Date:  Mon, 5 Jan 1998 15:26:40 -0800
From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LINFIELD.EDU>
Subject: Re: throwed rolls

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Gregory {Greg} Downing wrote:

>
> O, I get it now: it's a gimmick, part of a theme restaurant. The formation
> "throwed rolls" probably plays off of past-participle/noun collocations used
> for particular versions of foods which have undergone a certain action as
> part of the food-prep process: filled/stuffed rolls or buns, raised muffins,
> beaten biscuits, mashed potatoes, **tossed salad** (maybe that's the joke
> here?), etc.
>
> Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu
>

Along those lines, I'm looking forward to a billboard advertising a
restaurant that features "tossed cookies."

Peter McGraw