Why is mutton used for both sheep meat and goat meat?
The meat of an adult sheep is called mutton. The meat of an adult goat is called chevon or mutton. In the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, and in some parts of Asia, …
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Jun 27, 2015 · +1, I like that this is the first answer to address the multiple Unicode code points involved. However, I think you might mention that regardless of the characters' names or …
If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then where is the …
Oct 15, 2015 · Venison was originally for any game animal, and still applies not only to deer but to elk and reindeer and moose. Beef is for bulls as well as cows, but also used as horse beef and …
When and why did the word "pasta" become commonly used?
Sep 15, 2022 · This is evident in such changes in food wordings as mahi-mahi (for dolphin [the fish, not the mammal], orange roughy (for slimehead), chevon (for goat meat), and canola oil …
Words for meat differ from the words for the corresponding animal
The usual story is that during the norman conquest, the poor farmers were too poor to eat meat, and the French rulers never saw the animals, which is why the words for the meat have …