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Originally Posted by FredH
By the way, what was the thing with Chop Suey back then? It seems like every Chinese restaurant had a big neon Chop Suey sign.
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"During his travels in the United States, Liang Qichao, a Guangdong (Canton) native, wrote in 1903 that there existed in the United States a food item called chop suey which was popularly served by Chinese restaurateurs, but which local Chinese people did not eat.'
- quoted from wiki
There was an actual Chinese dish made of entrails with a similar name, but it is popularly assumed that the Chop Suey ("assorted pieces") we know was invented by Chinese immigrants in the US to appeal to American tastes (this is what I was always told anyway). Chinese restaurants therefore touted "Chop Suey" in their signage to attract Caucasian customers. This is apparently debatable. If one really wants to get into it, wiki has more.
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