Lucy Hone wrote: >Catherine wrote...... > >Lucy and Colin - when Brits start talking about food, > > >>I never have a clue what they're talking about. >>Ironic, that, since my grandmother was English. >> >>The dog sleepover thing made me laugh. I bet you don't >>get any sleep at all with the constant carrying-on >>that happens when two dogs meet (over and over >>again...) >> >> > > > >I go to France a lot and just love all the sea food... and also like >Escargots... So many people blanche at the thought of snails but... Cooked >in their shells, Drenched in garlic butterand parsley, and eaten with hunks >of fresh bread I think they are one of the little things that everyone >should try..... the number of French who place snails in front of you >thinking you will say "EEEEEWW" (I do think the USA has proveided a >wonderful expression there) and look quite shocked when your eyes light >up..... Good to have one over on the French they still have not got over >Agincourt so its a good thing to keep them on their toes....(don't you think >so Colin .....even if you hate snails).. > I am faird to say i have eaten them as you describe, will eat anything, but didn't enjoy them. The only food i have eaten that really made me feel ill was in Japanese Sushi bar.
> >Things I will not eat are... BRAINS, > dipped in breadcrumbs and fired. mmmmm > TRIPE, > ick > COD ROE (but will eat caviar) > ick to both >JELLIED EELS, > double ick > BLOOD SAUSAGE.... > Black Pudding-is good1 >CUSTARD...... > yummy >and will only eat liver if I >cook it myself.... > same her-so it is still pink. > > > >I took Dan the dog and his mate (Smokey the Whoppet ...huge whippety thing >but too small for a greyhound and too big for a whippet but NOT a lurcher) >and another dog friend for a walk and it was beautiful and then all of a >sudden it just blizzarded snow from absolutely NOWHERE.... Ah the beauty of >England.... > same here. we have a whit out. sevral ins in juts an hour. The dogs LOVE IT.
