Salsa: its meaning and pronunciation

[JAS_OH1]

[Mod.edit: this post and others moved to form a new topic. (MG)]

Yep . I think the hardest thing about risotto is (a) how "creamy" you like it; in other words, more stock, more stirring the rice to release the starch and (b) whether you like it "al dente" or just cooked a little more.
And those two questions, just like "Is salsa alfredo american?" and "does salsa carbonara have cream in it?"...
will never be resolved.

I have never heard of salsa Alfredo or salsa carbonara, either, and I have been living in the US for most of my life!

 

[garlichead]

I have never heard of salsa Alfredo or salsa carbonara, either, and I have been living in the US for most of my life!

Salsa just means sauce.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Salsa just means sauce.

Ah, to me (and probably to most Americans) it means a Mexican-style sauce made with tomatoes, peppers, onion, etc. for dipping tortilla chips in. Or a dance/music style, LOL! Which I can't do.

Edited to add: Apparently Miriam Webster thinks so as well.

salsa​

noun

sal·sa | \ ˈsȯl-sə , ˈsäl- \

Definition of salsa​

1: a usually spicy sauce of chopped tomatoes, onions, and peppers that is commonly served with Mexican food also : a similar sauce made with a main ingredient other than tomatoes peach salsa
2: popular music of Latin American origin that has absorbed characteristics of rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock

Disclaimer: it didn't occur to me that it might mean something different in another country.

 

[garlichead]

Yeah that's one definition.

salsa meaning - Search

I suspect KK meant sauce or at least that's the definition I though he was using, otherwise it would be confusing for sure.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yeah that's one definition.

salsa meaning - Search

It pulls up the same definition when I click on it...

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yeah that's one definition.

salsa meaning - Search

I suspect KK meant sauce or at least that's the definition I though he was using, otherwise it would be confusing for sure.

No I completely get it now.

Okay sorry for running amok off-topic.

 

[TastyReuben]

Salsa is just Spanish for sauce. Here (US), it’s taken to mean the stuff you eat with tortilla chips, but it’s used more generically in the UK/Europe.

Around here, BTW, it’s frequently pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with “gal.”

 

[JAS_OH1]

Salsa is just Spanish for sauce. Here (US), it’s taken to mean the stuff you eat with tortilla chips, but it’s used more generically in the UK/Europe.

Around here, BTW, it’s frequently pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with “gal.”

I pronounce it more like Saul-sa.

Okay, I might be smelling a distinct whiff of new thread topic here, LOL...

 

[garlichead]

Around here, BTW, it’s frequently pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with “gal.”

That's how I pronounce it.

 

[JAS_OH1]

That's how I pronounce it.

Yeah, but how do you pronounce gal? It could be different than Southern Ohio dialect, LOL!

On an added note, I love how many Canadians pronounce "about". Totally different from the US.

 

[TastyReuben]

That's how I pronounce it.

Are you Canadian by way of Kentucky?

 

[garlichead]

Yeah, but how do you pronounce gal? It could be different than Southern Ohio dialect, LOL!

On an added note, I love how many Canadians pronounce "about". Totally different from the US.

True, but I'm not one of them lol. I pronounce the "out"

 

[JAS_OH1]

True, but I'm not one of them lol. I pronounce the "out"

The first time I visited Canada I was wondering what that was all "a boot" LOL

 

[garlichead]

My dad was American, maybe that's why lol.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Are you Canadian by way of Kentucky?

Maybe he secretly lives in one of the southern US states and has just been foolin' with us all this time