No more mint sauce jokes...

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:37 am

vegetarian - ancient word for lousy hunter..........
(sorry, couldn't resist)

perrins57 · Post by **perrins57** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:38 am

My wife and I were enjoying a hearty traditional British cooked breakfast at a rural B&B in Mid-Wales when we noticed a field full of lambs. As they frolicked and gambled merrily, I naively asked the waitress why there were only lambs in the field and no adult sheep. Oh that’s because they’ve all been collected to take to the abattoir!
It was enough to put me off roast lamb right up until dinner time.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:46 am

Wanderer wrote:
Lambchop wrote:Don't think I'm not taking careful note of who is eating what around here . . .
Lol..I'm from Texas. For us, vegetarians are as mythical as the easter bunny

If I were the Easter Bunny I would think twice about going to Texas.

Maybe the bell that brings eggs to the French children could visit.

http://www.easterbunnys.net/frencheaster.htm

Many children wake up on Easter Sunday and find eggs scattered about their rooms. They look in the nests they have placed in their yards or gardens and find Easter eggs in them. The eggs are said to have been bought from Rome where the bell ringing had gone to see the Pope and when the bells returned they bought with them the eggs.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:06 am

I.D.10-t wrote:
Wanderer wrote:
Lambchop wrote:Don't think I'm not taking careful note of who is eating what around here . . .
Lol..I'm from Texas. For us, vegetarians are as mythical as the easter bunny
If I were the Easter Bunny I would think twice about going to Texas.

And so you should...I have a scrumptious recipe for rabbit cacciatore

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:02 pm

perrins57 wrote:My wife and I were enjoying a hearty traditional British cooked breakfast at a rural B&B in Mid-Wales when we noticed a field full of lambs. As they frolicked and gambled merrily, I naively asked the waitress why there were only lambs in the field and no adult sheep. Oh that’s because they’ve all been collected to take to the abattoir!
It was enough to put me off roast lamb right up until dinner time.

Now come on, Perrins dear chap. Abattoir my arse. We all know what the adult sheep are employed as in Wales (parts of Cornwall too, it's rumoured!). There's even a lovely Irish jig dedicated to the matter: "My Darling A Sheep..."

Steve

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:05 pm

missy wrote:vegetarian - ancient word for lousy hunter..........
(sorry, couldn't resist)

Vegetarian - ancient word for a visitor to our house, preferably of short duration, who's a pain in the arse...

Steve

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:33 pm

I'm on the carni side of omnivore, but I can't help but look at my vegetarian visitors as a grand challenge. My favorite dinner was one that I had a vegan (by choice), a wheat-intolerant (celiac sprue), and a zero-dairy person (galactocemia). I think I managed to get enough edible dishes for enough people...but it was the most eclectic meal I've ever done. It resembled a potluck dinner at the UN.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:58 pm

Lemme guess: a loaf of white bread, nothing on it, water, toothpicks. Serves 'em right.

djm

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:53 pm

Cynth wrote:
nano wrote:
Cynth wrote:nano, you've been duped and you are a dope. I think.
Cynth, why don't you say what you really think?
Aaaargh! I'm so embarrassed! I thought "dupe" could only be a verb and I am WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! It wasn't that I thought you were a dope, I thought you shouldn't say you were a dupe. So please accept my humble apologies!

I am throwing tomatoes at myself.

[mode=rather grandly]Your apologies are accepted.[/mode]

Now don't forget, corporally smashed tomatoes make the base for an especially excellent marinara sauce. Yes, the technique's unusual, but the end result is indeed special. One could call it extreme cuisine, I suppose. Why it hasn't caught on with the younger Gen-X set I have no idea.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:57 pm

Thank you, dupe, er, dude (dang those p's and d's) I mean!

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:16 pm

izzarina wrote: . . . you are stuffing yourself silly . . .

Heavens, no.That would be gluttonous. Just a couple of very thin slices with some prosciutto and provolone, dredged in a bit of flour, then sauteed quickly in hot olive oil and butter. Remove from pan and deglace with some marsala or sherry, pour in a little heavy cream, and return the veal to the pan.

izzarina wrote: . . . an animal that was knee deep in it's own feces from the time it could defecate.

It is my understanding that they wash them first.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:43 am

gonzo914 wrote:
izzarina wrote: . . . an animal that was knee deep in it's own feces from the time it could defecate.
It is my understanding that they wash them first.

Well, that makes ME feel better!

Actually, my grandmother made the absolute best breaded veal cutlets I've ever had, but I am to the point now that even if she were to come back from the dead, I really don't think I could bear to eat even hers. But despite my vegetarian leanings these days, I still can't bring myself to not eat a medium rare beef steak cooked to perfection on a charcoal grill on occasion.