Chirac

bit of both. He has a point but will get the kicking anyway and probably knew it.

...mind you he was "overheard"! English food is bland... but we have the best cuisine available, certainly in London; Greek, Indian, Cantonese etc, because we are truly metrapoliton. He was just joshing about meat and two veg I guess...a bit dumb but we all make dumb comments. Well I know I do from time to time.

French cuisine joke. What's the difference between the french and a slice of toast? You can make soldiers from a slice of toast.

...sorry to hog the thread..off in a minute but "He also allegedly took a swipe at Scottish delicacy the haggis." I love haggis but I've made disparaging remarks about it many a time...us common folk get away with such frivolousness. *grins into her rum punch*

Why is French lager like making love in a rowing boat? They're both about as close to fucking water you can get.

hahaha! Jude you are bad!

Anyway, if the french are so good at cooking, how come they didn't invent fish chips and mushy peas? [%sig%]

or meat and potato pies as Ely will point out...

too busy eating horse, snail and frogs to invent fish and peas.

Cheese eating surrender monkeys!

HP Sauce on my freedom fries I likes HP Sauce on my freedom fries... *to the tune of "Kashmir" by Led Zep*

It's metr-o-politan Jude. And how dare he complain, my God aren't we responsible for deep fried mars bars? This thread gives me an excuse to relate a story. A friend of mine who was no mean cook, had made a rabbit stew. No problem there. But when he brought in the (large) bowl of salad -he'd garnished it with the heads of the rabbits. Oh there was much mirth - and throwing up! [%sig%]

How can you tell that a Frenchman has broken into your house while you were away? Answer: Someone ate all your garbage and your dog is pregnant. badda boom Seriously though, Chirac was just repeating a cliche or two that have been around for ages. During my three years in London, I very much liked fish and chips, chicken and chips, and an English breakfast, but other than that, I stuck to the ethnic food. One thing for sure, I haven't eaten a sandwich in nearly three years. I got so sick of those packaged sandwiches from the supermarket, I feel queasy just looking at one. BTW, jude, the first time I heard that beer joke was in about 1972. It was told to me by an Englishman, but he used English beer, not French, in his version. I'm sure the Germans tell the same joke using American beer.

Not keen on French beer, and I've only ever had one good American beer from a micro-brewery somewhere, but German beer is nearly always good. And British beer would be, if idiots didn't persist in buying the most-advertised stuff. In fact, you could say that for British food as well.

I woke up this morning with a strange craving for beef and ale pie.

I like American Beer Sam Adams. German beer tends to be a bit heavy. If I want something crisp and refreshing I'd go for a Sol. Or sometimes a bud - yes it's watery and tasteless but that's what you need sometimes on a hot day. But for crisp and refreshing, the Greek take the prize - all their lagers such as Mythos or alfa somehow retain a unique flavour whilst still being rather crisp and light.

nah... czech lager is the best in the world. Budvar... mmmm. ARE there even any french beers?

1664 is frog The worst lager in the world award goes to Croatia for ozujsko. It tastes foul and smells foul and so does your piss the next day. In fact you could carbonate your piss, re-bottle it and sell it again and no-one could tell the difference.

The idea has already been tried Jude, it's called Fosters. [%sig%]

I seldom drink domestic beer, Bud, Coors, Miller, bleccchhhh....watered down dog piss. I do drink an occasional Railyard ale, a local micro-brew. Sam Adams is pretty good at a dinner out. German beer is over rated and not very good. Japanese beer is not bad though.

ooh yes I forgot India and Japan. Cobra, Kingfisher, Asahi...all very good.

Moorehouses 'Pendle witches brew' rocket fuel and comes with its own curse