@mangeurdenuage I thought mikus thing was leeks

@georgia @mangeurdenuage isn't that the same thing just bigger?

@lucy @georgia @mangeurdenuage in the same sense that a tiger is just a bigger housecat

@lain @georgia @lucy @mangeurdenuage > Larger varieties of A. fistulosum, such as the Japanese negi, resemble the leek
seems like it’s a “tanuki isn’t actually a raccoon” situation

@cell @lain @georgia @lucy @mangeurdenuage leek, japan

@sun@shitposter.world @cell@pl.ebin.zone @lain@lain.com @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @lucy@netzsphaere.xyz @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world A leek and spring onion is definitely not the same thing. They taste very different, I cook meals using these ingredients very often.

When Levan Polkka became a popular meme known as "leekspin" it was just a result of bad localization because Westerners that don't know what a spring onion is interpreted it to be a leek.

I personally think Jamba (yes, that Jamba, the same company that popularized Crazy Frog) is mostly to blame for spreading this misinformation because they made a bunch of commercials for this broadcasted on TV referring to it as a leek.

It's honestly no different than Brock in dubbed Pokemon calling refering to onigiri as "jelly donuts".