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fruitfly20

random thought

Mar 17, 2008 09:44

Why is it that we can't just call what we are eating what it really is ( Read more... )

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qpid_d_locke March 17 2008, 15:10:23 UTC

I know we call venison by that name from back in the day when people hunted to survive and deer was the big game. It comes from the Latin "Vēnor" (to hunt) and used to apply to any kind of deer, hare, pig, and antelope.

i see.... fruitfly20 March 17 2008, 19:58:31 UTC

That is very interesting to know....

Wonder where we got "BEEF" "PORK" and such. lol.

Still... how come we don't have funny names for Chicken?

And how did Venison get stuck on DEER rather than hare or antelope??

*ponders*

Re: i see.... qpid_d_locke March 17 2008, 22:56:00 UTC

Maybe it has something to do with the lack of people who eat hare and antelope? Maybe deer was more popular so the name stuck?

Pork might come from the French work for pig, which is porc. That's just a guess though.

I have no thoughts on the etymology of the word beef.

And from now on, you may say you're eating "cluck" instead of chicken.

Re: i see.... fruitfly20 March 17 2008, 23:29:48 UTC

ooh that's good...

Now i just need one for Duck, Turkey, and Goose :-)

here is what my info got me sector_1417 March 19 2008, 04:55:42 UTC

Beef is from the old French word buef, ox, from latin bouv-, bos, head of cattle

you were right about pork Old French porc, pig, from Latin porcus

If you really want to call duck something you can always say water fowl for that is something they are refereed to as

Re: here is what my info got me fruitfly20 March 19 2008, 13:10:41 UTC

I dunno if people would wanna eat something called Fowl (foul) lol.

I know it is its name, but it would be funny, and yet unappetizing.

ANY THING FOR TURKEY OR GOOSE?