Jansson's Temptation (1964)

[Fred Shapiro]

yOn Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Jan Ivarsson TransEdit wrote:

> It is hardly the "national dish", but quite popular.

I think "national dish" is an expression Barry uses when he wants to make
the point how terrible it is that the OED doesn't have some foreign food
term.

Fred Shapiro


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