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A garlic clove is in Spanish "diente de ajo", meaning "a tooth of garlic"... And there must be many more...  Oh, and in fact, a complete garlic bulb is called "cabeza de ajos", meaning "a head of garlic"... So, a head of garlic composed of teeth of garlic...
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Artichoke hearts. Which, like hearts of palm, I'm thinking are so named from the sense of "heart" meaning "center" and nothing to do with the organ which pumps blood.
Kidney beans.
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Kidney beans.
which reminds me of "black eyed peas"
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ears of corn
Be careful about "corn" -- if the expression with ears originated in England, where "corn" means grain in general, esp. wheat. Of course ears doesn't seem to make any more sense with a wheatstalk than with a stalk of maize.
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A "hand" of bananas that comes from a "palm" tree. And I'm not going to be the first one to mention nuts either.
"Parson's nose" on a chicken.
Borrowing from the recent Rhyming slang thread you have "loaf* of bread"
Rod
* 'cos "loaf"="head" via "loaf of bread" or is that disappearing rapidly up its own jacksie?
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In reply to:
"Parson's nose" on a chicken.
Rodward, would you please explain what a parson's nose is, in the context of poultry?
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re "parson's nose". Also known as "the Pope's nose" which I didn't know until a minute ago. This is the gristly fatty tail protuberance which is considered a delicacy by some. (From google) Apparently originated as a derogatory term to demean Catholics in England during the late 17th century.
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the parson nose is also known (in anti catholic circles, and among the totally irreverand) as the pope's nose!
It is the tail! (or more rudely the ass bones )
a chickens tail is short and stubby-- and does sort of resemble a nose!
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Orecchiette...
from orecchia (ear), orecchie (ears).
Good with turnips..
Ciao
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Not to mention Nipples of Venus, which is probably a translation from Italian, originally.
Never known, I don't even imagine what they are..
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