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Words · 2025-04-24T10:30:45+00:00

Sides. No. It is side dishes. See also mains (Shudder) I made lamb at Easter. No, you cooked it. Cooked to your liking. Well they woudn't deliberately cook it otherwise if they wanted to stay in business...

QuickPeachPoet · 25/04/2025 00:01

Mouthful
Dish up
scrummy

Ohgodohgod · 25/04/2025 00:01

Sleepinggreyhounds · 24/04/2025 23:57

Nope - completely fine with shallow fried or sautéed as that’s a description of a method not the receptacle. And in most cases it’s not stuff that would ever be deep fried - trout, sea bass etc. And don’t get me started on “oven-baked” - well yes I suppose they could have used a microwave or a clay pit or the burning fires of hell but again surely in most cases it goes without saying.🤣

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Oven baked is ridiculous! I’ve also encountered the similarly stupid oven roasted.

Sleepinggreyhounds · 24/04/2025 23:57

Ohgodohgod · 24/04/2025 23:23

Doesn’t this just mean pan fried as opposed to deep fried? Do you also object to shallow fried or sautéed? (Full disclosure: I really can’t bear sautéed or shallow fried but I actually don’t mind pan fried).

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Nope - completely fine with shallow fried or sautéed as that’s a description of a method not the receptacle. And in most cases it’s not stuff that would ever be deep fried - trout, sea bass etc. And don’t get me started on “oven-baked” - well yes I suppose they could have used a microwave or a clay pit or the burning fires of hell but again surely in most cases it goes without saying.🤣

Gingerbreadloony · 24/04/2025 23:48

we have several ‘Fish & Chippery’ places round our way (Oz!). I don’t know if they think it sounds posh but you’re a chipper mate, get over yourself 😆

Lovesabadboy · 24/04/2025 23:44

JudgeJ · 24/04/2025 16:13

Grated cheese surely.

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' Folding in the cheese' was one of the most hilarious scenes in Schitt's Creek!

'Okay, I don't know how to fold broken cheese like that!'

Fizbosshoes · 24/04/2025 23:42

I dislike the word nourish
Tbf it's even worse when not talking about food, eg nourishing the soul

Justtryingthis · 24/04/2025 23:38

Dh suggested to me the other night that I could ‘flash fry’ something. I was like ‘errr no Fanny Craddock. It’s not 1973! ‘ 🤣

takealettermsjones · 24/04/2025 23:33

Noseylittlemoo · 24/04/2025 21:34

My DH likes to watch MasterChef and they come up with such ridiculous names for things like chocolate Soil.
It doesn't really bother me but it makes me laugh when I see the phrase Freshly Cut sandwiches , like they might have been made for hours / days/ weeks but they've only just been cut!
And packets of apples in the supermarket which say "Ideal for eating". As opposed to what? What else would you do with an apple?

This made me laugh, but I think this means as opposed to "ideal for baking" 😀

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/04/2025 23:31

Oh God yes - trimmings makes me think toe nails.

Crikeyalmighty · 24/04/2025 23:30

Got to be Xmas and ‘all the trimmings’ !

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/04/2025 23:29

Also "slathered". And "lashings".

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/04/2025 23:26

Now I think about it, I'm not a fan of "tossed". Has the salad had to be gathered up from counter top and floor? Or should I be expecting to receive it like an enthusiastic performing seal? Or have a baseball mitt ready?

saltinesandcoffeecups · 24/04/2025 23:24

Arancia · 24/04/2025 23:22

Exactly 😎My nerves just can't handle any more "pitta"!

Well, I grew up baking pita at home, so I never choose my travel destinations based on their supermarket choice of pita - that's just a massive downgrade 😇 But my next trip so happens to be to Greece, where they pronounce pita correctly, of course😍

The only extra T I want is an extra cup of chamomile tea 🤓

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Umm… you wouldn’t happen to have recipe? I’ll spell it anyway you want (although am in the 1 “T” camp)

Ohgodohgod · 24/04/2025 23:23

Sleepinggreyhounds · 24/04/2025 11:59

Pan-fried. What else would you fry it in?

Doesn’t this just mean pan fried as opposed to deep fried? Do you also object to shallow fried or sautéed? (Full disclosure: I really can’t bear sautéed or shallow fried but I actually don’t mind pan fried).

TulaOfDarkWater · 24/04/2025 23:22

Tommy K instead of ketchup!

Arancia · 24/04/2025 23:22

GustyBaloo · 24/04/2025 22:52

I'm so pleased. Sometimes you have to put your own wellbeing first.

Any plans for travelling elsewhere? I know the local Super-U in France hadn't progressed to pittas. Sorry Pitas. I was bitterly disappointed not to find medium sliced white.
We had to eat bread that was shaped like a big stick!

I know!

At least yours only had an extra T. Huh.

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Exactly 😎My nerves just can't handle any more "pitta"!

Well, I grew up baking pita at home, so I never choose my travel destinations based on their supermarket choice of pita - that's just a massive downgrade 😇 But my next trip so happens to be to Greece, where they pronounce pita correctly, of course😍

The only extra T I want is an extra cup of chamomile tea 🤓

OliveHenry · 24/04/2025 23:16

Flavourful.

Have no idea why but it sets my teeth on edge!

MistressoftheDarkSide · 24/04/2025 23:12

Biccies.

I hate the word biccies. It gives me toddler jamming pre-chewed rusks into your mouth while dribbling vibes. Urgh.

As a complete aside, what was the typo in the thread title? The word that sprung into my head would have ensured a very different thread I feel..... 😆

GustyBaloo · 24/04/2025 22:52

Arancia · 24/04/2025 22:45

I cancelled my London trip for December yesterday, that helped 😎

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I'm so pleased. Sometimes you have to put your own wellbeing first.

Any plans for travelling elsewhere? I know the local Super-U in France hadn't progressed to pittas. Sorry Pitas. I was bitterly disappointed not to find medium sliced white.
We had to eat bread that was shaped like a big stick!

I know!

At least yours only had an extra T. Huh.

motherhen27 · 24/04/2025 22:48

I’ve never liked the term serve.
When Dh says ‘come and serve’ it just makes me feel weird. No reason why.
Never liked the words coddle or blanch either.
Pretty much detest any of the words Grace Dent uses to describe food.

Arancia · 24/04/2025 22:45

GustyBaloo · 24/04/2025 22:33

Goodness me.

I sincerely hope you have recovered from such trauma.

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I cancelled my London trip for December yesterday, that helped 😎

saltinesandcoffeecups · 24/04/2025 22:39

@Words have you solved the ‘muddled’ mystery yet?

It’s usually used for drinks. So think mojito you muddle the mint and sugar with a muddler 😁

If I’m honest I kind of like muddled and muddler 😁

Cooking related terms that make you squirm (title edited by MNHQ at request of OP)

GustyBaloo · 24/04/2025 22:37

Fizbosshoes · 24/04/2025 22:31

Haven't rtft but I hate "posset" as a dessert, it's usually lemon posset but I can only think of a baby puking!
Agree "dirty" anything is unappetising.

Not the actual food but I get irrationally annoyed by menus who don't set out the price "properly"

Eg Dirty fries...........5.5 (5.5 what??)

I hear baby sick every time I hear posset too.

I don't care if it's lemon, or delicious. I shall just be thinking of slightly curdled baby puke.

Nom mom! 🤣 I meant to write nom nom as a wind up, but my typo seems more accurate in this instance!

GustyBaloo · 24/04/2025 22:33

Arancia · 24/04/2025 22:29

I know, I was just in the UK over Easter and was horrified to see "pitta" in various supermarkets. I had to leave the bread aisles in annoyance 😈

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Goodness me.

I sincerely hope you have recovered from such trauma.

Fizbosshoes · 24/04/2025 22:31

Haven't rtft but I hate "posset" as a dessert, it's usually lemon posset but I can only think of a baby puking!
Agree "dirty" anything is unappetising.

Not the actual food but I get irrationally annoyed by menus who don't set out the price "properly"

Eg Dirty fries...........5.5 (5.5 what??)