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Famous female firsts

  1. Sally Ride - First American female astronaut in space (1983)
  2. Valentina Tereshkova - First female in space (1963)
  3. Victoria Woodhull - First woman to run for President of the United States (1872)
  4. Jacqueline Cochran - First woman to break the sound barrier (1953)
  5. Margaret Thatcher - First female British Prime Minister (1979)
  6. Margaret Court - First female in the open era to win the Grand Slam (1970)
  7. Kim Campbell - First, and to date only, female Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
  8. Queen Isabella of Spain - First woman to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp (1892)
  9. Martha Custis Washington - First First Lady of the United States (1789)
  10. Lt. Annie G. Fox- First woman to win the Purple Heart for combat (1942)
  11. Golda Meir - First female Prime Minister of Israel (1969)
  12. Corazon Aquino: First female president in Asia (1986)
  13. Marie Curie - First woman to win a Nobel prize (and the only person to win two Nobel prizes in different sciences)

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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
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Famous female firsts

  1. Sally Ride - First American female astronaut in space (1983)
  2. Valentina Tereshkova - First female in space (1963)
  3. Victoria Woodhull - First woman to run for President of the United States (1872)
  4. Jacqueline Cochran - First woman to break the sound barrier (1953)
  5. Margaret Thatcher - First female British Prime Minister (1979)
  6. Margaret Court - First female in the open era to win the Grand Slam (1970)
  7. Kim Campbell - First, and to date only, female Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
  8. Queen Isabella of Spain - First woman to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp (1892)
  9. Martha Custis Washington - First First Lady of the United States (1789)
  10. Lt. Annie G. Fox- First woman to win the Purple Heart for combat (1942)
  11. Golda Meir - First female Prime Minister of Israel (1969)
  12. Corazon Aquino: First female president in Asia (1986)
  13. Carole King - First woman to win a Song of the Year Grammy (1971)

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Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
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Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
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  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.

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Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
58731

Two for one food categories going on here.

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.

Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
58732

Two for one food categories going on here.

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash

Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
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Your most recent lunch.

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and metballs
58734

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
58735

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
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ld Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher
  7. Moo juice - milk

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
58738

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher
  7. Moo juice - milk
  8. Cremate - overcook

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
58739

Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher
  7. Moo juice - milk
  8. Cremate - overcook
  9. Fish Eyes - tapioca pudding

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
  9. Home-made crabcakes
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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher
  7. Moo juice - milk
  8. Cremate - overcook
  9. Fish Eyes - tapioca pudding
  10. On the hoof - prepared rare

Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
  9. Home-made crabcakes
  10. PBJ and a glass of water
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Your most recent lunch

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
  9. Home-made crabcakes
  10. PBJ and a glass of water
  11. Cannelloni, yoghurt and an apple.
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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast

  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.

  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash

  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave

  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast

  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher

  7. Moo juice - milk

  8. Cremate - overcook

  9. Fish Eyes - tapioca pudding

  10. On the hoof - prepared rare

  11. Blue plate special - an inexpensive, full meal

  12. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.

  13. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.

  14. Shawarma plate with fries

  15. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.

  16. Leftover chicken

  17. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs

  18. Nothing

  19. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.

  20. Home-made crabcakes

  21. PBJ and a glass of water

  22. Cannelloni, yoghurt and an apple.

  23. Left over BBQ ribs and slice of apple pie

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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast

  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.

  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash

  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave

  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast

  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher

  7. Moo juice - milk

  8. Cremate - overcook

  9. Fish Eyes - tapioca pudding

  10. On the hoof - prepared rare

  11. Blue plate special - an inexpensive, full meal

  12. “86” (cancel/hold/leave out…)

  13. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.

  14. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.

  15. Shawarma plate with fries

  16. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.

  17. Leftover chicken

  18. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs

  19. Nothing

  20. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.

  21. Home-made crabcakes

  22. PBJ and a glass of water

  23. Cannelloni, yoghurt and an apple.

  24. Left over BBQ ribs and slice of apple pie

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Old Restaurant Slang

  1. Adam and Eve on a raft - Poached eggs on toast
  2. In the weeds - So far behind (server or cook) that catching up is just about impossible.
  3. Take a chance or Gambler’s in the house - hash
  4. Campers - customers who just won’t leave
  5. Two on a raft, wreck 'em – 2 scrambled eggs on toast
  6. Bubble dancer - dishwasher
  7. Moo juice - milk
  8. Cremate - overcook
  9. Fish Eyes - tapioca pudding
  10. On the hoof - prepared rare
  11. Blue plate special - an inexpensive, full meal
  12. “86” (cancel/hold/leave out…)
  13. Hebrew enemies - pork chop From a 100-word/phrase (1930s?) WPA list of “NY Soda-Luncheonette Slang and Jargon,” published in Kurlansky, Food of a Younger Land.
    [Nitpick: #2 and #12 are still normal kitchen words; #11 lives on, sort of, ironically in some kitchens.]

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The most expensive food (not wine) you’ve splurged on to cook at home, as a single item (ie not 15 steaks for a party).

  1. Whole foie gras (A class) – $100
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Completing the most recent lunch category!

  1. Ham, provolone, shredded lettuce, and horseradish sauce on a toasted onion roll. Beverage: water.
  2. Half a bagel-and-whitefish salad leftover from yesterday. Ice coffee.
  3. Shawarma plate with fries
  4. Slice of sausage pizza and a cookie.
  5. Leftover chicken
  6. Lean Cuisine spaghetti and meatballs
  7. Nothing
  8. Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar and coffee.
  9. Home-made crabcakes
  10. PBJ and a glass of water
  11. Cannelloni, yoghurt and an apple.
  12. Left over BBQ ribs and slice of apple pie
  13. crackers and cheese, potato chips, hummus, guacamole dip, grapes, cookies

The most expensive food (not wine) you’ve splurged on to cook at home, as a single item (ie not 15 steaks for a party).

  1. Whole foie gras (A class) – $100
  2. lobsters, around $8 each
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The most expensive food (not wine) you’ve splurged on to cook at home, as a single item (ie not 15 steaks for a party).

  1. Whole foie gras (A class) – $100
  2. lobsters, around $8 each
  3. chuck roast - around $20