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#42787 09/25/01 01:17 PM
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Bob will have to pull out his book of regualions, and definations, but most cookbooks define chutney as a condiment, made of fruits, vinegar, spice and sugar. I have made pear ginger chutney, with more spice and sugar, and other chutneys with more vinegar and spice. they are usually lumpy, with solid pieces of fruit. american ketchup started as a chutney, that became sweeter and milder, and creamer with time. it, like many a word, has strayed far from its roots, so that it is almost unrecognizable. but it is fruit (tomato) with vinegar (not too much,) spice (even less) and sugar (way to much!)

car frames are still called a chaise. Chaise has been a word in english since 1701 or so.. do you think some one from the 1700's would recognize the object as being the same? i am sure there are better examples, too. -- it not so much a food thread, as a measurement of the way a word can be different things to different people.


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required the "person" to be the "inventor"

Of course, she confused matters by mentioning Cęserian section as an example. Even if Julie *was the first, he could hardly be considered the inventor.


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Without which no good action flick is complete.


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of troy, that's more or less what I would recognise as chutney as well. Mango chutney is particularly popular in Britain. Kecap is more like maple syrup in appearance and is added to sauces, soups, and so on.

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Not certain if this qualifies, bel, but in woodworking one is constantly hazarded by pieces of wood that can get out of control in a powered saw environment. Many of us use a heavy mesh between us and the saw to cut down on injury. Due to the eight lines above and the six lines below the waist they are referred to as Shakespearian saw-nets. I buy mine in Lisbon.



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yes-- of course you are right Max-- that word (chassis) disappeared from the dictionary this morning.. and now that you have posted, it has reluctantly reappeared -- to chastise me.. mea culpa..

my head, never quite screwed on straight, has been left behind several times in the past week or two.. i must get back in the habit of keeping it with me.. the thing i ever mind losing is my mind.. fortunately i never misplaced it for long..


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This thread started out about products bearing names of persons creating them. So far nobody has alluded to the dozens and dozens of automobiles named after founders of the company. Or even models named after some famous person in the industry, such as Chevrolet, a French racing driver, who incidentally invented the rear vision mirror.

P.S. To my chagrin, URL about auto racing history says George Chevrolet was an American!

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/autorace03.shtml


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What!, nobody's mentioned Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the flush toilet?! Or Otto Titsling, the inventor of the bra?

Or are these just urban legends anyway?


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I believe Crapper is urban legend, but haven't tracked it down.

Titsling traces back to a mock history which also stressed the contributions of such other (hypothetical) luminarites as Hans Delving.

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