On 2 Sep 2004 16:02:21 -0500, "Bob" >
wrote:

>Melissa wrote about Mélisse:
>
>> As for who WOULD pay that my guess would be people with more money than
>> sense who are really hung up on status symbols.
>
>
>Participants in this group are assumed to like cooking, so we're not exactly
>the most objective commentators when it comes to the desirability of eating
>out.
>
>But what if you're a business traveler staying in a nearby hotel, you want a
>good roast chicken, and you've got a lavish expense account? Wouldn't the
>chicken in question meet your needs?
>
I might have, but my expense account could have caused problems. I ran
up a $110 check in a SF restaurant once, but I swallowed half of it
myself. That was probably 15 years ago, so like $150 today. Eating
alone in a fancy restaurant is only done for food. Nobody accords you
any status, and you know you will get flack when you turn in your
expenses.

When the Editor retired, his young replacement would have a fit
whenever I went over $50. The older one had told me that I wasn't
expected to eat worse on the road than I do at home. I didn't have the
heart to tell him what that would cost if I took him literally.

I don't know anything about Mellisse, but nothing in this thread would
allow me to guess whether it is a serious food restaurant or just a
status-seeker's hangout. But, people on this ng cook, and they can
imagine the trouble and expense of putting together something really
special. A chicken, if it is a really good one, can be the center of a
very special meal.

I am very conscious of the fact that factory chicken provides cheap
protein to a lot of people who could never afford any other meat. That
really has nothing to do with Melisse, or good chicken in general.

If I don't reply further on I am not trying to be rude. I will be away
on a sailboat for the next month and won't have access to the
internet.





>Bob
>



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