On Nov 7, 1:13*pm, "l not -l" > wrote:
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> On *7-Nov-2012, "kevin J." > wrote:
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> > It's interesting how the word Mongolian got attached to Chinese menu
> > in America. I am actually Mongolian, and never really heard of that
> > dish in Mongolia, lol.
> > Maybe I will invent the dish called "American Hamburger" outside of US
> > and it will some type of Indian curry, lol .
>
> Perhaps it's a Cantonese slur; seems to me that most American Chinese
> restaurants are owned and operated by Cantonese immigrants.
> Historically, the restaurants and menus are the doing of immigrants who
> adapted Chinese cuisine to the ingredients available. *For the most
> part, non-immigrants just found the stuff very appealing - damn, now I
> want an eggroll and Sichuan/Szechuan spicy green beans with shredded
> pork, or maybe crab Rangoon and orange beef, or ...... *8-)
>
>

You do know this Kevin twit is dragging up a 4 year old post??