More Word Rants

I can't believe the spelling that goes on at school! All my classmates are high school graduates and half of them can't spell. As seen in the walk in cooler recently: letice, rutabeggar, rutabeggers, leaks (not meaning that the container had a hole in it), and coilflour. On the order board : popperdoms (just read the box for Pete's sake!), mophandel (a distant relative of the composer perhaps?), and cellery. In the freezer : chicken stoc and veal stalk (not sure if it stalks you or vice versa).

Then there is pronounciation (again), excuse my phonetics: guacamole = gwak-a-mo-lay not gwaka-mole (I even heard that on Family Guy recently, Brian the dog corrected the mispronouncer), confit = con-fee not con-fitt. Okay, they are both in other languages but if you're going to work in cooking you should take the time to learn to pronounce the terms.

Last one! Inappropriate word use. Dethaw is not a word, it does not mean defrost. If it was a word, which it is not, it would mean the opposite of thaw, to freeze. Arrgghh!