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(Victor Sack) wrote in news:1i239wa.19vcci2dgc1deN%
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> Steve Pope > wrote:
>
>> They're dips, since they are served in a small bowl alongside the
>> food. Were they poured on top of the food before serving,
>> they'd be sauces.
>>
>> "Dipping sauce" is an oxymoron, unfortunately one that's become
>> ubiqitous.
>
> I do not necessarily agree. "Dip" is more general; "dipping sauce"
more
> particular. Dip can be something other than sauce, for example
> consisting of sour cream sprinkled with dill. Sour cream poured over a
> dish won't automatically become a sauce, either.
>
> Victor
>

How do you pour sour cream?

That is if you don't heat it.

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