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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 7:39 am
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Originally Posted by stut
I'm very glad the 80s habit of giving everything a French name is over. Yes, I know, food is a passion over there, but it sounds so incredibly pretentious.
It still cracks me up everytime I see "haricot vert" on the menus of U.S. restaurants. If they're flying the green beans in from France, then maybe... but I still see it far to often to think that's always the case.

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