On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Rusty Hinge wrote:

from David Rance contains these words:

But the Normans don't know anything about blackberry and apple pie!

The French don't seem to know anything about cooking apples, either.
(Use 'cooking' how you will, as an adjective, or a verb...)

You mean the sort that go to mush when cooked. Yes, that's true.

David

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David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France