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Subject: Re: What to see in Lyon, France? Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:27:28 +1000

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:45:06 +1000, Martin wrote
(in article <9hcba4l8ec4iq1n356ckrdssueumhfl8aj@4ax.com>):

> On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:32:11 +1000, Terry wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:36:45 +1000, Gregory Morrow wrote
>> (in article <9fudnQqTW5CGGjnVnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@earthlink.com>):
>>
>>>
>>> Irwell wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:44:38 +1000, Terry wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:45:56 +1000, Alfred Molon wrote
>>>>> (in article ):
>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions on what to see in Lyon, France? We'll visit the tourist
>>>>>> sight in the centre of the city tomorrow (the roman threatre, the
>>>>>> churches, old town etc.), but what else is there to see in Lyon? Can
>>>>>> also be a modern building, or something else typical of Lyon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, what food/handicraft/local products are typical of Lyon?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Andouillettes!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Are andoulittes those intestinal skin things filled
>>>> with dubious meat sweepings?
>>>
>>>
>>> In olden times they were called "condoms"...or "french letters"...
>>>
>>>> -)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another fine Lyonnais dish is Boudin Noir (Black Pudding) with sliced
>> Granny
>> Smith apples. Fantastic! Enjoy yourself while you're there. It's a really
>> nice town. Good wine in the area, too.
>
> Rubbish compared to Scottish Black Pudding. British Black Puddings win prizes
> all over Europe. I wondered why until I had a Belgian Black Pudding which
> turned
> out to be brown and flavourless.
>

Scottish is pretty good, but not Lyonnaise, I'm afraid.

--
Cheers!

Terry

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