[HUG] SV: Re: British cooking
- From: Tom Just Olsen <tjols@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:03:55 +0200 (MEST)
They got six of'em! Britain certainly got a lot of all!
Tom
> From: ivan [shukster@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2007-10-26 19:16:01 CEST
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HUG] Re: British cooking
>
> Six King Georges
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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> > > 24/10/2007
> > > 2:31 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
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