Chicken or fish

[MXRod]

This could go in the council thread , not sure
Sitting in a resturant in Cornwall , not that busy , and 3 Britanies walk in , sit down and discuss the menu , a staff member arrives to take the order , at this point I nearly choke on my beer ,one girl pipes up " can I have whitebait please , Is that chicken ? "

[sherman]

If you dont know you dont know.
I had never heard of whitebait until a few years ago.
Its generally not on the menu in non seaside areas.

Im fed up of explaining what haggis is to ignorant sassenach.

[soad]

She won’t like it.

[Ham_and_Jam]

sherman said:

If you dont know you dont know.
I had never heard of whitebait until a few years ago.
Its generally not on the menu in non seaside areas.

Im fed up of explaining what haggis is to ignorant sassenach.

You’ve kind of contradicted yourself with those two statements.

I don’t think I knew what whitebait was until I was 16 years old. It is amazing how the odd food can evade you for most of your life, and always a nice surprise when you discover a new one.

[Cotty]

I love whitebait have it everytime I see it as its not often.

[QJumper]

Good job they didn't have Bombay duck on the menu.

[Super Sonic]

sherman said:

If you dont know you dont know.

Im fed up of explaining what haggis is to ignorant sassenach.

Is it chicken or fish?

[beambeam1]

Super Sonic said:

Is it chicken or fish?

With a rice cake?

[dave123456]

In the days of mobiles / google that’s pretty impressive.

[Cotty]

sherman said:

Im fed up of explaining what haggis is to ignorant sassenach.

This southener knows what goes into it and also that you can't get it in America due to a ban on food containing sheep lung.
I have had it once, never again as I don't like offal.

[rdjohn]

We were once talking about healthy eating with a couple who think of themselves as foodies.

We said that we were trying to limit the amount of red meat that we ate. Their reply was “we don't eat much red meat, mainly pork”

They presumably avoid Tuna steaks for the same reason.

[vaud]

MXRod said:

This could go in the council thread , not sure
Sitting in a resturant in Cornwall , not that busy , and 3 Britanies walk in , sit down and discuss the menu , a staff member arrives to take the order , at this point I nearly choke on my beer ,one girl pipes up " can I have whitebait please , Is that chicken ? "

Some things pass people by for any number of reasons (don't eat out much, very conservative parental food tastes, etc)

I can think of any number of things I didn't know more about until I left home. Not whitebait as the local chippy had them.

White pudding, lamb ham, sweetbreads, Scotch woodcock, Bombay duck, head cheese, etc

[Mobile Chicane]

A customer where I work asked "Is the squid vegan?"

Errr...

[soad]

Mobile Chicane said:

A customer where I work asked "Is the squid vegan?"

Errr...

Dumb fks.

[QJumper]

Mobile Chicane said:

A customer where I work asked "Is the squid vegan?"

Errr...

Wow. I thought everyone knew that squid ate fish

[generationx]

nuyorican said:

What's a Britanie?

This

[omniflow]

Many many years ago my Wife and I (although at the time she was my Girlfriend) were eating in Cafe Rouge in Highgate. This was so long ago that Cafe Rouge was borderline acceptable. Anyway, we overheard a young lady on the next table enquiring quite loudly about the absence of beef from what she had ordered. After much ear-wigging and perusing of the menu, my Wife and I concluded that she had ordered the "Beef Tomato" salad.

[snuffy]

I remember ordering whitebait in a restaurant when I was around 14 or 15. The waitress was a bit surprised when she returned to, only to discover a pile of heads and tails on my plate.

[thebraketester]

snuffy said:

I remember ordering whitebait in a restaurant when I was around 14 or 15. The waitress was a bit surprised when she returned to, only to discover a pile of heads and tails on my plate.

Didn't you pick out the guts too?

[Sebring440]

nuyorican said:

What's a Britanie?

Someone from Brittany, obvs.