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    This surviving dish was cooked in ancient Greece with chickpeas and wild argula. This term was derived from the Greek word for 'ribbon' or 'noodles.' What is the name of this dish?

    Question #79230. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Apr 21 07 1:55 AM)


    Litho

    		Spagetti

    Apr 21 07, 4:21 AM
    lanfranco

    		"Spaghetti" comes from Italian "spago" for cord or string, possibly from the Greek for a type of lichen. "Fettuccine," on the other hand, is derived from "fettuccia" for tape or ribbon.

    The Greek word for ribbon was "limniskos," giving us Latin "lemniscus," today an anatomical term.


    http://www.bartleby.com/61/42/F0094200.html

    Apr 21 07, 8:53 AM

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