OT : French market

Err, *whoosh*, I'm pleased to say.

 

English cheese is one of the things I get asked to take over when I was
visiting both UK and French colleagues in France. Normally a selection.

Then there was the case of taking 3 kilos of mature cheddar cheese and 3
kilo jars of Branston pickle down to the launch base in French Guyana
for a Brit who was having withdrawal symptoms.

 

Were you suggesting that you take cheese from here to eat there?

 

<G> Don't worry, I'm sure someone will explain, if you want.

 

Yes.

 

Heh. I can sympathise on both counts, although we're not too badly off
for either. Branston[1] can be rationed - I'm down to about three jars
atm - and decent cheddar is available at Carrefour in Mulhouse.

There's actually a British food shop opened up in Basel in the last
couple of months as well, which I haven't been to yet, but I believe
they have a fair range of English cheeses. Hmm, must stop and look on
my way home tonight...

[1] But it has to be the chilli variety.

 

There's a Carrefour in Beijing. It's shit. **** the frogs.

 

Ho Hum.
Brown sauce and Branston Pickle I can understand.

 

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:54:33 +0000, "Ben Blaney" <>
bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the lines
of:

There's a Le Clerc in Dubai, which is the dogs nads.

 

Yes. What is cheese beer?

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<G> I assume you omitted the "h" deliberately?

 

Pekinese?

 

Same with restaurants. Curries are milder here because the Geordies
will only eat where they can manage the hottest curry on the menu.

 

Ace was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Funny that, the Germans say exactly the same about the English cuisine.

 

Mick Whittingham was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Rothaus is one of the few things I really miss...

 

<shakes head>
Suvverners...

 

I could say yes but in reality no.I did put an h in first time around but I've had MicroSh*t problems
today which meant lots of things didn't get posted first time and were
lost.

The system downloaded some updates, including one update that updated
the network interface so well it only worked now and again. Took some
time to find it as it was intermittent. Reinstalled the old driver
problem gone. At least I think that's what happened.

 

I had dealings with S&A. Their founder, Perween Warsi, is now one of the
richest women in the UK.

Doesn't surprise me at all. The Brits are used to curry - the Frogs
aren't, and what might seem mild to us is probably blistering to them.[/QUOTE]

Dingly ding. Went out to a works dinner once with a visiting Froggie
salesman. Like most sales droids (IME, anyway), he liked to macho it
up a bit, expecially in mixed company. We asked if he would like to go
an Indian restaurant. Oh yes, he would. He ordered a Vegetable
Jalfrezi. We warned him it might be a bit hot. "Oh, zat's fine - ze
'otter ze better." It arrived - a plate of green beans and green
chillies. Difficult to tell which was which, but it was at least
50/50. He took a goodly mouthful. His eyes watered, his cheeks bulged.
He gasped for breath. He spluttered "Eet ees inedeeble!" and gave up.
We laughed and ate it for him.

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You mean cheese (in a freezer) beer? It's a secret recipe.

 

Gawd, Des. When making an accusation of dick-waggling, you choose one
of the few birds to grace ukrm who doesn't have one.

Sort it out.