I think I have been thinking this for a little while now and really just wanted to get it down on paper to see if it actually made sense, and you know what it does. Why do we say green onions and then say scallions and then say, oh well they are the same thing. I think we say this for a lot of things. I think it really has to do with dialect and where you are in the world. I mean my Merere and Mom always said "put scallions in it, or I need scallions..." so one day I set off to the grocery store to get scallions, to my surprise...no scallions ANYWHERE. I have always wondered about this and then one day watching Racheal Ray or Paula Deen or some Food Tv star's cooking show the recipe called for green onions and the host stated, "Green Onions, Scallions...same thing." For a kid its can be confusing when people call the same thing different names, but I guess that's life and that's why we live in a confusing world, confusing time. I know I am being a little to philosophical with this whole thing, but I think hear this thing over and over just got me to thinking about how the french have one word, for one word, no double meaning words. Oh well what are we gonna do right? So since I usually post a visual picture with my blog I will post two pictures (from a google image search) and one is green onions and one is scallions. Do you know which one is which? See they look the same, can't tell can you? Well apparently the first picture (the one on top are scallions) and the picture below is of green onions...weird I know. Well I know it's not my usual "travel" post or post on my rants on NYC, how bout something different for once...just plain nonsense.
1 comment:
you're a scallion.
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