I've already expressed amusement at The Any Oven Cookbook's (Saran Wrap, 1981) insistence that it's a great idea to cook seafood in the microwave. While that's still relevant for today's recipe, I'm more amused by the recipe title.
I'm caught between asking whether anybody else imagines hats for undersized fish when they hear this name and proclaiming that "Shrimpy Flounder Turbans" would be a good band name.
What does this say about our species? Not only do we play with our food, and sometimes name our food creations after other objects of our creation. Most animals just find their food and eat it.
ReplyDeleteWell, they might have some kind of mental labels for what they eat! We don't really have any way of knowing whether they're playful with their naming/ conceptual conventions...
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