Re: OT - movies and ATHers

Jerri wrote:
> On Feb 16, 9:51 pm, xgxwag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>> My one and only experience with fruits de mer was in Nice some
>> 20 years ago. I was with a friend from Italy, and being young, we
>> thought it sounded like the thing to order. When it came, the only
>> thing on the platter I could identify was oysters, which were
>> untrimmed and coated in slimy seaweed. The rest looked like something
>> from another planet.
> 
> Yeah, there are reasons I don't travel outside McDonalds territory. I
> decided at around age 8 that soft-cooked eggs of any variety were no
> longer on my personal menu. This has continued to be the case,
> accompanied by a horror of other slimy foodstuffs. And brains. You
> know you're not going to like the answer when your mother refuses to
> tell you what it is. So far as seafood is concerned, I can avoid
> it ... generally ... and order salmon when available. Can't say how
> many times I was talked into a seafood restaurant and ended up
> ordering some fish stuffed with crab. I don't like crab. I don't like
> fish unless it is reduced to a small square with tartar sauce and a
> slice of cheese. Except, of course, for salmon Which has no slimy
> seedweed accompaniments and not served with the head on ... generally.
> Oh well. It's Sunday morning. We are in the middle of a semi-blizzard,
> and there is a pot of navy beans cooking with garlic, onion, and a
> smoked  ham hock. Eventually, I'll make a pan of cornbread and dig in.
> Maybe I'll tap the box o' wine in the fridge ...
> Jerri


There is a MacDonalds in Nice, but I recommend you go to the "Q" (for 
Quick or Quality, depending who you talk to) instead - the burgers are 
better.  Or you could stick to good old Italian fare - pizza, pasta, 
or steak.


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Jette Goldie
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