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Probably not worth a new thread, as I could've asked this over in Bingley's brown bell, where mushrooms were mentioned. I'll take a chance on it thudding into the abyss, though, rather than further confuse the dung issue: Which is correct - Portobello or Portabella? (consuelo? emanuela? anyone?) Citations, please. This has been bothering me for years (yes, I know I need to get a life, and I will next month  )
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A quick google yields various Portobellos as place or place-related names, portabella, OTH, yields mushroom dishes.
The portabella ravioli I once had at an otherwise awful restaurant in Greenwich Village were wonderful, and I have been distantly addicted to that too dear fungus ever since.
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No idea about the meaning. I can just say that both can have an Italian meaning
Porto bello = a beautiful port ( = harbour)
Porta bella = a beautiful door
I have to add that I have never seen portabella used anywhere.
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. Portabella Mushrooms. T he largest of the cultivated mushrooms, portabella have open veils and flat caps that can measure up to six inches in diameter. ... http://www.producepete.com/shows/portabella.html [More Results From: www.producepete.com]
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Here is a URL for you "schrooners" . Some scientific discussion that might keep you from poisoning yourself. http://www.mpm.edu/collect/botany/mushroom.html
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Thanks, y'all. Portabella it is. Now I can rest easy. And thanks for the fungus link, Dr Bill.
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I hope none of you girls get upset by seeing any Amanita phalloides When they first "pop up", they are very suggestive. http://members.aol.com/basidium/deathcap.html
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Does majority rule?
Googling® portobello-mushroom yields 9,130 hits, portabella-mushroom only 4,180.
Ænigma likes neither.
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I tried in vain to find Portabella in an Italian dictionary: this seems to be one of those not Italian "Italian things",
like the Alfredo sauce - totally unknown in Italy.
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I tried in vain to find Portabella in an Italian dictionary: this seems to be one of those not Italian "Italian things", like the Alfredo sauce - totally unknown in Italy.
I also couldn't find it in mine, and that really annoyed when I first got the dictionary, because I was hoping to put that argument to rest for once and for all! Personally, I like the sound of portobello better. Maybe I heard it before I heard the other variations. I also noticed when reading through my "Italian cooking encyclopedia" yesterday that the pasta which is Alfredo in English is just something like creamy pasta or pasta with cream (can't remember the name exactly) in Italian. No mention of Alfredo, the mythical inventor of it.
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