On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:13:22 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

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>"Welsh Dog" > wrote in message
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>> An old chef I used to work for in the Royal Hotel in Cardiff during
>> the 1960's had a dish he used to make regularly for the staff. He
>> called it 'Alabama Pie'.
>>
>> When I asked him what the recipe was he said he just whatever was left
>> over in the fridge, chopped up, boiled with a couple of tins of
>> tomatoes, salt and pepper... let it 'reduced' til it was thick and
>> then he wrapped it in pastry and baked it.
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>Not quite
>
>Dimitri
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>recipes for Alabama Pie;

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I'm sure if he was still alive he'd be pleased to receive those.

But I'll be willing to bet his mother never had enough money to buy
those sorts of ingredients!!

It was weird listening to him telling me tales of not having had any
shoes until he was 7 and only had them then because his elder brother
was killed in a road accident.

Geez some people have hard lives.

Welshdog
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