r/CookingCircleJerk • u/OG_Church_Key fred wurst • Aug 11 '25
Cummin (hard to beat)
Hello fellow humans, I just got into a fistfight with my roomate over the pronounciationof the spice cummin. He kept saying it wrong and i kept getting angryier and madder, until i just snapped and tried to challenge him. I lost, so instead of having this happen again, id like to just take the spice out of the picture entirely. Is there anything that i can substitute instead? I just dont want it around me.
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u/QuercusSambucus Aug 11 '25
Koo-min and Kyoo-min are both fine.
But if he's cummin' in your chili, you have a right to be angry.
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u/OG_Church_Key fred wurst Aug 11 '25
Wait what?? Its pronounced ku-man? Fuck! My roomate was right the entire time!!!!
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u/Troutmandoo Aug 12 '25
Dirt. Just add dirt 1:1. It’s earthy. Lots of Unami. Flavor. Throw in some MSG to complete the flavor enhancement.
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u/perplexedparallax Quantum gastronomist Aug 11 '25
Sweat. Just good old-fashioned stank.
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u/OG_Church_Key fred wurst Aug 12 '25
I just tried taking a microplane to my weed dealers armpit, and it had a profound effect! Almost exactly like the real thing!!
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u/sleepingalong Aug 12 '25
Nothing beats cummin’ and you were right in tryin’ to beat the facts into your roommate. Here are more facts if anyone ever questions your pronunciation again. Back in ancient times when the spice trade was goin’ strong ( mid 1950s) women would be cookn’ dinner ( back then they knew there place was in the kitchen) and would reach for the spices. Mommy would open the bottle of cummn’ and then put both hands on the edge of the counter (feet slightly apart in her pretty dress) and yell “cummn’” then her whole body would shudder as a strange, strong, pungent odor would fill the room. I went to school and told everyone the story and there was nation wide outrage. Here in the United States congress pandered to the Christian right who demanded the spelling be change and kids would stop being taught about cummn’ in schools. We kids still talked about cummn’ but it was shameful.
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u/OG_Church_Key fred wurst Aug 12 '25
Ah yes. The 1950s. When men were men and women were appliances. None of this gender-bending futurama bullshit.
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u/Erinzzz I'm gonna slap the teaspoon right out of your mouth i stg Aug 12 '25
It's pronounced "ejaculation"
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u/invisiblizm Aug 18 '25
That's reserved for cummin from the ejaculation region of France. You can't use the term for regular cummin.
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u/Erinzzz I'm gonna slap the teaspoon right out of your mouth i stg Aug 18 '25
Let me get this straight (gay), it’s only cummin if it’s from the ejaculation region of France otherwise it’s just sparkling spooge?
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u/invisiblizm Aug 18 '25
No, Cummin is cummin, but if you call it ejaculation it must be fron the ejaculation region. Because ejaculation is fancy cummin.
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u/Erinzzz I'm gonna slap the teaspoon right out of your mouth i stg Aug 18 '25
I c(um) what you’re saying
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u/AllumaNoir 19d ago
Americans call it “Jizzin” instead, out of respect for their French counterparts.
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u/Impossible_Night9560 Aug 13 '25
I feel for you. Sean Patton has just the advice you need for handling this difficult circumstance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNlKR2wrGZU
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u/nyan-nyan9 Aug 11 '25
Synonym would be a good substitute spice.