Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, Pigeon is a delicacy in France too. 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