Do you (Aussies) really pronounce it "noo-gah" over here? Weird.
Yes. Well, at least that's how I pronounce it, and I don't remember getting any strange looks.
But you also pronouce "fillet" as "fill-it"!
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Angus G - Apr 04, 2003 8:55:59 am PST #3180 of 9843
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Madrigal Costello - Apr 04, 2003 8:57:23 am PST #3181 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
When I consider deep fried chocolate bars, I just think that pretty soon they're going to be deep frying everything from cherries to bacon to french fries to stuff that's already been deep fried.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 04, 2003 8:58:32 am PST #3182 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Do you (Aussies) really pronounce it "noo-gah" over here? Weird.
It's also how I'd pronouce it.
But you also pronouce "fillet" as "fill-it"!
And me too. So not, apparently, a wholely Aussie thing. And while my accent is fairly confused at times, it isn't Australian, as far as I can tell.
moonlit - Apr 04, 2003 9:04:24 am PST #3183 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
I can't muster up any enthusiasm whatsoever for a deep-fried candy bar. Ugh.
Same here Kate, but that's more because I'm not much into candy bars, especially mars bars. I used to blech at the idea of the deep fried ones but that was more because in Oz the deep fried ones are often sold at fish'n chip/hamburger shops so it was more the thought of all the fishy oil for frying. But Asian cuisine often has deep fried sweet things, such as deep fried ice-cream balls (with a caramel centre) which I have made myself a few times, so the concept is much the same.
Do you (Aussies) really pronounce it "noo-gah" over here? Weird. But you also pronouce "fillet" as "fill-it"!
Yep to the noo-gah, but I pronounce fillet as fill-lay.
Edit to say that could be 'cos of the chef stuff.
Kate P. - Apr 04, 2003 9:09:55 am PST #3184 of 9843
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Am-Chau, I noticed people saying "fill-it" in South Africa as well, so I assume it's a British thing (and has persisted in the former colonies).
moonlit, where in Australia are you?
Also, Angus, can you send me the picture of us that plasmo sent you? Thanks!
sarameg - Apr 04, 2003 9:13:11 am PST #3185 of 9843
OK, since I've never eaten or encountered fried ice cream, I must ask: exactly what is the consistency of the ice cream post boiled in oil?
Hil R. - Apr 04, 2003 9:15:16 am PST #3186 of 9843
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OK, since I've never eaten or encountered fried ice cream, I must ask: exactly what is the consistency of the ice cream post boiled in oil?
The scoop of ice cream is breaded in something, then fried really quickly, so the breading part gets fried, but the inside stays cold.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 04, 2003 9:15:20 am PST #3187 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I noticed people saying "fill-it" in South Africa as well, so I assume it's a British thing (and has persisted in the former colonies).
That would make sense. Thanks for filling me in, Kate!
flea - Apr 04, 2003 9:44:24 am PST #3188 of 9843
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Fried ice cream would be liked Baked Alaska. The cooking part is pseedy, and you start with really hard-frozen ice cream.
Favorite international mass-market candy bar: the Lion Bar. US equivalent is the 100,000 dollar bar, or "100 grand" bar, but they are vanishingly rare since the early 80s. It's caramel and crispy things coated in chocolate. But not like Twix. More like a Milky Way with crispies.
Susan W. - Apr 04, 2003 9:46:26 am PST #3189 of 9843
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Oooh, I love Lion Bars. Time Outs, too.