"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> "Bob (this one)" wrote:
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>> zuuum wrote:
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>> > Odd food origins welcome -
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>> > The "Caesar" salad, uses Romaine lettuce, was born in a Tijuana
>> > restaurant.
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>> 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.
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>> > Pork "butt" is actually the shoulder of a pig.
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>> "Butt" used to just mean "end." So it's the end of the forequarter.
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>> And how about "pate a chou" that has nothing to do with cabbage...
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>> Pastorio
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> 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

You forgot éclairs.. (easier to eat)

Dimitri