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I was looking for recipes for onion bhaji (I know how to make them, it couldn't be easier, but I wanted to check if I could substitute some ingredients and if there was a way to make them in the oven rather than deep fried) and I saw this... "A healthier alternative to the deep-fried onion bhajis you find in Indian restaurants. These are baked and exceedingly tasty. They are sweet, tender and very Moorish. Serve hot as an appetizer or starter." I wondered if the use of "Moorish" was a) a mistake, they meant moreish b) intentionally referring to the "Moorish" style of cooking or c) an intentional pun playing on the homophone from a) and b) "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | ||
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My immediate reaction was b, but I didn't know the word, "moreish." I had to look it up. Now I see how c seems sensible. | |||
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Interesting. My immediate reaction was an autocorrect error for a). That's possibly because "moreish" is more common in the Uk than in the USA. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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My immediate reaction was like yours, Geoff - I thought it was b. | |||
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