SC - Cooking Shows

RichSCA at aol.com RichSCA at aol.com
Tue Mar 7 06:44:24 PST 2000


What a neat sounding book.  Do you know if it is still in print?  Guess I can 
have Amazon look for it or Interloc.

Rayne

Rayne wrote:  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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