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Agaillard
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#15 Posted : Friday, January 20, 2023 5:12:42 AM(UTC)

Rinshin;30532 wrote:
Then there is Sando  (popular shortened English word in Japan) being used now as in katsu Sando or egg sando. But, I do not mind this usage.


LOL LOL :) I never realized sando was a nickname for sandwich :) I kind of implicitly assumed it was a Japanese name for a specific kind of sandwich.


Sammy sounds ridiculous to me, and sarnie sounds fine as in no-fuss down to earth kind of sandwich. 


I don't think I have a lot of pet peeves, as long as the recipe name is coherent with the style of the author and sounds right (I wouldn't like a fancy snob chef trying to sound popular or vice versa, in general not well etc.). I think my pet peeve is when there is a perceived lack of honesty in the style of the recipe.


Ah yes I have one pet peeve, when the recipe name is too vague and I have no idea what the recipe is for, this annoys me.

Shelmar
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#24 Posted : Saturday, January 21, 2023 12:17:48 PM(UTC)
I can't think of any title that could make me cringe, but ...
I indexed a recipe that made Sydney cringe. Then I sent Sydney a scan of the picture in the book. That didn't help.

https://www.eatyourbooks...ds-under-the-candlelight

Drom John, spouse of Shelmar
valente347
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#25 Posted : Monday, March 20, 2023 4:14:46 PM(UTC)

I'm adding luscious and swoon-worthy. And using umami instead of savory is annoying to me as well. 

gamulholland
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#16 Posted : Monday, March 20, 2023 8:47:40 PM(UTC)

Agaillard;30545 wrote:
Ah yes I have one pet peeve, when the recipe name is too vague and I have no idea what the recipe is for, this annoys me.


My son gave me the official Princess Bride cookbook for Christmas ("Hmmm, Mom likes cookbooks, and she likes The Princess Bride, so..."), and the recipes look great, but their titles are like “As You Wish” or “Inconceivable” or whatever, and that’s cute but not particularly useful. It would be fine if they had subtitles but… they do not. Ah well. The next time we introduce our kids’ friends to the masterpiece that is The Princess Bride, I’ll dig in and look at the pics and read the headings to figure out what the heck to cook from it.

ellabee
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#27 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 9:17:44 AM(UTC)
That's a hoot, gamulholland! I love parts of The Princess Bride so much. Have been thinking of possibilities for the 'Inconceivable' recipe, and they're mostly dire... Spiked/spiced wine? Some preparation of eel? Lol.
Marsaluna
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#26 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 2:53:53 PM(UTC)
valente347;32801 wrote:

I'm adding luscious and swoon-worthy. And using umami instead of savory is annoying to me as well. 



I hate “sliders.” Sounds like something greasy and slimy slithering down the throat.
Barb_N
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#29 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 7:13:57 PM(UTC)

The first recipe on my list today is 'Flavour Bomb Egg Snack'. Meanwhile the recipe notes for the gnocchi I cooked tonight referred to it as a 'flavor bomb'. I have to confess, I may have used the phrase in a recipe note (or two) but I find it an annoying phrase.

Barb_N
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#30 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:09:27 PM(UTC)

And today at the grocery store there were cherry tomatoes called "Flavor bombs". Seriously?

Rinshin
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#23 Posted : Thursday, March 23, 2023 9:20:35 AM(UTC)
debkellie;30544 wrote:

The sandwich .. fodder for food historians over time! Nice bit of etymological & socio-cultural history at this link.. from The food Timeline ;-)



Thanks debkellie - so fascinating. I read the whole article. Tonight, making Monte Cristo with grape jelly instead of currant jelly for the nostalgia. I think I had the first one in the late 70’s at Blue Bayou in Disneyland with all the electric fireflies.
bittrette
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#31 Posted : Thursday, March 23, 2023 1:35:49 PM(UTC)
"delicate finger food is served between two slices of bread in a culinary practice of ancient origins among the Greeks and other Mediterranean peoples."
Such as the Jews in the time of the Second Temple: Rabbi Hillel ate the Passover lamb between two pieces of matzoh, and that practice became a standard part of the Seder.
gamulholland
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#28 Posted : Friday, March 24, 2023 10:36:26 PM(UTC)
ellabee;32806 wrote:
That's a hoot, gamulholland! I love parts of The Princess Bride so much. Have been thinking of possibilities for the 'Inconceivable' recipe, and they're mostly dire... Spiked/spiced wine? Some preparation of eel? Lol.


Just got the book out— Inconceivable is a fizzy lemon-lime drink with a mint leaf and butterfly pea powder to make it change the color. Fun. :)

And I was wrong about As You Wish— it’s Hash You Wish, which is hash. :). So that one actually tells you what it is. But there are names like Bonetti’s Defense and Westley’s Wits and Queen of Slime and Mostly Dead…you get the idea. They look delicious! Lots of photos. But I wish they had subtitles.
bittrette
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#32 Posted : Thursday, April 6, 2023 9:09:23 PM(UTC)

"Queen of slime and mostly dead"


Oh, yuck.

bittrette
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#33 Posted : Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:02:25 AM(UTC)
One of the diners here in Queens serves a dessert with a name that's cringeworthy because it's false. On the menu the term is "chocolate mousse," but the dessert is neither a pudding nor a flourless cake. It is a conventional flour-based chocolate layer cake, with a coarse crumb. I ate the chocolate frosting and filling, and left the cake over.
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