S Viemeister wrote:
>
> On 2/5/2014 11:02 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >> Here too but that link said in some country they refer to the main part of
> >> the meal, main dish or main but here it is entree. Not always true either
> >> as trendy places now use the word "mains".
> >
> > Then you dine at a trailor trash joint... mains are sewer pipes.
> >
> "Mains" can also refer to water mains, gas mains, even electric mains.

I like fresh Main lobster.

G.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 3:19:43 PM UTC-8, Gary wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>
> >
>
> > On 2/5/2014 11:02 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >
>
> > >> Here too but that link said in some country they refer to the main part of
>
> > >> the meal, main dish or main but here it is entree. Not always true either
>
> > >> as trendy places now use the word "mains".
>
> > >
>
> > > Then you dine at a trailor trash joint... mains are sewer pipes.
>
> > >
>
> > "Mains" can also refer to water mains, gas mains, even electric mains.
>
>
>
> I like fresh Main lobster.
>
>
>
> G.


Good one, lol

Julie P

On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 1:40:16 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:23:06 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>
>
> > Here it is:
>
> >
>
> > Dining Room Menu
>
> >
>
> > Starters
>
> ....
>
> > Appetizers
>
> ....
>
>
>
> What's the difference between a starter and an appetizer?
>
>
>
> -sw

That's for those of a limited vocabulary whoaren't sure what 'appetizer' conveys.

Desserts would be 'final stretch' or sumthn.

On 2/5/2014 9:36 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
>> among the masses)
>
> But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
> have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
>
> -sw
>
+1!!

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On 2/5/2014 10:36 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
>> among the masses)
>
> But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
> have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
>
> -sw
>
LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5diMImYIIA

Jill

"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> news
>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:21:35 +0000, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote
>>>
>>>> OK I looked at wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Appetizers are what we refer to here as "Hors d'oeuvre" or "Horse's
>>>> doofers" as my Dad used to jokingly refer to them <g> IOW, 'finger
>>>> food' that is generally served before one even gets to the dining
>>>> table.
>>> ]
>>> Ahh thanks for that
>>
>> If I have to be absolutely 'correct' about this - Hors d'oeuvre can also
>> be food that is eaten with the 'minimum of cutlery at the table' (what do
>> they call cutlery in the USA - flatware, maybe? Can never remember...)
>>
>> Anyway, can't imagine eating either of their lettuce appetizer offerings
>> anywhere other than sitting at a table with a knife and fork and a napkin
>> on my lap - so they might as well have put those two under 'Starters',
>> IMHO. Same goes for the Gnudi; to me that's a starter, not an appetizer.
>
> Yes. Either flatware if not real silver. But lots of people call
> flatware silverware. Cutlery usually refers to sharp knives.

I beg to differ. "Cutlery" refers to all pieces of flatware, not just
knives(sharp or otherwise). In my part of the world, anyway.
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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
>> among the masses)
>
> But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
> have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

LOL you sound just like my mother))

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In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:
>On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:44:28 +0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
>> Apart from the 'pudding' thing, it seems we have the same names for all
>> those things.
>
>My Mom always referred to dessert as pudding - as do many other people I
>know here, but usually when talking about home cooking. Every restaurant
>I've ever been in here has a 'dessert' section on the menu - and often a
>separate menu.

I was recently moved to look up the etymology of "pudding". Seems
that it came from the French word "boudin", and originally meant
"sausage" (e.g., black pudding). Over time, it came to mean
anything boiled in a cloth bag.

It's an easy jump from
"the sweet thing boiled in a cloth bag that we eat after the meal" to
"the sweet thing that we eat after a meal".

Cindy Hamilton
--

In article >,
Brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>I've never seen a menu in NY with the term "Starter"...

If you google for "menu starters", you'll find a link with images
from a lot of menus that use the term "starters". I didn't bother
to find out if any of them were in NY (I presume you mean the
state rather than the city).

You don't go to restaurants very often anymore, if I recall.

Cindy Hamilton
--

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:
>On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:11:36 -0500, S Viemeister wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2014 11:02 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>> Here too but that link said in some country they refer to the main part of
>>>> the meal, main dish or main but here it is entree. Not always true either
>>>> as trendy places now use the word "mains".
>>>
>>> Then you dine at a trailor trash joint... mains are sewer pipes.
>>>
>> "Mains" can also refer to water mains, gas mains, even electric mains.
>
>or to the hair on the back of a lion or horse's neck.

That's spelled "mane". (Didn't see an emoticon to indicate you were
making a joke.)

Cindy Hamilton
--

On 2014-02-06 9:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> In article >,
> Brooklyn1 > wrote:
>>
>> I've never seen a menu in NY with the term "Starter"...
>
> If you google for "menu starters", you'll find a link with images
> from a lot of menus that use the term "starters". I didn't bother
> to find out if any of them were in NY (I presume you mean the
> state rather than the city).
>
> You don't go to restaurants very often anymore, if I recall.

That depends on the thread. ;-)

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 12:04:01 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
> >> among the masses)
> >
> > But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
> > have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
>
> LOL you sound just like my mother))

It's called "Grandma's Rule".
<http://discipline.about.com/od/decreasenegativebehaviors/a/Grandmas-Rule-Of-Discipline-Teach-Kids-Privileges-Can-Be-Earned.htm>



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Good Memories.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 12:04:01 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>> >
>> >> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and
>> >> fear
>> >> among the masses)
>> >
>> > But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
>> > have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
>>
>> LOL you sound just like my mother))
>
> It's called "Grandma's Rule".
> <http://discipline.about.com/od/decreasenegativebehaviors/a/Grandmas-Rule-Of-Discipline-Teach-Kids-Privileges-Can-Be-Earned.htm>

heh

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On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:28:00 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-02-06 9:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Brooklyn1 > wrote:
> >>
> >> I've never seen a menu in NY with the term "Starter"...
> >
> > If you google for "menu starters", you'll find a link with images
> > from a lot of menus that use the term "starters". I didn't bother
> > to find out if any of them were in NY (I presume you mean the
> > state rather than the city).
> >
> > You don't go to restaurants very often anymore, if I recall.
>
> That depends on the thread. ;-)

He's been away from NYC for a long time. He was in Lung Island for
years and has been in the sticks practically forever by now. I think
the "starters" trend began well after he left LI.


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Good Memories.

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 21:20:19 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:11:36 -0500, S Viemeister wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2014 11:02 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>> Here too but that link said in some country they refer to the main part of
>>>> the meal, main dish or main but here it is entree. Not always true either
>>>> as trendy places now use the word "mains".
>>>
>>> Then you dine at a trailor trash joint... mains are sewer pipes.
>>>
>> "Mains" can also refer to water mains, gas mains, even electric mains.
>
>or to the hair on the back of a lion or horse's neck.

Um, that would be *mane*, dwarf.

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 21:36:24 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
>> among the masses)
>
>But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
>have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

Hehe... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pudding

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 12:04:01 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:21:07 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have starter, main and pudding (just to cause consternation and fear
>>>> among the masses)
>>>
>>> But if you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
>>> have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
>>
>> LOL you sound just like my mother))
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5diMImYIIA

lol she didn't sound Quite like that

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