Food names

[rillifane]

Is something made that consists of diced tofu in tomato sauce with no peppers actually "chili

Comments

[thunderofsins]

if you're talking about names that a chef or restaurant uses sure, whatever. if you're talking about someone calling the dish they are making at home but a less than accurate name, get off the high horse.

I am fully aware that what my family calls "fruit pizza" is not actually pizza, but it is made in a similar way and eaten in a similar way and we know what it means. Similarly, my fruit salsa is not actually salas but calling it such makes more sense than calling it "chopped fruit in a color, size and texture similar to salsa to be eaten in the same way as salsa".

[rillifane]

What you do in private is your own business. Call fruit salad salsa if you feel like it. Call chicken noodle soup clam chowder for all I care.

[rillifane]

The only difficulty would be that it would certainly be a shock to someone who had grown up eating potato knishs.

[dwa20]

I take it someone didn't like what you had to say?

[dwa20]

What do you call it when you add fruit to traditional salsa? For example peaches and pineapple added to the tomatoes, onions, etc... I call that fruit salsa. Because it is certainly not a fruit salad.

[phanatic]

Similarly, my fruit salsa is not actually salas

Um...salsa means 'sauce.' If you use it as a salsa, it's a salsa.

Words mean things.