Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't eat the messenger! Mark > From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:23:46 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Potted Pigeon also nouvelle cuisine > > > Le 14 juin 11 ? 11:16, Frank Dernie a ?crit : > >> >> Hi Mark, >> Pigeon is a delicacy in France too. > > They do eat them indeed, no need for them now we have the internet ... > > Bien cordialement de France > Philippe > > > >> But not the disease infested town pigeon types, real wild ones. When >> I was growing up we had any amount of game, Hare, rabbit, pigeon and >> pheasant on the farm, that is mainly what we ate. Pigeon has a >> lovely taste but is very small :-) >> Frank Dernie >> >> On 14 Jun, 2011, at 04:22, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> The Brits apparently find pigeons delicious like the French eat >>> frogs I saw >>> "The Trip" last night and these guys go to all these nouvelle >>> cuisine joints >>> out in the amazing English countryside in a Range Rover armed with >>> killer >>> impressions of Michael Caine and James Bond. And Hugh Grant. And >>> Anthony >>> Hopkins and a few other Welshman. And they never shut up. >>> Don't leave home and not see it! Though its great its a tad uneven. >>> A few >>> hills. >>> My next exotic vacation I'm going to exotic Briton. I may learn >>> English for >>> the occasion. >>> Oh I almost forgot twice at these various high end restaurants >>> which are >>> almost like bed and breakfasts the one guy orders Pigeon. And I >>> don't think >>> it was a metaphore. Though in nouvelle cuisine mode it may have >>> been tofu >>> just as well. Pigeon on the half shell. Here in NY they think of >>> them as >>> "rats with wings". Me I love them more than the average critter. >>> Sitting on >>> a park bench they are sometimes all there is to talk to. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information