Word: pita
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Recent newcomers -- Greeks and Middle Easterners, Hispanics and Asians -- are already adding their produce, breads and seasonings to the ever expanding American larder. Pita bread and tacos are now on supermarket shelves alongside English muffins and bagels. Cilantro, jalapeno peppers and mangoes are almost as standard in produce departments as carrots and apples; hoisin sauce and annatto are right there on the shelf with the catsup and mustard...
...investment in a grill, managers have opted to stick to cold-cut sandwiches and toasted bagels. Sandwiches range from $1 to $2 and feature roast beef, turkey and tuna fish, with garnishes such as onions, pickles, and mustard: they come on several types of bread, including pocket-style pita bread. The lounge also sells beer by the bottle-as little as 60 cents for a bottle...
Sheley's menu displays some ingenious slimming down. A typical meal of a vegetarian pita-bread sandwich ($1.49), baked potato (990) and sugar-free soft drink (550) contains 431 calories. Even the cheeseburgers are lightweights, comprising a bun with 25% fewer calories, low-fat hamburger patties and diet cheese. Other offerings include salads (with low-cal dressing), soup, frozen yogurt, cheese-covered potato skins, and light beer. The company's slogan consciously echoes the advertising for Miller Lite: "More of a good thing. And less...
...priest at the altar lifts a loaf of pita bread and recites the familiar words of consecration: "Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is my body which will be given up for you... do this in memory of me." Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the sanctuary, a second priest lifts an identical loaf and intones: "Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance...