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...pieces of top sirloin beef, chicken, tofu, or, less traditionally, seafood. The cooked chunks are then fished out, dunked in ponzu (a combination of soy and citrus) or sesame sauce mixed by the preparer, and consumed over a bowl of rice. Loosely translated, the name means “swish-swish,” is perhaps meant to imitate the sound of the bits of food as they hit the boiling water.“Shabu-shabu was historically eaten by Genghis Kahn and his hordes of fierce warriors as they trekked across the harsh terrains of Central...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding the Shabu For You | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

Shushing the swish-swish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Noisy Windmill | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...generate 2,000 kw of electricity, it is also, it seems, the world's noisiest. Besides dominating the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains landscape-or despoiling it, as some of those living near by complain-the monster rattles windows, bounces cups and saucers and creates an irritating swish-swish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Noisy Windmill | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...piece orchestra made audiences fidget and giggle. The band was going through all the motions: the swart, longish-haired leader led away; the brasses, the saxophones, the clarinets made a great show of fingering and blowing, but the only sound from the stage was a rhythmic swish-swish from the trap-drummer, a froggy slap-slap from the bull-fiddler, a soft plunk-plunk from the pianist. This, explained Leader Raymond Scott, was silent music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Silent Music | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

...Correcto," said the watchman, "but the ghosts in Dolores go 'swish-swish,' never 'woof-woof,' therefore I shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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