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1. 5 days ago on Luann

   So Dr. Pepper is made with actual peppers?

2. 5 days ago on Luann

   Not Mac Mahon, but the harbour town of Mahon, in Menorca, which was invaded by the French in 1756. And there’s where they learnt about the sauce.

3. 5 days ago on Luann

   I think it’s more probable that it comes from mahonnaise, after the town of Mahon in the Balearic island of Menorca, conquered by the French in 1756, where they learned about it.

4. 5 days ago on Luann

   The first mention of it is in a Menorcan cookbook from 1750, where it still uses garlic. When the French conquered the island they took the recipe and leave out the garlic to please their taste. They also called it mahonnaise for the harbour town of Mahon. And it’s said that the name got changed into mayonnaise when they made a typo and turned the h upside down on the printing press.

5. about 2 months ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   Well, in Spain we have a saying for the people who put their name in the first place: “El burro delante, para que no se espante” (The donkey in front, so it doesn’t get scared).

6. about 2 months ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   I guess that’s because being friends with a bossy unicorn is better than being friends with no unicorns.

7. about 2 months ago on Mexikid Stories

   Well, in the Internet you can choose your own nickname…

8. about 2 months ago on La Cucaracha

   The problem here is that USians act as if the USA were the whole America. Technically, a Native American would be any indigenous person from Tierra del Fuego to Murchinson Promontory.

9. about 2 months ago on La Cucaracha

   In Spain it’s called “Día de la Hispanidad” and it’s seen as a day of brotherhood with the countries of Latin America.

10. about 2 months ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

    Cut her some slack. She is new at underwear.