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Subject: Re: [Leica] Quebecois?
From: "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:59:20 -0400
References: <200309060011.UAA26772@poseidon.proxymedia.net>

I'm an anglo from Ottawa...what can I say! But I agree, rye bread is
definitely the way to go! And nice work keeping on topic ;-)

From: "Emanuel Lowi" <mano@proxyma.net>

> Jim McIntyre wrote
>
> "Montreal smoked meat on a Montreal Bagel, a slice of Oka cheese, washed
down
> with a Brador beer. Follow up with a slice of sugar pie, and you're ready
to
> burn a roll or two on your Leica (to stay on topic...)"
>
> Jim, you must be an American. Smoked meat is NEVER eaten on bagel here,
only on rye.
> And Oka cheese after smoked meat is strictly treif (i.e. unkosher). Ditto
for the
> sugar pie (there's always lard in the crust). But if it's the thought that
counts, I
> suppose we are flattered, while horrified!
>
> Reminds me of the time I worked in one of those new-fangled
croisssanteries, when a
> Yank came in and ordered a sandwich of Brie and Dijon mustard on a whole
wheat
> croissant (egads). Seems she wanted all the French stuff at once. We
refused. Sort of
> like putting a Metz 402 on a Leica IIIf with Stenheil lens and B&W filter,
simply
> 'cause they're all German.
>
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal

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