American Foods British People Don't Know...

[@ThoseTwoBrits1]

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[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Lia you look quite a bit like Dolly Parton.

[@spectrum3808]

We have different name because of immigration. also your closer to france so you get french names while we have a lot of italians.

[@spectrum3808]

frut pie is not the same as flan. flan is like a caramel egg custard thing in the us.

[@chiprbob]

Eggplant (US, Australia, New Zealand, and English speaking Canada) has to do with the fact that the plant with small white fruits that resemble eggs were the first known variety in the US. "Cookie" was coined in colonial US from a Dutch word used by Dutch immigrants. "Biscuit" was still used for a long time but fell out of popularity to "cookie". "Molasses" is the American form of the Spanish or Portuguese word for it. Broad beans are usually called "fava" beans in the US because they are "vicia faba" a completely different genus and species than lima (lye ma) beans. Broad beans are an Old World plant while lima beans are from South America. Cotton candy/candy floss was first introduced at a world's fair as "fairy floss" which is what it is still called in Australia. "Saran" is the brand name that dominated the plastic wrap market for many years in the US...it's the same as the British calling the vacuum cleaner a "Hoover".

[@chiprbob]

"Zucchini" is the Italian plural word for "zucchine" and comes from Italian immigrants who brought the squash created in Italy to the US in the late 1800's. The British got the Italian squash from the French and use the French word for it. "Cilantro" is the Spanish name for coriander. Americans borrowed the Spanish word for the fresh green leaves of the plant due to the use of fresh leaves in Mexican and some other Latin American foods and use "coriander" for the seeds. In recipes in the US, you know whether it's the fresh leaves or the seeds by which word is used. Many Americans add a bit of sugar to the egg mixture they dip their bread into to make French Toast....and maybe a bit of cinnamon. "Flan" is a crust-less custard dessert in the shape of an upside down pie in the US. What you described as a "flan" would be a custard pie baked in a pie crust and covered in fruit. "Gherkin" in the US usually refers to small whole sweet cucumber pickles but is sometimes used for any whole cucumber pickle. "Pitcher" comes from the 13th century Old English for an earthen jug.

[@callahensley7355]

No the “fruit pie” is called a Tart. Flan is a jiggly custard dessert, and totally different.

[@RENRAW111]

Thank you! well said!

[@vodriscoll]

Yes, flan is an egg custard with a caramel sauce on top. It's the national dessert of Spain.

[@cathyvickers9063]

Yeah, I was confused by their description, too. Based on things I've heard, I always thought flan was something eggy!

[@garycard1456]

We have our fair share of tarts in England!

[@Fos3tex]

Flan is also a Mexican dish.

[@susieb8661]

Sorry - Have to correct you on Coriander vs Cilantro. Both cilantro and coriander come from the Coriandrum sativum plant. In the US, cilantro is the name for the plant's leaves and stem, while coriander is the name for its dried seeds.

[@djdavis6837]

Thanks

[@jessn1017]

Was just coming to say the same thing!

[@cobrian45]

Was coming to say the same and that I bet most in the US (or anywhere) do not realize the coriander spice comes from the mature plant.

[@garycard1456]

Interesting. Here in England, the term coriander is used to describe all forms of the herb. 'Fresh coriander' simply refers to bundles of fresh green stems with leaves, sold in the produce section. We also have whole coriander seeds and powdered coriander (dried and powdered seed) sold in glass or plastic bottles in the herbs, spices and condiments section.

[@jill9606]

Spot on!

[@arizonaskye3917]

We say "pitcher" also. A pitcher to us is open at the top with a spout for pouring out. A "jug" narrows at the top usually with a cork or a screw on top.

[@nakitahime]

In America we use both "jug" and "pitcher." In my mind a jug is like a fully closed and capped plastic bottle that you buy from the store like a jug of milk or a jug of orange juice. Where a pitcher is usually not as well sealed or has no lid at all, either glass or plastic that is used when making your own drinks whether that is iced tea, lemonade or reconstituted concentrate juice. Also flan and "fruit pie" aka fruit tarts are NOT the same thing. We know what a flan is.

[@aprilvoecks5877]

To me, the "jug" doesn't have to be capped, but it does need to have a small mouth (which is much easier/cheaper to cap than a pitcher). A pitcher may or may not have a lid, but jug almost always do. After all, that's their biggest advantage that shape has. To help wi anyone having trouble picturing what I mean: Pitcher: The width of the opening on top of the container (not including the lid) is close to or equal to the width of the main part of the container. Sometimes there's a lid on the pitcher that has a smaller opening. Jug: The top of the container becomes narrow just before the opening you pour from. Kind of like how a bottle does, except with absolutely no neck.

[@karlbarks2219]

“Jugs” can refer to female parts, but “pitchers” cannot.

[@ambernelson3156]

We will also use the word jar, where I have heard English people also call them jugs.

[@devorahtucker-fick5178]

I use pitcher and jar interchangeably. It could be regional in the US as well.

[@michaelnash1067]

Your spot on with the pitcher/jug thing. Everyone at a bar is careful with a pitcher of beer and ok if a jug of milk rolls over on the way back from the grocery store because it's sealed with a lid.

[@AlexandriaKV]

People generally say “lie-ma” and not “lee-ma” beans.

[@Katy32344]

What a nice way of saying "you sound stupid saying 'leema' beans."

[@tj_2701]

Not "generally", it *is* pronounced lie•ma. 😁

[@danalou_who7765]

Lee-ma is a city in Peru.

[@componenx]

@@danalou_who7765 Lee-ma is also city in Indiana and was a major manufacturer of steam locomotives.

[@sociald100]

But since they originated in Peru and the capital is pronounced lee-ma people are wrong on that one.

[@dsggreenful]

Joel said "oat and raisin cookies" and I don't know if it's just me but everyone I know says oatMEAL raisin cookies. Is this just were I live in the US?

[@badwolf1631]

USA is "oatmeal raisin" cookies. It must be "oat and raisin" in the UK

[@dsggreenful]

Thank you for confirming it, funny how there are so many subtle differences

[@sie4431]

"meal" is an American term that means finely ground, so oatmeal is finely ground oats

[@katkeeper13]

Daniel Green well they don’t say oatmeal, they say porridge

[@oldnumber5866]

Meal was used in Scotland as a form of payment, were black meal payed for protection of cattle. This is where the word blackmail came from.

[@warpcorebreach2186]

Stove/Range - we also say burner, hence the phrase, "Put it on the back burner"

[@warpcorebreach2186]

Oh, and coriander is what we use for the name of the seed from the cilantro plant that is used as a spice. And that "Flan" picture looked like a fruit tart, flan is a Mexican custard. Gammon sounds like it is related to the French jambon. We have pitchers and jugs too, but I think jugs have a wider body and skinny spout. Pitchers are more about the pouring.

[@aprilvoecks5877]

Stove/range and burner are not the same thing. A burner is any one of the multiple cooking surfaces, while range or stove refers to the entire set of surfaces as a single unit. My stove has 4 burners.

[@ambernelson3156]

My house had a separate range (burners) from the wall oven. Under the range was cabinets and then the wall ovens were across the room. So the stove is a combination of the range with the oven(s) as a whole unit.

[@BruceWFranz]

Before we had stainless steel cutlery, we had actual silverware. One of my jobs as a kid was to polish the silver before guests arrived. Obviously, the name has persevered.

[@ruraljewelz6357]

Also, you'll find that people say flatware instead of silverware

[@dougbowers1256]

@@ruraljewelz6357 Or tableware, but not as often.

[@almostcartoonishlyawkward]

Fun fact: I'm a professional baker in the US, and at least in my region, shredded coconut and desiccated coconut are two different products. If a recipe calls for shredded coconut, we use the sweetened, flaked coconut. If it called for desiccated coconut, we use unsweetened, coarsely ground coconut powder.

[@GoodNewsEveryone2999]

This video was disappointing to me because they are talking about food products without even understanding the products themselves (regardless of what you call it). A lot of the stuff they listed have different names because they are different products/items.

[@rooooooby]

@@GoodNewsEveryone2999 They do it on purpose so would comment and increase engagement. Engagement = money

[@laurenbrown6588]

I have never heard of desiccated coconut before, but it sounds disgusting.

[@danielcody7568]

The reason they’re called “eggplants” is that when the fruit was introduced to America, it was a white variety instead of the deep lovely purple color, and when the fruits are small, they resemble eggs in shape.

[@Soulcatt]

I just found that out and checked to see if anyone posted about it. Good work!

[@vabeachkevin]

Look at them when they are growing. They look just like eggs.

[@alistairt7544]

When they're tiny and still growing, they really resemble eggs

[@suecastillo4056]

Got it?

[@lorrylane69]

Yea! At least we have our own word for it. The British borrowed Aubergine from French.

[@KosstAmojan]

A few thoughts from an American: We use both coriander and cilantro. Coriander is the seed and cilantro is the leafy part. Courgette vs zucchini - I'll give you any odds you want that the former is French and the latter is Italian. I agree that "French Toast" is sweet, but I should also warn you that nowhere in the US that I've been has offered a savory French toast. Anyone who coats a bread in egg and then cooks it will immediately add sweet toppings to it. Flan and fruit pie are not the same thing. Others have already covered this one. Of course the fruit pie might be a Spain thing, similar to how a tortilla in Spain is actually an omelet, but not elsewhere. In the US flan refers to a Hispanic custard dish.

[@michaelkay6495]

Savory French toast is served here in the US but it takes on a different name! A good example of this is the Monte Cristo sandwich 🥪

[@d.f.p3960]

Also, we use the word Gerkin here as well, but I believe it's more for sweet pickles.

[@stpaley]

do the french call it cream caramel, it might be the same as flan just different nationality

[@mmueller7560]

@@michaelkay6495 Most still sprinkle powered sugar and/or eat Monte Cristo with jam.

[@EgoJinpachi_]

Cilantro is a word of spanish origin

[@eidolonsx]

"eggplant" is so called because long, long ago, before selective breeding, they actually looked like eggs growing on a plant

[@SpringCircleFun]

Look for pictures of baby eggplants and will understand why they are called like that

[@elaineturcotte1043]

Flan is a custard only dessert (no crust). I think it is cooked and turned upside down onto a plate leaving the darker sugary sauce on top. What you showed we call a fruit tart, which often is a custard in a crust with glazed fruit on top. Tarts are usually shallower than pies and have a slightly firmer crust. A whole fruit tart can be presented outside of the pan, but pies are often juicier, so they are kept in the pan. One word covers them all - yummy! 😄

[@becmer]

Its popular in Latin America that’s where I think it came from. And it is a custard dish

[@ethelmini]

If anyone knows about custard it's a Brit. You are (almost) describing Manchester tart. A flan is a pie without a lid or the pretention to call itself a quiche. It could be a hollow top sponge if it was filled with fruit.

[@sammygirl5835]

@@ethelmini In the UK what he's describing is a Creme Caramel you can buy them in any supermarket.

[@Mikedeela]

"In North America, cilantro refers to the leaves and stalks of the plant. The word “cilantro” is the Spanish name for coriander leaves. Meanwhile, the dried seeds of the plant are called coriander."

[@Shellshyde]

In Afrikaans we call candy floss "spook asem" which literally means "ghost's breath" 👻

[@TheRealKopkip]

i like that

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

UK.........candy floss USA........cotton candy Australia....fairy floss!!!

[@francescaderimini2931]

Yes, Fairy floss my fave name for it!

[@d.f.p3960]

I love that better than cotton candy! I'm going to start calling it ghost's breath from now on 😊

[@rogercole5054]

Lima beans are "LIME-uh" long I not long E sound.

[@Servingourstories]

Exactly! Its not even necessarily preference and 50/50, it is vast majority LIME-UH and I think its due to the media always using it (especially in kids shows) as the basic bland tasteless food and they always say it that way. At least Broccoli has a taste (and unfairly called bad tasting in media) whereas Lima Beans really are just filler and healthy. Bland. Tasteless. Trump-ish.

[@jasonrhodes9683]

limey beands.

[@dancingfirefly7761]

In the South, they're also called butter beans.

[@EtzEchad]

In most languages, an 'i' is pronounced as a long 'e' sound, so I see where they got that.

[@johnmarks227]

Fava beans

[@MtlCstr]

A jug is generic medium to large container for liquids. A pitcher is tall with a spout at the top designed specifically for serving drinks like iced tea or lemonade.

[@youp9546]

or beer, or sangria

[@SherriLyle80s]

A jug is what we make hooch in 😂

[@katherinemurphy2762]

In grade school we're taught about pitcher and picture being homophones as well, but we still use pitcher predominantly over jug. To me, the two are separate things: a jug is a ceramic container with a small hole at the top. A pitcher is a large cylinder made of glass or plastic (usually) with a lip in one part of the rim to facilitate pouring.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

@Root 66 in the South we always say a pitcher of iced tea or a pitcher of sangria versus a picture hanging on the wall... not to be confused with the pitcher throwing his ball to home

[@TheItGirlQ]

I think I’ve only ever used “jug” in reference to something with a lid 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sathompson83]

I never understood adding "root" to beet. You don't add carrotroot to your soup, you add carrots. We add beets.

[@catherinegibson7578]

And we refer to the other less commonly eaten parts by their beet leaves, beet stems, beet plant names. Because a beet is the fruiting root, and beetroot is redundant. We don’t call them potato roots either. Which gives me fits. FYI we do use the term conniption fit, or hissy fit to describe some having a toddler like meltdown.

[@michaelbrice5169]

Feel like Dwight Shrute would kill it in this chat

[@lizzyl00l00235]

BeetS we use it plural , not just BEET

[@Servingourstories]

@@lizzyl00l00235 only when it is plural. Usually it is so its used plurally, but like "dice" which is plural, you have to use the single form "die" or "beet/a beet" when appropriate. Or in a general sense, "I put beets in the soup" "Beets grow around here" but then also "Do you like Beet Soup?" Or "You're beet red" You don't say beets soup or beets red. Doesn't make sense.

[@craigbenz4835]

@@lizzyl00l00235 : Same here.

[@SiriusMined]

We call what you call "gammon", a "ham steak" Gherkin is a specific type of pickle, made from gherkin cucumbers

[@UND1989]

Gherkin comes from the German, "Gurken,'" which is a pickled cucumber.

[@siriusmined3709]

@@UND1989 right, but at least in the USA, it's a specific type of pickle, not all pickles.

[@geeninallcaps4678]

Lia was so confident pronouncing Lima beans wrong 😂😭😭😭

[@CFWhitman]

In my experience, having lived in the US all my life, the bean and the city are pronounced differently here, even though they are spelled the same. So, 'lime-uh' for the bean and 'leem-uh' for the city.

[@geeninallcaps4678]

@@CFWhitman The people that I know from Lima, Ohio (just a couple hours away from me, so I know a lot of people from there) pronounce it the same way as they do the bean, lime-uh. But I overlooked the regional differences in pronunciation because I had never heard it pronounced leem-uh before.

[@CFWhitman]

@@geeninallcaps4678 Well, the people around here would generally go with the pronunciation the people who lived in the city used. I was talking about Lima, Peru. If the people in Lima, Ohio pronounce it like the bean, we probably would do the same thing when referring to it. It's not a place name that comes up around here, though.

[@rebeccacorbin1590]

Zucchini was introduced to the US by the Italians who call it Zucchini

[@johnbowers6258]

And big squash, Italians call zucca, like butternuts

[@dreamer5831]

You can tell by the pronunciation that "courgette" comes from the French.

[@hondaboy2001]

It's also called Zucchini in German and Dutch, as well. Courgette is the French word.

[@rebeccacorbin1590]

@@hondaboy2001 I did not know that....

[@NewYork10280]

@@hondaboy2001 Fascinating

[@jenniferlawrence8533]

Gerkin is a sweetish small Pickle. Dill is usually larger and of course flavored with dill

[@garycard1456]

Baby cucumbers pickled in vinegar, often with herbs for added flavor, such as dill

[@loboheeler]

Gerkin seems like a specific type of pickled cucumber in the UK. There are a large variety of pickled veggies in the US coming from our multi-ethnic heritage. Maybe the ultimate in this is Giardiniera in Chicago, which is a flavor war as much as pizza. Chicago natives living in other places will have friends and relatives send them some to feel at home.

[@dorotheainmiddle]

Gherkin

[@maryannebrown2385]

Roger Downs Wait-Giardiniera is only in Chicago?! I didn’t know that! I have lived here in Chicago almost all my life, but I have traveled quite extensively. I only eat it on hot dogs or tuna salad sandwiches. I guess I never noticed other places don’t have it! Well, now I know what I would need to pack in my suitcase if I ever retire to a warmer place!

[@richardsteiner8992]

Pickles don't have to be cucumbers, anyway. You can have pickled herring, watermelon pickles, beet pickles, and many other kinds.

[@jaymeimar]

Technically eggplant is the English word, and now the English use the French word 😆

[@jewleeborrasca6924]

LoL absolutely true.

[@akiram6609]

The word soccer originated in England. As to eggplant, this term originated in Europe during the eighteenth century where the vegetable, botanically speaking a fruit, available at that time to Europeans was the shape, size and color of a goose egg. Hence the word eggplant.

[@3DJapan]

There's an old expression "you're slow as molasses in January". Haha

[@luelladiaz109]

Just wouldn't be right to say " Slow as Treacle in January" Sorry molasses is it.

[@craigster1244]

Molasses sounds slow.

[@jslost]

Seran wrap is a brand name. Like Kleenex for tissues.

[@charlesstuart7290]

They should relate to this - When you vacuum in the UK you "hoover".

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@charlesstuart7290 I was thinking of that and I was just like... "🤨 Really?" 😂

[@dorotheainmiddle]

Saran

[@darkanser]

Like we used to say xerox to mean photocopy. Like jacuzzi to mean hot tub.

[@charlesstuart7290]

We used to use frigidaire and refrigerator interchangeably.

[@ArchimGregorios]

In the USA, coriander refers to the seed of the plant, whereas cilantro refers to the parsley-like leaves.

[@BigDogCountry]

@tiger_howe When I go to tex mex I always ask for coriander. Baffles them.

[@xDarkTrinityx]

^This, same plant, different parts. Cilantro is the real devil's lettuce though >_>

[@andrew-xr1de]

I hate Cilantro! yuk!

[@lawrencetomlinson761]

@@andrew-xr1de Guacamole is not right without cilantro.

[@bbolman15]

If I were to hear “eggy bread” then I would think of “eggs in a basket.”

[@bonnieroberts6082]

First time learning the word "hob".

[@johnmarks227]

Where did they get hob nail boots from?

[@talisikid1618]

Never heard hob either.

[@Freaksoftheinternet]

I was so confused how flan and fruit pie were the same thing, until you showed the picture, which is actually what we call a fruit TART, not a fruit pie. Fruit pie to me is like an apple pie or a cherry pie or whatever.

[@BashJP]

Since nobody’s said it I’ll say it: ham can be served warm or cold like on the supermarkets. The can also be cut thick or thin, depending on what you want.

[@bobbiscrittercave2348]

As eggplant grows, it starts off white and oval, before it elongates and turns color - so it does actually look like a egg in the early development of the plant.

[@Olivia-iq4yh]

🎶the apples are ripe, the plums are red, the broad beans are sleeping in the blankety bed🎶

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

"Saran Wrap" is actually an American brand name that's been around, probably, 60 years at least. But, Americans use that name generically as well.

[@RagingOwlbear]

It’s the Kleenex of plastic wrap.

[@js8430]

Kinda like velcro

[@samanthab1923]

J S what else would you call Velcro?

[@samanthab1923]

Vaseline, Jello, Dumpster.

[@larrynottingham2502]

Velcro/hook and loop faster. Velcro is definitely much easier to say.

[@VinE83656]

We use the term cutlery as well. I think more common would be "utensils" or "kitchen utensils".

[@Glengirl17]

Restaurants often use the term “flatware”

[@js8430]

Never heard anyone say “cutlery” haha

[@VinE83656]

J S I would say the term cutlery is not commonly used but I’ve heard it used.

[@valsam9218]

Cutlery is used for plastics utensil and flatware is used for non plastic utensils

[@mroberts2738]

It’s plastic cutlery or (metal) tableware.

[@dereklippincott2803]

We In the USA call it Saran Wrap do the the fact that the “name” brand of cling wrap is call Saran Wrap. French Toast and Eggy Bread really are the exact same thing. As Lia said, it depends on the topping that makes it savory or sweet

[@nelsongaming9436]

I disagree when I make my french toast I put cinnamon in the egg

[@SDWNJ]

"Courgette" is French and "Zucchini" is Italian.

[@garycamara9955]

Nope a zucchini is not a cucumber.

[@SDWNJ]

Who said anything about cucumbers?

[@gabirost1813]

To me, flan is a gelatinous custard dessert with a caramel top, and it’s Spanish i think

[@ladysmom87]

Gabi Rost I live in the Southwest, and associate Flan with Mexican food, but it could be traced back to Spain if you go back far enough.

[@EAMHawkeye]

For sure! Plus, I would call what was pictured a fruit tart, not a pie.

[@iwouldratherbewithmydog]

Flan is definitely a specific custard dessert from Spain and also from asian countries like Vietnam's bahn flan

[@talktokld44]

And fruit pie, is fruit... 🥧

[@janetmcalmond4479]

Agreed

[@frankholstein4499]

In America, "aubergine" is a color. The color of eggplant! LOL

[@2apocalypsex]

Eggplants/Aubergine have their origin in India where it continues to grow wild. This spiny, bitter, orange, pea-sized fruit has been cultivated throughout India and China for more than 1500 years. As trade routes opened, eggplant was introduced to Europe by the Arabs and transported to Africa by the Persians

[@amberlouise86]

😂😂😂🙈 wtf?!!

[@SiriusMined]

We call "fairy cakes", "mini-cupcakes" Flan is a specific custard

[@DragonNinja]

I love that he said lima beans right, then she "corrects" him wrong, lol. French toast usually has sugar and cinnamon mixed in the egg before dipping the bread. Flan and a fruit pie are very different things. Gherkins are a type of pickle. We use jug and pitcher too, but for two different things.

[@jrjackson1616]

We picked the Italian name instead of the French Courgette. So, here it's Zucchini

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

I wonder if it was due to having an influx of italian immigrants but not french?

[@shitposter1000]

Here in the UK, I've only ever heard courgette commonly used

[@catherinegibson7578]

Right, both are loan words for squash or gourd. Scone all squash came from Mesoamerica, I think we get to determine that one. It was originally called ayocotzin by the mesoamercans which sounds more like zucchini than courgette. IMHO

[@angrytheclown801]

Mainly we wanted a use for Z in Scrabble.

[@Hiddenkeymaster3]

Same thing with cilantro/coriander, but from Mexico.

[@krissycam]

"Saran Wrap" is a specific brand of cling wrap but some of us refer to all cling wrap as Saran Wrap. 🙂

[@dreamdisturber]

krissycam right. I think we say cling wrap in the south.

[@garycard1456]

The Saran type is made from PVC, while other clingfilms are made from polythene

[@jonathansmith6847]

I believe Saran Wrap was the first plastic wrap or cling wrap put on the market in the late 1940s. I assume plastic wrap comes from companies making knockoff products.

[@MsTrain69]

The Press’n Seal works so much better than regular plastic wrap. That stuff really tests my patience!

[@krissycam]

Saran Wrap is the only plastic wrap I remember my family using when I was a kid (back in the '60s and '70s). I don't know if that's because it was the ONLY wrap back then or if my mom just preferred it for some reason. Also, most (possibly all?) of these plastic wraps are designed to stick to themselves, not to stick to a bowl or plate. 🙂

[@BeliiSpii]

A few years ago I was at Disneyland when they were selling McDonalds fries in the park...so I’m walking around eating my fries when a Brit walks up to me and says, “excuse me, where’d you get those chips?” I stared at her (confused) for a solid min until she corrected herself and said fries. My daughter still laughs about it to this day.

[@tabathaalshalhoub1653]

It’s Lie-ma beans Flan 🍮 is different than fruit pies 🥧 And Gerkins are a type of pickle lol

[@tristancall2229]

"Joel and Lia like abbreviating." Literally 20 seconds later, "Just say beetroot." 😂😂😂 I love you two!!!

[@dsmith21045]

Tristan Call yes! We abbreviated beetroot and call them beets!

[@markchristensen23]

I would be amused to see them try sugar beets, because they say they don't like sweets too much. XD

[@kenbrown2808]

we call beetroots beets, because we don't eat the leaves.

[@oldarpanet]

@@kenbrown2808 Speak for yourself! I cook and eat the leaves, too! Great food, like kale or chard, etc.

[@heatherjones1423]

Flan to us is Spanish and custard/caramel. Fruit pie we would call Fruit Tart!

[@texastmblwd69]

Heather Jones Absolutely correct!

[@PyroPopCouture]

Was definitely going to say this. Grew up in an area with a heavy Puerto Rican population and they will look at you strangely if you think a flan is a fruit pie.

[@sharpie6136]

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20979/spanish-flan/

[@SheilaKarner]

The picture they showed was a tart.

[@xDarkTrinityx]

Ok, not just me... was going to say we have flan in America... usually caramel topped. Its not common but I also don't think I've heard "fruit pie" since most pies are fruit already/berry.. lol Id call the picture they showed a tart.

[@Northanteus]

You two must remember that the U.S. is not all English descent. So many different people have emigrated here over the last 150-200 years; there is good reason why we don't both call these items the same word! That goes for accents as well, obviously. I never looked into it but I believe we call it cilantro because we border Mexico and it likely became the norm over the decades because of the Mexican dishes that've been incorporated into our culture. ☺️ Speaking of that, cilantro is my favorite herb, hands down! ☺️

[@garycamara9955]

I dislike cilantro

[@rachelcarmickle9950]

French Toast has vanilla, cinnamon and a splash of milk that you have to eat with silverware. (The term "silverware" refers to when cutlery was made from silver. My grandparents were given genuine silverware as a wedding present. It was only used on special occasions.) Eggy Bread you can put with a slice of cheese and ham and eat on the go

[@Castilda0311]

‘Eggy’ sounds very messy and unappealing. I’ll take French toast please.

[@dorothypaul4642]

We use aubergine when describing a shade of purple. Joel is right about lima beans. It's lima, i pronounced "eye". Saran wrap is a brand. I think zucchini is Italian for green squash, and courgette is the French. I think flan in the US is more like crème brûlé. I loved this video! And I'd love to see you two do a cooking show, once you can see each other again.

[@pjschmid2251]

Wait, wait, wait. Flan, Fruit Pie and what you showed a picture of, which was a fruit tart are three very different things. Flan 🍮 is a custard with a caramel sauce on top. A fruit pie 🥧 is fruit baked in a pastry shell in a pie pan (round with angled sides) and can either have a top crust or lattice, a streusel top, or no top. A fruit tart may be a baked tart or a constructed tart where the fruit is added after baking and is made in a tart pan (round with perpendicular fluted sides). Speaking here from the US.

[@Cruxador]

The caramel isn't a sauce, you cook it into the flan itself by first melting it into your pan and then pouring the custard on top.

[@cmobymaxx6364]

I looked everywhere in the UK to find a proper pie pan, with angled sides! All of theirs were straight edged. I'm taking some sturdy proper pie pans on my next trip over.

[@anthonyboring4088]

I am used to the picture shown being called a 'fruit pizza' -- which I would consider technically a fruit tart. A fruit pie (which is usually just one type of fruit and specified as such, e.g., apple pie, peach pie, cherry pie) is as described above, though I have also heard people refer to a fruit turnover as a fruit pie.

[@tiggy5710]

PJ Schmid usually in uk flan would have a sponge base whereas a tart would have a pastry base without a top with a top crust would be a fruit pie.

[@catherinegibson7578]

Yes, mostly...flan is a Latin custard dessert baked with the caramel on the bottom of the dish and served by turning it out, upside down onto the serving dish. This can be a bit nerve wracking if you’ve never done it before and it can be notoriously difficult to get the firmness just right so it all comes out in one piece. But it’s lovely when it does. Creme brûlée. Is a baked custard with a crunchy solid, thin caramel layer that is achieved by broiling, flaming with a propane hand torch or putting into a salamander until the sugar reaches a caramel stage. Also not for the faint at heart due to sugar’s nasty tendency to go from not caramel to burnt carbon in the blink of an eye.

[@edparks9889]

I finally got the term "Cling film" understood when watching "Keeping Up Appearances".

[@FlyingMonkeyPoop]

“You need real skill to master cling flim, don’t you dear?”

[@jeffboyack938]

They’re “Lime-a”beans in northern Illinois.

[@txwaterbird6115]

When I hear "flan", it means egg custard with carmelized sugar on top.

[@vinnygi]

TX Waterbird B I’ve always seen it with the caramel on the bottom like a sauce.

[@scottyoung1322]

Okay, I’m an AMerican living in Japan. Flan- I always picture an egg custard turned out on a plate and covered with a caramel sauce. Not a cake of any kind. Auburgine -Despite growing up in a home full of cooks and working in restaurants all through my youth, I never heard the term until I was well into my 30’s. We say eggplant because the fruit is most commonly egg-shaped. A pitcher has a wide open mouth with a pouring spout but a jug is a wide bottle with a narrow mouth and a handle to aid pouring. Why don’t we just say “beetroot”? Because we don’t say carrot-root, radish-root, or turnip-root.

[@wargame2play]

One of my favorite vegetables dishes is actually a Native American dish called “ Succatash “ consisting of corn ( maize ) and Lima ( broad ) beans cooked together . My Mom would use creamed corn in this dish. It was a stable during harsh winters in Native cooking because both ingredients could be stored dry , then cooked together.

[@janiceeberly9655]

Don't forget the squash in your succotash. The plants would grow together symbiotically. They were called the three sisters amongst the tribes of the north east e.g. the Iroquois. Together they do provide a good amount of macronutrients for the times of year with fewer fresh options.

[@garycamara9955]

Staple not stable

[@CaliLiz]

French toast is typically made with an egg and cinnamon mixture, or if you want it really sweet you add vanilla extract and sugar to the mixture

[@MtlCstr]

Technically "silverware" should only be used for silver eating utensils. We also use the term "flatware" for eating utensils that are not silver.

[@gwillis01]

I agree that if you want to be nitpicking, silverware is used as a label for metal eating utensils. Other eating utensils that are not made of metal are called [ flatware ]

[@IceMetalPunk]

Yeah, but I've still heard "silverware" used for non-silver utensils all the time, and I use it that way myself, so...

[@thomasc2211]

I usually say utensils as a generic term. Sometimes if they're metallic I'll say silverware even though they're not silver and if they're the disposable plastic kind I'll sometimes say plasticware.

[@robertkoons1154]

American metalic eating utensils were silver plated from about 1870 until 1950 when stainless utensils started being made hence "silverware"

[@LG4EVR1808]

lived in america my whole life never said flatware always silverware

[@beckyhenderson5350]

Omg flan is a Latin desert and that other one that you had pictured is a fruit tart not a pie haha love y’all!!!

[@leslie3294]

I add vanilla and cinnamon to the egg mixture for French Toast! So they're definitely different to me :)

[@craigster1244]

Yes, vanilla & cinnamon! Real maple syrup!

[@Leathurkatt]

Silverware is also called flatware in the US, and it is often called cutlery as well. Flan is a custard (similar to egg custard) with no crust. Fruit pie has a baked fruit filling in a crust with crust on top. A fruit tart is the photo of glazed fruit on a shallow cream tart you showed.

[@mikedonovan8811]

‘Saran Wrap’ makes as much sense as calling a vacuum cleaner a ‘Hoover.’

[@tsugam27]

I think the brand "Saran" made those plastic wrap very popular or the pioneer manufacturer, therefore people do call it saran wraps too

[@nakitahime]

@@tsugam27 why did you restate the entire point the original comment made?

[@tsugam27]

@@nakitahime agreeing to Mike's point with different example.

[@mikeappleget482]

That’s the ultimate proof of an incredibly successful PR campaign. “Dixie Cups” is another one. Any tiny cup is called that despite the brand name they are. “Tupperware” is called that despite the brand. Here in the Midwest everything is “a coke” when they’re referring to any soda. There’s a bunch of others that you don’t even realize.

[@riomoore2006]

We call it a hoover because the word hoover was popularised by the brand Henry hoover

[@toddjohnson566]

Saran is the name of a brand that makes plastic wrap. “Cutlery” is used interchangeably with “silverware,” although we know only silver plated cutlery is technically silverware. We also don’t really have eggy bread, or any savory French toast variety. So, it’s just all called French toast. We usually refer to gammon as “ham,” and the thin sliced cold meat as “sandwich ham” or “deli ham” if we need to be more specific. If someone says “I had ham for dinner” or “I had a ham sandwich,” we usually know which one they’re referring to.

[@m.simmons7149]

And Americans also say "utensils".

[@Meredith471]

Americans also will refer to a pitcher as a jug.

[@toddjohnson566]

MK Lonestar Handcrafted I usually think of a jug as a large bottle with a handle on the side towards the top and a small mouth that can be closed with a screw-on top or a cork.

[@michaelkay6495]

The monte cristo sandwich technically uses eggy bread

[@talisikid1618]

Bingo.

[@taytaysinger]

The silverware thing comes from when it actually used to be silver. Some people still collect actual silver cutlery so it has just been passed down. It doesn’t matter if it’s actually silver 😜 I just refer to them as fork, knife, spoon. “Hey, where are the forks?” “Could I have a spoon please?” Etc. I usually only say silverware if I’m in need of all 3, like at a restaurant or something 😊

[@m0zz4re11a1]

i’m british and i use eggy bread and french toast interchangeably. i say eggy bread casually but i normally have it with honey or golden syrup, so not savoury, unless i have bacon or something with it. i use french toast in restaraunts or where it’s on a menu because i don’t wanna sound weird lol

[@digne6502]

Apparently it’s called “Zucchini” because we got it from the Italians.

[@iangraves5417]

digne and. Courgette is French

[@dugswank]

Also the Brits aubergine is French source d

[@kasheppard503]

I had to laugh at "desiccated coconut." I initially though you said "defecated coconut!" LOL

[@EtzEchad]

Here, a gherkin is a type of pickle made from a small cucumber. Flan is interesting. In the States (at least where I'm from) flan is a custard dessert from Mexico. What you showed would be called a "Tart" - which is odd, since tart is the opposite of sweet and a Tart is sweet... Weird. It sounds like most of the words that you use may be French in origin and America uses the word from the region the vegetable originates from. Zucchini vs Courgette for example. We use both coriander and cilantro in the states. The former for the seeds, and the latter for the green plant. I keep forgetting that they are the same plant. :)

[@svefors1]

Saran Wrap is a brand name that became a common name much like bandaid, Walkman or frisbee. French bread is dipped in egg mixed with sugar, vanilla and sometimes cinnamon before fried. Usually topped with fruit, preserves or syrup. Flan is actually an egg custard often topped with a Carmel sauce.

[@ronelgrobbelaar576]

In South Africa we call Candy floss "Spook asem" in Afrikaans. This directly translates to Ghost Breath.

[@stephendise7946]

Ronel Grobbelaar I like that!

[@WildStar2002]

@@stephendise7946 Oooh, me too!

[@Imme_begin]

Ronel Grobbelaar that’s cool!

[@xl4rk]

Cool! I like it

[@shrodingerschat2258]

"Saran" is the brand name of plastic cling wrap, but over time it has evolved into a generic name for plastic wrap. This has happened with many American products where the brand name has become genericized: Kleenex(facial tissue) Xerox (photo copy) Band-aid (adhesive bandage) just to name a few.

[@stephendise7946]

Andrew Young aspirin as well!

[@kevint9125]

Thermos and Frigidaire are also brand names

[@IAm-qf2xb]

fascinating

[@jadelynelle218]

Q-Tip!

[@Imme_begin]

Andrew Young In the south, Coke, for soda or pop.

[@brycegfh3813]

For cutlery, its much more common in the US to call it eating utensils. Silverware would be normally for your more expensive dinner ware. So if you were eating off your fine china plates you'd be more likely to say silverware

[@thowen1988]

I've never heard of french toast referred to as 'eggy bread'; this was informative and entertaining.

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

Flan is flan. I've never heard anyone in the US call it "fruit pie."

[@mfumich]

A fruit pie is pastry dough folded in half with fruit filling and it’s baked or fried. Flan is flan.

[@MisPlaced89]

Are they talking about fruit cake? Flan (pronounced flawn) is a Mexican desert, right?

[@svefors1]

Flan is an egg custard topped with caramel sauce.

[@joquendof]

It's just that what Americans know as fruit tarts, in the UK they call it flan. But, what Americans know as flan, they call it creme caramel.

[@riomoore2006]

Joel Oquendo no we call it a tart a flan is much different

[@RiseeRee]

I’ve never heard anyone say “cooker” when they mean “stove”. I think we’d only say cooker if we were taking about a slow/pressure cooker specifically. Coriander is what we call cilantro seeds, so technically we use both. We’d say cutlery too, but I think that would probably be if we were buying a full set with cooking knives/tools etc. Flan is like a custard/pudding-ish dessert here, so a fruit pie is something totally different. Most would probably call it a fruit tart, or just a tart. Oh and we say “Saran” wrap because that was a big brand name of plastic wrap. The same way some of us might call all diapers “Pampers” or all bandages “Band-Aids”. Some regions even refer to all sodas (or pop 🙄) as “Coke”, and will ask you which kind of “coke” do you want lol

[@KLVanderWall]

I use Coriander in much of my cooking.. it is ground coriander seeds.. but I also use Cilantro when I make salsa, and here cilantro is a leafy green plant that looks much like parsley. Salsa doesn't taste right without cilantro.

[@nickk.a]

Oh no... You can't refer to all soda as coke 😂 that's horrible. Coke, Coca cola and cocaine are the only things that should be referred to from coke 😅

[@malcolmdrake6137]

Risee either missed the entire point of the video...or didn't watch it at all.

[@williamlucas4656]

Nick A Most people down south refer to soda as "Coke" just as most in the midwest refer to it as "Pop". Some in the Northeast still refer to it as "tonic water".

[@nickk.a]

@@williamlucas4656 Pop, sure. Coke, no unless it actually was coke. Tonic water no unless it actually was tonic water because that's a specific unique liquid.

[@karenmullen3210]

I'm pretty sure the fairy cake you're describing is what we call a shortcake and we fill it, (the depression on top) with strawberries that have been sweetened and sliced and allowed to sit overnight to create a kind of a thick juicy juice and top it with whipped cream

[@jyndev4570]

A lot of folks use the term "Flatware" which encompasses Silverware and utensils of any other material. Gherkins are a type of a pickle here, usually of the sweet variety. Also Gherkins are smaller than your standard deli Dill pickle.

[@chrisstevenson9836]

When the americans think of flan we talk about the mexican dessert. What is a custard with caramel sauce. We say gerken as a small pickle

[@thatoldcomicsmell56]

Chris Stevenson gurkin is a German word. I think gurka is a cucumber and gurkin is a pickle.

[@Dunagh]

When this American hears the word "flan", he thinks about the Spanish dessert. :-)

[@marutakelers1856]

@@thatoldcomicsmell56 We say gurkis in Latvian. pronounced GOOR-chiss for a cucumber.If it's a pickle, we say pickled cucumber.

[@UND1989]

Flan is Spanish, not Mexican.

[@marutakelers1856]

@@UND1989 Well, they brought it to Mexico. And for those of us who haven't been to Spain, we find it in Mexican restaurants, soo...

[@geoffgeorge8813]

to us a gherkin specifically refers to a tiny sweet pickle, whereas pickles are savory

[@gerryrepash6706]

Another fact for you we also use Eggplant and Salmon as colors. So I might have an Eggplant or Salmon colored shirt. Beets are always plural as in "Give me some beets" or have some "beets" .

[@amandajoyce7608]

Coriander is the seed, cilantro are the fresh leafy green bits. Same plant - different times of harvest. We use both names. Aubergine - there is a white variety. Small white ones are exactly the same size as a white egg! Look it up. Saran Wrap is a brand name! For MANY years Saran was the most popular brand and the name just stuck. Silverware, for those who have both silverware and stainless steel flatware we use the correct name for the appropriate product. Eggy bread, I prefer my eggy bread savoury but I call it French bread. I’ve taken a lot of heat for preferring it savoury. Gammon, I prefer my thick cut Ham topped with a thin layer of brown sugar and that topped with a dusting of dry mustard or powdered mustard and then broiled till the sugar just begins to candy. Between the sharpness of the mustard and the sweetness of the sugar it takes the ham to another level of yummieness. Balance between sugar and mustard is critical. Gherkins, refer to ONLY baby pickles brined in a spicy sweet mixture. Other pickled cucumbers come under a wide variety of names. The word Jug isn’t used that much here. In a bar you might order a pitcher of beer. On the farm you might be served milk from a jug.

[@eileenbergman9793]

Fun fact: Saran wrap comes from the chemist's boss that discovered that plastic, his wife and daughter's names where Sarah and Ann

[@agoogleuser4443]

We tend to say Handiwrap due to the product name.

[@tomkrysiak3224]

Gerkin is a type of pickle over here. My grandfather made pickles for a living. Gerkins were whole mini-pickles. Not a full grown cucumber.

[@anchorskid]

In America: Lima beans (yuck) are pronounced with a long i. • Saran Wrap is the brand name that popularized the product, like Kleenex or Jello. •When I think jug, I think of an old-fashioned, heavy, ceramic vessel with a cork stopper and a hole for picking it up with one finger - the kind of thing used to hold moonshine, molasses, or water to be drunk. You swing it up onto your shoulder and drink straight out of it. However, some old ones are very large ( 2-3 ft. tall) and that would not be possible. Those were used for shipping liquids years ago. A pitcher holds liquids to be drunk, but was also used once upon a time for water placed on bedroom dresser and a large bowl for one's morning ablutions. It's water is poured out into a glass or a bowl. You don't drink straight from a pitcher. A pitcher has a handle; a jug has rings that usually only accommodate a single finger if it's not too heavy. Some jugs have rings on either side of the mouth. A jug has a narrower mouth than a pitcher. •Most silverware or flatware is of stainless steel. If it's of silver (Ag), we call it "the silver" and is only used for special occasions in my family. e.g. The silver needs to be polished. •We use the Itallian word rather than the French for zucchini in the US. I've never had savory "eggy" bread. I have had scrambled egg sandwiches. French toast is, as you say, sweet and delicious and if Americans use ketchup on eggs they're generally scrambled like on a sandwich. •The picture you showed and called flan was a fruit tart. Flan is caramel custard. I have some in the fridge at this moment. Yum! •Ham is eaten hot, cold, in sandwiches, on pizza, in salad, stewed with lentils, in soups, minced and spread on bread or crackers, etc.; it is traditional at Easter or Christmas, but is eaten throughout the year. I like your vids a lot!

[@duphasdan]

When it comes to fries and chips, there is an interesting story on that. In the 1890s at a resort in New York, a cook there make fried potatoes by chipping the pieces off into sizeable chips. One day a person kept demanding that his fried potato chips be made thinner. The cook became frustrated and sliced the potatoes as thin as he can, which the customer liked instead of being insulted. It became a specialty of the place and the recipe was brought over to Europe where it became more popular and known as chips. Meanwhile, as the Gilded Age ended, the chips went out of styles, seen as a staple of the upper class. Decades later when the Normandy Invasion happened in the second great war, it was the task of the British to prepare food for the American soldiers. The British used a simple and easy recipe and prepared the troops fish and chips. The Americans loved the food as it was tasty and quick. They referred to the food as french fries as they were fried potatoes prepared in France. When they came back to America, french fries became increasingly popular and made in the style as was done on the beach, thin cuts of potatoes fried. As those became popular, chips also came back into popularity as a snack food to be sold in stores. While french fries were made fresh and at restaurants, chips (in the style as they were done at the resort) became an increasingly popular snack food at grocery stores. They are basically the same thing, but events and stories resulted in them being seemingly different foods. America has vastly different names for food and things due to a popular trend in early America to distance themselves from the old world by renaming and respelling words. Also, for the cutlery, it is souveware and not silverware. Americans also use silverware for more important eating utensils, whether they are made with silver or not. We also say flatware, serverware, and tableware.

[@conjasummerlin1414]

Re: silverware. Lately "flatware" has become a more prevalent term.

[@agoogleuser4443]

I think to distinguish it from genuine silver since it doesn't tarnish and need to be polished.

[@Kitty67722]

The reason we don’t say eggy bread is because we really don’t eat any “eggy bread” if it’s not French toast. I’ve never heard of a savory version. We exclusively eat French toast here 😂

[@Wychwood]

I was raised to call that dish "Egg Toast". My mom made it with day-old bread, dipped in a mixture of beaten egg and milk, fried in melted butter. You could then top each slice with either cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar, honey, molasses or maple syrup, or you could eat it plain. You can also slip a mixture of sweetened cream cheese and sliced soft fruits (sliced, sweetened trawberries or peaches) in between the bread slices and dust with powdered sugar for stuffed French toast. Alternatively, you could take two pieces and lay down some cooked bacon or thin-sliced ham and some sliced cheese and drop it back in the pan just long enough to melt the cheese. That would be your savory breakfast sandwich. Add a cup of maple syrup on the side for dipping that sandwich and you have an easy-peasy version if a Monte Cristo sandwich.

[@Jprager]

Kat w Yeahh, I always thought the term Eggy bread was like a kiddy term

[@kevinmiller1121]

Kat w I agree. There’s no such thing as a savory version of French toast where I come from.

[@GoodNewsEveryone2999]

I think there is savory french toast, just Americans don't eat it that way. A lot of people over here don't realize crepes come in savory or sweet as well. There are a lot of things that have savory versions but America is the land of sugar, so if there's a sweet version that's usually the one that becomes popular here.

[@Jprager]

GoodNewsEveryone! Especially in the south like Georgia and Alabama sugar plantations became huge in the 20s that’s what makes it so popular

[@standupbroad6648]

Silverware is the generic term for eating utensils. "the Silver" is used to denote the sterling silver utensils stored in its presentation wooden chest. Sterling is no longer used everyday because of automatic dishwashers - the detergent abrades the finish, and the extra-hot water causes the handle part of the knives to separate from the blade. Sterling must be hand-washed, so too crystal, as the crystal will "pit" in a dishwasher. Fine quality items require special treatment.

[@karenmullen3210]

Flan is a custard and the picture you showed is what we would call a fruit torte and these are usually covered with a neutral flavored egg white and sugar or pain unflavored or mildly sweetened gelatin coating So that itwill stay pretty in the patisserie case. A fruit pie has a bottom and possibly a top crust with fruit inside and baked or a small tart with fruit encased in it and deep fried. If you have a bunch of fruit in a baking dish and you cover it with a single crust of pastry on top, it is called a cobbler. All 3 of of the latter are probably sprinkled with granulated sugar afterward. On a side note there is a delightful dessert dish called a buckle, that is made with a cake like batter and you throw some fruit or some sweetened cream cheese in there and the batter bags up over anything you throw into it and it makes a rumpily-bumply looking dessert, that has buckled up like a bad sidewalk or "nine miles of bad road", thus, the name, "buckle".

[@Imme_begin]

We used to get silverware (real silver) as wedding gifts... the name just stuck.

[@vinnygi]

In the US, Gherkins are a small pickle, like a French cornichon.

[@schrinerlove3]

Totally agreed

[@krystlemurphy8514]

For French toast, cinnamon and vanilla are typically added to the eggs and then the bread is dipped in it. We add syrup once it’s cooked.

[@completenutrition3414]

Aubergine/Eggplant- eggplant comes from when the plant was cultivated white and the shape was like an egg so- eggplant. When we talk about coriander we mean the seeds. When we talk about cilantro we are talking about the leaves. I don't like either... lol.. We do call silverware cutlery as well but it is less common. We wish it was silver- like your fancy silver tea sets. I grew up on baby lima beans and recently asked what is a lima bean when it grows up because they are ONLY labeled baby lima beans which are green....we call adult lima beans butter beans which are whitish...my mind was BLOWN!!!! Love you guys

[@aliyahjones9562]

She said, "You dip your egg in the bread." 😂🤣 That would be difficult, to be fair. 😂🤣 I change my words around every day, bless. Thanks for the smiles. 😊

[@morganprovins7206]

You could tell Joel smiled and wanted to say something 😋

[@rhinehardt1]

"He was born with a plastic spork in his mouth." - The new reality.

[@kateg7298]

We took a lot of our terms from different countries. German, Norse, Slavic, Italian. Like zucchini. We weren't accustomed to eating it but gradually learned to from Italian communities and we use their name for it. So a lot of our terms are adopted. Or we use brand names because they were recognized no matter what ethnicity bought them. Saran wrap is a prime example. In Italy, they still call cream cheese by the brand name - Philadelphia Cheese. Language is funny. P.S. Gammon is Pork Roast over here :)

[@gracefullyliving8678]

The flan in American is a custard from like Latin American countries and the clan picture you showed with fruit is a fruit tart.

[@Hokie94CPA]

Why? America is a melting pot... we use words from all over. A lot of French and Spanish words sneak into our vernacular, particularly in the kitchen.

[@bond1j89]

And Italy.

[@MrSheckstr]

And German

[@MrSheckstr]

My point in saying German is there is some research that says that cookie comes from kuchen

[@thesharonroseful]

And Dutch! I've heard our accent comes a lot from the Dutch settlers.

[@8catmom]

Hokie94CPA true

[@jessicahatfield255]

Its called eggplant because of the way it looks on the plant when it first starts growing, like an egg.

[@raphaeldemo9966]

1)The reason why we call it zucchini is due to we were introduced to this vegetable through Italian immigrants. 2)Eggplants because it resembles an egg, and the reason why you British call it Aubergine and Courgette is because they were introduced by the French into your country. 3)Silverware, cutlery, utensils all interchangeable in the US. 4) plastic wrap is generic whereas as Saran Wrap is a particular brand, it's kind of like when you Brits use Hoover to mean all types of Vacuums.