Weirdly complicated foods you need a culinary degree to make (souffle) or obnoxiously expensive items (caviar) or anything widely associated with the French (snails), I can understand. But eating a plant that just grows out of the ground seems, I don't know, normal, human, ... humble. Bunnies do it. Elitist bunnies!! Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Arugula = rocket Eggplant = aubergine zuchini = courgette
tomayto = tomahto keep to the Fen Causeway
Arugula probably comes from la rucola being confused for l'arucola (something that happens quite often in both directions among uneducated Spanish speakers) and then arucola > arugula is a common phonetic derivation (the latter is easier to pronounce). A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
Which is indeed related to arugula (see Webster's definition.
We can all sigh with relief and congratulate each other on the heartwarming interconnectedness of our culture. When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
Only - not.
