pie alamo

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Feb 28 19:04:13 UTC 2009


At 12:42 AM -0500 2/28/09, Herb Stahlke wrote:
>This evening Jay Leno showed a restaurant menu that listed "Pie
>Alamo."  I don't know if the menu was from Texas, where Pie Alamo is a
>fairly common pun,

Does it involve a piece of pie with a scoop of beans on top and a bit of salsa?

LH

>  like Pie a la Moe for Three Stooges fans.  But
>Google lists a few sites where Texas and puns don't appear to be an
>explanation.  Possible eggcorn?
>
>Herb
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