"steak-fried chicken"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I meant "steak-fried chicken," not "A1" or "A1 Steak Sauce."

Humor professionals call this..."humor."

There's "steak-fried ice cream" too.

In my world.

JL

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 11/3/2012 10:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I'm introducing "steak-fried chicken" right now.
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> >Throw in a little A-1 Sauce.
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> >Equivocal exx. back to 1759.
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> Really?  Wikipedia says A1 steak sauce was branded in the UK in 1831.
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> Oh, you meant "steak-fried chicken".  I am, seriously, interested in
> your 1759 exx.
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> Joel
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