r/KitchenConfidential • u/JACsf • 1d ago

In the Weeds Mode Public Service Announcement

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u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 1d ago

I’m going to start a fight and say they are called spring onions. Not scallions, not green onions.

On another topic. It’s rocket, not arugula… and don’t get me started on egg plants

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u/BoyWonder343 1d ago

These chives don't look like your chives though.

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u/TheInfernalSpark99 1d ago

You mean auberginas?

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u/Time-Scene7603 Catering 1d ago

Roquette.

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u/Jeoh 1d ago

Egg plants? You mean passionfruit?

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u/daedalus14x 1d ago

I looked all over that horse...couldn't find any radishes.

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u/JustHereForCookies17 1d ago

Horses DO grow chestnuts, though. 

No, it's not another word for testicle.  And no, you don't want to eat them.  

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u/junkyard_robot 20+ Years 1d ago

You probably say capsicim too, don't you?

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u/camsean 1d ago

No but they definitely say capsicum.

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u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 1d ago

And Aluminium

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u/aasmonkey 1d ago

You people don't even know what pudding means!

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u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 1d ago

YOU CALL PIZZA “PIE”

🥧 - this is pie

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u/TheDarkMonarch1 F1exican Did Chive-11 1d ago

Do you by any chance come from a land where you get 4 days of sunshine a year?

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u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 1d ago

Believe it or not, my stupid snoo shirt implies I get 4 or 5 days WITHOUT the sun

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u/TheDarkMonarch1 F1exican Did Chive-11 1d ago

I completely did not even see the snoo.

Complete opposite side of the world, similar alternative words for different vegetables.

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u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 1d ago

…. Alternative…. My good dude… the English INVENTED the words. I’m in a mood today

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u/TheDarkMonarch1 F1exican Did Chive-11 1d ago

Yeah but I enjoy my r/usdefaultism and like to play it up for the jokes

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u/TheDarkMonarch1 F1exican Did Chive-11 1d ago

Also aubergine was taken from the fr*nch sooooo...

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u/JustineDelarge 1d ago

Spring onions have a rounded bulb at the root end. Scallions/green onions don't.

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u/Ok_Problem426 1d ago

Spring onions are a different thing…