[rollei_list] Re: Vastly OT: Kippered Herring and Scottish breakfasts
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:55:36 -0700
Peter,
Again I must differ! Cumbria is where the Lakes district is. Some of
the hotels at which
we stayed, served exquisite meals, including a FEB.
Cumbria has some of the most photogenic subjects in the UK. Just don't
go in the
summer.
Scottish breakfasts are not so bad compared with an Irish "Fry-Up". I
even think
they fried the orange juice and the tea!
Jerry
Peter J Nebergall wrote:
> My English wife (Sandy is from York) showed me how good English food
> can be -- just as the rest of the world showed me how rarely it meets
> her standard. US Bacon is "streaky bacon" in the UK, a completely
> different cut. I was working in the Border Counties, a few years ago,
> and the B&B keeper, a retired rugger, made these enormous, greasy
> "Scottish breakfasts," after which he'd say: "With a breakfast like
> this, you don't need lunch..." My answer: "After such a meal, I
> can't eat lunch; my gut hanna' recovered fra' the insult!" Cumbria.
> Good place for a Rollei -- don't stop to eat there ...Peter On Fri, 13
> Oct 2006 06:41:27 +0100 Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
>
> Hi Jerry,I know what you mean about tinned beans,
> nevertheless they are popular and apparently nutritious
> except for the excessive sugar. Quite big differences exist
> in the world about bacon and toast, some like hot others
> cooled, some like crisp some not. I prefer hot toast and
> fairly crisp bacon but that is how my mother cooked
> it...... Our performance this season has not been bad luck
> IMHO :-(all the best,Frank On 13 Oct, 2006, at 03:55, Jerry
> Lehrer wrote:
>
> > Frank,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I guess one could say that my statement on kippers in a
> > full English
> >
> > breakfast was a test.You passed!Kippers and eggs were an
> >
> > alternative to a FEB.Also gammon and eggs.
> >
> >
> >
> > I never could get used to canned baked beans with
> > breakfast.I
> >
> > taught the chef at The Oaks how to make hash brown
> > potatoes
> >
> > as our alternative.My wife's objection was that the toast
> > was always
> >
> > cold und dry and the bacon was undercooked.
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope you have better luck in Brazil than you had in the
> > far East.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry
>
>
>
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