On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:35:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
wrote:

>Blinky the Shark >
>news >rec.food.cooking
>
>> You just reminded me of something I read last night about naming
>> dishes. Background: there was a flap here in the US several years ago
>> where France ****ed off Washington again, and there was a news item
>> that the Senate dining room (or some such institution) changed the
>> name of their "French fries" offering to "Freedom fries". This was
>> much ridiculed. Even more than the French, which was kind of a twist.
>
>Oh GAWD I remember that. Wasn't it after 9/11 and Bush was rallying
>support for his personal war against Iraq? I can't recall all of the
>circumstances but the "Freedom Fries" thing was fodder for some of us for
>weeks and weeks. It was ridiculous and many of us had yet another good
>laugh at the Shrub for it.
>
Weeks? It seemed like months.


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