Re: Chickens coming home to roost?

Ophelia wrote:

> Dave wrote:
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>>Giusi wrote:
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>>>"Mike....." <mikexclothing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>Following up to Giusi
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>>>>>I have heard people say they found their free range chickens
>>>>>tasted too strong.  All it says to me is that they've never before
>>>>>tasted what a chicken is supposed to taste like.
>>>>
>>>>you get the same with mutton, people say its too strong and not as
>>>>tender, they actually want bland, soft meat. Seems to be a common
>>>>attitude in US. --
>>>>Mike:::::::::
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>>>I think instead it is all the postwar, factory farm generation. People 
>>>like what they are used to.  Faff is al they are used to, and
>>>they make up for it by throwing too many ingredients on top and
>>>adding chillies and lemon to everything.
>>>It bothers me to see people make a traditional recipe of note and
>>>great subtlety, then serve it with knock-out side dishes badly
>>>selected and then say, it didn't taste of anything.  Yanno if you
>>>serve most things next to pesto you will not taste anything but
>>>pesto.
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>>This subject came up at lunchtime pint time and the consensus was
>>simple tasty food. When we have the g daughters up from ****tsmouth,
>>or I am down there, I make a simple meal of diced lamb, lots of
>>garlic, onions and mushrooms and serve it on rice (youngest doesn't
>>like mushrooms though). They love it. Even the daughter came back for
>>a second helping. Simple food cooked simply. It cost me £5-00 for a
>>leg of lamb and the rest of the ingredients and it fed 4 of us.
>>
>>They get spices and curries from their mother.
>>
>>The only thing that gets me down at the daughters, is she does not
>>have a sharp knife  :-(
> 
> 
> Take one with you:)

I do now, or take my diamond sharpening stones with me.

Dave