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The Melting Pot
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1910s-present
The blue plate special became shorthand for the everyday American diner meal: filling, inexpensive, and quick to order. The phrase was common by the 1920s and 1930s, tied to lunch counters, railroad restaurants, and diners serving one daily set plate.