"Bob (this one)" wrote:
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> zuuum wrote:
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> > Odd food origins welcome -
> >
> > The "Caesar" salad, uses Romaine lettuce, was born in a Tijuana restaurant.
>
> Named after Italian Caesar Cardini who invented it. Julia Child used
> to eat at his restaurant and knew him when she was young. Spoke warmly
> about him.
>
> > Pork "butt" is actually the shoulder of a pig.
>
> "Butt" used to just mean "end." So it's the end of the forequarter.
>
> And how about "pate a chou" that has nothing to do with cabbage...
>
> Pastorio

True, but OTOH chou is also a cream puff. So the pate a chou is paste
for cream puffs. Quite why a cream puff is called chou is another story
of course