[Sca-cooks] Wierd words in baklava ingredients

Sue Clemenger mooncat at in-tch.com
Sun Nov 16 16:41:50 PST 2003


Nope, no idea at all! (laughing(
I had a similar experience last week--picked up a bag of Thai herb
seasoning in a deli, and looking at the ingredients was informed that
the package contained "green herbs."  Well, duh!  Even I could see that!
;o)
--maire

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine was examining the ingredients listing on a box of
> imported baklava. He believes the labelling on this box may have been
> constructed by someone with an Arabic-English dictionary but no knowledge
> of English. Two words in the ingredients list he came across which
> intrigued him were: Botanistquail and Sprungboosing
> 
> Anybody have any idea what those words might stand for?
> 
> -- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
> "I am in a corner without being back[ed?] there and often come out
> fighting."  -- James Thurber, 1960 interview with Life
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