[HUG] Re: British cooking

Hello Tom, Yeah we call it the big mac. The wool is turned into a
thick shake.

BWs Gordon

Friday, October 26, 2007, 5:55:57 PM, you wrote:

TJO> Which king George was it?  They had five altogether.  What
TJO> Joanne might find suprising is that sheep, cooked to glue in
TJO> Australia, actually is eaten in Britain.  Tasts
TJO> good when you get used to it.  And all the wool is removed.

TJO> Tom of Oslo  

>> From: flexbody [flexbody@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 2007-10-26 01:16:12 CEST
>> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [HUG] Re: Per Nordlund is back...and nervous
>> 
>> Dear Uncle Dick,
>> 
>> Forgive me for the intrusion I happened to see the mail you addressed to my 
>> cousin Ulrik.
>> I think no warning can be sufficient to prepare Joanne and others for that 
>> matter concerning British cuisine.
>> While still in college at the end of the sixties I made my first trip to 
>> England with a couple of good friends.
>> We were om a tight budget and got used to super artificial looking  green 
>> peas served at dinner
>> On the last day of our stay we decided to have a decent meal at a restaurant 
>> that used to be visited by some King
>> George  a few hundred years before us.
>> We were glad to get some nice fresh vegetables at last.
>> 
>> Some time after we ordered the waiter appeared again and informed us the 
>> cook was very sorry but the only vegetables available were peas.
>> Our faces must have shown shock and horror as we discovered we got the same 
>> ugly green looking peas we had during all our other meals this time at 4 
>> times the price of the other meals.
>> 
>> Take as much fresh fruit that you can carry and a lot of good chocolate bars 
>> when preparing for a short stay in England.
>> Those who are enough foolish to plan a longer stay I recommend space food.
>> It is tasteless but little harm can come of it.
>> 
>> Richard.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:21 PM
>> Subject: [HUG] Re: Per Nordlund is back...and nervous
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> > Dear Nephew Ulrik,
>> >
>> > You have to remember that these are British people we are talking
>> > about. It is best to have no illusions about convenience and ease of 
>> > supply.
>> > Of course one should not tar the whole nation of 80 million for the
>> > behaviour of a mere 79,900,990 individuals, but it would be best to 
>> > prepare
>> > Joanne - a mere slip of a girl and quite unused to foreign parts - for 
>> > what
>> > she will encounter.
>> >
>> > I will leave it to you to describe the cooking - and the hospitals -
>> > and Heathrow on a hot afternoon. I will merely endeavour to ease her shock
>> > at the ways of the British camera shop.
>> >
>> > She would do well to ease into it slowly, lest the shock cause
>> > cramping. A few minutes spent in the local Jessops being glared at will
>> > harden her surface enough to enable her to attempt a visit to Bond St. 
>> > After
>> > this wears off - a warm pack and massage helps - she can steel herself to
>> > visit Grays of Westminster. I believe this is the store that Captain Scott
>> > used to train himself at..." I'm just going inside for a while. I may be
>> > some time..."
>> >
>> > Uncle Dick
>> >
>> >
>> >
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