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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

The etymology of the word comes from French and Latin, literally meaning "twice cooked".

I come from the Channel Islands, I can tell you from experience that it's not exactly a place of high education. I can also easily see them giving a two fingered salute to the French, as well as to the English on occassion.

[-] kbotc@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The progenitor of the American biscuit, the British Hardtack biscuit from the Navy, was cooked 4 times, so let’s not get too high on our own farts that “we have the right way because we cook it twice just like the French intended!”

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He cooked it 2^2^ times - that's even better!!

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

But what the wonderfully pedantic Elizabeth David is saying is that this was a common term, even though etymologically incorrect because language evolves, and now it only exists in this form in Guernsey and the U.S.

Her book is fantastic if you are a bread geek, maybe even if you aren't , or you're looking for interesting, often forgotten local breads.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee -1 points 8 months ago

Yeah I have no problem with it being a common term, I just feel the need to point out it's wrong hah. People say wrong things all the time colloquially, but they know it's wrong.

Calling a cottage pie a shepherd's pie is worse though, along with calling a wind turbine a windmill.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I will make a Windmill Pie and post it tomorrow. It will be very traditional with steak, lamb, kidney, and plenty of wind (I had beans today).

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I'm all for that. Make the cheese look like solar panels for added effect.

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