Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Sunday, March 9, 2003, 6:15:06 PM, you wrote: > > > I have accumulated 10-12 weeks total time in the U.K. over the last 25 > > years. I can recall one bad meal (in an Indian restaurant in Cambridge.) > > From fish-and-chips take-out locations in London to high end restaurants in > > Bath or Chichester or Seven Oaks or London, all the rest have been good to > > great meals. By contrast, in one week in France a few years ago, the only > > palatable meal I had was a breakfast at a country inn. The dinner highlight > > was a McDonalds in Paris, and I don't even eat at McDonalds here! > > > Stan > > well said, Stan! Anybody would be hard pushed to find anywhere a greater > variety of very high quality eateries than we have in the UK. And our own > regional food is making something of a comeback, too, so it's not just > the 'end of Empire' dividend. > > French wine is still the best, though; here we send all our grapes north to > Scotland where they make whiskey out of them <g>.
That may be, but they make whisky out of grain products and fine clear water... Perhaps it's the workers in the distilleries that drink grape whiskey, I wouldn't know. Isn't that grappa? Anyhow, the best Scotch whisky comes from the West Highlands, it does... <g> Matured in bourbon-cured oak casks... keith whaley > > --- > > Bob
