Re: Radishes? Really?

On Tue, 14 May 2024 21:50:07 +0100
Ben Newsam <[email protected]> wrote:

> vickiebee wrote, though the Organization header says "A noiseless
> patient Spider":
> 
> >Ben Newsam wrote:
> >> vickiebee wrote, though the Organization header says "A noiseless 
> >> patient Spider":
> >> 
> >>> Do Yerpeans eat cooked radishes for brekkie? Just heard something
> >>> on the radio wot said cooking them brings out a certain
> >>> sweetness... and that you also make sandwiches with them?
> >>> 
> >[..]
> >> 
> >> I've never cooked a radish, though ir=t seems like a good idea, I
> >> knew someone in Serapu who used to throw radish tops in her soup.
> >> 
> >  ```
> >Google sez:
> >"French Breakfast radishes earned this label at the height of their
> >popularity in Victorian England, as they were commonly consumed for
> >breakfast among the English upper class and were named French for the
> >root’s designation of origin."
> >(From specialtyproduce.com)
> >
> >I know what's in a Full English Breakfast, a Full Scottish, and a Full
> >Irish; yet a Full Serapu seems to consist of coffee, cigarettes,
> >buttered radishes and a croissant.
> 
> I've been to Senapr many times and eaten breakfast there, but never
> had a radish at breakfast time. Oddly, croissants, being rich in
> butter, are only usually available on Sundays. A normal brekkie in
> Senapr is milky coffee or cocoa in a bowl with buttered bread from the
> day before to dip in it. And they consider themselves the gastonomic
> kings of the world! <rolls eyes>


In a continental Youth Hostel in the 80's (so not really a great sample),
the main option seemed to be coloured sugar bits ("hundreds and
thousands" in UKE) on (marged?) bread.

-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.