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January 10, 2022, 23:22
BobHale
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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)


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January 11, 2022, 06:42
Geoff
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.
January 11, 2022, 17:23
BobHale
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.
January 11, 2022, 19:15
Kalleh
My immediate reaction was like yours, Geoff - I thought it was b.