Re: Marmite and other "unique" foods
| From: | Fabian <rhialto@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 1, 1999, 23:23 |
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> Several months ago, someone on this list mentioned Marmite.
> It sounded interesting and I've been trying to find it ever
> since. I finally did, and - wow! What a foodstuff! I've
> finished half the jar in 3 days. It joins hot mango pickle
> and sauerkraut juice in my list of favorite foods that my
> family flees from.
>
> To relate this to conlanging (or manybe conculturing), do
> any of you have similar food items in your invented speaking
> communities...
Well, some real world examples:
Malta has:
orzata(sp?) - You know the concentrated orange juice that you just add water
to to make a supposedly orange flavoured drink? We have an almond-flavoured
equivalent.
Pastizzi - crepe pastry with a choice of peas, fish, or ricotta cheese
filling.
Kinnie - bitter orange flavoured fizzy drink. This stuff outsells Cola based
drinks. Malta and Scotland are the only two countries in the world where
Cola is not the biggest selling fizzy drink.
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Fabian
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