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- From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
- Subject: Re: humor in England
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.124012.1601@rdg.dec.com>
- Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England
- References: <7065@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk> <721261643snz@kram.demon.co.uk> <BxG2AG.3HE@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <1992Nov12.141530.2632@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:37:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.141530.2632@lsl.co.uk>, snail@lsl.co.uk writes...
- >In article <BxG2AG.3HE@cck.coventry.ac.uk>, gdg019@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Ridley McIntyre) writes:
- >> In article <721261643snz@kram.demon.co.uk> mt@kram.demon.co.uk writes:
- >>>You forgot the most important question.... why can't you get decent gravy
- >>>from any chip-shops in London?
- >>
- >> Cos it ain't a London thing. I never heard of putting gravy on chips (or
- >> mushy peas) until I came to the Midlands. I've seen everything else
- >> thrown on (barbecue sauce, curry sauce, shish kebab) but not gravy or mushy
- >> peas. Obviously us sad Londoners are missing out... 8*)
- >
- >And scallops (scollops?), you cna't get these everywhere - some places it's a
- >mixture of potato and fish and others just potato, fried in batter.
- >
- >And vegetable pakora in your local Indian takeaway. I olve this stuff, but
- >only seem to be able to find in in Scotland, but have met people who had it
- >in England.
- >--
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- I have never seen Pakora in an Indian restaurant in England, and I've been
- to quite a few including Southall probably the Curry Capital of Britain!
- Pakora is, however, available in supermarkets.
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- Pakora is available in virtually every Indian restaurant/take-away in
- Scotland. Does anyone know why there is this difference?
-
- Craig
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