Sun, May 08, 2022 at 02:28:56PM +0000, Laura Smith via NANOG:
On Friday, May 6th, 2022 at 13:59, J EMail <70ford500@gmail.com> wrote:
poutine should be on this list.
God no ! There are many great things about Canada and Québec .... but poutine most certainly is not. A culinary abomination that deserves to be confined to the history books.
The table linens were starchy white. The cutlery gleamed. The menus were sumptuous. My hosts and I, in one of the better restaurants in the Netherlands, pored over the abundance that was on offer. I made my choice, a straightforward one: a steak. "And how would you like that done, sir?" asked the somewhat severe waiter. "Well done," I replied. He looked blankly at me. "That is not possible," he said. "Choose something else. Fish, perhaps." Possibly the English accent was a give-away. At least he had taken one step back from "Fish and chips, perhaps." Herein lies one of the great realities on this earth, one that this pompous waiter and all too many in our world fail to grasp. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. What is nectar to one palate may truly seem as poison to another. .... To each his or her own. And so in the world of food I dismay at the invariable sneer that accompanies the words "British food." It happens all too often here in the US, a nation that of course have the world such sophiscated dishes as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the hamburger. ... Dr. Charles Bamforth Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing