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    The restaurant formerly known as Shin-Ki

    fresh fish (unfortunately said friend is unable to provide me with any more precise details as to said restaurant’s location or current name). I am hoping this dreamy sounding place is not some urban myth and that someone...

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    Sketchy Food Secrets

    I’ve heard stories/urban myths in the past about those dirty little secrets that surround the junk food we all know and love. For instance...McDonald’s burgers containing lung to make them fluffy, Twinkies being...

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    Nordic Lodge

    Ever since I heard about the all you can eat lobster, seafood, and steak at this place I’ve been dying to try it out. But with the $70 per person price tag I’ve been hesitant to make the trip down to Charleston, RI....

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    first street vietnamese?

    hi, i have heard rumors about a vietnamese place on first street near the galleria mall (“poppa goose” and “indochine” are the names i heard mentioned but can’t find anything behind the urban myth)...

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    mysterious cheese/furniture store?

    some cheese to go on top of it. I’m eager to locate this shop... does anyone know if it exists, or is it simply a New York urban myth? thanks, Michela

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    Worcestershire Pepper Blend - moved from Home Cooking board

    — or to use in a dry rub. i can’t find the dried powder form on their site. maybe they discontinued it for poor sales? ps — this is a funny little set of "urban myths" about worcestershire sauce — though...

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    The end of bananas as we know them?

    another urban myth. Link: http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/bananas.asp

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    Good Fried Chicken - particularly in Dorchester/Roxbury?

    The recent post with a flood of people excited about the impending opening of Popeye’s in Kenmore has me interested in the local non-chain options — (Popeye’s may be good fried chicken, but I haven’t tried...

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    the origins of chicken tikka masala in the U.K. (moved from UK board)

    I’m not sure what prompted your post on the UK board but I agree. Folk who get to eat a decent butter chicken (which you won’t in your local curry house) will not want to eat CTM again. I think the (probable) urban...

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    Ice cream: Eggs or no eggs?

    I like eggs and think it’s creamier that way but I’ve read (and don’t know if it’s an urban myth) that that makes it frozen custard instead.

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    Langer's hand-cut de-mystified

    Not necessarily a secret, but often on this board when Langer’s is recommended people say to make sure to specify “hand cut,” and there has even been a one-dollar surcharge mentioned for that. Urban myth to the...

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    Garlic crab recipe? [Moved from San Francisco Bay Area board]

    Might be urban myth or it might be real but I understand Crustacean’s crab recipe is secret. I’m sure someone could figure it out or something very close, like this one: http://www.kwun.org/recipe/crab2.html

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    lenten italian in tribeca

    ...hate to say it, but this sounds like an urban myth : )

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    Zankou Garlic Sauce--Industrial Strength Binder

    might be urban myth but i heard that a number of years ago from someone i met who sounded like they would know; they were armenian, might have been related/family friends...

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    Jell-O Pudding Pops

    I know this topic came up awhile ago, and some fans of the much-lamented pops were trying to replicate them, and their texture, in their own kitchens.... I have news from the inside! Turns out one of my close friends (so this is...

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