"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:05:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:05:16 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>sf wrote:
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>>>>>> 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
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>>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

I've never heard it before and when I looked it up, it referred to sports.