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Where you come from in England is hardly to be considered a culinary
standard for any civilized kitchen. I ate every single good dish that
wasn't a uniform gray in all of English cuisine one Wednesday between
lunch and supper.

Well, good for you. What uniform gray dishes are you referring to?
In the USA many of the dishes seem to be treated to some sort of deep
yellow/orange coloured cheese which has been done au gratin - so
uniform orange is how I would describe them.

The fact that you and your neighbors *only* used it for animal food
shows the depth of your ignorance about food. The fact that you strut
your pride about knowing virtually nothing about food is finally the
beginning and end of the story for you.

I have owned and operated a very successful restaurant before I
retired on the proceeds. And I never cooked or served pumpkin to
anyone!

Whether or not English people now eat pumpkin or not I cannot say. I
certainly never have.

And you're the less for it. The vacuum of your culinary knowledge is
inspiring to us all. And, as all good vacuums, it sucks.

However, it seems to be almost a staple in the
USA. Perhaps they feed their cattle something else in winter.

We feed cattle crisp new dollar bills because we have so many of them.

Well hello? This past week I have been purchasing (non culinary)
goods from the USA by Internet - the US dollar is so low - good
bargains to be had. Keep on feeding them to your steers I say!

As for pumpkins, they're a new world food. You Brits still haven't
gotten over being outdone by the Spanish, Portuguese and French in the
new world. Hell, Luxembourg probably could have done it if they even
bothered to try. And to get thrown out of what turned out to be a
spectacular colony because the king was a bumbling fool who sent
incompetent and bumbling military people to fight a lost battle.

Are you referring to some sort of revolution that occurred over 220
years ago? If so, get a grip and move on. There have been enough
colonial disasters in the past few years with which to whip the
English without going back into your own history. But then of course
most Americans only know about their own history (and country). A
few (some of the 30% who actually have passports) know marginally
more. But hey, with your dollar so low, why should we complain?

one can understand your pique and dissatisfaction with the US. One
humiliation after another for you and, of course, it would rankle. And
then to be outdone in every single index of economic, technological,
scientific, industrial, athletic and every other measure of success.

Are we talking about the discovery of penicillin (British) the
invention of the periodic table (Russian), the invention of the motor
car (German and Italian)? Oh yes, Americans can run faster, swim
faster, jump higher, and American atheletes can ingest more
performance-enhancing drugs than anyone else, so the measure of
success is HUGE I grant you.

One can certainly appreciate your distress at such onerous weight
being put upon you. Shithead.

EOFS

Pastorio

Tigsnona

If you can keep your head when those around you
are losing theirs, you probably haven't understood
the situation.