Food meme ponderings...

[gemfyre]

Shellfish - 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. ;)

Comments

[softpaw.livejournal.com]

your right about shellfish..in food terms it means oysters crab shrimp lobster...things that have shells...in biology terms..its what your other post said..I think.

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

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

But veal is cow, not sheep.

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...

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

'tis "Vienna schnitzel". I just ate one, actually! (yes, very yummy :)

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. ;)