SC - Re: cordials in history
James F. Johnson
seumas at mind.net
Mon Mar 6 22:24:19 PST 2000
In a message dated 3/6/00 7:00:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
margali at 99main.com writes:
<< Seems "Slice" refers to "white bread"...as
in "a
slice of white bread". >>
This is really not unusual. A copy of the Dictionary of American Food lists
an extensive vocabulary used by restaurant workers/cooks to communicate
various menu items. For instance, a pair of knickers was 2 cups of coffee.
Ras
(who fondly remembers working as a wait person (waiter back then) in a place
some 27 years ago that still used the language of diners to place an order)
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