rossedwards.net » food http://www.rossedwards.net providing useless information since 1999 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:31:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shaved turkey http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/46/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/46/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:13:44 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/46/ I know we’re a nation of foodies, but some of the terminology really grates, if you’ll pardon the pun. I mean, today’s sandwich menu at work includes “Shaved turkey caesar with rocket”…

…what’s wrong with “turkey salad”? I don’t know about you but the original description is making for some rather unusual mental imagery.

A few other gastronomical annoyances/translations:

  • Jus – it’s gravy
  • Wrap = sandwich filling surrounded by chamois leather
  • Crepe = deep- or pan-fried chamois leather
  • Pan-fried – what else would you use?
  • “On the vine” – i.e. with the green bits still attached. Why pay extra for someone else’s lackadaisical harvesting?
]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/46/feed/ 0 Zero sugar… http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/41/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/41/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:50:50 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/41/ …and zero taste. At least, that’s my impression of Coke Zero (aka “bloke Coke”).

As Monty Python’s Australian philosophers (the Bruces) might say, it’s like making love in a canoe…

I’ll let you fill in the punchline yourselves.

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