Why Her Ladyship calls a spud a spud (backlash brewing against restaurant menu verbosity)

The Scotsman ^ | February 18, 2006 | LAURA ROBERTS

[uglybiker]

...you gave her ladyship an eyeful, ya did!

Aye! An' I ha'n't seen 'er smile that big in a long time!

[Little Bill]

What the hell is kohlrabi? I stick to the three basic food groups, Beef, Lamb, and Pork, Chicken is a vegetable.

[csvset]

Kohlrabi is a part of the cabbage family. It was first grown in Europe around 1500 and was imported into America 300 years later. It has a turnip like appearance, with leaves standing out like spokes from the edible portion, which is a rounded, enlarged stem section growing just above the soil line. Kohlrabi is sometimes misclassified as a root vegetable.

Kohlrabi

[Ditter]

She is right, some restaurants have carried it to the ridiculous. Sometimes you have to ask, "OK I heard you but what is it?"

[jiggyboy]

"...the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent, Swiss, quintuple-smooth, treble-milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose..."

[Little Bill]

Thanx for the info, never heard of the damned stuff, seems to be another foreign innervation.

[BigCinBigD]

"Down toward the bottom, there's even an option to send a copy of your letter to the Chairman as well as the President (I'm assuming it's the President of Whataburger, not the President of the United States)"

I wouldn't be so sure. Old George is a Texan and I'll bet had had a Whataburger or two. ;)

[joebuck]

See the Asians have it right. Short, totally non descriptive names. "Egg Roll". If you tried to list on the menu everything in an egg roll it would take a paragraph and you'd never eat one again, so they just call it an egg roll. If you ask what's in it, they tell you egg roll stuffing. But they taste good, the word got out, and that's all that matters.

[DollyCali]

Cute article Stoat..Pinging my carb/tator loving buddies

:-) HAR

[Fruitbat]

Aye, pass the haggis and smushy peas. And Donald, don't wipe your nose with your kilt, you gave her ladyship an eyeful, ya did!

LOL...

[Stoat]

Another plus is that they have their own ranches and dairy farms. All home-grown burgers.

WOW! What a great company!  They're obviously dedicated to producing a quality product.  I hope that they will continue in their success and soon open a store near the stoat cave  :-)

 

[Stoat]

MacDonalds has a high chef? Royalty! Who knew? I suppose that's the origin of the golden arches...

ROTFLMAO!!  I suppose this means that Ronald McDonald's complexion is the product of inbreeding   :-)

And the Hamburgler?  Criminal psychopathy secondary to a genetic mishap of some sort?

Too bad their food isn't better.

Agreed.  They are typically my last choice when on the prowl for victuals.

[Stoat]

The only thing I miss about her now is her bulldog, cats, and Braums. Not quite enough reason to drive down there anymore.

Your post seems to be additional reinforcement to the old adage: " No matter how pretty she is, there's always going to be some poor guy out there who is fed up with her B.S."  :-)

[Stoat]

Who gives a flying f,,, what the british aristocrat thinks, feels, does.

Ummmm...  probably because she is a noted authority on cuisine and food in general, she's a successful author, she's very bright and erudite and she doesn't put up with the sickening Francophilic ostentation that's thrust in our faces at so many restaurants.  Oh, and she seems to have a really great sense of humor as well.

[Stoat]

She is right, some restaurants have carried it to the ridiculous. Sometimes you have to ask, "OK I heard you but what is it?"

And when it comes down to something as deadly serious as eating and food, surrounding the experience with Frenchified ostentation masquerading as "classiness" (have you smelled downtown Paris and looked at the breathtaking level of filth everywhere?  I have.  It's not classy.) such frippery only detracts from the essential gastronomic experience.

[Stoat]

My youngest is a chef at a posh resort in the south. They serve a side dish made with grits and truffles. They call it, "Grits with Truffles". I'm going to save up some money and order it one of these days

It's probably a delightful and tasty dish, and I'm so very happy that they are calling it precisely what it is, without any silly ostentation.  Congratulations to you for raising such a talented son/daughter..

[Stoat]

All this talk about fine dining experiences and no one has yet mentioned White Castle? It's 6:40am and I could eat a half dozen or so right now. Too bad there aren't any near where I live.

I am ashamed to say that I've never had a White Castle burger at one of their restaurants, but I did discover that they are available frozen in supermarkets.  In my area (The People's Republic of Washington) they are carried at Safeway, QFC, and Sam's Club.  They may be carried at other markets as well.  They are probably not as good as fresh ones right from a White Castle restaurant but they are quite good, at least as judged by this stoat   :-)  Two of them cook from frozen in only a minute in the microwave.

White Castle Home Page

[Stoat]

"...the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent, Swiss, quintuple-smooth, treble-milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose..."

ROTFLMAO!!  The places that embellish their menu descriptions in such a ludicrous way will never get a dime from THIS stoat   :-)

[Stoat]

I'll have a number 4 medium well.

YES! Places that have menus like this usually are staffed by nice people and they serve good food at a reasonable price.  We know from the menu that they take their food seriously  :-)

 

[Stoat]

...trompette de la mort...

Trumpet of death? Yum!

That name really makes me want to have a plateful!  Perhaps it would be my last  :-)  

DINNER DATE:  "Well officer, he was so enamored with the "Trumpet of Death' that he had two entrees...."

INVESTIGATING OFFICER: "Well Miss, since you sat by and allowed him to do this I will have to charge you as an accessory in this matter....."

...trompette de la mort...

Trumpet of death? Yum!