Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] Marmite? an English mistake?
From: jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon Sep 11 19:07:41 2006
References: <20060911210849.92710.qmail@web25503.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Nick,
Let us not forget endlessly refridgerated vegetables and fruits.....
Cheers
Jayanand

Nick Roberts wrote:

>Marc, you're quite a few years behind the times - probably about 20, in 
>this case, or at least 15. It may still be true about the steak, but steak 
>is a lot more rare on menus these days in every sense of the word - it has 
>been passed in popularity by an awful lot of things. 
>Food is now hugely more important to us in the UK - certainly many of my 
>French work colleagues now take local sausages home with them, and many 
>actually look forward to eating here now - we have a much more eclectic mix.
> 
>There are many good things to eating in the US, but I have to say here and 
>now that if one were to judge the culinary performance of a nation on its 
>bacon, the poor old US would be bottom of the pile - never have I tasted 
>anything so awful as what is generally served up - tasteless crunchy 
>garbage.
> 
>Nick
>
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