Byline: LISA STEVENS Staff writer
Q: What's the origin of the phrase ``mind your p's and q's?'' I know it refers to pints and quarts but that's all I know.
A: Ale is ordered by pints and quarts in English pubs. In old England, when drinking customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints (p's) and quarts (q's) and calm down, according to http://www.schindler.org/psacot/20010312.html.
Q: When a recipe calls for roasted peppers, it always says roasted red peppers but I was wondering if I could use a green pepper.
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