either.
Oh yeah - and aniseed is licorice flavour. ;)
White goods - Apparently this term isn't used in the U.S. White goods are those large, generally white appliances - the fridge, the chest freezer, the washing machine, maybe the drier.
No lamb? - One of the questions is what meat have you eaten apart from cow, pig and poultry. I notice a lot of people don't list lamb. Is lamb a commonplace meat only in Australia or something? I LOVE lamb, especially roasted. *drools*
Tipple - I know that this is an alcoholic drink, although I hardly ever use the word either.
Oh yeah - and aniseed is licorice flavour. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-30 11:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-30 11:07 pm (UTC)Lamb is not overly common here in the US. It's a bit more expensive. I equate it with veal, which I don't eat either. I don't like the thought of eating the cute baby animals, though I am an absolute carnivore otherwise. A bit hypocritical, I suppose. *shrug* We have farms that raise calves for veal near my house and they're disgusting. I've never tried veal and never will. Lamb I have eaten and I didn't like it.
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Date: 2004-03-30 11:15 pm (UTC)I usually just use the word lamb to describe any sheep meat.
I like it at any stage of life however. :)
Smothered in mint sauce. *drools more*
I like veal too but it's pricey here, lamb isn't any more expensive than beef or pork in Oz.
Lamb...*shudder*
Date: 2004-03-30 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-30 11:30 pm (UTC)most Americans think of white goods as towels and bedding and such..things that used to only come in WHITE.
lamb is a turnoff word for most Americans..thanks to people like PETA and their anti veil stuff..though I LOVE veiner snitzel *so misspelled* and my mum made roast lamb for Easter last year.
Tiplle is new to me.
and yah..anise is nasty icky licorice flavor *hates black licorice flavor* saw a bag of nothing but BLACK jelly beans in the store..ew
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Date: 2004-03-30 11:39 pm (UTC)Hehe, at the moment I'm wolfing my through a large bag of Darrel Lea licorice. It's the best ever licorice on earth.
just cos I like to show off...
Date: 2004-03-31 02:17 am (UTC)I didn't know how it was spelt for years, because the way my Mum says it it sounds like vee-nish-nits-el. So when I finally learned, I remembered. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-31 12:31 am (UTC)I LOVE Lamb..:) Though I suspect given the size of the lamb legs you buy that they are more... sheep than lamb!!
I hate shellfish.. I will not eat it, but I do buy it for my fish to eat. My Green spot puffers will only eat cockels!
I LOVE Aniseed..;) Yummy!!
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Date: 2004-03-31 02:00 am (UTC)It took me ages to work out what white goods were!
I don't specifically use the word tipple, but it seems everyone else does :) Is aniseed not a flavour in the US or something??
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Date: 2004-03-31 06:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-31 06:27 am (UTC)The US was never big on sheep farming.
So that, I think would explain why lamb is a staple in your country, but not in mine. :)
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Date: 2004-03-31 06:53 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-03-31 11:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-31 08:52 pm (UTC)Mutton is virtually impossible to find here... sheep farming never caught on in the US (it's way too hot for sheep in most of this country...)
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Date: 2004-03-31 09:25 pm (UTC)Bah, we manage to have MILLIONS of sheep around in the middle of the country and it easily gets over 40C often in summer. :p
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Date: 2004-04-01 07:12 pm (UTC)