Saturday, March 26, 2022

Funny Name: "Genuinely" Funni Edition

The Shriners don't want you to think they're trying to fool anyone with this recipe from Shriners Parade of Recipes Main Dish Edition Including Meats and Casseroles (1966). That's why they use the scare quotes. After all, it's not a recipe for Genuine Hungarian Goulash, and they wouldn't want you to think so.


It's for "Genuine" Hungarine Goulash. 

Also, is Hungarine a word used for imitation Hungarian items, like plant-based "chik'n" nuggets? If so, then the Shriners are even trying to watch out for people who don't understand scare quotes. If they can't figure out that scare-quoted "genuine" is not actually genuine, then hopefully they'll pick up on the Hungarine. That might be a lot to ask of people who don't get scare quotes, but you can't say the Shriners didn't try to warn cooks about the authenticity of the recipe.
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6 comments:

  1. Lace makerMarch 26, 2022 at 2:17 PM

    I wonder how the Shriners would spell Czechoslovakian, or kolache. Maybe there aren't many people of Hungarian heritage in Oregon.

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  2. Holley4734March 27, 2022 at 3:23 PM

    Gotta love word play.

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    1. Poppy CrockerMarch 27, 2022 at 3:38 PM

      I do. I still think my favorite still might be the recipe for "Porky Pines" (porcupine meatballs).

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  3. gentianaMarch 29, 2022 at 3:23 AM

    You can make everything "genuine Hungarine" with enough tablespoons of paprika and a few cloves of garlic. We love life with lots of spice.

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    1. Poppy CrockerMarch 29, 2022 at 10:07 AM

      That's good to know, as long as nobody tries to make a "genuine" Hungarine Jell-O mold.

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