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The real proof BA is no longer 'British'...

Old Jun 17, 2017, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by ukgooner
Yes you dont get many in the uk saying Zucchini

Interestingly the English get many of our cookery terms from the french, whereas the US go for the Italian.

There are quite a few - not always based on this though:
Cilantro v Coriander
Eggplant v aubergine
Rutabaga v Swede
Arugula v Rocket
Mimosa v Bucks fizz
Fava v Broad Bean
Snow Peas v Mange Tout
Garbanzo v Chick peas
The interesting thing (to me) about cilantro v coriander, is that in the US cilantro refers to the fresh leaves, while we still use coriander for the seeds and dried spice. We're 100% on the zucchini train though, and it's true about the neighbors. I live in a very urban area and there are still extra floating around.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 10:39 am
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I've used zucchini for fish food. Plecostomus love it.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by WickedStepMother
The name zucchini sounds much more appetising than courgette. Courgettes are those things that seem like a good idea when I am doing the supermarket shop, but then lurk in the bottom of the fridge until they get all pockmarked and soggy and have to be thrown out.
And from someone from the "other side of the pond," zucchini was an icky green vegetable that I didn't like while growing up, and courgette sounds like some fancy french delight.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by Jagboi
I've used zucchini for fish food. Plecostomus love it.
Good for the fish, I would rather have algae myself.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 10:48 am
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I have to admit it wasn't until I met the wife I found out Courgette and Zucchini were the same thing.....they call them the latter here.

Personally speaking, I call them 'ruddy awful'.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 1:45 pm
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Brought up in NZ and we always called it zucchini and I still do...
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 2:21 pm
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 3:42 pm
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I understand that champagne, a type of cava, is generally served on BA flights. It's a French drink! Good heavens, if I wanted to drink something French I'd fly AF.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by ukgooner
Yes you dont get many in the uk saying Zucchini

Interestingly the English get many of our cookery terms from the french, whereas the US go for the Italian.

There are quite a few - not always based on this though:
Cilantro v Coriander
Eggplant v aubergine
Rutabaga v Swede
Arugula v Rocket
Mimosa v Bucks fizz
Fava v Broad Bean
Snow Peas v Mange Tout
Garbanzo v Chick peas
This is further proof as Winston Churchill famously said the US and GB are divided by a common language!
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 6:25 pm
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Originally Posted by ukgooner
Mimosa v Bucks fizz
They are not the same.

a mimosa is half champers and half oj but a Buck's Fizz is 2/3rds champers and 1/3rd oj
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by ukgooner
Yes you dont get many in the uk saying Zucchini

Interestingly the English get many of our cookery terms from the french, whereas the US go for the Italian.

There are quite a few - not always based on this though:
Cilantro v Coriander
Eggplant v aubergine
Rutabaga v Swede
Arugula v Rocket
Mimosa v Bucks fizz
Fava v Broad Bean
Snow Peas v Mange Tout
Garbanzo v Chick peas
Wow, fascinating -- I have to admit that most of the above were truly different in the way you have variations of apples, etc.
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Old Jun 17, 2017, 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by jday
At least the scones and clotted cream
arent gone! That would be a sad non-British day
Following the Fish & Chips shops ? Mind you, scones and clotted cream left much to desire from on BA (once upon a time ).

Originally Posted by HIDDY
I have to admit it wasn't until I met the wife I found out Courgette and Zucchini were the same thing.....they call them the latter here.

Personally speaking, I call them 'ruddy awful'.
Expand horizons....try battered deep fried sliced zucchini. Heavenly.
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Old Jun 18, 2017, 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by HMPS
Following the Fish & Chips shops ? Mind you, scones and clotted cream left much to desire from on BA (once upon a time ).



Expand horizons....try battered deep fried sliced zucchini. Heavenly.
Sounds like the very British 'tempura

The problem with courgette is that many people overcook it making it a slimy mess.
My favourite way is to dice and lightly cook it in a Morrocan inspired spicy couscous - very British.
I hope that BA never serve courgette onboard
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Old Jun 18, 2017, 3:21 am
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Originally Posted by HMPS
Expand horizons....try battered deep fried sliced zucchini. Heavenly.
... and presumably, to make HIDDY feel more at home, you could chuck a Mars bar in at the same time ...
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Old Jun 18, 2017, 3:26 am
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Just hope they don't start calling the bogs "Rest Rooms" or asking us to "deplane".
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