Wednesday, February 27, 2008

You Learn Something New Everyday

Rösti is a dish made from grated potatoes, fried in a pan to resemble a pan cake. Traditionally breakfast fare, today it is more commonly served to accompany other dishes, rather than for breakfast. Many Swiss people consider rösti a national dish. (www.cuisinedumonde.com)

Parsimonious (adjective) - excessively unwilling to spend. The Harper government's federal budget was quite parsimonious.(http://dictionary.com)

The "400-Series" of Ontario highways were first introduced in 1952 to designate the province's controlled-access highways. The "4" was intended to reflect that these were four-lane roads, although portions of these highways subsequently exceeded four lanes. (wikipedia.org)

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