On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:09:02 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
> wrote:

>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> Nancree wrote:
>> >
>> > Nancy Young wrote:
>> > >Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!
>> > >
>> > >nancy
>> > -------------------------------------
>> > What are you referring to?
>>
>> Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
>> means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
>> here many, many times.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level
>as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha
>bread!"

I always understood it to mean "shrimp [prepared in the manner
ordinarily used for] scampi [in Italy]."



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