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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 30, 2008 10:02
I had to travel up to London today for my usual monthly meeting with our
largest NHS client, they having just moved offices to a place near
London Bridge.
This led me to be walking through that little set of tiny roads around
Clink Street on the way back and chanced upon this place:
http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/
(there's even a video of it)
... and oh look, there's a market, with a bakery doing THE most amazing
display of breads I think I've ever seen - rye bread, soda bread,
traditional white and brown, multi-seeded, stunning pain de campagne,
all hand made, all organic, all looking utterly delicious, so I bought a
pain de campagne ...
This is them:
www.flourpowercity.com
And then, in the little stall/area next door, a shop/stall selling all
manner of proper French foods; Toulouse sausages, foie gras (up to £60 a
portion!), french cheeses, and a pot of something I took to be soup at
the back.
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Author: zeldabeezeldabee Date: Apr 30, 2008 11:13
> She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
> cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
> bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
> served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
> a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
> closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
> way to talk to a foreigner in London, so 'ere you are and I 'ope you
> like it".
You know, I didn't even know there was such a thing as tinned cassoulet.
Now you've made me want to molish some. Curse you! Oh, and *forget* about
getting real brie here, so thanks a *lot*. Hmpf.
--
z e l d a b e e @ g m a i l . c o m
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Author: SoozleSoozle Date: Apr 30, 2008 11:37
"Snowleopard" gmail.lair.com> wrote in message
news:f7eh145flbgnqrufu04cnainjffse907hp@4ax.com...> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02:48 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
> said
>
>>>She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>>cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>>bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>>served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>>a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
>>closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
>>way to talk to a foreigner in London, so 'ere you are and I 'ope you
>>like it".
>
> Oooh you've always had a way with staff :~)
>
Its amazing what a cassoul(et) conversation...
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 30, 2008 12:07
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02:48 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
> the very
>attractive french girl running the place said "do you like cassoulet?".
>I replied "it depends; usually only fresh cassoulet, rather than the
>tinned stuff".
>
>She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>a container and handed to me
I lurve cassoulet de porc made with proper goose fat and the correct
beans. Yum!
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 30, 2008 12:12
> Bear gmail.com> wrote:
> >> She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>> cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>> bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>> served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>> a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
>> closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
>> way to talk to a foreigner in London, so 'ere you are and I 'ope you
>> like it".
>
>
>
> You know, I didn't even know there was such a thing as tinned cassoulet.
There is, and it's ... well it's not half bad, if you've never tried the
real thing. It's certainly a big step up from baked beans with pigmy
sausages, that's for sure :)
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 30, 2008 12:18
In article 4ax.com>, Snowleopard
said...> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02:48 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
> said
>
> >>She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>>cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>>bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>>served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>>a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
>>closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
>>way to talk to a foreigner in London, so 'ere you are and I 'ope you
>>like it".
>
> Oooh you've always had a way with staff :~)
heh. Thanks for dredging up a memory ... IIRC, you always said that one
of the things you liked about me was that I treated everyone exactly the
same; be it boss, millionaire, waitress, beggar or friend ...
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 30, 2008 12:19
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:12:12 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:>> You know, I didn't even know there was such a thing as tinned cassoulet.
>
>There is, and it's ... well it's not half bad, if you've never tried the
>real thing. It's certainly a big step up from baked beans with pigmy
>sausages, that's for sure :)
I've had cassoulet in a jar, bought in France, and it was really good.
I've also had it in tins. Huge tins. About the size of a Watney's
Party Four
>Having experimented on several french shopping trips, I'd say "buy only
>the big tins", as trying to fit suitably-proportioned portions of the
>main ingredients into smaller tins is apparently fraught with peril and
>error, in ways only the french and Italians can manage.
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Author: JJJJ Date: Apr 30, 2008 13:58
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:18:43 +0100, Bear gmail.com> of
wrote:>In article 4ax.com>, Snowleopard
>said...>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02:48 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
>> said>>>She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>>>cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>>>bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>>>served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>>>a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
>>>closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
>>>way to talk to a foreigner in London, so 'ere you are and I 'ope you
>>>like it".
You jammy sod! Cassoulet is :-9 :- 9 :-9
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 30, 2008 14:04
In article <8dhh1498r37e07psnt6643bl498672c1fk@ 4ax.com>, Ben newsam
said... > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:12:12 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
> wrote:>>> You know, I didn't even know there was such a thing as tinned cassoulet.
>>
>>There is, and it's ... well it's not half bad, if you've never tried the
>>real thing. It's certainly a big step up from baked beans with pigmy
>>sausages, that's for sure :)
>
> I've had cassoulet in a jar, bought in France, and it was really good.
> I've also had it in tins. Huge tins. About the size of a Watney's
> Party Four
heh yes! Those are the ones to go for.
The cassoulet sizes seem to be:
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 30, 2008 14:29
In article 4ax.com>, JJ said...> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:18:43 +0100, Bear gmail.com> of
> wrote:>>In article 4ax.com>, Snowleopard
>>said...>>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02:48 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
>>> said>>>>She smiled and said "yes, I think so too ... would you like some free
>>>>cassoulet?" and, when I answered in the affirmative, went to the huge
>>>>bubbling pot at the back (which I thought was a soup container), and
>>>>served out a *huge* portion of steaming hot cassoulet, which she put in
>>>>a container and handed to me, saying "I hate to throw it away, and we're
>>>>closing soon, and you say "s'il vous plait" and "merci", which is a kind
>>>>way to talk...
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