"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> "-L." > wrote in message
> oups.com...
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>> Michael Siemon wrote:
>>> It is also, if well done, so damned "pretty" that I can hardly imagine
>>> even the most squeamish of fellow diners having any problem watching
>>> me eat the raw stuff, even if they demur on having it themselves!
>>
>> It *is* quite pretty. That's about all I like about it. Honestly, I
>> don't "get" what the big deal is. I think a lot of people who ooh and
>> aaahh over it simply do so because it's trendy.
>>
>
> I have a deceased relative who always said that people ate this or that
> because it was trendy and ate it with no regard to taste; for instance,
> that no one could really tell the difference between jug wine and $50 wine
> if they were put to the test; that Long John Silver served fish as good as
> the best fish houses, and on-and-on-and on. It didn't take me long to
> realize this particular relative, IMO, was just plain CHEAP!
> Dee Dee
>
There are people who really can't tell the difference. Rather than admit it,
they claim that people who can tell the difference are just being trendy.
--
Peter Aitken
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