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Default NY Times Article About Fried Foods And State Fairs

"Boron Elgar" > wrote

> >> >>> I thought the very purpose for sticking food on the end of a stick was
> >> >>> render it un-sloppy.
> >> >>
> >> >> In Austria, a Sloppy Joe is a loose-fitting, long-sleeved upper body
> >> >> garment.
> >> >
> >> > That's so that all those poisonous snakes will miss when they
> >> > strike.
> >> >
> >> > In New Joisey, a Sloppy Joe is similar to a reuben, though I
> >> > don't recall if they are grilled or not.
> >>
> >> Rubens in your neck of the woods have ground meat and greasy sweetened
> >> tomato sauce?

> >
> >They are made from idots who can't google in order
> >to verify their nonsense before posting it to the
> >usenet.

>
> I don't know what group you're following this thread from, but if you
> care to read it in its entirety, come to afca and you will see that
> any New Jersey version of a Sloppy Joe that resembles a Reuben is
> using a definition that is quite regional within the state (parts of
> Essex and Morris Counties) and exists only in that small area.
>
> Hardly anything one could say is in common usage.


Hardly anyone did. Is everyone on afca a pompus twit?
Just because Austria doesn't have poisonous snakes
everywhere doesn't mean they don't have lots of them.

> Try googling the thread before posting next time.


Why would I want to do that? If I wanted to subscribe
to afca, I would.

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