On 4/11/2016 9:40 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-04-11 8:51 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> LOL! You Fool! ;-D
>> Since you are paying for a full dessert anyway , why not get it
>> all and take the other half home (doggie bag) for the next day?
>>
>> PS - I'm the same way with the "clean the plate" mentality.
>> When trying to cut down, I'll have dinner on a smaller plate.
>>
>
>
> My wife once took my mother to a restaurant in Fort Erie that has large
> portions of mediocre food at good prices. My mother had a hot roast beef
> sandwich. She was not a big meat eater so she got a doggie bag. That was
> on a Friday. She had left over roast beef that night, Saturday and
> Sunday night and on Monday my wife, my brother and I were there for
> lunch and had roast beef sandwiches.

That must have been a HUGE sandwich!

Jill

On 4/11/2016 7:32 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:03:07 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 04:01:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:59:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>>> Correct. The subject line is the issue. I am sure if any of us
>>>>>>> bothered, we could find unhealthy foods made elsewhere too but we don't
>>>>>>> make a subject line blaming an entire country over the oddball strays.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
>>>>> what you did.
>>>>
>>>> Take a deep breath, grow a sense of humour and the whole problem will
>>>> be solved.
>>>
>>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>>
>>> Maybe this is a cultural thing. I don't know. But it isn't setting well
>>> with us US peeps.
>>
>> You're speaking for the entire country now?
>
> Well for peeps anyway, whatever they are!
>
I thought Peeps were those marshmallow things for sale around Easter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...agazine/peeps/

Jill

On 4/11/2016 9:30 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:28:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 7:32:33 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:03:07 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 04:01:33 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:59:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Correct. The subject line is the issue. I am sure if any of us
>>>>>>>>> bothered, we could find unhealthy foods made elsewhere too but we don't
>>>>>>>>> make a subject line blaming an entire country over the oddball strays.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
>>>>>>> what you did.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take a deep breath, grow a sense of humour and the whole problem will
>>>>>> be solved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>>>>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe this is a cultural thing. I don't know. But it isn't setting well
>>>>> with us US peeps.
>>>>
>>>> You're speaking for the entire country now?
>>>
>>> Well for peeps anyway, whatever they are!
>>
>> "People". She writes like a teenager.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> I kind of thought they were some sort of Easter candy ?
>
They are. I just posted a link in reply to your other post - The
Washington Post sponsors a Peeps diorama contest every year.

Jill

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message

> You are the one that claimed they were US Desserts. That's why we are
> feeling annoyed. They're not. Somebody may have made them. Maybe even
> someone in the US. But don't make the claim that they are US Desserts.

Please don't use the collective "we." I am not feeling annoyed at all,
except at everyone that's making such a big deal out of a subject line,
including you Julie. Geez, get over it.

Cheri

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> > Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> >>"cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>>> > > ...
>>>>>> >>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> >>> > When one dessert just won't do it! Delicious food trend sees
>>>>>> >>> > sweets being stacked into spectacular (but calorific) treat
>>>>>> >>> > towers, from cinnamon roll-topped doughnuts to cake-covered
>>>>>> >>> > milkshakes
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > uJelly in California tops their doughnuts with flan, cinnamon
>>>>>> >>> > rolls, and chocolate-covered strawberries Doughnuts from The
>>>>>> >>> > Rolling Pin in Toronto and Queens Comfort in New York are
>>>>>> >>> > finished off with macarons and doughnut holes Dreamy Creations
>>>>>> in >>> > Los Angeles serves frozen custard, which can be topped with
>>>>>> >>> > cupcakes In NYC, Black Tap Burgers and Beer creates
>>>>>> >>> > over-the-top
>>>>>> >>> > milkshakes with cake and candy, which have gone viral
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > Look at them he
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fo...70/When-one-de
>>>>>> >>> > sser >>> >
>>>>>> t-just-won-t-Delicious-food-trend-sees-sweets-stacked-spectacular-
>>>>>> >>> > calo >>> >
>>>>>> rific-treat-towers-cinnamon-roll-topped-doughnuts-cake-covered-mil
>>>>>> >>> > ksha kes.html >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > I've never seen anything like them))
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> >>> They aren't real stuff we eat, I hope you know! The only one
>>>>>> >>> even
>>>>>> >>> remotely reasonable was the strawberry dipped in chocolate and
>>>>>> then >>> a swirl of chocolate over the dougnut with the fresh fruit
>>>>>> in the >>> center.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I just thought it was fun and they had been made for advertising.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Thats true and all they were.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So why was there all the nastiness and bitching? Does nobody else
>>>>>> have the brains to see that???
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is clear. A post was made insinuating USA desserts were
>>>>> like that. Basically a diss on USA desserts. What you got back was
>>>>> 'no, we do not do that' or 'that is disgusting' (largely from USA
>>>>> folks
>>>>> on the disgusting part). The subject like on Wow US Desserts captures
>>>>> it well.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may not have meant that, but it didn't come over well here.
>>>>
>>>> So why blame me??? The addresses of the companies were right there!
>>>>
>>>> Contact the companies!
>>>
>>> It was your subject line. Those are not US desserts. A hot fudge
>>> sundae or a banana split might be called US desserts because they can
>>> commonly be found all over the country. A CMP is not a US dessert but
>>> you can get one in PA. Those desserts that you posted can only be had
>>> at those specific establishments. Not all over the US.
>>
>> Did I suggest they were?
>
> No. You out and out said that they were by your very subject line.
> Someone who reads that would think that those desserts are common in
> America. They're not. I mentioned the Zoo dessert in a previous reply. I
> see that Farrell's is still making it but with larger animals now. Here
> it is:

Only a complete idiot would think that...

Cheri

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 4/10/2016 3:03 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is clear. A post was made insinuating USA desserts were
>>>>>> like that. Basically a diss on USA desserts. What you got back was
>>>>>> 'no, we do not do that' or 'that is disgusting' (largely from USA
>>>>>> folks
>>>>>> on the disgusting part). The subject like on Wow US Desserts
>>>>>> captures
>>>>>> it well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You may not have meant that, but it didn't come over well here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well put.
>>>>
>>>> Contact the companies in that article. I am not to blame for their
>>>> advertising!
>>>>
>>>> I repeat, I thought it was fun advertising. If you thought their
>>>> advertising was offensive, contact the companies involved.
>>>
>>> The offense was in the subject line.
>>
>> lol
>
> You're making it worse for yourself.

No, actually...you are.

Cheri

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
> dislike.

Why does that imply that? They are desserts, these happen to be in the US,
so why is there an implication that they are commonly eaten, unless you
happen to pig out on them? Not too long ago I saw them cooking Rocky
Mountain Oysters from Colorado, so if I posted a subject line that said Wow
US Rocky Mountain Oysters, that implies that we're all eating them? You
should know better with the attacks on some of your subject lines that are
taken wrong.

Cheri

On 4/11/2016 9:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Fact is that is it may or may not be fact that the Scots eat a horrible
> diet and have a lot of deep fried foods, but that seems to be impression
> most people have.
>
There are loads of of folk in Glasgow, eating crappy food. There's more
to Scottish food than Glasgow chip shops.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Oh? Please note that I am not the only person here who dislikes what you
> wrote.

Oh,Well now, that certainly makes it official, yes indeedy! HAHAHAHAI am
LMAO at the irony here.

Cheri

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:59:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> Correct. The subject line is the issue. I am sure if any of us
>>>>>> bothered, we could find unhealthy foods made elsewhere too but we
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> make a subject line blaming an entire country over the oddball
>>>>>> strays.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>>>>
>>>>We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
>>>>what you did.
>>>
>>> Take a deep breath, grow a sense of humour and the whole problem will
>>> be solved.
>>>
>>
>> Huh, I can't see it happening any time soon. There are some here with a
>> good sense of humour but they have stayed out of this. Others take
>> everything as a personal insult regardless of the content.
>
> Please point out for the rest of us where the humor was.

In the responses to a simple subject line, I am getting a huge kick out of
them. BAWWWHAAAAAAAHA

Cheri

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:59:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>
>>>>> Correct. The subject line is the issue. I am sure if any of us
>>>>> bothered, we could find unhealthy foods made elsewhere too but we
>>>>> don't
>>>>> make a subject line blaming an entire country over the oddball strays.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>>>
>>>We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
>>>what you did.
>>
>> Take a deep breath, grow a sense of humour and the whole problem will
>> be solved.
>
> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.

She didn't make that claim at all, and you're one who is always accusing
others of lying about what you said in your posts. Think about it.

Cheri

On 2016-04-10, graham > wrote:

> "All Scottish cooking is based on a dare"

LOL!.....

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 7:31:48 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:14:34 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:04:40 -0300, wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>At least some were Canadian and as a Canadian I would say people here
>> >>>eat too many desserts and it shows! The portions in general are too
>> >>>large, I always feel I must eat everything on my plate and not waste
>> >>>but sometimes it is not possible. Currently I patronize a pub near
>> >>>here because the chef has agreed he will send me 'child' portions. I
>> >>>pay the regular price but don't have the guilt complex of leaving food
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>I'm not sure who wins here
>> >
>> > I do because I hate feeling overfed but otoh, leaving half a plate
>> > full makes me feel guilty. I feel I get my moneys worth this way.
>>
>> I thought you had 'doggy bags' over there?
>
> Not every leftover is suitable for use later. I sometimes order
> deep-fried food in restaurants but can rarely finish the portion.
> I don't take the uneaten food home because deep-fried food
> doesn't re-heat well (especially if it's in a sauce like Chinese
> food often is), and the less I eat of it the better, anyway.
>
> Likewise, it's rare that I don't finish a salad in a restaurant,
> sometimes the portions are just too huge. I don't take that home
> because the lettuce would be irretrievably wilted by the dressing.

I think we just get much smaller portions here.


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> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:21:12 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>On 2016-04-11 7:12 AM, wrote:
>>
>>>> I have to say I have never seen one nor seen one advertised! I only
>>>> read
>>>> about those Mars bars in the newpaper
>>>
>>>
>>> It was battered and dropped in hot fat for about two minutes, enough
>>> to cook the batter but not reduce the bar to runny. Sickly, sickly
>>> sweet.
>>
>>I imagine that they might be potentially tasty in small doses. It may be
>>akin to the Laura Secord Easter eggs that are a tradition in our family.
>>I have only a small piece each day. I have had a couple Mars bars in my
>>life but not many. They are way too much sweet and rich. The only time I
>>have them now is when we have the little ones leftover from Halloween,
>>and never more than one.
>>
>>Fact is that is it may or may not be fact that the Scots eat a horrible
>>diet and have a lot of deep fried foods, but that seems to be impression
>>most people have.
>>
> Ophelia would have to confirm that - I really don't know. Could it
> possibly be worse than the NA diet ? I doubt it! The fried Mars I
> bought was in England at the Chish and Fip shop and one between the
> three of us was more than adequate!

If he is referring to fast food, I guess that is the same in most places but
that is not real Scottish food.



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On 4/11/2016 12:45 AM, Je�us wrote:
> I could see that being a big hit at a *******
> convention.


I could see swinging a sledgehammer real hard twice into the side of
your rotten head.

On 4/11/2016 3:12 AM, Bruce wrote:
> Did you stir up a patriotic hornet's nest?
>
> -- Bruce

You are such a pribbling little nancy boy that the only time you grow
some balls is when you can attach yourself like a remora to someone
else's conflict.

On 4/11/2016 3:53 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
> dislike.


No implication of "commonly" was made nor slightly evident.

You're WAY over the top dear, simmer down.

On 4/11/2016 3:59 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>
> We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
> what you did.


No she didn't.

Grow up, dear.

On 4/11/2016 4:24 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> You're making it worse for yourself.
>
> LOL I am really frightened now!!!!!!!!!!!

Wot, have you never felt the sting of a flying cruller?

;-)

On 4/11/2016 4:46 AM, Bruce wrote:
> Take a deep breath,

Inhale some arsenic dust, turd.

On 4/11/2016 5:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> The desserts were not funny and neither was Ophelia making the claim
> that we eat them.


Well then who pray tell DOES eat them?

I mean a good many are MADE here...where do YOU think they end up then?

Have a brain, PLEASE!!!

On 4/11/2016 5:35 AM, wrote:
> my cat doesn't touch people food

No doubt it's time living with you has made it distrustful of ALL things
nominally "human" in nature...

On 4/11/2016 6:47 AM, Gary wrote:

> OK...enough is enough of this nonsense.
> Ophy just posted a simple, interesting thing and
> several here go nuts about it. Especially YOU picking on
> her, Julie, after she's defended you for years. Really?
>
> I found that page interesting. No, it's not normal Usain desserts.
> Those desserts were more like food art...fun to see
> but I would never buy one. I certainly didn't get offended
> by that or the subject line. Give me a break.
>
> "Only in RFC" is all I can say. This ng is NOT the normal world.
>
> I wrote about my "night in the bathroom" and was called a
> liar and/or a dumbass. It was also assumed that I didn't have
> an inhaler. I did, it just wasn't fixing my problem anymore.
>
> I wrote about not being able to afford health insurance and was
> called a liar and/or a tightwad and a burden to society.
>
> People here want to tax the hell out of the rich but they
> don't even realize that *THEY* are also considered
> "the rich" by many that make less money. It's a relative
> term.
>
> Boycott Walmart because they pay employees low, their sales
> drop and they hire less employees that might need ANY job.
>
> Too many times, people here don't think beyond their own world.
> I've been guilty of that too.
>
> Anyway, the constant bickering here can be amusing at times
> but also quite annoying occasionally.
>
> Ophy meant no harm. Give it a rest. On average, Americans
> really are fat overeating pigs. Even me sometimes. LOL!
>
+1!

On 4/11/2016 7:08 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 08:47:03 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>>
>>> Maybe this is a cultural thing. I don't know. But it isn't setting well
>>> with us US peeps.
>>
>> OK...enough is enough of this nonsense.
>> Ophy just posted a simple, interesting thing and
>> several here go nuts about it. Especially YOU picking on
>> her, Julie, after she's defended you for years. Really?
>>
>> I found that page interesting. No, it's not normal Usain desserts.
>> Those desserts were more like food art...fun to see
>> but I would never buy one. I certainly didn't get offended
>> by that or the subject line. Give me a break.
>>
>> "Only in RFC" is all I can say. This ng is NOT the normal world.
>>
>> I wrote about my "night in the bathroom" and was called a
>> liar and/or a dumbass. It was also assumed that I didn't have
>> an inhaler. I did, it just wasn't fixing my problem anymore.
>>
>> I wrote about not being able to afford health insurance and was
>> called a liar and/or a tightwad and a burden to society.
>>
>> People here want to tax the hell out of the rich but they
>> don't even realize that *THEY* are also considered
>> "the rich" by many that make less money. It's a relative
>> term.
>>
>> Boycott Walmart because they pay employees low, their sales
>> drop and they hire less employees that might need ANY job.
>>
>> Too many times, people here don't think beyond their own world.
>> I've been guilty of that too.
>>
>> Anyway, the constant bickering here can be amusing at times
>> but also quite annoying occasionally.
>>
>> Ophy meant no harm. Give it a rest. On average, Americans
>> really are fat overeating pigs. Even me sometimes. LOL!
>
> Good grief ! A sane person on RFC !


Which would NOT be YOU, shrew!

**** off and die.

On 4/11/2016 7:17 AM, wrote:
> We should be kind to Alaskans, they have Sarah Palin in their midst!

You should **** off and mind your own tundra's business, you evil old shrew!

On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:12:26 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 7:31:48 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> >> > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:14:34 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:04:40 -0300, wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>At least some were Canadian and as a Canadian I would say people here
> >> >>>eat too many desserts and it shows! The portions in general are too
> >> >>>large, I always feel I must eat everything on my plate and not waste
> >> >>>but sometimes it is not possible. Currently I patronize a pub near
> >> >>>here because the chef has agreed he will send me 'child' portions. I
> >> >>>pay the regular price but don't have the guilt complex of leaving food
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>I'm not sure who wins here
> >> >
> >> > I do because I hate feeling overfed but otoh, leaving half a plate
> >> > full makes me feel guilty. I feel I get my moneys worth this way.
> >>
> >> I thought you had 'doggy bags' over there?
> >
> > Not every leftover is suitable for use later. I sometimes order
> > deep-fried food in restaurants but can rarely finish the portion.
> > I don't take the uneaten food home because deep-fried food
> > doesn't re-heat well (especially if it's in a sauce like Chinese
> > food often is), and the less I eat of it the better, anyway.
> >
> > Likewise, it's rare that I don't finish a salad in a restaurant,
> > sometimes the portions are just too huge. I don't take that home
> > because the lettuce would be irretrievably wilted by the dressing.
>
> I think we just get much smaller portions here.

Of course you do. Since the cost of ingredients is such a
relatively small part of a restaurant meal, U.S. restaurants
pile it on. It makes patrons think they're getting a bargain.
Who doesn't love a bargain?

More upscale restaurants have more reasonable portions, since
"you can't be too thin or too rich".

Cindy Hamilton

On 4/11/2016 8:47 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
>> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
>> dislike.
>
> Why does that imply that? They are desserts, these happen to be in the
> US, so why is there an implication that they are commonly eaten, unless
> you happen to pig out on them? Not too long ago I saw them cooking Rocky
> Mountain Oysters from Colorado, so if I posted a subject line that said
> Wow US Rocky Mountain Oysters, that implies that we're all eating them?
> You should know better with the attacks on some of your subject lines
> that are taken wrong.
>
> Cheri

Nailed it!

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:12:26 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 7:31:48 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> >> > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:14:34 +1000, Bruce >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:04:40 -0300, wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>At least some were Canadian and as a Canadian I would say people
>> >> >>>here
>> >> >>>eat too many desserts and it shows! The portions in general are
>> >> >>>too
>> >> >>>large, I always feel I must eat everything on my plate and not
>> >> >>>waste
>> >> >>>but sometimes it is not possible. Currently I patronize a pub near
>> >> >>>here because the chef has agreed he will send me 'child' portions.
>> >> >>>I
>> >> >>>pay the regular price but don't have the guilt complex of leaving
>> >> >>>food
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I'm not sure who wins here
>> >> >
>> >> > I do because I hate feeling overfed but otoh, leaving half a plate
>> >> > full makes me feel guilty. I feel I get my moneys worth this way.
>> >>
>> >> I thought you had 'doggy bags' over there?
>> >
>> > Not every leftover is suitable for use later. I sometimes order
>> > deep-fried food in restaurants but can rarely finish the portion.
>> > I don't take the uneaten food home because deep-fried food
>> > doesn't re-heat well (especially if it's in a sauce like Chinese
>> > food often is), and the less I eat of it the better, anyway.
>> >
>> > Likewise, it's rare that I don't finish a salad in a restaurant,
>> > sometimes the portions are just too huge. I don't take that home
>> > because the lettuce would be irretrievably wilted by the dressing.
>>
>> I think we just get much smaller portions here.
>
> Of course you do. Since the cost of ingredients is such a
> relatively small part of a restaurant meal, U.S. restaurants
> pile it on. It makes patrons think they're getting a bargain.
> Who doesn't love a bargain?

Good point! When there is so much served it must be difficult to waste it.
In such a situation I think 'doggy bags' are a good idea.

> More upscale restaurants have more reasonable portions, since
> "you can't be too thin or too rich".

So I hear, but I am not sure that is relevant to normal people <g>


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On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:57:28 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:59:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> Correct. The subject line is the issue. I am sure if any of us
>>>>>> bothered, we could find unhealthy foods made elsewhere too but we
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> make a subject line blaming an entire country over the oddball strays.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OH for god's sake .... grow up!!!
>>>>
>>>>We're all grown up. But we still don't like to be insulted. And that's
>>>>what you did.
>>>
>>> Take a deep breath, grow a sense of humour and the whole problem will
>>> be solved.
>>
>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>
>She didn't make that claim at all, and you're one who is always accusing
>others of lying about what you said in your posts. Think about it.
>
>Cheri

It's particularly obnoxious when one considers how often Ophelia has
tried to deflect the shit from hitting Julie - ingrate.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:11:50 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:21:12 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On 2016-04-11 7:12 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I have to say I have never seen one nor seen one advertised! I only
>>>>> read
>>>>> about those Mars bars in the newpaper
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It was battered and dropped in hot fat for about two minutes, enough
>>>> to cook the batter but not reduce the bar to runny. Sickly, sickly
>>>> sweet.
>>>
>>>I imagine that they might be potentially tasty in small doses. It may be
>>>akin to the Laura Secord Easter eggs that are a tradition in our family.
>>>I have only a small piece each day. I have had a couple Mars bars in my
>>>life but not many. They are way too much sweet and rich. The only time I
>>>have them now is when we have the little ones leftover from Halloween,
>>>and never more than one.
>>>
>>>Fact is that is it may or may not be fact that the Scots eat a horrible
>>>diet and have a lot of deep fried foods, but that seems to be impression
>>>most people have.
>>>
>> Ophelia would have to confirm that - I really don't know. Could it
>> possibly be worse than the NA diet ? I doubt it! The fried Mars I
>> bought was in England at the Chish and Fip shop and one between the
>> three of us was more than adequate!
>
>If he is referring to fast food, I guess that is the same in most places but
>that is not real Scottish food.

The fast food eaters over here are numerous, so it can't be that!

On 4/11/2016 1:01 PM, wrote:
> - ingrate.
>

Shrew.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>
>> Maybe this is a cultural thing. I don't know. But it isn't setting well
>> with us US peeps.
>
> OK...enough is enough of this nonsense.
> Ophy just posted a simple, interesting thing and
> several here go nuts about it. Especially YOU picking on
> her, Julie, after she's defended you for years. Really?
>
> I found that page interesting. No, it's not normal Usain desserts.
> Those desserts were more like food art...fun to see
> but I would never buy one. I certainly didn't get offended
> by that or the subject line. Give me a break.
>
> "Only in RFC" is all I can say. This ng is NOT the normal world.
>
> I wrote about my "night in the bathroom" and was called a
> liar and/or a dumbass. It was also assumed that I didn't have
> an inhaler. I did, it just wasn't fixing my problem anymore.
>
> I wrote about not being able to afford health insurance and was
> called a liar and/or a tightwad and a burden to society.
>
> People here want to tax the hell out of the rich but they
> don't even realize that *THEY* are also considered
> "the rich" by many that make less money. It's a relative
> term.
>
> Boycott Walmart because they pay employees low, their sales
> drop and they hire less employees that might need ANY job.
>
> Too many times, people here don't think beyond their own world.
> I've been guilty of that too.
>
> Anyway, the constant bickering here can be amusing at times
> but also quite annoying occasionally.
>
> Ophy meant no harm. Give it a rest. On average, Americans
> really are fat overeating pigs. Even me sometimes. LOL!

Then perhaps you could point out where the humor was? And I am far from an
overeating pig.

On 2016-04-11 3:01 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:57:28 -0700, "Cheri" >

>>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither was
>>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>
>> She didn't make that claim at all, and you're one who is always accusing
>> others of lying about what you said in your posts. Think about it.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> It's particularly obnoxious when one considers how often Ophelia has
> tried to deflect the shit from hitting Julie - ingrate.
>

Maybe Cheri is starting to see the late. Funny how Julie accuses other
people of lying about what she wrote in her posts but then some intrepid
soul with go through the archives and dig out the old post where she
said it. Need we be reminded that Julie had posted that she was a
writer. When someone brought that up she denied being a writer and
denied that she ever posted that she was one. At least one person went
back and found the proof for her. It was only for her because everyone
else here knew that she had and she was the only one trying to deny it.
When faced with the proof she said she didn't remember posting that.
Now we don't know if she was a writer or just lied about it, or if she
was a writer and was lying when she said she never wrote that she was,
or if she was lying when she said she didn't remember. She also
complained about her husband stopping on the way home to buy a meal for
himself, but then she denied having posted that.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
>> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
>> dislike.
>
> Why does that imply that? They are desserts, these happen to be in the US,
> so why is there an implication that they are commonly eaten, unless you
> happen to pig out on them? Not too long ago I saw them cooking Rocky
> Mountain Oysters from Colorado, so if I posted a subject line that said
> Wow US Rocky Mountain Oysters, that implies that we're all eating them?
> You should know better with the attacks on some of your subject lines that
> are taken wrong.

Since when is Toronto in the US?

Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
>>> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
>>> dislike.
>>
>> Why does that imply that? They are desserts, these happen to be in the US,
>> so why is there an implication that they are commonly eaten, unless you
>> happen to pig out on them? Not too long ago I saw them cooking Rocky
>> Mountain Oysters from Colorado, so if I posted a subject line that said
>> Wow US Rocky Mountain Oysters, that implies that we're all eating them?
>> You should know better with the attacks on some of your subject lines that
>> are taken wrong.
>
> Since when is Toronto in the US?
>
>

Exactly. So why all the fuss about the US?

--
jinx the minx

In article >,
says...
>
> On 4/11/2016 9:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > Fact is that is it may or may not be fact that the Scots eat a horrible
> > diet and have a lot of deep fried foods, but that seems to be impression
> > most people have.
> >
> There are loads of of folk in Glasgow, eating crappy food. There's more
> to Scottish food than Glasgow chip shops.

There's much more to Glasgow food, than chip shops.

Janet UK

On 4/11/2016 1:47 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Funny how Julie accuses other people of lying


**** off, bully *******!

On 4/11/2016 1:51 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> You said that they were US desserts. That would imply that they are
>>> something that people in the US would commonly eat. That's what we
>>> dislike.
>>
>> Why does that imply that? They are desserts, these happen to be in the
>> US, so why is there an implication that they are commonly eaten,
>> unless you happen to pig out on them? Not too long ago I saw them
>> cooking Rocky Mountain Oysters from Colorado, so if I posted a subject
>> line that said Wow US Rocky Mountain Oysters, that implies that we're
>> all eating them? You should know better with the attacks on some of
>> your subject lines that are taken wrong.
>
> Since when is Toronto in the US?

Were ALL the bakeries listed in Canada?

Be honest - please!

On 4/11/2016 4:06 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 4/11/2016 9:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Fact is that is it may or may not be fact that the Scots eat a horrible
>>> diet and have a lot of deep fried foods, but that seems to be impression
>>> most people have.
>>>
>> There are loads of of folk in Glasgow, eating crappy food. There's more
>> to Scottish food than Glasgow chip shops.
>
> There's much more to Glasgow food, than chip shops.
>
True, I've had some decent meals there.
But I'm from Edinburgh...

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2016-04-11 3:01 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:57:28 -0700, "Cheri" >
>
>>>> Oh, I have a sense of humor. The desserts were not funny and neither
>>>> was
>>>> Ophelia making the claim that we eat them.
>>>
>>> She didn't make that claim at all, and you're one who is always accusing
>>> others of lying about what you said in your posts. Think about it.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> It's particularly obnoxious when one considers how often Ophelia has
>> tried to deflect the shit from hitting Julie - ingrate.
>>
>
> Maybe Cheri is starting to see the late. Funny how Julie accuses other
> people of lying about what she wrote in her posts but then some intrepid
> soul with go through the archives and dig out the old post where she said
> it. Need we be reminded that Julie had posted that she was a writer. When
> someone brought that up she denied being a writer and denied that she ever
> posted that she was one. At least one person went back and found the proof
> for her. It was only for her because everyone else here knew that she had
> and she was the only one trying to deny it. When faced with the proof she
> said she didn't remember posting that. Now we don't know if she was a
> writer or just lied about it, or if she was a writer and was lying when
> she said she never wrote that she was, or if she was lying when she said
> she didn't remember. She also complained about her husband stopping on
> the way home to buy a meal for himself, but then she denied having posted
> that.

No Dave. Wrong. Maybe I should killfile you again.