MDDM Ch. 19 Apples of Paradise? (+ some recipes)
jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Fri Nov 30 23:35:57 CST 2001
on 28/11/01 10:56 PM, jbor at jbor at bigpond.com wrote:
> 195.15 "an Hungarian Intermediary" ? 195.34 "Count Paradicksom" ?
In Hungarian, "paradicsom" seems to mean both tomato and paradise:
http://maxpages.com/euro2000/Paprika_chicken
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Ideiglenes+paradicsom+(1981)
In German, tomatoes are known as "apples of paradise", and, in 1887, after
an extensive trial, the U.S. Supreme Court officially changed their
classification from fruit to vegetable in order that they would be exempt
from import tariffs:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/columncc/cc990730.html
http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch8.html
Don't quite know what to make of it, however.
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