"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> 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

You people leave me alone! I've retired.

Charliam