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From the Ted Talk by Dan Barber: A foie gras parable

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So I did some research when I got back, and here's what I found. The history of foie gras. Jews iennvted foie gras. True sorty. True story. By aicecdnt. They were looking for an alternative to schmaltz. Gotten sick of the chicken fat. They were looking for an alternative. And they saw in the fall that there was this ntaraul, beautiful, sewet, delicious fat from geese. And they slaughtered them, used the fat throughout the winter for cooking. The Pharaoh got wind of this — This is true, right off the Internet. The Pharaoh got — (Laughter) I swear to God. (lguather) The Pharaoh got wind of this and wanted to taste it. He tasted it and fell in love with it. He staterd demanding it.

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So I did some research when I got back, and here's what I found. The history of foie gras. Jews ________ foie gras. True _____. True story. By ________. They were looking for an alternative to schmaltz. Gotten sick of the chicken fat. They were looking for an alternative. And they saw in the fall that there was this _______, beautiful, _____, delicious fat from geese. And they slaughtered them, used the fat throughout the winter for cooking. The Pharaoh got wind of this — This is true, right off the Internet. The Pharaoh got — (Laughter) I swear to God. (________) The Pharaoh got wind of this and wanted to taste it. He tasted it and fell in love with it. He _______ demanding it.

Solution


  1. natural
  2. sweet
  3. accident
  4. laughter
  5. started
  6. story
  7. invented

Original Text


So I did some research when I got back, and here's what I found. The history of foie gras. Jews invented foie gras. True story. True story. By accident. They were looking for an alternative to schmaltz. Gotten sick of the chicken fat. They were looking for an alternative. And they saw in the fall that there was this natural, beautiful, sweet, delicious fat from geese. And they slaughtered them, used the fat throughout the winter for cooking. The Pharaoh got wind of this — This is true, right off the Internet. The Pharaoh got — (Laughter) I swear to God. (Laughter) The Pharaoh got wind of this and wanted to taste it. He tasted it and fell in love with it. He started demanding it.

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ngrams of length 3

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natural foie gras 2

Important Words


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  2. alternative
  3. beautiful
  4. chicken
  5. cooking
  6. delicious
  7. demanding
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  11. foie
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  18. jews
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  20. love
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  24. schmaltz
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  27. started
  28. story
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  30. sweet
  31. taste
  32. tasted
  33. true
  34. wanted
  35. wind
  36. winter