Ian J Cottee wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>>Ian J Cottee wrote:
>>
>>>Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> writes:
>>>
>>>>in article 3FD54AA9.30608@hotmail.com, Declan Murphy at
>>>>declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote on 12/9/03 1:08 PM:
>>>>
>>>>>Is that sort of like "British cuisine"?
>>>>
>>>>No, it is less bland.
>>>
>>>What is 'British cuisine'. What we eat or what people think we eat?
>>
>>Both surely. Vindaloo versus deep fried mars bars.
> 
> Neither of which I would class as bland. 

True enuff, though "bland" was Ernest's call. Anyway, on to more 
important matters - where is the best chip shop in Nagoya or elsewhere 
in Japan?
http://tinyurl.com/ypaq

> By the way - I have never ever eaten a deep fried mars bar (not even
> seen a chip shop that sells them). And for that I am deeply grateful. 

Long may it stay that way. I think the DFMB is a northern thing, perhaps 
it even started in Scotland.

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The British serve mint sauce with lamb because mint is the only plant 
not eaten by sheep.