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Word: cassoulets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...selection is huge: tripes a la mode de caen and cassoulet toulousain from France, passion fruit and paw-paw from Africa, canned minnows from Poland, hearts of palm from Brazil, 180 different varieties of honey, and Scandinavian sardines packed in six kinds of sauce. There are instant coffees from at least a score of countries, including Hungary and Arabia; there are quail eggs and cuttle fish (a member of the squid family) packed in their own ink. And there are betel nuts, which, excepting coffee and tea, rank as the most widely used narcotic in the world...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: Circling the Squares: The Two Cultures | 10/9/1963 | See Source »

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