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I think they had some stuffed snail appetizer/entree that they put in
the shells. Hard to say for certain because I was always in the back
room and never ate there, but that would be my guess.

I always thought it was bizarre that they'd "recycle" something left
on a customer's plate, but I guess they viewed the shells as serving
dishes. The problem was that, oddly enough, the automatic dishwasher
wasn't made to wash the inside of snail shells.

Dave

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Pond Addict wrote:
I think they had some stuffed snail appetizer/entree that they put in
the shells. Hard to say for certain because I was always in the back
room and never ate there, but that would be my guess.

I always thought it was bizarre that they'd "recycle" something left
on a customer's plate, but I guess they viewed the shells as serving
dishes. The problem was that, oddly enough, the automatic dishwasher
wasn't made to wash the inside of snail shells.

Dave



The snail shells are actually bought and used as serving utensils.

Those shells come from fairly large snails and are not the size that are
actually served which come from a can and then stuffed into the large
reusable shells.

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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:46:12 EDT, Derek Broughton
wrote:

Surely you've heard how bad English cooking is.

Ah no, but sounds pretty bad. Did you know, occurring to my son's doctor,
that veggies boiled almost to death, have less allergens in them? Course I
guess if it makes you not eat them, or very little the less likely you are
to have a bad reaction. ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:04:26 EDT, kathy wrote:

I didn't run into school lunches until we moved to the States.

I love the title of this thread and where we've gone with it... and no Jim
we don't need a title change, imo. ;-)

Perhaps it was because I grew up in small town American, and the lunch was
prepared on site? We had creamed tuna over fresh biscuits, something wheat
sensitive me can't duplicate with other flours. :-( And there was some sort
of meat roll that they served with gravy, oh my gosh was that good and
filling. And the FRIED chicken!!!! And to have real buttered open face
bread.

Hmmm.... I hate this thread, I haven't missed wheat really, until just now.
;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

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I don't like to eat artichokes.

....I just thought I'd mention that.

Wait, I'm confused. Is this thread about frogs that kill or... how to
kill frogs? Because, if it's the latter, I suggest throwing artichokes
at them. Maybe eggplants too. There's something "other worldly" about
the way eggplants look. They look like the heads of those creatures in
Aliens. No way I'm putting one of those in my stomach; I've seen what
happens.

Dave

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There's a lot of danger in the kitchen, and just not from
vegetables masquerading as aliens.
I do have organic romaine in my freezer which I feed to tadpoles
bringing the thread back to frogs and feeding pre-frogs so they
can grow up to be frog legs.
Tonight I tried to introduce scallops to the youngest.
He looked, he sniffed, he licked one, he thought about dosing
it in ketchup and then he passed.

k :-)

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~ jan wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:46:12 EDT, Derek Broughton
wrote:

Surely you've heard how bad English cooking is.

Ah no, but sounds pretty bad. Did you know, occurring to my son's doctor,
that veggies boiled almost to death, have less allergens in them?

I didn't _know_ that, but they've got fewer vitamins or any other nutrients,
too, so it probably follows.

Course I
guess if it makes you not eat them, or very little the less likely you are
to have a bad reaction. ;-) ~ jan

yeah. My father ate all his vegetables raw. My mother seemed to think it
was just a strange character quirk. I've come to realize it was
self-defense...
--
derek

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Pond Addict wrote:

I don't like to eat artichokes.

...I just thought I'd mention that.

Wait, I'm confused. Is this thread about frogs that kill or... how to
kill frogs?

For the life of me, I have no idea - it was already beyond frogs when I got
involved :-)

Because, if it's the latter, I suggest throwing artichokes
at them. Maybe eggplants too. There's something "other worldly" about
the way eggplants look. They look like the heads of those creatures in
Aliens.

Brussels sprouts - they're just small versions of the eggs in "Alien", and
remember what happened with them...
--
derek

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kathy wrote:

Tonight I tried to introduce scallops to the youngest.
He looked, he sniffed, he licked one, he thought about dosing
it in ketchup and then he passed.

Barbarian!
--
derek

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Barbarian!

18 year old boy - goes without saying!
(This morning, with his last five minutes, on the last day to
turn in books at school, he conducted a huge archaeological
dig of his room to find a mythology book - The Odyssey, which
seems fitting. Many interesting things came to light, odd food
mutations, dust bunnies with teeth, used towels that crawled
out under their own power.)

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kathy wrote:


Barbarian!

18 year old boy - goes without saying!

Well, yes...

--
derek

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"kathy" wrote in message
...

Barbarian!

18 year old boy - goes without saying!
(This morning, with his last five minutes, on the last day to
turn in books at school, he conducted a huge archaeological
dig of his room to find a mythology book - The Odyssey, which
seems fitting. Many interesting things came to light, odd food
mutations, dust bunnies with teeth, used towels that crawled
out under their own power.)

My 22 year old is home for a month after graduating college and before
finding an apartment closer to his new job. Your son's room sound pristine
compared to the house my son shared with 6 male friends. Made me think of
"Lord of the Flies" for some reason. I'm spending a lot of time outdoors
with my pond, fish and plants. I figure once he moves out I'll rent a bull
dozer. This is the same son who fried my koi. He has turned into a fine
cook, eating health food which is a 100 degree change from the junk food
eating teenager. I'm waiting for the next metamorphism - hoping it includes
a love of gardening and keeping a well organized and clean home... I might
as well dream big. Donna

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LOL! Oh, yes, college houses. I have another son,
in college, who shares a house with 8 other guys and
one very brave girl. I call it The Cave. When he had
surgery this spring I bought a huge cart of cleaning
supplies and scoured it so he wouldn't contract something
exotic while healing his surgery wounds. I also bought sealed
disposable towels to be used *only once*. Then he took his
healing self into a hot tub and swam in a lake. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He survived that and I've brought the thread around to
water and an aquatic environment :-)))

k :-)

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kathy wrote:

18 year old boy - goes without saying!
(This morning, with his last five minutes, on the last day to
turn in books at school, he conducted a huge archaeological
dig of his room to find a mythology book - The Odyssey, which
seems fitting. Many interesting things came to light, odd food
mutations, dust bunnies with teeth, used towels that crawled
out under their own power.)

So glad it's not just mine :-) - 16 year old has turned his room upside
down to find the school books to hand in and after creating even more
mess (which I didn't believe could be possible) dug out all but one -
"Of Mice and Men " study guide - he is now accusing me of having "put"
it somewhere - as if I would venture into his pit and spend long enough
in there to find a school book - it's the walking socks I'm scared
of...let alone any other hidden treasures I might find - lol

Gill
PS Whose 16 year old will generally eat most stuff including mussels
(not tried scallops on him though), in very, very large quantities and
still retain the physique of a bean pole (If he shows off about it, I
tell him to just wait until he hits 30 - he, he)

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My fathers father was English and my grandmother (Swiss) used to talk about the meals
she cooked for him... "put everything in a big pot, boil the hell out of it, bring it
to the table and hand out the grappling hooks."

now I lived in Canada a couple years and have developed an unrepentant love of roast
beef and Yorkshire pudding, butter tarts (which are Canadian, not English) and
trifle. sigh. I am trying to make the butter tarts like our cook did (I worked in a
home for disturbed children. we had a cook. just so nobody thinks I am la-de-da).

Ingrid

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:45:07 EDT, Gill Passman wrote:
"nutritional"....the mashed potato was sometimes suspect and the
cabbage/greens were certainly boiled for a good few hours before they
made the plate.