Ethnic was American Diet was [Sca-cooks] Re: Anchovette

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jul 9, 2005, at 1:39 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Adamantius commented:
>
>> On Jul 7, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Radei Drchevich wrote:
>> > The mid-west is not all Chicken fried steak with cream gravy,  
>> mashed
>> > potatoes, and corn.
>>
>> No, some of it is lasagne made with cottage cheese, Velveeta, and
>> ketchup.
>>
>
> You are kidding, right? Or at least exaggerating?

I have no direct personal experience with this, and it might be that  
I've been misinformed. But talk to Phlip; I gather at least some of  
this is a southern Ohio thing. I'm not sure about the Velveeta (I may  
have gotten that from my Dad's army stories), but I am pretty sure  
about the cottage cheese, and the ketchup, too, although I gather  
that that is a sauce additive, and not in lieu of other tomato sauce.

> Yuck.

Are you saying that my story about my friend Mike and the Chinese  
restaurant run by two little old Swedish-American ladies outside Des  
Moines has not made it into the Florilegium???

Adamantius




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