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| Do you like to eart at a fancy restaurant? | | As I write this post I am watching the British t,v, show Last Restaurant Standing where contestants are trying to win the chance to work with a renown French Chef. Even though I love the show, I know I wouldn't want to eat at any of the restarant. The menus don't have anything I would eat. So I would do and have to stop at a McDonalds.So my answer is no.I rather grab a pizza and stay home and watch a movie or hockey game. How about you? | |
| | Presidential Burger Debate | | I found this amusing article on About.com. It appears that people all over the world are closely watching the upcoming historic election. A famous French chef has created burgers for both candidates. The O-Burger is named for Obama, and there is a Hawaiian flair to it in recognition of his roots. John McCain's burger is based on a southwestern flavor. Although both burgers looked very tempting I don't know if I could get to like so many flavors in a burger. | |
| | How Adventurous are You with food? | | An Incident tonight in the Restaurant where I work prompts this question-Do you go for a safe option when ordering if You don't recognise something on the Menu,or take a chance on being pleasantly surprised by something New? Do you ask questions of the staff about Menu items you might not recognise? We have a new French Chef and He's trying out Ideas with his menus. Tonight,we had a Mushroom Veloute on the Starter Menu (Appetisers!) A Veloute can be a sauce or a soup,characterised by being creamy,smooth,and velvety (where the name comes from) The Woman on this particular table who ordered it surprised the waitress When She Herself was surprised to discover the item was a soup...anyway, She didn't send it back!
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| | ice cream(history) | | Most of the following material has been extracted from "The History of Ice Cream", written by the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers (IAICM), Washington DC, 1978. As you will note below, however, much of the early history of ice cream remains unproven folklore.
Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, Charles I of England hosted a sumptous state banquet for many of his friends and family. The meal, consisting of many delicacies of the day, had been simply superb but the "coup de grace" was yet to come. After much preparation, the King's french chef had concocted an apparently new dish. It was cold and resembled fresh- fallen snow but was much creamier and sweeter than any other after- dinner dessert. The guests were delighted, as was Charles, who summoned the cook and asked him not to divulge the recipe for his frozen cream. The King wanted the delicacy to be served only at the Royal table and offered the cook 500 pounds a year to keep it that way. Sometime later, however, poor Charles fell into disfavour with his people and was beheaded in 1649. But by that time, the secret of the frozen cream remained a secret no more. The cook, named DeMirco, had not kept his... | |
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