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    Unique to Toronto/Canada

    or Greektown on the Danforth, urban myth. If you are considering a bit of a wander, some good neighbourhoods that are interesting and close together would include Queen Street West (starting at Spadina and West) for funky clothing...

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    help, the soup is too hot (from peppers)

    that is an urban cooking myth. Adding a potato won’t do a thing. Diluting the soup with more stock might help.

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    SD Hounds need a post Laker game meal

    The Pantry? Really? It’s one of those places that if you grew up with it, standing in lines for bad food served by ex-cons (kidding about the last part, I think—it’s an L.A. urban myth, perhaps), then go for it. But...

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    Non Stick Spray - Non Stick Pan

    Sounds like an urban myth to me. I switched to spray for just about everything 15+ years ago when a family member had a heart attack. I don’t use much oil (a liter of EV Olive oil every couple of years and maybe a few ounces...

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    Boiling pasta - oil or no oil

    Oil is some kind of strange urban myth/quasi-cook kind of thing. Posts above indicate a trail leading to idiotic Emeril. Nyet!

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    The great road trip begins...LA to NOLA..

    the property. The owners closed the doors, but diners in the San Antonio area banned together, paid the taxes and begged the owners to reopen. Maybe an urban myth, but I would not be surprised at its validity. Only other place...

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    beer bottle color theory

    an urban myth. While Jim Dorsch is right that exposing a beer bottle to enough light over time will change the taste of the beer inside, and that clear or green bottles are more susceptable to this effect, this problem is only...

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    Jackson Hts- Street Food Questions

    I’ve tried to find her repeatedly, and never have. I’ve come to the conclusion that she’s an urban myth. Otherwise, if she were real, and such a favorite with everyone, you think they would have asked her name....

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    ny bagels in la

    the water may or may not be urban myth. it could be the altitude,it could be the air, or it could be that no one out here has a clue how to make one.

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    The Great American Hot Dog Book

    of the American Hot Dog and debunking urban legends and myths. Well documented, this is a fine history and introduction to the regional styles and descriptions of hot dogs that follow. The chapters include hot dogs of the...

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    SF chinatown battle chowfun: Youngs vs Hing Lung

    Brown? Looks more like a darker shade of the Flesh crayon to me! Word was that a feng shui-meister told the owners that they needed to paint the building a (bilious) bright green to ward off the powers of GG Park in order to...

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    Natural Flavoring

    You can check snopes.com for any number of "food myths" that are similar to the “beef blood in ketchup” rumor. How 'bout cow blood in milk, or deer blood in Jagermeister? Clearly, this is an urban myth. Snopes on odd...

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    7 Ladies with a few requirements

    guests would be appreciated, but the guest of honor’s wishes will trump all. So in that vein, I’m thinking: Myth Boulevard Two Anchor and Hope Fish and Farm What would you do?

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    Review -- Terroni, Queen St. W.

    This might be an urban myth, but I swear that I heard it directly from a friend who was able to change a menu item at the Terroni on Adelaide! Apparently, the waitress sympathized with him being lactose interolant, though he was...

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    chicken on counter overnight?

    "has anyone else heard that?" An urban myth that’s been doing the rounds for 30 years or more. Sometimes attached to medieval cookery, more often attached to countries with hot climates. Put it like this. If you had some...

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