Il 14/11/2010 18:19, Dan Abel ha scritto:

>> So the rice in uncooked when you mix it in, and gets cooked in the
>> meatball simmering in the soup? It sounds interesting.
>> Where is this recipe from? The name sounds spanich, is it from Mexico?

> From my dictionary:
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> albondigas
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> plural noun
>
> small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
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> ORIGIN Spanish, from Arabic al-bunduq, Œhazel nut¹

After almost 8 centuries of arabic reign, I'm not surprised at all that
this spanish name has arab origins. Ah, la Reconquista
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Vilco
And the Family Stone
Caschi come il cacio sui maccheroni, cerchiamo giusto gente come te.