Steve Wertz > wrote:
+ So the moral of the story is that both the fresh and fried version of
+ spring rolls are called Spring Rolls, though I think the term "spring
+ rolls" should imply fresh vegetable ingredients wrapped in rice paper,
+ rather than the fried pork/shrimp/cloudear types, and the others
+ should be called something else - like imperial rolls - if we';re
+ trying to standardize the terms ;-)

It makes sense to me that "spring rolls" should be veggie-based and
not fried, but... well... English often doesn't make sense, especially
when importing food/ideas from elsewhere.