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Narrator: Today's word is "Scampi" — noun, pronounced /ˈskæmpi/, with the stress on "scam".
Narrator: Scampi is langoustine or prawn meat fried in breadcrumbs or batter.
Narrator: In plain English, it is breaded fried prawns.
Narrator: It comes from Italian scampi, the plural of scampo, a kind of lobster.
Narrator: A common collocation is "scampi and chips", which describes a classic pub meal.
Narrator: It differs from "prawns", because prawns are the whole shellfish, while scampi is the breaded dish.
Narrator: In a second sense, in Italy scampi means the langoustines themselves.
Narrator: Pubs, cooking, seafood and menus all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: scampi is crunchy seafood in crumbs.
Speaker A: What are you ordering at the pub?
Speaker B: SCAMPI and chips! It comes from Italian scampo.
Speaker A: With tartare sauce?
Speaker B: And mushy peas.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Scampi and chips, please", a pub. "Whitby scampi is famous", food. "Scampi fries are a crisp snack", the bar.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Scampi is plural in form but takes a singular verb in British menus, "scampi is served".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Prawns are its cousin, fish fingers its twin, and calamari an alternative — yet scampi keeps its seaside charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "scampi" in AI prompts — useful for pub menus and allergen labels.
Speaker A: How for menus?
Speaker B: Tempt diners.
Prompt: Write a pub menu description for wholetail scampi and chips.
Speaker A: And allergens?
Speaker B: Label.
Prompt: List the allergens in breaded scampi, including crustaceans and gluten.
Speaker A: Could it help recipes?
Speaker B: Yes, for home cooks.
Prompt: Give a home recipe for crispy oven-baked scampi.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Stock.
Prompt: Forecast scampi orders for a seaside pub during the summer holidays.
Scampi — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary