tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post5746969990956999971..comments2024-01-02T00:00:22.781-08:00Comments on csperryess: Faux Etymologies about FoodCS Perryesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-23223073196907891082014-04-18T19:50:05.334-07:002014-04-18T19:50:05.334-07:00I will never eat asparagus again without thinking ...I will never eat asparagus again without thinking of sparrow-grass. Thanks. Vickie Rabournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395532674346767825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-77811760966509907412014-02-08T19:18:58.537-08:002014-02-08T19:18:58.537-08:00Hi Christine - I'm with you on artichokes (whi...Hi Christine - I'm with you on artichokes (which I happen to love). On top of all that, the artichokes we eat today have been hybridized for centuries, making them more & more edible (& edible looking). The thing someone decided to try eating hundreds of years ago probably looked more like your garden-variety thistle. I'm guessing s/he was very very hungry.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-21716454660477877052014-02-08T11:35:51.165-08:002014-02-08T11:35:51.165-08:00All new to me. I've never even heard of gorp. ...All new to me. I've never even heard of gorp. talking about artichokes brings up one the things that most intrigues me about food. Someone, at some time, had to look at an artichoke and say, "That looks like it could be tasty." Really? Christine Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332152375980196208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-65577860205108195952014-02-06T19:54:07.659-08:002014-02-06T19:54:07.659-08:00Hi Rachel6 & Anne,
May none of your Maries exp...Hi Rachel6 & Anne,<br />May none of your Maries experience malade! Thanks so much for coming by so regularly.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-89119479148927408052014-02-06T18:53:50.261-08:002014-02-06T18:53:50.261-08:00These are so fun! I had not heard the story of &qu...These are so fun! I had not heard the story of "Marie malade". Now of course I will always have to call it that.<br /><br />In present day Italian, the word for artichoke is "carciofo," so it sounds as if they gave up trying to pronounce that Arabic word altogether.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-73994312191826075602014-02-06T18:44:09.049-08:002014-02-06T18:44:09.049-08:00All of these were new to me, and very entertaining...All of these were new to me, and very entertaining! Marmalade indeed.Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.com