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submitted 1 year ago by Freitag@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

In German it's Mäusespeck = Mouse Bacon

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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We call it 棉花糖 in Chinese, which translates to cotton candy... Which gets confusing if we're also talking about cotton candy (the fluffy kind).

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Where are you from? I associate that word with cotton Candy but cannot for the life of me think of what a marshmallow is

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

HK. Yeah, if you asked me out of the blue what 棉花糖 is I would've said cotton candy first but I also had a vague memory of calling marshmallow that too. I had to confirm it with Wikipedia lol.

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hello fellow Hongkonger

[-] mancy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Do you have a different name for the fluffy cotton candy?

[-] mancy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

No it’s the same. Then again I can’t recall seeing any marshmallow on the shelves when I visit home. I don’t think it’s a common snack in Taiwan but I could be wrong!

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

It's not common but you can absolutely find some at the candy section in a supermarket.

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