Six King Georges
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From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Just Olsen
Sent: October 26, 2007 10:56 AM
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HUG] British cooking
Which king George was it? They had five altogether. What Joanne might
find
suprising is that sheep, cooked to glue in Australia, actually is eaten in
Britain. Tasts
good when you get used to it. And all the wool is removed.
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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