Chirac says english food is crap - Page 2

apest1 · 05-07-2005, 09:06

if i say frogs and not snails is it still " curries"

apest1 · 05-07-2005, 09:41

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Originally Posted by entwisi

Frogs legs and snails are quite tasty and I haven't yet tried horse but I'd be more than happy to. Whats the difference between cow and horse? Only because we don't raise them as food we see it as 'not right'.

In reality what is 'French food'? They eat the same as us only its described in their own language. I like the Philly ad thats on at the moment where the two girls are eating sausage, mash and peas.

As for stupid polititians we have more than our fair share of those!!!

Whats the difference between cow and horse? 0ne you eat and 1 you ride......
thats all

pendy · 05-07-2005, 09:56

I love snails - with lots of garlic butter. I love roast rib of beef as well. Every country has some crap food (there is a Macdonalds in Paris) just as they have good food. Hotel food in this country was muck at one time, no two ways about it, Brown Windsor soup (dishwater with an Oxo cube per gallon), grey "roast beef" that tasted of cardboard, and 'orrible cabbage. Hotel/restaurant food now is generally very good, but you do pay for it. The same food in France is, sad to say, just as good and a lot cheaper.

Anyway, we ate snails and larks and such in this country for hundreds of years, and swan was a delicacy at one time.

I wonder who has been feeding Jacques Chirac over here? When I last heard, the food at Gleneagles was superb. Perhaps he brought sandwiches ....

vorlon24 · 05-07-2005, 10:30

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Originally Posted by apest1

Whats the difference between cow and horse? 0ne you eat and 1 you ride

That is a very impolite way of referring to your partner

I prefer the way their vegetables are cooked - they remain nice and crisp (ie not soggy) and have more flavour as they aren't cooked to death.

apest1 · 05-07-2005, 10:37

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Originally Posted by vorlon24

That is a very impolite way of referring to your partner

I prefer the way their vegetables are cooked - they remain nice and crisp (ie not soggy) and have more flavour as they aren't cooked to death.

thank you so you know my X do you

lol.lol. lol.lol

entwisi · 05-07-2005, 10:57

Vorlon, the term is 'a la dente' or firm to the tooth.

I used to hate Sunday roasts untill I found out that we were cremating everything. Give me a nice rare roast of beef with gently steamed veg and a crisp yorkshire pud. Lovely!

Tealeaf · 05-07-2005, 13:05

Chirac also said Finnish food is worse. Anyone ever had that? Anyone ever been to a Finnish restaurant? As far as I'm aware, the staple dish is smoked reindeer and a variation on smorganboard.

French wine is p*ss now, for the price. I see they can't even give it away and are having to turn it into industrial alcohol.

Anyway, who cares about the Frogs? The place reminds me of Africa - peasants surviving on hand-outs while their political leaders do nowt but whinge. Sod 'em.

Bazf · 05-07-2005, 14:30

Ever noticed how the French are always there when they need us... and of course the great Marge Simpson quote "We can stand here like the French or we can do something about it".

garinda · 05-07-2005, 14:53

Hands up, sorry.

As well as my own country l love France!

I love grub full stop. We have some good staple foods in this country, from Lancashire Hotpots to roast joints. On the whole though French food is to me is much more palatable than English. Eating in Lyon or it's equivlent of Birmingham for me is an easy choice. One has the most restaurants with Michellin stars anywhere in the world the other has none.

All the top British chefs have trained in France, a fact which has vastly improved this countries gastonomic image.

Off to prepare my dinner, a stew of snakes and snails and puppy dogs tails.

garinda · 05-07-2005, 14:54

Ooops, sorry double clicked

Blaming Parkinson's and not giddiness.

Tealeaf · 05-07-2005, 15:05

Personally, I believe in Nelson's dictum:

"......you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil...."

and that goes for their country to. And their neighbours (apart from Italy)

garinda · 05-07-2005, 15:44

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Personally, I believe in Nelson's dictum:

"......you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil...."

and that goes for their country to. And their neighbours (apart from Italy)

Don't get me wrong, l too hate the French [except for Bretons.]

It's just France and French food l like.

Sadly it's hard to seperate the two.

lettie · 05-07-2005, 15:49

I just like food....... I don't particularly care where it comes from. I do agree that French Wine is miserable and I never buy the stuff. I'll stick with my Antipodean wines, even Eastern European wine is nicer than French these days.