Probably a regional thing then. Pretty sure most of my social circle in Sydney would know the word.

Although I also feel like it only became common in maybe the late 90's.

They probably sold it at some point in the past 40 years though right :)

Not trying to be a dick or anything just showing that the term "cornichon" has been used in Australia at one of the largest supermarkets in the country.

And yes you are correct. I am pretty sure that they were at a premium price to "pickled baby cucumbers".

To me it is more of a French term than English. But in English we don't have such clear words for pickles as, for example, Polish where Ogorky konserwowe has quite a clear meaning as opposed to Ogorky kiszone. So I guess we steal words from where we can and if they happen to sound fancy it's just a bonus ahahaha

Yes and therefore is a product they do sell.

There's another brand they usually have in sydney as well. Green label, forget what it is.

Go to woolies and look at the jars of little pickled cucumbers at least a couple will be labelled as cornichons.

or just check online https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Cornichon+site%3Awoolworths.com.au

In Norway (when I lived there anyway, Kristiansand, late 80's) bacon pancakes were pretty much a weekly dinner.

Slightly thicker than normal pancake cooked in bacon grease and with a couple strips of bacon added just after the pancake mix is dropped to the pan.

My in law family in Poland like it when I make it so it must cross boundaries (and Poland has even better bacon!).

Adding syltetoy (sour jam) is just a bonus in my books. Salty, Sweet and sour eggs and flour!

>this is not real Japan sushi go to hell

Sorry, old drunk and rambly ahahaha

Nope there are tons of places in Japan that sell sushi a Pole would recognise and like. There are also tons of places that do traditional as well (often cheaper or a zillion times more expensive).

My Polish wifes favourite sushi was at a place that I would say was on the questionable level of traditional. Lots of mayo.

But like I say Japan is a food culture and food cultures do tend towards "it tastes good so it's a good idea"

In Japanese foreign words are often in a different alphabet and an awful lot of restaurants menus are almost purely in that alphabet.

In my experience people in Japan doing traditional stuff in any "this is a belief" rather than "nah it's just how I know to do it" (and I am one of the traditional people, it's why I went there) tend to be a little bit out of the ordinary. Mostly people are just doing what they do to get by.

The cultural appropriation thing which you -might- be thinking of doesn't really exist as far as I am aware (white guy, some 15 odd dans in traditional martial arts, bugger all japanese language skills). Everyone I know is super happy foreigners are even interested in Japanese stuff.

They -might- give guidance on how to make it properly when they eat TanTanmen in Warsaw ahahaha but probably they wouldn't.

>pasta isn't Italian invention too;

A fellow Marco Polo believer?

I mean there are some bloody great things to eat in Japan that you won't get anywhere else. I am a huge fan of Nagoya TanTanMen and a guilty lover of Ichiban Ramen (a chain that does a curry ramen which should be considered a travesty but is great) but also if you look for world gold medals in pizza, patisserie etc over the past few years you'll find Japan has quite a few.

It is a very very food oriented culture.

You can even now get really good quality NZ lamb just by the palace nowadays (traditionally Japanese have a habit of saying lamb is too smelly to eat).

[I cook for my wifes family when we are here in Poland and obviously try to to use the local stuff, my sister came to visit and I needed bacon for dinner. She was all "what brand do I buy?" Nope. Look for the yellowest bit that has some string through it and just buy it all ahahahaha]

If you are in Poland I have some bad news for you regarding sushi and ramen ahahahaha the stuff here is really quite as unique as Polish pizza :)

On the bright side gyoza is just fried kapusta i czosznek pierogi so you'll dig that if you go to Japan.

Curry is, from memory, the biggest selling food group in Japan but it is Japanese curry which is interpreted from English curry which is interpreted from Indian curry ahahaha

I guess I'd say that Japan has more regional food specialities than Poland but an awful lot is mostly for internal tourism rather than for actual preferences. Just like in Poland, who doesn't like kielbasa podwawelska the most except those weirdos in torun?

Tempura is a portuguese thing. Ramen (and kind of most noodles) is chinese. Sushi is just the rice. Curry is english and so on.

Food is pretty cool. Unfortunately some foods are super gatekept (usually by pretty ill informed individuals) and Japanese food is one of them.

If you ever want hilarity try and post "A full English Breakfast" or "Carbonara".

>only in Poland

Nah Japan has your back. They'll share the corn and mayo with you as you "fix" any pizza sent to you.

All things being equal the crazy arse pizzas will rule the world as the die hard people die out :)

I personally prefer really simple pizza but to me arguing about toppings which "belong" on a bit of fried bread seems kind of odd.

Italy birth rate is lower than Japan and Poland from memory so logic dictates an obvious direction in pizza toppings ahahahaha