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Shrimp scampi, and another duplication

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  1. The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or
    "shrimp lobster"😉. But it has become a custom in this
    country. It must sound odd to Italians.

    I have another one of this genre. It always amuses me
    when I read "flourless chocolate torte" on a menu. A
    torte is a flourless cake by definition--although it
    sometimes has a miniscule amount of flour in it. Why
    don't they just write "torte"?

    Fran

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    (Franfogel) wrote:

    The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or
    "shrimp lobster"😉. But it has become a custom in this
    country. It must sound odd to Italians.

    I have another one of this genre. It always amuses me
    when I read "flourless chocolate torte" on a menu. A
    torte is a flourless cake by definition--although it
    sometimes has a miniscule amount of flour in it. Why
    don't they just write "torte"?

    Perhaps to clarify for those who typically order torte
    because they can't eat wheat. Tortes typically do contain
    some small amoumt of wheat flour, indeed some contain
    bread crumbs.

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    Quoted message said:

    The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp
    shrimp".(or "shrimp


    lobster"😉.

    Quoted message said:

    But it has become a custom in this country. It must
    sound odd to


    Italians.

    Quoted message said:


    I have another one of this genre. It always amuses me
    when I read


    "flourless

    Quoted message said:

    chocolate torte" on a menu. A torte is a flourless cake by
    definition--although it sometimes has a miniscule amount
    of flour in it.


    Why

    Quoted message said:

    don't they just write "torte"?

    Fran

    Some tortes contain a goodly amount of flour--Sachertorte
    and Linzertorte, to name two (even though Linzertorte is
    really a jam [censored] of sorts). "Torte" does not automatically
    mean flourless.

    -Scott

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    "Franfogel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:20040426165158.03209.00000298@mb-
    m28.aol.com...

    Quoted message said:

    The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp
    shrimp".(or "shrimp


    lobster"😉.

    Quoted message said:

    But it has become a custom in this country. It must
    sound odd to


    Italians.

    Quoted message said:


    I have another one of this genre. It always amuses me
    when I read


    "flourless

    Quoted message said:

    chocolate torte" on a menu. A torte is a flourless cake
    by definition--although it sometimes has a miniscule
    amount of flour in it.


    Why

    Quoted message said:

    don't they just write "torte"?

    Fran

    Some tortes contain a goodly amount of flour--Sachertorte
    and Linzertorte, to name two (even though Linzertorte is
    really a jam [censored] of sorts). "Torte" does not automatically
    mean flourless.

    -Scott


    Nor does it mean a zillion thin layers, as some bakeries in
    the USA would have you believe!

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