Me vs Australia. Then the rest of the world except UK...
Right, lets try to get this sorted. What's this?
It's a SHALLOT
What are these?
No, they're SPRING ONIONS
Getting it yet? Try this
No, not a capsicum, a PEPPER
Now I'll p
iss off the largest section of my wonderful readers, have a go at thisI knew you'd get it wrong! They're not chips, they're CRISPS!
These are chips:
See the difference?!
Please don't try to argue with me - racially I invented the bloody language! Even if I do get shit from the poms now telling me I sound like an aussie bogan when I'm on the dog. How mixed up is that one?!
I love you really Australia!
Something else shocked me deeply today about aussie food and I still can't get my head around it, but a fact for you:
Almost 2/3 Mc Donalds around the world use Aussie beef for their burgers. Yes. Almost 66% of the Mc Donalds fans around the world are eating aussie cow. Shocker eh mate?
posted by Only me @ 8:11 pm
11 Comments:
1) No idea, it sort of looks like a glove of garlic, really
2) Shallot
3) Red Capsicum
4) Chippies
5) Hot Chips/Fries, depending on context
Poor Aussie cows being ground up for meat eaters world wide, mash up your own damn cows!
delightfuljen: No one will ever guess you're an Aussie will they? See what I have to put up with people?!
Jen, you truly are delightful!
(But as I said, I invented the language....!)
ok. if spring onions are shallots in Australia, what are shallots called? Do they even have them there?
weird.
ok I am with you with everything except for the chips and crips. Chips and fries man! why? because they are FRIED!
how about fritts?
sorry, frites. where do they fall, geographically?
the first is definitely a scallion, i've grown them and they add wonderful flavours to foods.
the second are green onions or scallions.
the third is a capsicim, technically it's a member of the capsicum family. pepper is actually not related at all to the capsicim family. i think they were called peppers because they were firey. however, the way i've heard capsicim used is when referring to the hot chili types
to me those are chips, but so are french fries as in fish and chips. i was never so disappointed to order a hamburger with chips and gravy only to get a burger swimming in gravy with old dutch type chips (crisps) on the side. just ewww.
darn..the first is definitely a shallot...i had scallions on the brain.
vuboq: As you can see from Jens response, she doesn't know what to call it and she's Aussie! Does that answer the question?! They certainly have them here, I buy them for TT's fave dish - stiffado. It's how I first became alerted to the difference.
I was at a posh market and filled a paper bag with them. I gave them to the grocer and so save him opening the bag I said "They're shallots" which instantly arroused his suspicion because being aus, he thinks spring onions are shallots....
You didn't criticise any of my food names so you automatically score 5/5. Congratulations.
Waluley: Bah. They're both fried! just cut differently! Glad you approve of the rest, you score 3.5/5. Must try harder ;)
bala wala shi: Frites? Well, it's an abbreviation for "pommes frites", French for chips (Although this should technically be "Pomme de terre frites" which would be 'fried potato', "pomme frites" is 'fried apple'! Come on Frenchies, it's your bloody language and even you can't get it right!) So I guess France and Canada geographically. And no, I don't do simple answers. For having some doubts you score 4.5/5....!
dykewife: Thank goodness you corrected yourself to redeem an extra point! Unfortunately the second are spring onions, not green onions or scallions. The third is a pepper. Chips? Oh dear, you're not getting this are you? It's all about learning proper English. But since you qualified it with "To me..." I'll be leniant. You score 2/5. Definately must try harder :) lol.
I hate perfect marks. So thanks for the 4.5 :)
I'm not a Frenchie :) But I try to learn the language (forever now).
So how come Australia exports so much beef when they barely have water to shower? That requires a serious blog entry my friend.
The husband (who is Aussie) calls the stuff: spring onions and shallots. But he is not from Queensland. Maybe Australian varies across the regions?
Which reminds me of a documentary I saw a while back called, "Do you speak American?"
bala wala shi: I didn't mean to accuse you of being Frenchie, I rarely insult people to that degree ;) (Only joking France, I love you too - used to live near Angers!)
I'm really poor at serious blog entries so I'll declare that we export the beef because cows drink too much water.
I loved Jens comment on the subject!
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