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On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:27:52 -0000, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > 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.
>
> " au jus gravy" and "served with au jus" :-)
>
Thanks, that's a good one!

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