You seemed to be saying that the aristocracy used the Norman French terms for the reason that the Anglo-Saxon terms made the food sound unappetizing.
In Newfoundland (and probably other places), “mince” is what they call ground beef.
My daughter thought that pretzels were made out of wood. Not that they grew on trees but instead they copied down trees to make pretzels the way they make furniture.
…chopped down trees… rather
Well, I sort of like the idea of being able to duplicate trees in a photocopier.
I had a strong aversion as a child to anything associated with the word “sour”, including sour tastes (candy, etc.). So, naturally, whenever I heard about “sauerkraut”, I automatically filed it, whatever it was, as Not For Me. Nowadays, a couple kraut dogs, or a Reuben - Fuggedabouddit! Gimme!
I likewise assumed it was sour. And when I found out it really wasn’t, I was quite disappointed.
It’s sour. From lactic acid. The sour taste is how it gets its name.
Hmmm… The stuff in the US that I get in a jar or can is sour. Much so.
I was VERY disappointed to find out that in Germany, it’s not. At least in all the places I tried it in Bavaria, it was mushy and bland.
This gives me great pleasure too. My wife and I just switched from boxed beef stock to these cubes. Now I’ll giggle every time I pick them up at the store.
I was kind of shocked when I discovered that See’s Mincemeat Cream candies (which I don’t think they make anymore) included beef in the ingredients.
I’ve never, to my knowledge, had sauerkraut in Germany; but always when I’ve bought sauerkraut – usually in a jar – it’s been, for sure, sour. Some recipes involving sauerkraut, tell you to rinse it in fresh water and squeeze the liquid out, before use: which would seem to me take away the whole point of the stuff, if done too thoroughly. Might it be a Bavarian quirk to be heavy-handed with the rinsing and squeezing-out?
I refused to eat Boston butt as a kid. If Mom had just called it roast I would hae devoured it.
Funny thing is that Boston butt is actually from the upper part of the shoulder.
Mom showed me a diagram that illustrated that, but I wasn’t having it.
The label says, “butt,” and by God, that’s what it is!
Even as a kid one source wasn’t enough to covince me.
Not exactly a misconception since my idea that sushi is made from raw fish was completely accurate. But it turns out that my dislike of cooked fish and my dislike of raw meat does not correspond to a dislike of sushi. Took until adulthood to figure this out.
I thought that green olives grew with the red piece in the center. I also thought marshmallows grew on a plant in the form you end up eating.
Oh, and the frist time I cut open a whole cantaloupe, I was mighty shocked. I thought they grew with an empty center and got sliced up into the wedges served for breakfast. The embarrassing part is I was like 14 at the time.