On Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:52:11p, told us...
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:20:15 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Tue 25 Mar 2008 07:31:58p, told us...
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:01:21 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article >,
>>>> (Little Malice) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I do, although Dad calls them "horse d'ovaries"...
>>>>
>>>>It's nice that you remember 'horse'. Once I learned to pronounce the
>>>>damned phrase, they changed it to appetizer. Hell, I could have done
>>>>that, although I would have probably come up with grubbits.
>>>>
>>>>leo
>>> In Hawaii, about 1970, the word pupu got popular for appetizer or
>>> hors d'oeuvres. Pupu means "shell" and as a kid, I learned a hula
>>> about pupu. Being a stuck in the mud purist, I do not like that word
>>> pupu and I knew the stuff before as hors d'oeuvres and will always use
>>> that term. Funny how language changes.
>>> aloha,
>>> beans
>>> roast beans to kona to email
>>> farmers of Pure Kona
>>>
>>
>>Many Chinese restaurants on the mainland offer a Pupu Platter, an
>>assortment of appetizers.
>
> Just since the 70's Wayne. It means *shell*. Funny how the word
> caught on
. It sounds nasty to me but probably titillating to most.
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> aloha,
> Cea
> roast beans to kona to email
> farmers of Pure Kona
I think the first time I saw it on a menu was when we lived in Cleveland at
a restaurant called the "Kon-Tiki", a "polynesian" restaurant. This was
back in the late 1960s.
--
Wayne Boatwright
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