In article >, "Janet" > wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>>A minor annoyance, but I always thought the name of this spice was
>> spelled and pronounced "turmeric". It even says so on the bottle I
>> have in my cabinet, but all tv chefs pronounce it "tumeric", including
>> the Iron Chefs, Alton Brown, and the competitors on all the "reality"
>> cooking shows.
>>
>> Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric
>>
>> Whenever I hear it pronounced "tumeric", I can't help thinking of
>> tumors.
>>
>> Shouldn't professional chefs, food scientists, writers and critics
>> learn the proper names of their ingredients?
>>
>> I may be nit-picking but I think I'm right on this issue.
>
>You're right.
>
>Now let's establish whether cumin is pronounced kooMEEN or CUEmin. <G>

I always thought it was "come in". ;-)

Cheers, Phred.

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