Internal toppings

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:44 PM -0400 6/21/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Sort of like OMELET "toppings" (the phrase gets several dozen Google
>hits): At some point they ARE toppings, but then they get
>internalized.
>
>--Charlie

Well, yes, but they usually *are* called fillings.  (1150 for "omelet
fillings" to 266 for "omelet toppings"--closer than I'd have guessed,
but the good guys still win.) Presumably, these items are
traditionally viewed from the perspective of the consumer, not the
preparer.

LH

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>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:33:01 +0100
>>From: Chris F Waigl <chris at LASCRIBE.NET>
>>Subject: Re: Internal toppings
>
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>>I guess even for Calzone, the stuff is put on top and the entire
>>thing folded over afterwards.
>>
>>Chris Waigl
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