![]() 28 Result of a 1960s Haight-Ashbury shopping spree? : HIPPIE BOOTY (from “hip boot”) The San Antonio Chili Stand was a popular attraction at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and that stand introduced the dish to the rest of America and to the world. The dish was created by immigrants from the Spanish Canary Islands in the city of San Antonio, Texas (a city which the islanders founded). The full name of the dish that is often called simply “chili” is “chili con carne”, Spanish for “peppers with meat”. 23 Kitchen at a barbecue restaurant? : CHILI FACTORY (from “chill factor”) She produced more than 4,000 witty and humorous columns under the title “At Wit’s End”, with all describing her home life in suburbia. My colleague told me that this lump of plastic was called “a mouse” … 22 “I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of _”: Erma Bombeck : FOODĮrma Bombeck wrote for newspapers for about 35 years. There was a piece of white plastic connected to the main computer by a cord, and I was amazed when the guy showed me that it controlled where the cursor was on the screen. The first Macintosh was introduced in 1984, and I remember someone showing me one at work in those early days of personal computing. Macintosh (also “Mac”, since 1998) is a line of computers from Apple Inc. The shift to “En Vogue” happened when they discovered another group using that name. The group briefly performed under the name “4-U”, before changing to “Vogue”. 19 “My _ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” 1992 hit by En Vogue : LOVIN’Įn Vogue is an all-female R&B group that formed in 1989 in Oakland, California. ![]() This was partially reversed in 1927 when the current name was introduced, the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in recognition of an independent Irish Free State in the south of the island of Ireland. ![]() The name changed again with the Acts of Union 1800 that created the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” (much to the chagrin of most of the Irish population). The official use of “United Kingdom” originated in 1707 with the Acts of Union that declared the countries of England and Scotland as “United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain”. The terms “United Kingdom”, “Great Britain” and “England” can sometimes be confused. When baking, proofing (also “proving”) is the resting of a dough made with yeast, allowing it to rise prior to baking. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across ![]()
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