Plus the harp is a big deal in Ireland. IIRC the monarchy banned the Irish harp at some point. Not to mention black & tans.
edited to make clear: black and tans put Guinness and Harp together in my mind.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
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bon bon - Feb 02, 2006 9:15:09 am PST #4554 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Jessica - Feb 02, 2006 9:17:55 am PST #4555 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Most of the really good pub food I had in the UK was Moroccan or Indian-ish. But it was nummy.
The only truly bad food we ate the entire trip was breakfast at the B&B in Scotland. Everything was over or undercooked and swimming in oil. (The next morning, we went out for breakfast, and the department store we found was only marginally better, but at least they had plenty of toast.)
Kat - Feb 02, 2006 9:20:19 am PST #4556 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
banning of black and tans is HARSH.
sarameg - Feb 02, 2006 9:20:59 am PST #4557 of 10002
I'm trying to remember where it was that put fries in the most random of dishes. It was a bit disconcerting.
Oh hell, I really can't remember. I just recall finding fries in my scrambled eggs, fries in pasta sauce, fries in pasta and cheese, served with chicken... well, it was either the CzechR, Russia, Hungary, Zambia or Zimbabwe. I can eliminate other places I've been because I remember the food as good.
beekaytee - Feb 02, 2006 9:21:02 am PST #4558 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
In the Scots b&bs I've patronized, they kept giving me broiled tomatoes, since I wouldn't eat the bangers...such looks I got and now? A solitary cooked tomato just makes me sad.
shrift - Feb 02, 2006 9:25:47 am PST #4559 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
they kept giving me broiled tomatoes
Plain? No cheese or garlic or stuffings? What a terrible thing to do to an innocent tomato.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2006 9:26:15 am PST #4560 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Grilled tomatoes are great. Mmm.
beekaytee - Feb 02, 2006 9:28:31 am PST #4561 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I'd agree, except for the volume I had to consume. NO variety...no options, perhaps. But, ugh.
sarameg - Feb 02, 2006 9:28:54 am PST #4562 of 10002
Or maybe it was the freakybad indian/midwestern homecooking diner by the hospital.
Seriously, my brain recalls the fries in weird places! but absolutely nothing about where I came across them. Well, at least they can't kill me.
shrift - Feb 02, 2006 9:30:08 am PST #4563 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I always have a weird disconnect between "broil" and "grill". Possibly because "broil" is too close to "boil", and then I get confused.