Mike... > wrote:

> Following up to "Alex Cunningham" > wrote:
>
> >Surely this will depend on how fine an edge you keep on your dinner knives.
>
> leave them blunt and have razor sharp fork edges :-)

Yes, specially that little dent on the oyster forks, please.
Always have to fight for it and if I understood the signals oysters are
*not* acceptable as home decoration elements.


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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) > wrote:

> Gregoire Kretz > wrote:
> >
> > Alsace, the French region just at the border with Germany, isn't half
> > bad for that: why of course you'll want egg-noodles to go with the kilo
> > of choucroute, that's only a side dish to the kilo of diverse meet on
> > your plate.
>
> I promise I'm not being contrary, but my only experience of alsatian
> food I can think of was at Sandrine's in Cambridge, Mass. this January!

*faints*


> It was lunchtime, admittedly, but the portions were not at all
> outrageous. Now, is that a double or a triple irony?

I think I need a drink, now.


> They do choucroute, but I didn't order it. I started with yummy snails
> (served out of the shell in a snail pan)

Always a nice start, if only to horrify neighbours with the smell/sight.



> then a lobster omelette, which
> is perhaps the best omelette I've ever had-

Ah yes, lobster, perhaps the most traditional of local ingredients.
The sight of Alsatian fishing boats coming back to the harbour in the
early morning after a night of fishing in the deep seas is always
impressive. They're still going strong at it, even though some of the
locals diversified into oyster rearing to the point Strasbourg is
beginning to be a very important place for pearl trade.
Mind you they deserve it, they were hit so hard with the fishing quotas,
I mean, there's a reason bouillabaisse there is sooo expensive these
days...



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Mike... > wrote:

> i hate to think how you make steak fork tender.

They tried that one in France about 20 years ago: meat was sliced very
thinly, carpaccio-like, then reassembled in the shape of a steak with a
layer of fat around to make it look like an expensive tournedos (and
hide the fact that without it everything would collapse).
It was sold in black plastic wrappers, so you couldn't even see the
meat.

I suppose you could cut it with a fork, although technically speaking it
was maybe more separating than actually cutting.
Trouble was there was little point to it: even burger meat has more
texture, and the taste wasn't that good.

Producers spend millions on marketing and publicity when something hits
the shelves, you should be able to force them to spend as much when the
product disappears (as happened in this case, very quickly): "Yes, you
can now enjoy shelves totally free of our stuff and find food instead!".
<g>


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"Mike..." > wrote in message
...
> Following up to "Giusi" > wrote:
>
>>> it must be this US feed lot business, no steak ive ever had or cooked,
>>> including at gordon Ramsays, could be cut with a fork. What on earth
>>> are US producers doing to this beef?
>>> --
>>> Mike
>>
>>Nor I although I ate my share of steaks there over more years than I care
>>to
>>admit.
>
> i'm now assuming its an expression only
> --
>

Only for those who know how to ruin the unruinable--filet mignon. Boggles
the mind.

Following up to "Alex Cunningham" > wrote:

>> leave them blunt and have razor sharp fork edges :-)
>
>Could play hell with the corners of your mouth though. ;-)

Hmmm, perhaps use the spoon?
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Following up to "cybercat" > wrote:

>>>Nor I although I ate my share of steaks there over more years than I care
>>>to
>>>admit.
>>
>> i'm now assuming its an expression only
>> --
>>
>
>Only for those who know how to ruin the unruinable--filet mignon. Boggles
>the mind.

doesn't seem to be a consensus, does there? Some say soft steak was
made by injections, it isn't really that soft or it is that soft. I
dont see how an exercised animal (one with flavour) would be so tender
as not to need a knife. And Gordon Ramsay doesnt serve it like that.
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>>> leave them blunt and have razor sharp fork edges :-)

>>Alex Cunningham" > wrote:
>>Could play hell with the corners of your mouth though. ;-)

>"Mike..." > wrote:
> Hmmm, perhaps use the spoon?

Sounds like a better plan.

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"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> Tim C. wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:13:55 +0100, Sacha
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I must say that I'm still trying to figure out how taking home food
>>> contaminated by dining companions in USA or UK is going to save people
>>> from
>>> starvation in third world countries.
>>
>> lol! I was beginning to wonder too.
>
> Of course it doesn't. What it was was an attempt to instill guilt or
> appreciation about the bounty of food they were lucky enough to have
> enjoyed and how wasting it would be wrong when there are children starving
> in.....<fill in the blank

If used to be common to try to encourage children to eat their meals, to say
that there are people starving in the rest of the world, made us all very
concious of the waste.

"graham" > wrote in message
news:5vKTi.138489$Da.118753@pd7urf1no...
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>
> I caught Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen
>> Nightmares in England a couple of days ago, they certainly served
>> up a large plate of food, too. I'd have taken that steak home. Heh.

Who on earth is Gordon Ramsey, and why do people bother to watch it?

"Anne Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> The message from Mike... > contains
> these words:
>> Following up to "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> > From all the bleeping it seems to me Gordon
>> >could stand to increase his vocabulary.
>
>> hes odd, he has an adequate vocabulary, his background was poor inner
>> city and pro football in Glasgow.......
>> Maybe its a gimmick now?
>
> It's possibly a Scottish thing? We tend not to wince when someone
> uses a 'questionable' word... Perhaps we're just more broad minded?

But why on earth do they keep refering to sexual intercourse?

"Sacha" > wrote in message
. uk...
> On 24/10/07 09:11, in article , "Giusi"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Sacha" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> . uk...
>>> I must say that I'm still trying to figure out how taking home food
>>> contaminated by dining companions in USA or UK is going to save people
>>> from
>>> starvation in third world countries.
>>> Perhaps a re-distribution of transportable food stuffs would do that, or
>>> a
>>> bigger contribution of money from wealthy countries to poorer ones? I
>>> just
>>> can't see that the use of doggy bags by countries that serve oversized
>>> portions of food is going to help the starving in e.g. Zimbabwe.
>>> --
>>> Sacha
>>>
>> I can say what I think. There is an enormous amount of energy expended
>> in
>> producing all food and preparing cooked food. If it can be used for any
>> purpose, it should be. Every time you throw out half a steak, a chop or
>> really anything edible by you or your pets, you are also throwing out and
>> wasting finite resources.
>>
>> I don't like leftovers, so I don't eat doggy bag contents, but I do serve
>> them to my cats who are very pleased and therefore eat less of their cat
>> food, which consumes energy resources as well.
>
> Then lobbying for smaller and more manageable portions of food seems to be
> the way to go.

Had a meal in a pub a few days ago and the portions were huge, as I was
leaving I made a comment on the size of the portions and I was told that the
next time I had a meal there I could ask for a smaller portion.

"Tim C." > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>has to be careful about "germs".
>
> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.

I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!

In article >,
"Alan Holmes" > wrote:

> "Tim C." > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
> >>has to be careful about "germs".
> >
> > They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>
> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!

All of my children were breast fed. Seemed like a plan. Almost
everyone I know had children who were breast fed. How else would you do
it?

Alan Holmes wrote:
> "Tim C." > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>> has to be careful about "germs".
>>
>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>
> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!

All mine were and so was my grandson.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:18 -0000, "Ophelia" > wrote:

>
>
>Alan Holmes wrote:
>> "Tim C." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>>> has to be careful about "germs".
>>>
>>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>>
>> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!
>
>All mine were and so was my grandson.
>

i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:18 -0000, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Alan Holmes wrote:
>>> "Tim C." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>>>> has to be careful about "germs".
>>>>
>>>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>>>
>>> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!
>>
>>All mine were and so was my grandson.
>>
>
> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.
>
> your pal,
> blake


That's a bit late ;-))
Dee Dee

blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:18 -0000, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Alan Holmes wrote:
>>> "Tim C." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>>>> has to be careful about "germs".
>>>>
>>>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>>>
>>> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!
>>
>> All mine were and so was my grandson.
>>
>
> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.

Awwwwwwww there, there, there

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.

Wow! Deja vu. Same age too. My first glimpse of Heaven.

Five feet of heaven in a ponytail
the cutest ponytail
that swayed with a wiggle when she walked.

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.
>
> Wow! Deja vu. Same age too. My first glimpse of Heaven.
>
> Five feet of heaven in a ponytail
> the cutest ponytail
> that swayed with a wiggle when she walked.
>
> leo


What dogs!
Dee Dee

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.
>
> Wow! Deja vu. Same age too. My first glimpse of Heaven.
>
> Five feet of heaven in a ponytail
> the cutest ponytail
> that swayed with a wiggle when she walked.
>
> leo

leo, I have a feeling you will still be thinking about that when you are
99 yrs old and in a wheelchair. Not that there is anything wrong with
that.

Becca

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:27:44 -0400, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:43:18 -0000, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Alan Holmes wrote:
>>>> "Tim C." > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>>>>> has to be careful about "germs".
>>>>>
>>>>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>>>>
>>>> I doubt that many children are fed on mothers milk!
>>>
>>>All mine were and so was my grandson.
>>>
>>
>> i never had a tit in my mouth until i was fifteen.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>
>That's a bit late ;-))
>Dee Dee
>

i wasted a lot of time going out with presbyterian girls.

your pal,
blake

Mike... wrote on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:22:34 +0000:

??>> e the pineapple,

M> i believe that anyone who puts pineapple on a pizza should
M> be shot at dawn :-)

Can I refer you to Duke Ellington's maxim: "If it sounds good,
it is good", just change "sounds" to "tastes" :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Following up to "James Silverton" >
wrote:

> M> i believe that anyone who puts pineapple on a pizza should
> M> be shot at dawn :-)
>
>Can I refer you to Duke Ellington's maxim: "If it sounds good,
>it is good", just change "sounds" to "tastes" :-)

by all means........so shoot them twice! :-)
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