Kasha Varnishkas, has nothing to do with varnish
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:07:10 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>On Thu 23 Nov 2017 07:14:02a, l not -l told us...
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>Many years ago I was a guest in a Jewish home for Thanksgiving, as
>was another gentile. They had laid out a veritable feast, including
>kasha varnishkes. The foods were sumptious except for this dish.
>Both the other gentile guest and I agreed later that we found it
>disgusting. Alpo would have been a far better alternative. The
>family devoured it completely, so it must be an acquired taste.
"disgusting" is overly dramatic. The dish has no strong or potentially
offensive flavours in it, so the worst it could be is bland or boring,
not "disgusting".
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