Don't get your knickers in a twist, Francie, I understand that. After all, I did use quotation marks. None of us here are total barbarians, you know.
It was the name my dearly loved Mother-in-Law (yes, I loved her and we had a great relationship) called them by, hence it is a term of endearment to me...a term in parenthesis.
In actuality, those ingredients are more Cuban when you consider that those three get me halfway to a recipe of Picadillo, a bowl of yummy goodness. And I now know what I can make for Friday's supper...