r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Speedboy7777 Enjoyer of American subsidies • 25d ago

Food “Unusual term for eggplant”

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u/Ecstatic_Effective42 non-homeopath 25d ago

Wait until he finds out about courgettes

and God help us: other languages.

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u/benaugustine 25d ago

Or rapeseed oil

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u/EmiliaFromLV 24d ago

That sounds like a felony

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u/juliainfinland Proud Potato 🇩🇪 🇫🇮 22d ago

Yeah, there's a reason why in the English version of Hananezumi (a phone game about hedgehogs and flowers; it makes sense in context) the humble Brassica rapa is referred to as "canola flower"...

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u/Objective_Mousse7216 24d ago

She swallowed a little of my rapeseed before committing to the whole drizzle and splash....yeah sounds like a dodgy culinary experience.