On 13 Sep, 14:17, Alan S wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:31:54 -0700, Hobo Ken
>
> wrote:
> >> >From what I've heard of haggis, I would gulp down a few Scotch bonnets
> >> >first. That's just my cultural hangups talking though.
>
> >> From my experience of haggis, that sounds like a wise move.
>
> >fried mars bars sound appealing compared to haggis.............
>
> They may, but I'll give them a miss thanks. But I agree that
> almost anything else would be more appealing.
>
> In my travels I'm prepared to try almost any local food
> once. I even tried haggis twice, in breakfasts in Scottish
> B&B's, just in case the first one wasn't a true
> representation. It turned out to be the better of the two.
> Never, ever again:-)
>
> One culinary treat I avoided in Scotland; I watched in
> horror as a guy in a fish and chip shop was served a large
> bread roll filled with hot chips that were then smothered in
> brown gravy. That was his lunch. No meat, no fish, no veges,
> just pure carbs. The fried Mars Bar would probably have been
> relatively healthier.
>
> Cheers, Alan, Australia
> --http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
> latest: Sloveniahttp://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
> latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest
For all the fish they eat in Belgium they still put 'stoofvlees' on
their chips (probably stewing steak in English)
and for that reason I eat chip butties (but no gravy).
I was just reading about pig farmers being infected by MRSA in
Belgium !
http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070912_MRSA_pigs
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