"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:45:06 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:53:03 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Janet wrote:
>> >> > In article >,
>> >> > says...
>> >> >
>> >> > A neighbour gave us supper the other evening and served a joint
>> >> > of
>> >> > boiled bacon with a mustard sauce, steamed new potatoes and beans..
>> >> > it
>> >> > was homely and delicious. I usually serve it with a parsley sauce.
>> >> >
>> >> > Janet UK.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you - I have never seen the stuff, just heard stories about it.
>> >>
>> > Would that be the parsley sauce or the *joint* of bacon? Both are new
>> > to me.
>>
>> What you call a 'roast' we call a 'joint' ie a piece of meat.
>
> Which can be boneless? That clears up a lot. "Joint" implies meat
> with a bone to me, thanks! We call it a "slab" of bacon because bacon
> means pork belly here. I know it's popular, but I haven't gotten on
> the pork belly for dinner bandwagon and doubt I ever will.
>>
>> Parsley sauce is just basically a white sauce with chopped parsley mixed
>> in:
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>> http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/5442/parsley-sauce.aspx
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> Thanks again, I visualized it much differently (olive oil, lemon
> juice, parsley).

I hate it. It reminds me of school dinners

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