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>"They're not cakes, they're gateaux."
I think we can blame our German cousins for selling us "Black Forest gateaux" in great abundance in the seventies. Black Forest gateaux is wonderful, in situ, but I doubt that the previously frozen concoction that was made and served up here would stand up to close inspection!
The national dish at the time was said to be:
Prawn Cocktail (we don't use the word shrimp very often), Steak and Chips followed by Black Forest Gateaux.
Nowadays, the national dish is said to be Chicken Tikka Masala (also a faux loan word/dish as there is no such dish in India!)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted faux loan words AnnaStrophic 09/07/00 11:27 AM Re: faux loan words Jackie 09/07/00 02:35 PM Re: faux loan words jmh 09/08/00 06:44 AM Re: faux loan words Max Quordlepleen 09/07/00 10:05 PM Re: faux loan words Bingley 09/08/00 05:21 AM tales from the Black Forest jmh 09/08/00 06:55 AM Re: faux loan words johnjohn 09/11/00 01:16 AM Re: faux loan words Jackie 09/11/00 01:21 AM Re: faux loan words Bingley 09/08/00 05:28 AM Re: résumé jmh 09/08/00 06:48 AM
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