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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
That's stupid.
There is a food that is basically chopped up tomatos on toasted bread.
Just because it is from Italy doesn't mean there isn't an english word for it.
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Hate to nickpick, but the term actually refers to grilled bread (usually over charcoal)
From wiki:
Bruschetta (Italian pronunciation:
[brusˈketta] (
listen)) is a hearty
appetizer from
central Italy whose origin dates to at least the 15th century. It consists of grilled bread rubbed with
garlic and topped with extra-virgin
olive oil, salt, pepper.
In Italian, bruschetta is pronounced
[brusˈketta]. In English-speaking countries it is sometimes pronounced
/bruːˈskɛtə/, which more closely resembles the Italian pronunciation, and sometimes the pronunciation is
anglicized as
/bruːˈʃɛtə/,
[3] even though in Italian the digraph <ch> is always pronounced /k/, and therefore the three-letter sequence <sch> is always pronounced /sk/.
[4] The noun
bruschetta is from the verb in the Roman dialect
bruscare, meaning 'to roast over coals'.
[5]
Following a
semantic shift, some Americans use the word "bruschetta" to refer to the topping instead of the dish. Many grocery store chains in the United States sell bottled "bruschetta," which is typically tomatoes, onion, garlic, and herbs.