DonRocks Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 We all have them, dishes or ingredients we've seen, and in many cases eaten, hundreds of times before. And then you're reading the menu, saying to yourself, 'I cannot believe I don't remember what this is.' It just happened to me, again, with a sauce so common that I'm typing this post with one hand, poking myself in the eye with the other. None of us need know what a tomato is, but if you're in a West African restaurant and see fufu on the menu ... Is there a dictionary out there of obscure-but-not-that-obscure food terms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilaine Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 C'mon, Don. Wikipedia. I'd post the link myself, but using iPad. Failing Wikipedia, JFGI. Google it. Between Google and Wikipedia, you, yourself, will become omniscient. And well educated, until the information falls out of your ears as through a sieve, but that's ok because googly googly go the fingers again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 An embodied one, possibly. I saw fufu and immediately saw in my mind an image from a video I used in a class - women standing alongside a large, wooden trough, squashing yams with giant wood pestles. They had excellent arm musculature. I need a vacation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 C'mon, Don. Wikipedia. I'd post the link myself, but using iPad. I'm thinking something in the form of a 20-page pamphlet, with 1 line per term alongside a 5-10 word definition - a memory-jogger, not a textbook, and if there's a clickable link to something like Wikipedia, so much the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Alas. Fugu, but no fufu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Alas. Fugu, but no fufu. Thanks! This is pretty much what I'm looking for. (And yet, it's really no more work using Wikipedia, is it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Fufu is a rabbit dish. You know, little bunny fufu... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Fufu is a rabbit dish. You know, little bunny fufu... *facepalm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadarene Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I can never remember whether escarole is a vegetable or a type of fish. (I usually get it from context.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 escolar: fish you shouldn't eat too much of escarole: a bitter leafy green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 escolar: fish you shouldn't eat too much of escarole: a bitter leafy green I thought escolar was a drug lord and escarole was the mother on "Good Times" who had a brother named kaiser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 esnobiggie: an important life lesson applicable to most situations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilaine Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Escarole is a thing of beauty, but why do I only find pre-washed escarole at Wegman's? It's not a hard thing to clean but it's a hard thing to store until you're ready to cook it. The heads are so voluminous, yet delicate. Escolar, I have heard of but know nothing about. Zora, why do you not want to eat much of it? I suppose I could just google it. Edit: on second thought, Zora, you don't have to tell me. This link is graphic enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Beware of "white tuna" in restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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