On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 1:58:57 PM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:57:31 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > >
> > > "Janet B" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:19:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > snip
> > > > >
> > > > > Not only that but I think we did this before with Tater Tots
> > > > > where she kept insisting that they were croquettes. Perhaps it
> > > > > is another matter of calling something by a different name
> > > > > depending on where you live. I had to look something up last
> > > > > night because I was unfamiliar with the name. What made it even
> > > > > more odd was that it was a UK vegan dish but the real dish was
> > > > > thin slices of meat in a sauce. The vegan thing was a cheese
> > > > > dish and didn't even involve faux meat. But it said the American
> > > > > equivalent to the word was "scallop".
>
> escalope = scaloppa/scallopini
> > > >
> > > > You're thinking of someone else from another time from somewhere
> > > > else. I have never discussed tater tots in a group.
> > > > Janet US
> > >
> > > When I said, "we", I meant the collective we. I can't remember who
> > > it was but it did happen.
> >
> > Actually yes, it did. Not sure who was in on it.
>
> Who cares? It just goes to show how toxic this group has become that
> anyone would go after the Janets, the Nancys or even Koko. And it's
> not hard to understand how the cylindrical shape of a tater tot can be
> equated to a cylindrical croquette. Of course, this group doesn't
> cook, they just nit pick and complain all day long as if they're a
> bunch of cranky retired people. Oh, wait...
>
> --
>
> sf

The croquettes sold in Japan come in different shapes. This is done to identify the different types. Some are curry, some are cream, some are beef. As a practical matter, I can make a croquette in the shape of a T-rex and it would still be a croquette and not a dinosaur.