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John Red-Horse wrote:
wrote: Astro, I have criticisms of the French but I dislike what I see as knee-jerk French bashing. I could never hate a country with that much culinary expertise. Britain, on the other hand, is a culinary waste land.... Astro's rhetorical tack is old; it's so obvious, it was identified as an effective technique by the ancient Greeks: Don't strain yourself unduly. This stuff is all automated now: http://makeashorterlink.com/?D10325A2C Which gives us more leisure time to go skiing. //Walt |
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AstroPax wrote:
...and almost as popular as American bashing is among many young Europeans, as they sit at an outdoor cafe wearing Levi's and Nikes while sipping on Starbucks coffee. Want Freedom Fries with that? -klaus |
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AstroPax wrote:
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:25:59 +1100, "ant" wrote: god it was horrible. We'd go to Pizza Hut just to get the salad. I'm not joking. It was that bad. As if Australia has any claim to food fame. That is simply not true and shows your bias toward anything good that comes from other countries. Australia is world famous for their culinary talent that resulted in Vegemite. Or...?? was that infamous?? I get those two mixed up. C. Although I suppose the lamb chops are good and cheap, and the Roo is hopping delicious. -Astro |
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Bob Lee wrote:
Sven Golly wrote: klaus wote: Want Freedom Fries with that? I stopped drinking French Roast. I haven't stopped Frenching though. You guys think Lance Armstrong will change his mind and try to win an eighth Tour de Freedom? From what I've read about him, I don't see how he can quit unless he breaks something essential. Try quitting smoking. It's probably harder than that. I understand he lives in Freedom... -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------ There are 10 types of geek in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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pigo wrote:
The breakfasts is the worst stuff. Quite often we eat in at my bil's house so there's a Dutch twist to our meals there as well. When we go out for dinner is usually at their favorite Indian place, that's real good. Yes, Indian was the only reliably good eat-out food we encountered. sometimes it was superb. We'd go mad if we found markets and buy up big on fruit. Breakfasts weren't too bad, if they had eggs and things, but the black pudding was a bit much, yugh. Most of the times we've gone out to dinner it's been good, meaty stuff. Not particularly imaginative or anything. Meat, gravy, potatoes, and (something that would make scatty move there) spotted dick (he'd be disappointed to find out it's a pudding type desert). Spotted Dick, famous pudding, I think it has sultanas or raisens in it. steamed pudding is a dying art. We got some good food in Scotland, good hearty stews. And the pub lunches were always reliable, with good bread, cheese, pickled things and salad. Rather a lot of cheese though. -- ant http://www.dcita.gov.au/tel/do_not_call to make your comment on proposals to limit telemarketing |
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Sven Golly wrote:
klaus wrote in news:dldm4u$ubt$1 @news.xmission.com: Want Freedom Fries with that? I stopped drinking French Roast. I haven't stopped Frenching though. I hope that means they drop the price of the French blend/roast beans at the supermarket when I get there. I was quite partial to that. -- ant http://www.dcita.gov.au/tel/do_not_call to make your comment on proposals to limit telemarketing |
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CParker wrote:
AstroPax wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:25:59 +1100, "ant" wrote: god it was horrible. We'd go to Pizza Hut just to get the salad. I'm not joking. It was that bad. As if Australia has any claim to food fame. That is simply not true and shows your bias toward anything good that comes from other countries. Australia is world famous for their culinary talent that resulted in Vegemite. Or...?? was that infamous?? I get those two mixed up. we can't claim Vegemite, as we stole it off the Poms, where it's called Marmite, and put it in our special jars. -- ant http://www.dcita.gov.au/tel/do_not_call to make your comment on proposals to limit telemarketing |
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AstroPax wrote:
Personally, IMO, Italy has better food, better wine, and the people are much more polite. And it's less expensive too. The same could be said with respect to the U.S. -klaus |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:57:58 GMT, Sven Golly
wrote: klaus wrote in news:dldm4u$ubt$1 : Want Freedom Fries with that? I stopped drinking French Roast. I haven't stopped Frenching though. I'm buying a lot less French wine these days. Only because the cut-and-run Spaniards are kicking their tails on the price/quality scale, though. But I still got some drop-dead delicious Gigondas in the cellar. bw |
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