The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or "shrimp lobster"😉. But it has become a custom in this country. It must sound odd to Italians.
Here's a definition from Guru. You can find a similar definition in Merriam Webster.
scam·pi (skam'pe, skäm'-) n., pl. scampi. Large shrimp broiled or sautéed and served in a garlic and butter sauce.
[Italian, pl. of scampo, a kind of lobster, from Greek kampe, bending (from its shape), perhaps from Greek kamptein, to bend.]
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
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Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
nancy
Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha bread!"
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
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Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi."
It's my strongest argument that shrimp scampi has come to mean a style of preparation. Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Scampi, yeah, we get what it means. Scampi can mean all it wants to in Italian, it means something else here. That's all I was saying.
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It's on the same level as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha bread!"
Well, we say white bread, italian bread, french bread, why not foccachia (sp) bread. It describes what kind of bread. I've never seen foccachia that looked like any of the above.
The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or "shrimp lobster"😉. But it has become a custom in this country. It must sound odd to Italians.
Er... this reminds me of an old posting I made in which I stupidly said I can't tell a Chardonnay from a Chablis, and received some well-deserved snickers from the audience. You'll get the same treatment.
Well, we say white bread, italian bread, french bread, why not foccachia (sp) bread. It describes what kind of bread. I've never seen foccachia that looked like any of the above.
It's arguing semantics... In other words it's pointless. It's for the same people that thrive on correcting the spelling and/or typos of others.
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Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!
nancy
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
But heaven forbid that someone isn't 100 years old and been reading this stale fart of a newsgroup for the past 99 years. Have you heard? You suck!
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Nancy Young wrote: >Have you heard? The Beatles broke up! > >nancy ------------------------------------- What are you referring to?
Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
nancy
Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha bread!"
I always understood it to mean "shrimp [prepared in the manner ordinarily used for] scampi [in Italy]."
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Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
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Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi."
It's my strongest argument that shrimp scampi has come to mean a style of preparation. Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Scampi, yeah, we get what it means. Scampi can mean all it wants to in Italian, it means something else here. That's all I was saying.
Doesn't mean that in the UK, where there is an important scampi fishery. Scampi is Norway lobster, period. "Shrimp scampi" is garlic prawns or something like that. God forbid I should ever encounter "chicken scampi".
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Boy, Nancy, are you ever crabby ! The last time Shrimp Scampi was posted
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last August. You think there are no new newbies on RFC? You think no one
ever
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goes on vacation? You think every offered post actually gets posted? I must have done something years ago to annoy you, because you never
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up. Nancree
I think the annoyance comes because you start a new thread just to reiterate what other people have already said. You did the same thing with the rice wine vinegar/rice vinegar thread and other threads too numerous to name. I'm sure even newbies are capable of following a thread to find the information given--no need to start a whole new thread and waste even more bandwidth.
rona (who now has to pay the telephone company for every single second it takes to download posts--my kf is filling up fast) -- "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will [censored] upon your computer." --Bruce Graham
Boy, Nancy, are you ever crabby ! The last time Shrimp Scampi was posted
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last August. You think there are no new newbies on RFC? You think no one
ever
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goes on vacation? You think every offered post actually gets posted? I must have done something years ago to annoy you, because you never
let
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up. Nancree
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I think the annoyance comes because you start a new thread just to reiterate what other people have already said.
Thanks, Rona, you hit the nail on the head, and added to that the subject line was in all caps, like there was a dramatic new twist to shrimp scampi. All I did was point out that it was old news.
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Nancree wrote: > > Nancy Young wrote: > >Have you heard? The Beatles broke up! > > > >nancy > ------------------------------------- > What are you referring to?
Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held here many, many times.
nancy
Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha bread!"
I always understood it to mean "shrimp [prepared in the manner ordinarily used for] scampi [in Italy]."
That doesn't make sense to me, shouldn't it be "scampi shrimp"?
Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Scampi, yeah, we get what it means. Scampi can mean all it wants to in Italian, it means something else here. That's all I was saying.
Doesn't mean that in the UK, where there is an important scampi fishery. Scampi is Norway lobster, period. "Shrimp scampi" is garlic prawns or something like that. God forbid I should ever encounter "chicken scampi".
