I still giggle every time someone here talks about "invierno". We've been having more rain than usual this Aug, even though "winter" isn't until Oct and Nov, when the rains are super intense in some parts (this year one region is worried because a lot of people are living in temporary/flimsy housing after internal displacement), but still: invierno/winter seems like a silly word for it. It's otoño/autumn at best.
I do love being able to frighten people by talking about life below 0°C, though. 😁
Cabbage rolls/pig-in-a-blanket
@JanetZumba_FalPals @MLClark
Wait, what? Pigs in a blanket were hot dogs wrapped in dough; cabbage rolls were chopped (mince, depending) sausage wrapped in cabbage leaves, in a red sauce!
That was my assumption, too! Where I'm from, those are very different recipes.
@JanetZumba_FalPals @wolfwoman
Oh, and you just reminded me of all the terms for egg-in-a-basket!
Or should I say "bullseye eggs, eggs in a frame, egg in a hole, eggs in a nest, gashouse eggs, gashouse special, gasthaus eggs, hole in one, one-eyed Jack, one-eyed Pete, one-eyed Sam, pirate's eye, and popeye". 🙃
We love our eggs in bread!
@b4cks4w @JanetZumba_FalPals @wolfwoman
Okay, now that's just bein' fancy and poetic-like. 😅
@MLClark @b4cks4w @wolfwoman
... however elsewhere in US, "pig-in-a-blanket" is not cabbage rolls but some kind of dessert or so it is said.😏
@JanetZumba_FalPals @MLClark @b4cks4w Hmmmm. A quick duckduckgo search for pig in blanket dessert only returned the savory ones. With variations, some of which sound really good!
@MLClark @JanetZumba_FalPals
I know my mom made these but can't for the life of me recall what she called them. I called them delish!
@wolfwoman @MLClark @JanetZumba_FalPals
Toad in a hole!
@CherNohio @MLClark @JanetZumba_FalPals Yes!! that' the very one!
@wolfwoman The Mister always screws up his face with what we called them growing up. His family always called them eggs in a nest.
@CherNohio @MLClark @JanetZumba_FalPals
Little aside: my girls loved when I would soft boil an egg (white set, yolk runny) then tear up some bread into a bowl and mix the egg in with a dab of butter. "Eggs in a bowl" was a popular item back when.
@wolfwoman @MLClark @JanetZumba_FalPals
And, that was fresh eggs right from the chickens when they tasted like eggs!
@MLClark Oh my!!! Yes, we were talking about it for some reason. My favorite is and always will be palomitas de maiz but that's mostly because of the lovely person who taught me that.
#Toebeans
Welsh = fâ cath (cat beans)
French = coussinets (Little Pillows)
German = Zehenbeere (Toe Berry)
Danish = trædepuder (tread pillows )
Polish = poduszeczki (Pillowsies)
Lithuanian = pirštų pagalvėlės (tiny finger pillows)
Turkish = pati yastığı (Paw Pillow)
Afrikaans = kattoonboontjies (Cat toe beans)
Spanish = frijolitos (Beans)
Vietnamese = mangosteen (Fruit)
Korean = 냥젤리 (Meow jelly)
Chinese = 猫肉垫 (cat meat pillows)
Japanese = Nikukyuu (にくきゅう) (meatballs)
Still toe beans. My cat has the beans with the Means 🐾
Now that's good loyalty right there! 😊
@KinnisonI love this SO so much @MLClark
@MLClark @wolfwoman
When I was a kid, we called them crayfish. I grew up in Maryland.
Down south, they call them crawdads.
@MLClark
Submarine sandwich, bomber, torpedo, maybe others I am forgetting
Bomber and torpedo are new ones to me! Thanks for this example!
@Indefinite_Article Grinder, Hero, and Hoagie, too! @MLClark
@Ironworker229 @MLClark
Exactly what I was forgetting, thank you!
Dinner is lunch in the southeast US
@b4cks4w breakfast-lunch-supper
Also, I can't remember with whom I was chatting about different Spanish terms for popcorn a few weeks back. @wolfwoman, maybe?
But here's an hilarious reminder of just how regional language is. Crispetas is the most popular here by a wide margin.
What would you say is a common item in English with a ridiculous amount of regional variance?
I'm drawing a blank beyond the usual: soda/pop, couch/sofa, universal-healthcare/socialist-plot-to-kill-granny.
What comes to mind for you?
#LanguageIsFun