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Dining Out - Pleasurable or Painful?
ZK:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 13, 2009, 06:26:02 pm ---Maybe we should rename this thread Dining IN - Pleasurable or Painful? Why, didn't you know, Matt, that rutabaga is a legendary aphrodesiac? When you almost passed out, did the chef carry you to the bed and fanned/massaged you to revive you? Did he have to apply mouth to mouth resucitation? No, you don't have to answer...I'm just funning with you!!
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No I did not know it was an aphrodesiac! As to what happend after the meal, I take the 5th ;D
CellarDweller:
I guess I must be lucky, I don't remember having the issues that some of you have had.
One thing that will make me leave a joint is if I see a bug somewhere.
Ewwwwwwh.
Kerry:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 13, 2009, 06:37:59 pm ---:laugh:
Have you ever noticed how nearly EVERYTHING that tastes bad is an aphrodesiac? If it tastes terrible it will improve your love life, although I really don't have a problem with rutabaga. ;)
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Ain't that the truth, David. Take oysters for instance. Yetch! :P
I too like swedes (That's what we call them in Oz. Never heard the word "rutabaga" before). My Mum used to make a wonderful vegetable soup with lots of yummy ingredients like swede, parsnip, carrot, onion, potato, peas, string beans, cabbage and barley in it. It was delicious. I think I've got Mum's recipe somewhere. I might make up a batch next winter. Mum always made it in the wintertime. :)
Kerry:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 13, 2009, 08:07:59 pm ---I guess I must be lucky, I don't remember having the issues that some of you have had.
One thing that will make me leave a joint is if I see a bug somewhere.
Ewwwwwwh.
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There's a cafe near my place of work. I used to go there a lot and I introduced lots of new custom to them over the years. They made the best, to-die-for lasagne in town and had a scrummy selection of fabbo salads to choose from.
I was having lunch there on this particular occasion with a work colleague. I'd ordered my usual lasagne with Greek salad. We were half way through our lunch when I noticed something alien in my salad. It was just a tiny speck but had unmistakably once had a heart-beat!
Because I'd eaten there so many times before and knew how squeaky clean the proprietors were, I didn't make a big fuss about it. Needless to say, I didn't eat any more salad but I did finish my lasagne. I also didn't want to distress my companion, and put her off her lunch. I made sure the little critter was out of sight. It was just a tiny speck.
After the meal, I collected our plates and took them to the counter, telling my friend that I would order coffee in the process.
The proprietors knew me very well. We weren't buddies exactly, but I had been eating lunch there for years (not every day, but certainly a couple of times each month). I showed them the bug (a husband and wife Greek couple run the place) and they hit the roof. They were angry . . . at ME! The man denied it being a bug (it did look a bit like a speck of salad herb) until I said, "It's got legs!" At which point he begrudgedly offered me the coffee for free.
I haven't been back. Their loss. There are lots of other restaurants and cafes around St Leonards and Crows Nest, where I work.
David In Indy:
Did they ever air the Green Acres series in Australia, Kerry? They were always talking about rutabagas on that show. I think Oliver and Lisa were obsessed with them. :-\
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