To wonder why.. (brace yourself)

[BackAgainSlimLady]

Single cucumbers from the supermarket come wrapped in plastic.. but single courgettes don’t?

if you ask me.. courgettes have a slightly more fragile skin that cucumber.. so why the lack of protection?

LoL Getting all snippy when it’s you does not know your veg nomenclature
Zucchini,is not a usual UK term for courgette

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I thought everyone knew that to ass'u'me was to make an ass out of you and me.

It isn’t in England.

Oh dear. That’s really sad that Australians and Kiwis have adopted even more Americanisms.

Wow, no one has already pointed that out over 400 posts in, @Mere1 , @Zone2NorthLondon , @NormasArse etc😂

G’day !! Didn’t realise you used Zucchini too 🤣. Been to your beautiful country a couple of times and loved it - nice people too. Love your sense of humour !!

Oh dear. That’s really sad that Australians and Kiwis have adopted even more Americanisms.

Some of the kiwis deny it.

But really, why is it 'sad'? Why on earth shouldn't they use an Italian rather than a French word for a vegetable?

Mind you, why do the Americans use 'zucchini' when they're a type of squash which is a truly American word?

Nope. It’s desserts, as in puddings. A desert is an arid, hot landscape.

Once again, no. Some words have more than one meaning. Yes, a desert is a hot arid place, but that's not the word being used in "just deserts". It's pronounced like desserts but spelt deserts. Read the link in my earlier post, which explains where it comes from.

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/just-deserts-or-just-desserts

This is a very weird response.

Do you know the size of Australia's Italian population? Of course they're going to use Italian words like zucchini.

We call peppers "capsicum" too. Better word, frankly.

NZ and Australia have massive immigrant populations from across Europe and beyond, and plenty of our own native words too. Why on earth do we have to speak the same way as Brits?

Bonkers

Yes, darn those Americans for adopting words from the settlers and immigrants who brought xyz over.

Courgette and Aubergine are French words.

Australia: "Why are you using strange words? It's zucchini."
UK: "FUCK YOU, AMERICA! YOU'RE SO DUMB!"
USA: 😧

Also, the phrase 'just deserts' can mean either a fair punishment or reward, whichever you deserve. That wouldn't work if it was pudding, now would it?

Bloody autocorrect keeps trying to turn it into the wrong one.

Reading some of the posts from people convinced it's "just desserts" reminds me of that episode of Friends where Joey thinks that a "moot point" is actually a "moo point" (if you haven't seen it: "it's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter. It is moo").

Some neighbourhood cats almost live in our conservatory where we keep our fridge. One day DD read (probably in the National Geographic?) that cats are scared of cucumbers which we found very funny, so when I opened the fridge I took a cucumber out and stretched it towards one of them. The cat kept retreating backwards with evident apprehension. Cats like to smell things to get a better idea about whether they can eat them so I approached and tried to take the cucumber next to her nose. She didn't let it come near her! She was also scared of the Dutch hoe, but not when I used it as a tool, only when I carried it.

Mind you, why do the Americans use 'zucchini' when they're a type of squash which is a truly American word?

Think it is a way of distinguishing between them.

Zucchini = green squash.

Squash = yellow/orange squash, such as a butternut squash

I grow cucumbers (and courgettes FWIW) and they don't seem to deteriorate quicker in the fridge without being wrapped. However they do have a thicker skin than supermarket ones and are around in the summer when in true MN style I am only eating massive salads, so they're not lingering in the fridge for long anyway

Just out of interest (because it has nothing to do with the expression 'just deserts' or even righteous puddings)- how would you pronounce the word 'deserter' (as in , for example, a person who has left the army in a disloyal or treacherous fashion)?

So what about yellow courgettes (yellow) or acorn squash (mostly green skin)?

Well, we’re not all Australian, either!

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I forgot the little peppers, they are good stuffed. I’m going to remember that the next time I food shop.

@Devianinc M&S have got their posh snacky things on offer, including those tiny peppers stuffed with cream cheese that are absolutely blummin’ delicious.

Cilantro is the Spanish word for coriander. Tipically used in Mexican cuisine. Maybe Americans borrowed it in its original form just as so many french words are used in the UK. See the aubergine discussion causing so many arguments…

Wait what’s a marrow then??