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Default "Spotted Dick back on menu"

Val wrote:

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> Jerry! did that pun really go over your head???


Of course not. The word came to Louisiana through the French "poutain"
and was there corrupted to "poon tang" which, in keeping with the
region's racist past, took on a more specific connotation. Still, no
olives in hoe cake. :-)

Jerry
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