What did you cook or eat today (February 2021)?

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Morning Glory said:
I'm going through a 'soup phase' right now. That could be next on the menu here.
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I have been cooking soup a lot as well. We have eaten soup nearly daily for over a month (started right after Christmas). I made large quantities and we rotated in and out of what was in the refrigerator. First I made ham and bean soup, then chicken soup, then chili (that's kind of soupish), then beef and barley, then more bean soup, then seafood chowder. I am making broccoli and cheese soup Monday.

Last night we broke the routine and had filet mignon. I had sauteed spinach with mine and hubby had a salad. We had leftover steak with cheesy scrambled eggs for breakfast. No photos, but both meals were delicious. I am going to "fry" some buttermilk Panko breaded chicken in my air fryer tonight and then tomorrow it's Super Bowl snack foods of various sorts.
 
flyinglentris said:
That's not true. I can get both Yellow and Green Zucchini. Acorn Squash is a cream color. Some Squash are greenish as well.
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Okay, I stand corrected. I knew that there were green squash (gourds in my neck of the woods). The acorn squash I have seen vary from a light yellow to a deeper orangy yellow. I have never seen yellow zucchini before, interesting. I don't care for any sweeter squashes (tastes too much like cooked carrots, yams, or sweet potatoes which I don't like) but I like zucchini and summer squash. I also don't like the larger ones, too woody.
 
Isn't zucchini a summer squash?
I ate my Chicken veloute and it was a good, round, stable dish. Stay healthy
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caseydog said:
I just had a chuckle thinking about the different names we have for things. Zucchini is probably courgette where you live, and capsicum is bell pepper where I live. I think cucumber is the same for both of us.

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And besides aubergine, what else is different in the US as opposed to other English speaking countries?

I wonder why we call it an eggplant anyway. Sure, it's sorta shaped like an egg, but it's deep purple and I have only seen eggs that color at Easter when I was a little kid dying eggs for Easter egg hunts. And if I ever saw an egg that big I would be blown away!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
And besides aubergine, what else is different in the US as opposed to other English speaking countries?

I wonder why we call it an eggplant anyway. Sure, it's sorta shaped like an egg, but it's deep purple and I have only seen eggs that color at Easter when I was a little kid dying eggs for Easter egg hunts. And if I ever saw an egg that big I would be blown away!
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I wonder if the Canadians speak a different English too?
 
flyinglentris said:
I wonder if the Canadians speak a different English too?
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I am sure that they have some different words for various things. I know that they definitely have a different accent. For example: They say "about" as "aboot" and there are others. I have probably been to Canada about 15 times (pre-COVID, of course)?

I love Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Toronto, and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are especially awesome. I have been to Windsor a few times as well. I have always wanted to visit Vancouver. We've met some people when we were in Mexico who own homes in Vancouver Island and Alberta. We've been invited to come visit...maybe in a few years we can get a chance to go.

And then in Qubec there are a lot of French speaking people, so I am sure there are a LOT of variations in things they say in English. There are people in Montreal who don't speak English very well at all.
 
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JAS_OH1 said:
And besides aubergine, what else is different in the US as opposed to other English speaking countries?

I wonder why we call it an eggplant anyway. Sure, it's sorta shaped like an egg, but it's deep purple and I have only seen eggs that color at Easter when I was a little kid dying eggs for Easter egg hunts. And if I ever saw an egg that big I would be blown away!
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Because the original eggplant from S.E.Asia looks what you'd think a eggplant WOULD look like (long before domestication and selective breeding):
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If you go to Basel, Switzerland, you'll find that the German they speak is not like the Stage German that Americans are taught, nor like the German spoken in Bavaria. Cajun French is not like the French spoken in France. And Latin American Spanish is not like the Spanish spoken in Spain.

Isn't it wonderful?
 
JAS_OH1 said:
And besides aubergine, what else is different in the US as opposed to other English speaking countries?
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Two that come to mind as I use them a lot: In the US you say cilantro for what we call here in Oz coriander. And you say scallions (a great sounding name) that we boringly call spring onions.
 
Today, I got away from eating Alliums on Meat dishes.

Today's meal is Penne with Sun Dried Tomato Pesto.

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I used Classico Sun Dried Tomato Pesto for this and added some Julienne cut Sun Dried Tomatos out of another jar...

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Classico makes some good Pestos and Sauces.
 
flyinglentris said:
If you go to Basel, Switzerland, you'll find that the German they speak is not like the Stage German that Americans are taught, nor like the German spoken in Bavaria. Cajun French is not like the French spoken in France. And Latin American Spanish is not like the Spanish spoken in Spain.

Isn't it wonderful?
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I have never been fortunate enough to make it to Europe or the UK, though I have always wanted to go. I have been to Mexico quite a few times. We met some people from Brasil when we were in Cancun one time, and of course they spoke Portuguese, but it's not the same Portuguese as is spoken in Portugal. In fact, they didn't speak English, we don't speak Portuguese, so we communicated with them in Spanish and French, LOL. And the Spanish speaking South American countries their Spanish is much different from Spain or Mexico.

That's only to be expected that languages will evolve that way.

English, Latin, and Mandarin are languages that are more universal than most. I know a lot of Latin from my medical transcription training. I suppose I should try to learn Mandarin but I hear it's very hard. When I was very young we lived in Okinawa, Japan, and apparently I spoke Japanese fairly well though I don't remember much, maybe a few words but I could not have a full conversation with anyone (we were there for 3 years and we had a maid and a sewing lady who used to dote on me and cook for me). Mom said I used to eat some very strange foods that no one else in the family would touch, LOL.

Edited to add that my uncle from SE Texas (near the Louisiana border) was Cajun. He spoke good English (he was married to my mother's little sister) but many people in his family barely spoke a word. And you certainly are right about it being vastly different from French in France. Interestingly, many Cajuns in Louisiana settled there after leaving Canada. They came down the Mississippi River (trappers and traders). My uncle Buster came from a long line of riverboat captains and was indeed a boat captain himself.

Okay, sorry for going so far off topic!
 
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murphyscreek said:
Two that come to mind as I use them a lot: In the US you say cilantro for what we call here in Oz coriander. And you say scallions (a great sounding name) that we boringly call spring onions.
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Often with coriander here in the US it is referring to the seeds, but yes, otherwise it's generally cilantro for the leaves and such.
 
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