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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread margaritaceous #159824 05/19/2006 11:05 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Higgley piggley James William Buffett, well- Known for his songs and his Writing career Celebrates lesiure most Margaritaceously: Sea, sun and cheeseburgers Served with a beer Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Lost shaker of salt #159825 05/19/2006 11:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yay! *applause* Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: margaritaceous #159826 05/19/2006 11:41 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Who this woman was isn't certain. surely it was la jeune fille a la perle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: margaritaceous #159827 05/19/2006 2:50 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky surely it was la jeune fille a la perle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: margaritaceous #159828 05/21/2006 12:11 AM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 South Mississippi, USA Parola stranger Parola stranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 South Mississippi, USA No tequila in Bella Napoli, but the original Pizza, still the most popular today, is the Pizza Margherita . . .On the 11th June 1889, the Ristorante Brandi is generally credited with producing the simple wood oven baked thin pasta circle with crushed fresh tomatoes,fresh mozarella, a drizzle of olive oil and a nice basil leaf in the middle. It was named for Queen Margherita . . . no twist of lime! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: margaritaceous #159829 05/21/2006 4:09 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Re: but the original Pizza, still the most popular today, is the Pizza Margherita what about pizza rustica? pizza is a term for pie, and pizza rustica is old dish. now served at easter, its most likely a pre-christian spring dish--made with grain, and fresh green herbs (baked in a yeasted 'pie' crust-- pizza rustica, is of course 'country cooking'. 'modern' pizza might be more like the pizza marghertia, but this is hardly the 'origianl pizza' my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: etymodelicious #159830 05/21/2006 4:37 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Etymologies of pizza differ from scholar to scholar. I know of two: (a) the traditonal one from Greek pitta 'cake, tart'; and, the newish one from Germanic bizzo 'bite, piece' (cf. German biss). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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