Cute names to cover up what it is

[sparrowgrass]

Armadillo is "possum on the half shell".

(Yes, that is food related.)

[Mabelline]

sparrowgrass, that made me think of what armadillo was called down by the bayouque in Carrizo Springs TX. They qued a lot of them and called them pork in a box (it does taste like pork).

[arjay]

SQUID

Put it on the menu as Calamari and folks will scarf it up as though it's edible.

[ludja]

Armadillo is "possum on the half shell".

(Yes, that is food related.)

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Are there any euphemisms for nutria? I thought that there had been some campaign to encourange eating of these creatures in LA.

[arjay]

Armadillo is "possum on the half shell".

(Yes, that is food related.)

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Are there any euphemisms for nutria? I thought that there had been some campaign to encourange eating of these creatures in LA.

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I would suggest Nutrimari.

[nr706]

Ooh! I have a good one:

Squab (better known as park pigeon)

Not to nitpick (anything starting that way means there's a nitpick coming ...) but to be called squab, doesn't it have to be a pigeon so young that it's never flown? All the pigeons in the parks here take to the skies whenever anyone gets close.

[DTBarton]

They call it that old mountain dew

And them that refuse it are few

I'll shut up my mug if you'll fill up my jug

With that good ol' mountain dew

Bluegrass band in college used to do that one, had some great verses

My Uncle Mort, he's all sawed off and short

He measures 'bout 5 foot 2

But he thinks he's a giant if you give him a pint

Of that good ol' mountain dew

My pet peeve euphemism came about years ago when dolphin fish became widely available in restaurants and stores and they started calling it mahi-mahi.

I'd been fishing for dolphin in North Carolina since I was little. The last straw was when places on Hatteras Island started calling it mahi. I said, since when are you rednecks Polynesian? They said, correctly, that ignorant eco-nuts kept griping about them serving Flipper and it wasn't worth the trouble. So, they're ignorant and I have to speak Polynesian?

[winesonoma]

Calling Beans "whistle-berries".

[Mabelline]

Nutrimari!!! Might work!

[ludja]

Heard a too cutesy term today on The Today Show.

The guest chef prepared a dish consisting of a boneless chicken leg filled with a stuffing and then wrapped in caul fat and roasted. Al Roker kept asking, "what's this white stuff"? The chef called it; "Nature's Lace"...