Bolivar wrote:

>> This show also mentioned that Alfredo Sauce was created in the US.
>> Apparently, the actor Douglas Fairbanks used to eat at some restaurant
>> in LA (it may have been the Brown Derby), and whenever he ate there, he
>> had the cook make him a special dish which consisted of spaghetti noodles
>> or linguine, tossed with a sauce made of melted butter and parmesan
>> cheese. After a while, other patrons wanted to try this dish and it was
>> put on the menu. At some point not long after, one of the cooks hit on
>> the idea of adding cream to the butter and parmesan mixture and the
>> result was Alfredo Sauce.
>>
>> Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
>
>
> You just had to do it, didn't you, Michael???? lol
>
> Hope your asbestos suit holds up.


I don't think Michael would get flamed for talking about the origin of
Alfredo SAUCE. Just as long as he doesn't claim any link between his
hazily-recalled television dish and Fettuccine Alfredo (because, as we all
know, Fettuccine Alfredo isn't made with "Alfredo Sauce" any more than Baked
Alaska is made with "Alaska Sauce".)

Bob