Our colleague Helen Rosner in Chicago relates today’s Tribune’s list of nine menu language pet peeves, which includes redundancies such as shrimp scampi (literally shrimp shrimp), and “melt-in-your-mouth” (when not applied to ice cream). We’re right on board with these, and would also like to add our displeasure with the word “succulent.” Has anybody in real life ever used this meaningless adjective when not writing menu or ad copy? We think not. How about you, readers? What are your menu pet peeves? [Via MP Chicago]
