On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:05:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:05:16 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, that's the last thing I would have ever dreamed up. I like
>>>>> toasted oatmeal, so maybe roasted pasta isn't as bad as it sounds.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://food52.com/blog/16313-roast-p...king-it-really
>>>>
>>>>Sounds like what happens to the pasta in Rice A Roni.
>>>
>>> Yep... the San Fran treat... how could obeastie ass not know. . .
>>
>> It was pretty hard to find any boxed Rice-A-Roni when I lived in the
>> Bay Area. The most common brand (only?) of seasoned rice/pasta was
>> MJB brand. I haven't had it for over 30 years. It's just yet another
>> food named after a city that never heard of it except through
>> advertising.
>>
>> -sw
>
>She said it was a non starter. What does that even mean?

It is a common term meaning that it is something that would not even
be considered (in this case, by her).
Janet US