Re: Radishes? Really?

Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> 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.
> 

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Thanks for the info, fellas, I think I'd prefer the Full English (sans
blood pudding). I guess a Full American (or USian) brekkie would be what
the truck stop on the edge of town* serves to dairymen and ranchers. A
nice T-bone steak with eggs and hashbrowns, Texas Toast or buttermilk
biscuits with a side of cream gravy, maybe pancakes or waffles wiv maple
syruple (for dessert), and a quart of coffee.

v - has one for my birthday every year... never can finish it

* the one with a boot-scraper by the front door for cleaning off... you
know...
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