I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL

Jill

On Fri 03 Mar 2006 09:31:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL

Jill

Do they cancel each other out?

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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BIOYA

jmcquown wrote:

I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL

Jill

If they (or anyone else) offer it, then there most certainly is such a
thing. Whether it is remotely "authentic Italian" or a redundant name as
in the scampi is another thing entirely.

Pete C.

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:59:18 GMT, "Pete C." wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL

Jill

If they (or anyone else) offer it, then there most certainly is such a
thing. Whether it is remotely "authentic Italian" or a redundant name as
in the scampi is another thing entirely.

I just saw a show on food tv (which we all know is the bastion of
everything factual, (not) a few days ago. Giada DeLaurentis
(granddaughter of Dino) was doing a tour of Italy and she mentioned while
she was at a fish market there that scampi aren't actually shrimp, they're
small lobsters. I'd always heard it was Italian for shrimp.

So I'm firmly convinced I don't know anything any more about shrimp shrimp,
shrimp scampi, shrimp lobster....

--
Siobhan Perricone
"Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family,
people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o and all the other things I can
prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have."
- Penn Jillette from his "This I Believe" essay

"Siobhan Perricone" wrote

I just saw a show on food tv (which we all know is the bastion of
everything factual, (not) a few days ago. Giada DeLaurentis
(granddaughter of Dino) was doing a tour of Italy and she mentioned while
she was at a fish market there that scampi aren't actually shrimp, they're
small lobsters. I'd always heard it was Italian for shrimp.

So I'm firmly convinced I don't know anything any more about shrimp
shrimp,
shrimp scampi, shrimp lobster....

You keep hearing that, shrimp scampi is shrimp shrimp! Usually amid
seriously annoyed people insisting they cannot imagine what chicken
scampi could possibly be. I don't know where that shrimp thing got
started, but I read about that some time ago, the little lobster thing. Ha!

(laugh) nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
"Siobhan Perricone" wrote

I just saw a show on food tv (which we all know is the bastion of
everything factual, (not) a few days ago. Giada DeLaurentis
(granddaughter of Dino) was doing a tour of Italy and she mentioned
while she was at a fish market there that scampi aren't actually
shrimp, they're small lobsters. I'd always heard it was Italian for
shrimp.

So I'm firmly convinced I don't know anything any more about shrimp
shrimp,
shrimp scampi, shrimp lobster....

You keep hearing that, shrimp scampi is shrimp shrimp! Usually amid
seriously annoyed people insisting they cannot imagine what chicken
scampi could possibly be. I don't know where that shrimp thing got
started, but I read about that some time ago, the little lobster
thing. Ha!

(laugh) nancy

I thought the little lobsters were langostinos? Whatever, they are prepared
the in the same way. Garlic butter, broiled or cooked under a salamander
(no, I don't mean a lizard!)

Jill

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
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On Fri 03 Mar 2006 09:31:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL

Jill

Do they cancel each other out?



More importantly, if you mix pasta and antipasti, will it explode? ;-)

Hasta,
Curt Nelson

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 07:36:06 -0600, "jmcquown"
wrote:
[snip]
[..] the in the same way. Garlic butter, broiled or cooked
under a salamander (no, I don't mean a lizard!)

You don't mean "lizard" either! Salamanders are amphibians.
from
http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/herps/herps.html#amphibian
What is an amphibian?
Amphibians consist of three groups of vertebrates: frogs,
salamanders and caecilians (found in the tropics only). Amphibians
have smooth, scaleless skin which is permeable to water. Water can
evaporate easily from the skin, and an amphibian can dry up and die in
a few hours if it does not have access to water. Thus amphibians tend
to be active at times when evaporation is minimized: at night and when
it rains.

However, this same skin permeability makes it possible for
amphibians to obtain moisture from sources besides pools of water.
This means that amphibians can live in very dry climates, like
deserts, and when the dry season arrives, they just burrow underground
and pull in moisture from the surrounding soil. Despite this, the
amphibian's tie to water remains: their eggs must be laid in water in
order to survive.

The amphibians of Quebec include frogs and salamanders.

(Pough et al., 1998)

What is a reptile?
Reptiles were the world's first truly terrestrial vertebrates. All
reptiles have scaly skin that can withstand dessication and lay eggs
with hard shells, therefore they are not tied to the water like their
relatives, the amphibians. Since they can live on land, they also have
an expanded lung system.

Reptiles include turtles, crocodilians, lizards, snakes and
tuatara (found only in New Zealand). The reptiles of Quebec are
represented by turtles and snakes only.

(Kimball, 1986)


One explanation on how the oven got its name:
http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull36.html

The Ranger

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:43:32 -0500, Siobhan Perricone wrote:

I just saw a show on food tv (which we all know is the bastion of
everything factual, (not) a few days ago. Giada DeLaurentis
(granddaughter of Dino) was doing a tour of Italy and she mentioned while
she was at a fish market there that scampi aren't actually shrimp, they're
small lobsters. I'd always heard it was Italian for shrimp.

Google a picture of Langostino, then google a picture of scampi.
You'll SEE the difference. Langostino are shrimp-like, scampi are
lobster/crayfish-like.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

In article ,
"jmcquown" wrote:

I giggle whenever I see the Olive Garden television commercial touting
shrimp scampi and fettuccini alfredo. I thought there was no such thing
(either one of them) LOL


Last time I ate there I had the "chicken scampi". It was pretty good.
My wife asked me what it was. I just stared at her, and then told here
that she didn't want to know.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

sf wrote:


Google a picture of Langostino, then google a picture of scampi.
You'll SEE the difference. Langostino are shrimp-like, scampi are
lobster/crayfish-like.

A few years ago I was getting Langostino from the local grocery store. I haven't
seen them since, but they were more like little lobster tails than like shrimp.

In article ,
sf wrote:


Google a picture of Langostino, then google a picture of scampi.
You'll SEE the difference. Langostino are shrimp-like, scampi are
lobster/crayfish-like.

Of course, if you actually order scampi in a US restaurant, guess what
you are going to get?

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:43:57 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:

In article ,
sf wrote:


Google a picture of Langostino, then google a picture of scampi.
You'll SEE the difference. Langostino are shrimp-like, scampi are
lobster/crayfish-like.

Of course, if you actually order scampi in a US restaurant, guess what
you are going to get?

Conversely, I remember buying langostino 30ish years ago and they
looked more like crayfish than shrimp/prawns. I don't think anyone
can keep those terms straight... including the Eyetalians in these
parts.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:03:35 -0800, sf
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:43:32 -0500, Siobhan Perricone wrote:

I just saw a show on food tv (which we all know is the bastion of
everything factual, (not) a few days ago. Giada DeLaurentis
(granddaughter of Dino) was doing a tour of Italy and she mentioned while
she was at a fish market there that scampi aren't actually shrimp, they're
small lobsters. I'd always heard it was Italian for shrimp.

Google a picture of Langostino, then google a picture of scampi.
You'll SEE the difference. Langostino are shrimp-like, scampi are
lobster/crayfish-like.

Oh SURE, muck me up with FACTS why doncha?

--
Siobhan Perricone
"Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family,
people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o and all the other things I can
prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have."
- Penn Jillette from his "This I Believe" essay

Dan Abel writes:

Last time I ate there I had the "chicken scampi". It was pretty good.
My wife asked me what it was. I just stared at her, and then told here
that she didn't want to know.

I've found several online recipes for chicken scampi similar to what
Olive Garden has, and my husband loves it. It was his favorite dish at
OG and now we have the added benefit of being able to have it at home in
our underwear

Stacia