"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:17:17 PM UTC-5, pavane wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > Since almost all Americans have come from somewhere else, we tend to
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>> > use a foreign word along with the English word for something when
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>> > trying to transform the ordinary into something special. A famous one
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>> > is a recipe we call Shrimp scampi and I just read a blogger call plain
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>> > white/button mushrooms from the grocery store Champignon Mushrooms.
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>> > Can you think of any other examples? I'm blanking, but I know there
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>> > are more.
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>> > Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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>> duck ala orange
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>> steak au poivre
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>> potatoes cauliflower broccoli whatever au gratin
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>> beef bourgignone
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>> turkey escalope
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>> chicken dijon
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>> crab st. jacques
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>> crab louis
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>> seafood gumbo (it's acadian)
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>> coffee diablo
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>> steak flambe
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> Huh? Somehow, I don't see the redundancy. Please elaborate.

I believe that I may have been on a different page.

pavane