"Henry" > wrote in message
news:uUWGd.5253$HT6.4661@trnddc04...
> Over here it's Turkey, at about 500 Deg. F.

Do you mean with the same cooking method and the same "excuse", i.e.
structural works over?
Very curious to know if my US roofing colleagues are also "asphalt
turkeying"
Cheers
Daniel

> "Abe" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >"Asphalt gigot " (Gigot = lamb or mutton leg in French) is an old
festive
> > >tradition of the French building industry, created by the waterproofing
> > >contractors. When the waterproofing contractor finished the
installation
> of
> > >an asphalt roofing system over a concrete building roof, it is the end
of
> > >the structural works on that building and the whole project team
> celebrates.
> > >For such, several "gigots" are cooked in hot melted asphalt. Yep, hot
> melted
> > >asphalt.
> > ---------
> > That has got to be the most bizarre cooking method I've ever heard.
> > Speaking of industry-specific cooking methods, when I was a teenager
> > working in my Father's dry cleaning store, we used to make grilled
> > cheese sandwiches and heat up leftover meatloaf, chicken cutlets,
> > etc... in the steam press.
>
>