[Sca-cooks] snails and puppy dog tails...
Antonia
dama.antonia at gmail.com
Thu Jan 27 15:00:02 PST 2011
On 28/01/2011 11:35 AM, Terry Decker wrote:
>> I wonder what it is that everyone considers "odd"?
>>
>
> Odd -- deviating from the normal, unexpected. Since "normal" is a
> subjective and personal value, odd varies by individual.
Yes, I know what the word means.
> Sugar on the beans is a little odd to me, but it is (or has been) a
> German norm.
I wouldn't have called that odd at all, since lots of modern bean-salad
recipes include sugar. And presumably, the possibility of sweetened
vegetables isn't quite the sort of thing to put anyone off.
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