My Lunch

[RichardCranium]

But Jaffa Cakes you're right, definitely not.

But there might be squid ink in Jaffa Cakes as a food colouring. Discussion.

Mmmmm. Deep fried battered Jaffa Cakes.

[suityou01]

If it was Seafood Carbonara, would this make more sense?

[suityou01]

Linky

[RichardCranium]

So what's on today's menu?

Red Herring with Thread Noodles?

[suityou01]

So what's on today's menu?

Red Herring with Thread Noodles?

It should be the seafood calamari today.

[RichardCranium]

It should be the seafood calamari today.

Does that come with Wild Goose Chase Surprise?

[suityou01]

Does that come with Wild Goose Chase Surprise?

No. Wild Game Foul Bird Feathered Friend Goose Chase Surprise.

[d000hg]

FFS, having the "X" there was the entire point of what I wrote.

There's nothing wrong with a place advertising "Espresso Coffee", because there aren't any redundant words there. Espresso is a type of coffee*, as is instant or filter. Without the "X", there is no error.

Not convinced. We discussed redundant words and you used "espresso coffee" as an example. Which IS a valid example because espresso IS coffee like calamari IS squid.

The X is clearly your own gaffe. 'fess up and be seen as more of a man for it.

[suityou01]

Not convinced. We discussed redundant words and you used "espresso coffee" as an example. Which IS a valid example because espresso IS coffee like calamari IS squid.

The X is clearly your own gaffe. 'fess up and be seen as more of a man for it.

Yeah I admitted I'm a muppet

[GreenLabel]

Not convinced.

Don't care.

We discussed redundant words...

No we didn't. Redundant wording is there, but it's not the main reason why "seafood calamari" is so stupid.

...and you used "espresso coffee" as an example.

Perhaps you were discussing redundant words, but redundant wording, while present, isn't why I originally raised an eyebrow (redundant words not being the sole or even primary reason why "seafood calamari" is so ridiculous) - I was referring to places that have obvious errors in their menus and signwriting. I was toying with the idea of using "pizza's" as my example instead, yet avoided it because I thought it would result in the exact same problem that "expresso" clearly has.

Which IS a valid example because espresso IS coffee like calamari IS squid.

If you want to be technical "espresso coffee" is a valid example, but I personally don't find it as cringeworthy as "Expresso". More than likely a cafe has advertised espresso coffee to highlight to potential customers that they're not serving that filter rubbish.

The original example was "seafood calamari", which doesn't work. Yes, there's the redundant wording, but that's not why I raised it. It's absurd because it's advertised as if calamari is some recipe into which seafood is tossed. Hence my example of "poultry chicken".