On 7/15/2017 1:15 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:25:47 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Oh dear. When the peasants were uprising and killing the French
>> aristocracy... I got this NY Times menu suggestions via email today.
>> Let 'Em Cake!
>>
>> "Good morning. It is Bastille Day, so we've put together a fine new
>> video recipe for French fries that you could make this evening in a hiss
>> and bubble of oil, then serve with a simple pan-fried steak, some
>> béarnaise sauce and a thatch of watercress, alongside a glass of vin
>> rouge. Steak frites! To the barricades!"
>
> But National French Fry day was yesterday...
>
> -sw
>
Oh well, we're not French. But I do love fried potatoes. Skinny,
steak cut, quarter fries. Sliced into rounds. I seriously doubt the
peasant class was eating pan fried steak with bearnaise sauce. They
might have been picking watercress if they could find clean water.

Jill