# Veal = Pork Tenderloin...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 16, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395 "2002-06-16T19:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/21 "2002-06-17T18:22:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fatdave \* > \*\*Yes… some people in my hometown also call green papers mangos. > \*\* I bet that makes for some interesting dishes. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/22 "2002-06-17T18:23:24Z")
They must be raising a bunch of very confused young folks! Mangos? Why, I oughtta… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/23 "2002-06-17T18:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I rather think that mangos are not widely consumed in those areas. I find them to be too much work, myself. The seed’s too big and the fruit is very firmly attached. I prefer papaya. Mmmm… with a squeeze of lemon! Are mangos not sold in Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/24 "2002-06-17T18:56:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary T \* > \*\*There is a cut of pork called the tenderloin, akin to beef tenderloin (= filet mignon). It’s quite different from what is used in a pork tenderloin sandwich. Why they use the same name, I don’t know. \*\* OK, then what DO they use to make this sandwich?? ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/25 "2002-06-17T19:01:43Z")
Imagine the confusion of those of us from southern Lousiana who grew up thinking that scallions/green onions aren’t called shallots! Although I suppose if you get them confused in a recipe it wouldn’t turn out nearly as strange as getting mangos and green peppers confused… In northeastern Massachusetts many Italian sub shops substitute pork patties for veal patties in their veal parm sandwiches. It’s such a widespread practice that shops that actually use veal make a point of saying they serve “real veal”. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/26 "2002-06-17T19:05:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary T \* > \*\*There is a cut of pork called the tenderloin, akin to beef tenderloin (= filet mignon). It’s quite different from what is used in a pork tenderloin sandwich. Why they use the same name, I don’t know. \*\* OK, then what DO they use to make this sandwich?? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/27 "2002-06-17T19:37:01Z")
Mangoes are sold in Ohio (you could probably even get them at Kroger’s), but they’re not really part of the culinary world of the average rural Ohioan. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/28 "2002-06-17T19:51:50Z")
Mangoes are sold in Ohio (you could probably even get them at Kroger’s), but they’re not really part of the culinary world of the average rural Ohioan. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/29 "2002-06-17T20:17:34Z")
Oops, make that _are_ called shallots. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/30 "2002-06-18T03:51:10Z")
I have heard bell peppers referred to as “mangoes”, but it’s the stuffed and then _pickled_ version of the pepper, not the fresh. It’s a late-19th century usage of the word “mango”, I believe. [http://www.recipesource.com/fgv/pickles/01/rec0114.html](http://www.recipesource.com/fgv/pickles/01/rec0114.html) [http://www.freerecipe.org/Side\_Dishes/Vegetables/Peppers/PepperMang\_hefd.htm](http://www.freerecipe.org/Side_Dishes/Vegetables/Peppers/PepperMang_hefd.htm) According to Merriam-Webster online: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: man·go > Pronunciation: 'ma[ng]-(")gO > Function: noun > Inflected Form(s): plural mangoes also mangos > Etymology: Portuguese manga, probably from Malayalam mAnna > Date: 1582 > 1 : a tropical fruit commonly with a firm yellowish red skin, hard central stone, and juicy aromatic pulp; also : an evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) of the cashew family that bears mangoes > 2 : SWEET PEPPER ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395/31 "2002-06-18T15:06:41Z")
Okay everyone…this is my version: My family is Donauschwaben…because veal is very expensive, we use pork, (probably tenderloin), flatten it, and bread it…we still call it weinerschnitzel or just schnitzel. It probably is a regional thing…during the lean times after WWII, a lot of Donauschwaben (ethnic Germans) used pork instead of veal. Chris from Cincinnati [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-pork-tenderloin/114395.md?page=1)