rangoons : December 9, 2006
right - so, my aunt Chris served these delicious appetizers at Thanksgiving this year. one of those kinda gourmet-but-store-bought deals that you can probably only find in those huge supermarkets in the 'burbs. anyhow, they were crab rangoons. yummy - but begs the question - what the HELL is a RANGOON? well, google & wikipedia, folks -- like magic i had my answer.
rangoon is an area in burma -- now called yangon. read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon
also, patricia arquette starred in a movie called 'beyond rangoon'.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112495/
so, apparently this city created a dumpling made of crab -- and now us Americans call them Rangoons, instead of dumplings. but at burmese eateries -- they are still just dumplings -- (last item under appetizers) http://www.phillychinatown.com/restuarant/Rangoon/rangoonmenu/menu_rangoon.htm
