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foods with cool-sounding names
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momo (tibetan dumpling)
halo-halo (filipino dessert)
piri-piri (portuguese hot sauce)
gringa (mexican taco filling of al pastor with cheese)
quaker (ecuadorian oatmeal drink, pronounced "KWAH-kair")
thang (tibetan soup)
any others?
Thu Sep 06 00:57:43 -0700 2001
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Jim Leff
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Along that vein, there's always shabu-shabu.
Thu Sep 06 02:54:21 -0700 2001
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Rachel M.
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Tzatziki
Kishke
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Loeb
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Spotted Dick, Bubble and Squeak, and Toad-in-the Hole.
Thu Sep 06 09:23:21 -0700 2001
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pat hammond
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The old candies and syrups and gums, etc: U-Bet, Black Cow, Sugar Daddy, Lik-m-ade, Moon Pies, Double Bubble, All-Day Sucker.
Thu Sep 06 10:24:40 -0700 2001
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Lynn
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Billi Bi.... A creamy mussel soup
Bongo Bongo Soup....An oyster/spinach soup from the old restaurant Trader Vic's
Jesus de Lyon.... Because it's the name of both a former baseball player, and a salami from Lyon
Radiatori....Pasta shaped like a radiator
Thu Sep 06 12:07:40 -0700 2001
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Ted M.
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Puna Petora (Tahitian dish)
Thu Sep 06 13:18:32 -0700 2001
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SLAP
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Now-if only you folks would explain what these foods ARE!
I am intrigued......
Margaux : )
Thu Sep 06 14:04:32 -0700 2001
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MLogan
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kreplach, scungelli, dagwoods,burnt ends,pulled pork, skirt steak, little necks
Thu Sep 06 14:24:41 -0700 2001
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mark rifkin
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Hushpuppies (Hush, puppy!)
Chess pie (mmm, that's good, what is it? Jes' pie.)
Thu Sep 06 14:40:47 -0700 2001
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Bob W.
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cherimoya - the spelling's a guess
Fri Sep 07 16:01:03 -0700 2001
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Barbara S
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FRON THE 60'S: COCOA-MARSH, BOSCO, MALLO-MARS,JUNKET
RENNERT CUSTARD, TANG --BUON APETITO
Fri Sep 07 21:54:19 -0700 2001
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JOANNE
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...Lest we forget: Whip 'N Chill, Fizzies, Bonomo Turkish Taffy (~~BO BO BO~~ IT'S BONOMO~~), Quisp, Quake, and my personal favorite bubble gum which came packaged in a two inch square: Big Wad! (Lasted for DAYS on my bedpost.)
Tue Sep 11 23:13:15 -0700 2001
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Sandi
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Alexander the Grape!! (now called grape-heads) And Cherry Clan, once called Cherry Chan, now called cherry-heads.
Thu Sep 06 14:24:05 -0700 2001
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sc
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And GOO-GOO CLUSTERS!
I once saw a syrup in Georgia called O-Boy Syrup!
Thu Sep 06 15:31:00 -0700 2001
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chris o
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Ah, yes - you can't go wrong with Brittish food names. I particularly like "Gentlemen's Relish".
Thu Sep 06 11:50:26 -0700 2001
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Shmingrid
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Ahh, a Don and Mike fan. :>)
Thu Sep 06 12:11:16 -0700 2001
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Bob W.
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Hear hear. Bangers and mash?
Sat Sep 08 01:22:12 -0700 2001
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Lisa Bee
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Darn, i was going some of Pat's. There are so many more, however, like cheese toasty and chip butty, but of course no one has mentioned the coolest sound name: on the house
VI
Thu Sep 06 18:02:10 -0700 2001
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Vital Information
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whoopee pies
Thu Sep 06 04:54:41 -0700 2001
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M.K.
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Ackee (& saltfish)
Passion frut
Uttapam
Pea Soup (What's the difference between mashed potatoes and pea soup? Anyone can mash potatoes!)
Rocky mountain oysters
Kholrabi
Thu Sep 06 07:38:02 -0700 2001
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Uncledave
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Couscous
Jambalaya
Tiramisu
Thu Sep 06 07:39:52 -0700 2001
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Scotch Bonnet
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Jim,
Kinda gives new meaning to that old rock chestnut
"Wild Thang"....I think I love you."
BTW, I've always liked mahi mahi
Thu Sep 06 09:44:22 -0700 2001
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berkleybabe
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An ugli subject.
Thu Sep 06 09:56:16 -0700 2001
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Mike Kilgore
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I've always thought the food with the coolest name was the orange, because it's also a color, and because nothing rhymes with it.
Thu Sep 06 09:57:03 -0700 2001
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ben f
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Pho, because it's really pronounced ffffawww, as in the sound you might make when you slurp it.
Sweetsop and soursop (fruits)
Cloudberry, marionberry, boysenberry, gooseberry, lingonberry
Geoduck (a big clam), prounounced gooey-duck
Orichette (ear-shaped pasta)
Pasta Puttanesca (Whore's pasta)
Thu Sep 06 10:13:44 -0700 2001
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Bob W.
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A Conversation
Hound 1: Wasabi, dude? Gulab jamon?
Hound 2: No, chile relenos. Kohlrabi cassoulet. Udon?
1: Tiramisu shitake un oeuf en gelee.
2: Oooh. Cuitlacoche tamale. Chow.
1: Chow.
The End
Thu Sep 06 10:43:25 -0700 2001
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lucia
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Brilliant, Lucia!
How about some Manouri to put on the pu-pu platter?
Thu Sep 06 18:45:24 -0700 2001
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Ruth Lafler
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edamame (i really, really like saying 'edamame')
lumpia (filipino spring rolls)
Thu Sep 06 10:51:41 -0700 2001
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randy
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quinoa (keen-wah)
moo goo gai pan
frumenty (savory oat gruel from the middle ages)
And, not really a food, but...
Poilly Fuisse (sp?)
Thu Sep 06 10:53:38 -0700 2001
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Beth P.
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My all time favorite: puupuus
Thu Sep 06 11:02:59 -0700 2001
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jenniferfishwilson
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Unagi and dofu.
Thu Sep 06 11:03:11 -0700 2001
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Seth Ditchik
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Also: spam spam spam spam...
and Pu-Pu Platter!
Thu Sep 06 11:08:41 -0700 2001
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Seth Ditchik
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My sister and I once became hysterical over "flaming poo-poo platter" on a take out menu. Heck, I'm giggling right now.
Fri Sep 07 02:17:57 -0700 2001
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bryan
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Love apples, angelhair, souffle, tarte tatin, cioppino, meringue, fiddleheads, king crab, snowpeas, jello, 'caesar' salad, 'fuji' apple, mushrooms like portobello and shiitaki, truffles, napoleon, charlotte rousse, baked alaska, chocolate 'mudcake,' tartufo, gelato, jelly babies, tootsie roll, soba, sushi
Thu Sep 06 11:39:35 -0700 2001
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Ruby
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I forgot one:
Oopma, an Indian breakfast dish
Thu Sep 06 12:12:00 -0700 2001
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Bob W.
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saltimbocca
Thu Sep 06 12:13:57 -0700 2001
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Mr Grub
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some oldies but goodies...
Shoofly pie
hush puppies
corn dog
hoppin' John
succotash
and now that I finally learned last year how to pronounce it correctly, I love Spanakopita.
Thu Sep 06 12:30:21 -0700 2001
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Leslie T.
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Burgoo (Kentucky stew)
And naturally, 'cue.
Thu Sep 06 12:51:47 -0700 2001
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Greg Spence
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papadums
Thu Sep 06 14:21:27 -0700 2001
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sc
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Toot(Persian marzipan)
Kookoo(one of my Persian cookbooks has a recipe for brain kookoo which I found amusing)
Thu Sep 06 14:34:20 -0700 2001
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Chimayo Joe
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One of my all time favorites: mulligatawny
Thu Sep 06 14:41:01 -0700 2001
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Mike Kilgore
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Kool-Aid!
Eskimo Bar
(Am I being too "literal" with COOL-sounding names?? ;->
Thu Sep 06 15:10:06 -0700 2001
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AliceJ
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Can't believe noone's mentioned MOOGOOGAIPAN!
Thu Sep 06 15:28:29 -0700 2001
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chris o
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gogol-mogol: basically a milkshake w/a raw egg, to be consumed when sick. (Eastern European/Jewish origin)
Thu Sep 06 15:28:56 -0700 2001
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shoshana
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The Korean dish called bi-bim-bap (which sounds to me like the backup vocals for a doo-wop song). Sometimes I order it just for the pleasure of saying the name.
Thu Sep 06 15:47:45 -0700 2001
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Mary Niepokuj
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That reminds me of a funny story.
Back aroun 1981, I was at a Korean restaurant on Greenmount Ave in Baltimore. Some guys came in and started reading the menu out loud.
"Bi-bim-bap"
"Bip-bam-boom!"
"This food is dangerous, man!"
Thu Sep 06 16:07:17 -0700 2001
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Bob W.
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ratatouille !!!
Thu Sep 06 16:10:00 -0700 2001
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Hubey Plummer
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Bi bim bap. Sounds very cool,especially when repeated over and over again, bi bim bap, bi bim bap, bi bim bap, bi....bim....BAP!
Anything followed by "pao" does the same for me - bun pao, kung pao....p-p-p-PAO!
Thu Sep 06 16:40:09 -0700 2001
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Heidi Claire
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Gribenes (the Jewish version, au poulet of course, of chicarrones, also a cool name)
Calamari
Moussaka
Thu Sep 06 18:00:25 -0700 2001
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LBQT
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stamp and go[Jamaican] brutti ma buoni[Italian]
Thu Sep 06 19:30:50 -0700 2001
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M.K.
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Don't know that these are necessarily "cool sounding" but there are food names that always seem to summon non-food thoughts.
Salsa (hear music whenever I see/say it...and it does slide off the tongue nicely)
Chutney (as in, "We're sending Chutney to Groton this year. He didn't like Choate.")
Croquette (a genteel lawn game Chutney will play at Groton)
Grand Aioli (royalty)
Chick Pea (term of endearment)
Charlotte Russe (a 19th century French novel)
Ragu (something to be cleaned up)
Thu Sep 06 19:36:38 -0700 2001
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Dee Gustay
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Wonderfully clever, Dee. I love it! I really needed a good wide grin today and you provided it. Thanks. Pat
Thu Sep 06 20:19:02 -0700 2001
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pat hammond
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Hangtown Fry
Kimchee Jigai
Chilequiles
chicharones
quesadillas
In Germany I used to love the sound of
Ungarischengoulaschsupen (sp?) (Hungarian Goulash soup)
Thu Sep 06 20:06:27 -0700 2001
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e.d.
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Forgot one that sounds better in translation than in the original Mexican Spanish:
Seven Seas Soup
or Caldo (or Sopa) de Siete Mares
Fri Sep 07 17:25:21 -0700 2001
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e.d.
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Baba ganouj
three-finger poi
haggis
Thu Sep 06 22:26:27 -0700 2001
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zora
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excellent another baba sounding dish is
baba au rum
or baba baba or for that matter
walla walla sweets
Fri Sep 07 13:21:54 -0700 2001
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mrranchcuisine
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Couche-couche (but only when pronounced cootchie-cootchie - I have no idea if it's correct or not, but it's fun to say).
Thu Sep 06 23:46:15 -0700 2001
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Cloudy
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Flying fish roe, kumquats, persimmon (has a nice pouty sound).
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Ruby
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court bouillon (when pronounced with a thick NOLA accent); Veal Oscar; John Dory; Osso Bucco; scones (when pronounced as a Brit would).
Fri Sep 07 10:23:18 -0700 2001
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foodpimp
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"shfoolyadell"; "manigott'"; and the ever-popular "gabagool" (for all The Sopranos fans).
Fri Sep 07 17:14:10 -0700 2001
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foodpimp
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Charcroute garni and stracciatella - with appropriate accents.
Fri Sep 07 13:02:27 -0700 2001
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Scribbler
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holupchi ( ukrainian cabbage rolls)
nam pla ( fish sauce )
phad thai
kachin ( ukrainian for cabbage heart )
pudding
Fri Sep 07 13:18:25 -0700 2001
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mrranchcuisine
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we cannot forget
the
MANGO
Fri Sep 07 13:23:06 -0700 2001
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mrranchcuisine
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The Ethiopians have several with repeat syllables; I don't know why:
fit fit
fir fir
gored gored
I'm also fond of the names kitfo and t'ibs.
Sat Sep 08 07:21:58 -0700 2001
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Jim Dorsch
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And re: repeats - Indonesian gado gado
Sat Sep 08 09:12:35 -0700 2001
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Rich Sanders
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forgive if these have been said, but w/r/t repeated syllables,
pao pao -- that "appetizer" at some chinese restaurants
foo foo balls -- garlic/plantain finger food (caribbean?)
Fri Sep 14 10:25:13 -0700 2001
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patrick
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kedgeree
porridge
chimichangas
gooseberry fool
'Neeps and Tatties (Scots)
Sun Sep 09 18:43:43 -0700 2001
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caitlin wheeler
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I love saying these foods almost as much as eating them...
Baba ghannouj
Borshch
Bulgogi
Eckmeck
Ghee
Jaegerschnitzel
Knoedel
Lox
Sauerkraut
Shish kebab
Teriyaki
Varenniki
Yakimandu
Fri Sep 14 11:56:11 -0700 2001
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Mike Bender
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Rinktum Tiddy.
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nikel