sf >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:01:57 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:
>
>> California burgers, with mayo, tomato and lettuce. I pick the onions off.
>
>They're calling burgers "California" now? Weird! What
>makes them California? If it had avocado on it, ok - but
>what you described sounds like an ordinary burger.

It's possible that they're no longer called California burgers.
They did 30 years ago. <G>

What made a burger a California was the addition of mayo, lettuce, tomato,
and sometimes onions. You could also get Californias with cheese.

Carol, in Minnesota
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'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_