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In article >,
Janet Baraclough > wrote:

> The message >
> from Omelet > contains these words:
>
>
> > > If you bloody idiots insist on posting your stupid recipes, could you
> > > please check if they're correct?
> > >
> > > For example, we don't have zucchini in the UK!

>
> The above was a flame posted by a troll impersonator .


Ok, sorry!

>
> > That's only because y'all call it "pumpkin".

>
> Nope. What you call zucchini we call courgettes (and we grow and eat
> them here)
> Since zucchini is the term used in Italy and the US, UK cooks who have
> travelled, or read cook books,
> know perfectly well what they are.


I jolly well hope so.

>
> What you call pumpkins, we call pumpkins. We grow and eat those too.
>
> Janet
>
> UK


They are especially good small and green.
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