On 7/27/2015 2:54 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:29:38 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>> "Saint George" > wrote in message
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>>> On 27/07/2015 06:19 pm, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
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>>> Stealing other people's ideas and claiming them as their own, that must be
>>> the "American Dream"...
>>>
>>> and *DON'T* even start about Burgers (German) and "Fries" (Belgian)...
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>> <g>
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> We're a land of immigrants, so everything was invented elsewhere.
> What else is new? Frikadellen is closer to meatloaf than it is to an
> American style burger and Belgians fries are not served the American
> way. Theirs are served with flavored mayonnaise. Oh, joy.
>

Good point.

They _look_ great, but mayo?

Uck.

I think we also 'invented' Chop Suey, or rather Chinese immigrants did.

Oh - wild rice.