SC - Cooking Shows WAS: Starter Recipes

[LrdRas at aol.com]

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)