Charles Gifford wrote:

> "Bob" > wrote in message
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>>Bolivar wrote:
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>>>>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
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> noodles
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>>>>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
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> was
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>>>>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
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>>>You just had to do it, didn't you, Michael???? lol
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>>>Hope your asbestos suit holds up.
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>>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
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> Baked
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>>Alaska is made with "Alaska Sauce".)
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>>Bob
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> You people leave me alone! I've retired.
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> Charliam
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>
C'mon Charlie, you know it gets the juices flowing when this thread
comes up every month or so.

--
Alan

"I don't think you can win the war on terror."

...George (flip-flop) Bush, 8/30/2004