Off with his head!

[GaryKelly]

You'd think the police would have something better to do... (how often have I heard that!).

Police swan find hits wrong note

The Queen's composer has ruffled feathers after police found the body of a swan at his home.

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen's Music, was cautioned over the discovery of the remains of a protected species at his house in Orkney.

Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4361079.stm

[Jack]

What is a terrine? I gather it is a food made out of dead swan, but what is it?

[GaryKelly]

Kind of like pate (or maybe meatloaf on your side of the pond?). A terrine is also the name of the dish or pot it's cooked in (earthenware, like a crockpot).

Like this one:



The recipe for which is here:

http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/w/recipe/r8 ... rrine.html

Apparently tis possible also to make vegetable terrines too.

[GaryKelly]

Aha. Vegetable terrines, like this one:

http://www.recipelink.com/ch/2002/decem ... ible1.html

[Jack]

British food is so nasty-looking. I pity poor Beth, I do.

[GaryKelly]

British food is so nasty-looking. I pity poor Beth, I do.

Actually it's French.

http://www.foodreference.com/html/art-p ... tines.html

[Jack]

British food is so nasty-looking. I pity poor Beth, I do.

Actually it's French.

http://www.foodreference.com/html/art-p ... tines.html

The title of that page is "PATES, TERRINES AND GALANTINES". Before today I had never even heard one of those words.

[Henke]

British food is so nasty-looking.

YES! Thank the good lord for McDonald's!

[Jack]

British food is so nasty-looking.

YES! Thank the good lord for McDonald's!

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in years. Possibly even a decade. I can't remember. But I have drank pop and orange juice from there.

[Flyingcursor]

British food is so nasty-looking.

YES! Thank the good lord for McDonald's!

Funny you should mention that. Several years ago I played host to a young colleague from Uppsala who came to the USA for the first time. I figured I'd take him to a nice place to eat but when I asked him about it all he wanted was to eat at McDonalds. So we did. Man could he pack that stuff away. He ate enough for a family of four.

[Henke]

Hehe, yes I can imagine. Some people here eats lots of American-style crappfood. We didn't invent it however, we're just under influence.

[Flyingcursor]

British food is so nasty-looking.

YES! Thank the good lord for McDonald's!

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in years. Possibly even a decade. I can't remember. But I have drank pop and orange juice from there.

Please note that Cranberry properly referred to it as "pop". Not soda.
Soda is another word for lye and you don't drink lye.

[avanutria]

British food is so nasty-looking. I pity poor Beth, I do.

Heehee. That vegetable one Gary posted reminded me of handmade soaps.

Fear not; while most of my dinners currently come from freezer packs, I am starting to embark on learning to cook. Fortunately a friend of mine likes to cook, so sometimes I invite her over and have her do it instead.

Always time for a good shepherd's pie down at the pub, though!

[Martin Milner]

YES! Thank the good lord for McDonald's!

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in years. Possibly even a decade. I can't remember. But I have drank pop and orange juice from there.

Please note that Cranberry properly referred to it as "pop". Not soda.
Soda is another word for lye and you don't drink lye.

Speaking of McDonald's, Fly, remember that small cafe we saw near Embankment Station, that did Fish & Chips, but we'd already eaten curds & whey? Jsst before you had a tizzy, sat on a wall and refused to walk another step unless I carried you?

Beth and I had F&C there a couple of weeks ago (well, I had scampi actually) and it was gorgeous.

[dubhlinn]

Speaking of Food...get some of these down the back of your neck - as we say in Dublin




More details here,

http://www.rte.ie/tv/therestaurant/enri ... main1.html

Slan,
D.