Hello Jim!
Maybe I was dreaming, but didn't you say this on Sunday February 23 1997
And I took an AGE in noticing that I hadn't replied ealier, sorry.
 JW>>           1 tb [heaping] Hungarian sweet
 IH>> delicate hint             ^^^^^^^^^
 JW> Yup, that's *real* delicate!
Well, one doesn't want to give the impression of haranguing.
 JW> Well old friend,  _I_ know it's a Hungarian dish. My name isn't
 JW> Burton you know. >:->
Grin! I promise not to tell him you said that!
 JW> love goulash and have collected 54 versions to date.
Good lord. That's many more than I have.
 JW> Quasi depending on just how bad they are! ;-^)
Wonderful.
 JW> Actually to give Sheraton credit I believe she attributed Goulash's
 JW> roots as Hungarian and went on to say it's enjoyed throughout eastern
 JW> and central Europe and that this was the way it's made in Germany
 JW> [around 1967].
She's perfectly right. If you love gulyas, you'll have eaten most of these 
recipes, no doubt, and will have noticed just how widely they differ. In fact 
something I've noticed is that the further you get from Hungary, the spicier 
it is and the more paprika it has.
 JW> memory but I think it's me and not her you want to take a swipe at
 JW> for my not including attribution.
Swipe!
 JW> sending it ; here's another "gem" instead:
 JW> MMMMM-+--- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 JW>       Title: Courgette & Bean Goulash.
How lervely. I also see what you mean by the Catalogue "Quasi"
 JW> Hmmm. I wonder why they call THAT goulash.
Cos it's got paprika in it. As you know I have this thing about playing fast 
and loose with classic names. Gulyas has suffered more than most from this, 
with any dish that someone thinks comes from Hungary (say because it has 
paprika in it) is called "goulash".
I don't want to behave like a xenophobe but I have rather noticed that in a 
number of countries, their attitude is a little like that of our mutual 
friend Model T. It's a small country and far away, what does it matter if I 
get all the facts wrong? It's arrogant and I don't like it. So with naming of 
dishes. Anything that has "......." in it MUST come from such and such a 
country, because they are the only people I've heard of who use it. And if it 
comes from such and such a country, it HAS to be called "yyyy", because 
that's the only dish I've heard of from there, and they're FAR too small and 
unimportant to have invented more than one worthwhile dish. That's a cruel 
parody, but I rather get the feeling that it is too close for comfort 
sometimes. On the next page, I'll post you an equal horror I saw the other 
day.
All the Best
Ian
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