On Sun, 03 May 2009 14:25:27 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:36:00 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:37:36 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> General Tso's Chicken
>>
>> Sorry. I'd never heard of that dish before Jerry Seinfeld and I still
>> haven't seen it on a menu, so I laugh when I see that title.
>
>are you talking about chinese restaurants? it's almost as common as egg
>rolls.
>
Maybe back East it is. Sounds as Chinese as chop suey.

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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 03 May 2009 14:25:27 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:36:00 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:37:36 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> General Tso's Chicken
>>>
>>> Sorry. I'd never heard of that dish before Jerry Seinfeld and I still
>>> haven't seen it on a menu, so I laugh when I see that title.
>>
>>are you talking about chinese restaurants? it's almost as common as egg
>>rolls.
>>
> Maybe back East it is. Sounds as Chinese as chop suey.

This dish was, in fact, made in China. A chef wanted to impress the
general and came up with this dish. It is a very common dish to find on
menus all over the world., The chicken is deep-fried and then sauted in a
spicy sauce.

David

On Sun, 03 May 2009 09:30:58 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 03 May 2009 14:25:27 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:36:00 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:37:36 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> General Tso's Chicken
>>>
>>> Sorry. I'd never heard of that dish before Jerry Seinfeld and I still
>>> haven't seen it on a menu, so I laugh when I see that title.
>>
>>are you talking about chinese restaurants? it's almost as common as egg
>>rolls.
>>
> Maybe back East it is. Sounds as Chinese as chop suey.

nope. see the NYT article posted by sqwertz.

your pal,
blake