schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
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Johnny RoastBeef
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Iz and Ers, gawn like that
Yoda
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That's not even true Parmigiano Reggiano, but a fake American copy. I believe the FDA banned a certain process originally (the milk is not pasteurised in Italy where as in the US this used to be illegal) and also it's aged nowhere near as long (2 years minimum in Italy but as little as 10 months in 'Merica).
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They’ve been around for a while, at least 15 years, prob longer, in UK supermarkets. Basically small gherkins. Used in salads more than in burgers.
As for American pronunciations, like a lot of things in life I sort of like them even though I disapprove of them. They make me laugh. I mean, scallions? Arugula? I drive my wife nuts by saying t'mayders and bay-zil to wind her up.
All harmless fun but where I do draw the line is using 'cups' in recipes! Gah! Drives me nuts. What is 'a cup of broccoli'? A cup of anything? It’s got to be weight and if it is weight, give us grams and not ounces please. Especially liquids.
clapham_gull
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I can remember them from the 80s. It's what you put in a Jambon Buerre if you can't pronounce ham sandwich.
Worried Man Blues
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Changing the ABV so they become small beers with the same name..............a disgrace I be telling you
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Ironically, somewhat closer to the original Italian pronunciation of the original Parmigiano than we manage in the UK with "Parmizan"...
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I very much agree with your sentiment but seriously, if you're in a pinch with a recipe: Get a cup of about 240ml. Use it to measure your stuff.
seagullsovergrimsby
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FFS , gherkins are wallys.
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Oh I’ve got one. But instead of ‘about 240ml’ it’s simpler and more logical to deal in exact weights. A cup of flour looks different once it’s settled down a bit. A cup of mushrooms I saw mentioned recently. Are these stuffed in or just gently dropped in? Two quite different quantities. Anyway, First World problem. The solution is to avoid US recipes. They’re weird anyway. ‘About a cup of Fat-Be-Gone from Walmart….’ I’ll stick to BBC Good Food and Jamie Oliver.
vegster
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I remember the great William Shatner doing some cooking on film and asking for someone to pass him the " Oh-regano " ..horrible !
vegster
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I heard somewhere that life was tough on the frontier in the US a couple of hundred years back and people did not have an awful lot of cutlery and scales and bowls, pots and pans etc. The " Cup " system was the simplest way to bake and cook with in order to get the right proportions ...one cup measuring is elegantly simple but, you end up with legendary US portion sizes with the finished cake.
Diversity & non offensive.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Beringela in PortugueseAnd berenjena in Spanish.
In Italian it is melanzane, which is also used as a racial slur (source: mafia movies)
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Got became gotten and I've never got over it.