[Sca-cooks] Period or no? - Long analysis *G*

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach AEllin Olafs dotter:
>LOL!
>
>You know - this has all really devolved into a *perfect* example.
>
>Master A suggested this as an illustration of the changes that can 
>creep in when one culture makes a dish originated by another. 
>Somewhere in Australia, someone decided that a nice slice of 
>beetroot would taste good on a hamburger, and introduced a variation 
>which, though doubtless good in its own place, leaves Americans 
>shuddering *G*. (Or at least, muttering "What??!")

Actually, I think Stefan brought it up as an example of a change that 
appears incomprehensible to the originating "host" culture...

But carry on, I agree with all the rest ;-)

Adamantius
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