Author:  Bill Bryson
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The U.S. Army in 1974 devised a food called funistrada as a test word during a survey of soldiers' dietary preferences. Although no such food existed, funistrada ranked higher in the survey than lima beans and eggplant {which seems about right to me, at least as far as the lima beans go}.

( Bill Bryson )
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