tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post2840005512339622910..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Vegetable babiesFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-35026665570614942172010-06-04T17:14:49.317+01:002010-06-04T17:14:49.317+01:00Tim - I've alwsy wondered about that. Do they ...Tim - I've alwsy wondered about that. Do they have rows and rows of fishermen with their little rods perched on jetties or sitting in boats, and if so, why isn't the fish terribly expensive? (Actually, if I were a fish, I'd prefer a net and suffocation to a hook and then suffocation, which seems to me like adding insult to injury.)Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-70344301121748072142010-06-04T15:37:37.359+01:002010-06-04T15:37:37.359+01:00"Line-caught" is another that irks me. ..."Line-caught" is another that irks me. There's a holier-than-thou "I didn't use an industrial trawler net" implied.<br /><br />If I'm prepared for a fish to die to provide my supper, I'm not going to compound it with the hypocrisy of demanding fishing nets aren't used to get it on my plate.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-5713248840493337562010-06-04T14:40:19.624+01:002010-06-04T14:40:19.624+01:00Actually, Alis, menus in English would be a start....Actually, Alis, menus in English would be a start. It's ridiculous having to ask for a translation in an English restaurant because the dishes are all in a foreign lauguage. (Sounds as though I eat out a lot, but I don't. That's probably the problem...)<br /><br />Verification word: jutlingu. Can't you just see that, freshly-caught and pan-fried (naturally), served up on a bed of baby-leafed something-or-other?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-60459815718259237932010-06-04T09:01:34.626+01:002010-06-04T09:01:34.626+01:00What's next? Chef-cooked? Earth-grown? (except...What's next? Chef-cooked? Earth-grown? (except, of course that that is a genuine descriptor in these days of hydroponics). Just as there's a plain English award for official documents, perhaps we should start one for restaurant menus. Plain English for our food, please! (And no juveniles of any kind...)Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-56095890070226685772010-06-01T14:39:09.119+01:002010-06-01T14:39:09.119+01:00I agree, Tim. 'Pan-fried' is ridiculous. A...I agree, Tim. 'Pan-fried' is ridiculous. And so is 'oven-baked' (except, I suppose, when applied to chips).Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-4409147471871819602010-06-01T10:25:44.359+01:002010-06-01T10:25:44.359+01:00I find myself similarly irked by dishes described ...I find myself similarly irked by dishes described as "pan-fried". Yes, other utensils are possible, but I think the pan is rather implied by "fried".<br /><br />It's invariably the kind of poncy dishes that would be accompanied by baby vegetables which are pan-fried. Few of us would sit down to a breakfast of pan-fried eggs...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com