Category Archives: food and drink

colonel mustard’s moustache

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

on multiple occasions recently i’ve heard students confuse the words mustard and moustache. various versions of col. mustard could the very prominent moustache sported by the colonel mustard character of the popular board game clue be responsible for this confusion? have … Continue reading →

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grinding

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

last friday morning,  global stockmarkets tumbled again after the u.s. labor department released statistics that indicated no new jobs had been created in the u.s. economy.  the vocabulary in this headline was used in many different descriptions of the situation … Continue reading →

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yuri gagarin & sausage

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

this week marked the 50th anniversary of yuri gargarin‘s orbit of the earth.  gargarin was the first human in space.  smiling,but a little worried about his postflight celebration sausages in space sounds like it could be the title of a porn … Continue reading →

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filling

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

 filling (a synonym of stuffing when talking about food) is used to fill something up.  like the lemon (not lime) filling in this hostess fruit pie.  real artificially flavored lemon filling  filling a tooth is a common solution for a cavity. a filled tooth filling … Continue reading →

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lime and lemon, lemon/lime and lima

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

here in mexico there is great confusion between the words lemon and lime. these are  lemons these are limes even google translates the spanish word limón as lemon, but actually limón is spanish for lime NOT lemon.   artificial versions of both are also popular lime … Continue reading →

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stuffed squash blossom

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

i had a question in a class here in mexico about flor de calabaza, which is a standard ingredient in quesadillas and other mexican cuisine. it is not a common ingredient in the u.s. and i had to search a little to find the english term, squash blossom. flor … Continue reading →

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christmas pudding

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

pudding: popular to mention but not to eat at christmas time plum or figgy pudding is a christmas icon, as mentioned in a post from yesterday. this christmas carol has a well-known reference    a big-hearted grinch at christmas dinner with his dog max and little … Continue reading →

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worcestershire sauce

Posted on August 26, 2010 by

in a class here in mexico last week, the condiment worcestershire sauce was a topic of discussion.  in spanish the name is  salsa inglesa (english sauce) shrek trying to convince arthur through reason and persuasion worcestershire is a strange name that is … Continue reading →

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