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Re: Visiting what used to be the "Iron Curtain" Posted on: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:08:02 +0100

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:57:34 +0000, Keith Anderson wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:30:11 +0100, Tim C.
>wrote:
>
>>Following up to barney2@cix.compulink.co.uk :
>>
>>> The land looked somehow different, too
>>>- maybe agricultural methods were not the same, or maybe the east and west
>>>emphasised different crops. I don't know.
>>
>>Larger fields in the East.
>
>I remember huge fields of anaemic-looking cabbages shortly after the
>Helmstedt/Marienborn rail crossing point.

Talking of anaemic spotty Dutch butchers.

Wife pointing at something labeled Irish Aberdeen Angus rib eye steak that
obviously isn't: Is that really rib eye steak.

Butcher: How should I know?
--

Martin

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