[Lachlan09]

A question for our Americans here:- where do American pronunciations of certain cooking terms and ingredients come from , plus different names? I ask, having watched Food Network for some time and chefs like Bobby Flay, Rachel Rae and others mention ingredients in a different way to us olde worlde types !

A few examples:-

Herbs (Scotland) = Erbs (USA)

Basil (Scotland) = Bayzil (USA) (I really hate that one ! I use basil every week in cooking)

OreGAno (Scotland) = oRAgeno (USA)

Tomato (Scotland) = Tomayto (USA) (the famous one !)

Rocket (Scotland) = aRUgala (USA)

Courgette (Scotland) = Zucchini (USA)

Aubergine (Scotland) = Eggplant (USA)

Spring Onions or sybies
or syboes(Sco) = Scallions or green onions (USA)

streaky bacon (Sco) = bacon (USA)

back bacon (Sco) = Canadian bacon


and so on…..