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Balanced diet? by
Frogleg
Humans have existed on all kinds of diets that would be considered
inadequate in various nutrients today. "A chicken in every pot" was
once a sweet promise of...
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Does anyone remember "Hamburger II"? by
biohazard
In the early '70s, there was a product on the market called "Hamburger
II" which I believe was raw ground beef extended in some way
(soybeans? horsemeat?). The...
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coffee making in early modern England by
bogus address
How did the coffee houses of 16th and 17th century England make their
coffee? Was what Daniel Defoe and Dr Johnson drank more like Turkish
or...
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mangos as green peppers in Indiana by
John213a
Mango: Ha! You thought it was a tropical fruit. For some weird reason,
a lot of folks around Bloomington and Terre Haute use this word to
describe a...
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Spa (Boston eatery, 1882 word origin?) by
Barry Popik
Again, another term that the Dictionary of American Regional English
(now at "Sk") will soon tackle. I just posted this:
It appears that "Thompson's Spa"...
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"Spuckies" and Boston food by
Barry Popik
I'm looking for historical evidence for
"Spuckies" for the next volume of the Dictionary of American Regional
English. Here are some more Boston terms (in a...
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Pitch-In Supper (1923); Food Dictionary by
Barry Popik
FOOD DICTIONARY
Some of you may know that I'm working on a great food dictionary. It's
badly needed.
I'd like to have some great features that only our...
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need for the invention of spaghetti by
Sam
i am trying to find a answer to whether spaghetti bolognese is
traditionally done with long thin pasta like spaghetti or taghliatelle
or with shorter rotelle...
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Cabbage (CABG) by
Barry Popik
I've researched food slang ("hot dog" and more) for many years. This
is from a post made yesterday to the American Dialect Society.
Hey, doesn't cabbage...
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Help by
Avisha Desepio
Interesting newsgroup!
Avisha Desepio
Tel. +1 148 987 4067
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A1 Steak Sauce by
RWO
Is anyone enough of a follower of A1 Sauce to have noted that there
appear to be two different spellings of the name?
Kraft spells it A.1. , with...
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OT: most odd food label by
SteveR
I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a...
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OT: most odd food label by
Darkginger
"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
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Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
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OT: most odd food label by
zxcvbob
Dog3 wrote:
I dunno about that. We have some fairly strange labels in the US. I did
not believe this existed. I even told my friend PJ she was full of...
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OT: most odd food label by
Opinicus
"Dog3" dognospam@adjfkdla;not wrote in message
I dunno about that. We have some fairly strange labels in
the US. I did
not believe this existed. I...
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Peninsular War Rations by
Kate Dicey
Just a bit of curiosity... I've been asked to make a couple of jackets
for members of a re-enactment society depicting the 71st Glasgow
Highland Light...
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OT: most odd food label by
Gabby
"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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That's a biblical reference to Sampson in the Book of Judges, where...
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by Gabby
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IN HONOR OF JULIA: Reminiscences by
Opinicus
"Jennifer" wrote
The French Chef is gone.
I remember her show fondly, watching it as a kid on the
no-commercial channel...
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Rock Salt for Prime Rib by
Olivers
A group of us involved in a small reunion have undertaken the recreation of
a dinner served to us in 1957. Fortunately, unlike some earlier eras (a)
home...
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