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Scotsman.com News - Claire MacDonald
1 posted on 02/19/2006 1:13:32 AM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat

I'm just amused that she can call for an end to pompous and ostentatious language when her husband refers to himself as "Lord Godfrey Macdonald of Macdonald, the high chief of the Clan Donald"!

Also that the Scotsman can't spell the 'Isle of Skye'!


2 posted on 02/19/2006 1:19:51 AM PST by Canard
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To: Stoat
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!
3 posted on 02/19/2006 1:22:27 AM PST by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: Stoat; cyborg
...ravioli of kohlrabi...

Oh my God, I'm going to vomit.

"Ravioli of kohlrabi?"

No. Just "revolting CRAP."

4 posted on 02/19/2006 1:26:55 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Stoat
"TURBOT and langoustine en papillotte with Perigord truffle butter" means fish and large prawns cooked in a paper bag with butter made from French truffles.

Close, but not quite -- the butter isn't "made from French truffles". Butter is not made from truffles. Butter is made from cow squeezings. It's *flavored* with French truffles.

It translated into coin-sized towers of wafer-thin food, eternally surrounded by a raspberry jus or a kiwi coulis. Offering barely a decent bite per course, it was piled on to glossy black plates at maximum expense and with minimum impact on the appetite.

Back at the height of this nonsense, four of us dropped into a decent-looking restaurant at random while we were out on the town, and although the food was okay, all of us were quite literally still hungry when the meal was over. Filling up on desert wasn't much of an option -- it was an Asian restaurant and they're not big on deserts. So we paid our bill, left, and immediately chose another restaurant to go into and continue eating...

5 posted on 02/19/2006 1:30:11 AM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Stoat

You say tomato, I say to-mah-toe! This is funny stuff and I'm of Scottish descent, bigtime. Can ye cook over in Bonnie Scotland yet, Madame?

If it's not SCOTTISH, it's CRAAAAAAAAAP!


7 posted on 02/19/2006 1:35:16 AM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: Stoat

Since when has Nouvelle Cuisine been popular in Scotland?

The Scots torture, kill and then boil their food.

I think I'll stick with Mexican and Tortiere, with Pigs feet and Pomme Frits.

Haggis? I've seen it. I know what's in it and I don't want it.


9 posted on 02/19/2006 1:42:07 AM PST by beaver fever
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To: Stoat
I never have this problem at Whataburger.
12 posted on 02/19/2006 1:55:13 AM PST by BigCinBigD (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Stoat

She just hates the French.


14 posted on 02/19/2006 2:08:05 AM PST by CheyennePress
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To: Stoat

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

Too bad their food isn't better.

Mark


27 posted on 02/19/2006 4:06:11 AM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: 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.


31 posted on 02/19/2006 4:17:24 AM PST by Glenn (There is a looming Tupperware shortage. Plan appropriately.)
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To: 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.


34 posted on 02/19/2006 4:40:24 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Stoat

I'll have a number 4 medium well.


35 posted on 02/19/2006 4:44:10 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Stoat
...trompette de la mort...

Trumpet of death? Yum!

37 posted on 02/19/2006 5:15:16 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Stoat
You haven't enough sauce to put on the prongs of a fork. It looks jolly pretty but you haven't got enough to taste. It is done more for the eye than the mouth. Food should look nice, but not at the expense of being able to get a really good forkful. It's infectious and it should be vaccinated against.

Love this woman.

38 posted on 02/19/2006 5:45:38 AM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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Good grief are they in the middle of a famine that they have to resort to eating what wasn't meant to be eaten.YUK!


There are 4 food groups, chicken, beef, pork and fish. The rest are just for emergencies like when the world has run out of food.


39 posted on 02/19/2006 5:59:29 AM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: Stoat

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


40 posted on 02/19/2006 6:02:52 AM PST by Modok
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To: 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?"


44 posted on 02/19/2006 6:47:43 AM PST by Ditter
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"...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..."


45 posted on 02/19/2006 6:48:47 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Stoat; Neets; JemiansTerror; Jemian; lysie; Iowa Granny; bevlar
Cute article Stoat..Pinging my carb/tator loving buddies

:-) HAR

49 posted on 02/19/2006 7:23:15 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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Using fancy words, lets them charge you an arm and a leg for the experience.


68 posted on 02/19/2006 7:51:11 PM PST by TheLion
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