SC - Tatar defined

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- --- JEANNE STAPLETON <jstaplet at du.edu> wrote:
> > Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > > 
> > > Ras said:
> > > > Ta*tar (noun)
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > >  2 : any of the Turkic languages spoken by the Tatar peoples
> > > >
> > > > Now it becomes a matter of figuring out what herb was unique
> this region.
> > > 
> > > Ummm. Maybe. Maybe not. Just because they called it Tatar herb
> doesn't
> > > necessarily indicate that is where it was from. Remember for
> instance
> > > the "turkey" which came from the New World and not Turkey. I'm
> sure
> > > folks can think of others.
> > 
> > Jerusalem artichokes? Irish potatoes? French fries? Canadian bacon?
> > Homardus Americanus? Russian service? Cheddar cheese? Burton ale?
> > Russian Imperial Stout?
> > 
> > Adamantius
> 
> Okay--how about extra points for double quasi-ethnic modifiers?
> 
> Catalina French dressing?
> Canadian-style Greek pizza (seen at a restaurant in Valley View,
> Alberta)?
> 
> Berengaria
> 

How about European-Style, New York Brand Texas Garlic Toast with Cheese
(available in your grocer's freezer -- I couldn't have made that one up
if I'd tried!).

- -- Harriet
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