On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 02:30:47 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

> sf > wrote in news:v3apb9lovjjaumgqhulm7dm7cmkg6rdqkr@
> 4ax.com:
>
> >
> > Since almost all Americans have come from somewhere else, we tend to
> > use a foreign word along with the English word for something when
> > trying to transform the ordinary into something special. A famous one
> > is a recipe we call Shrimp scampi and I just read a blogger call plain
> > white/button mushrooms from the grocery store Champignon Mushrooms.
> > Can you think of any other examples? I'm blanking, but I know there
> > are more.
> >
>
> panini sandwich

Thanks! I haven't heard that one in a long time either. I guess we
do it to Italian food more often. You've got me thinking now...
didn't we used to say "ravioli noodles"?

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