Louisa

OMELETTE. Louisa.

I know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go and get a burger made with 100% prime steak mince from an organic butcher and stick it next to a standard McDonald's burger. If I grab anyone from the street and ask them to look at said items, I'm confident everyone will say "burger". No? (Let's exclude taste, ingredients and all the rest of it). OMELETTE. Louisa.

BECAUSE ITS THE SAME THING!!! (And anyway, when it's just a word who cares eh *Bob*?). Louisa.

My point is who cares *Bob*, after all, and I quote, Huh-hum.... "It's just a word." So who cares if you look like a moron calling it by a different name, just a word after all. Same goes for Omelette. My offer still stands, try popping into a greasy spoon and asking for a freetarta. You'll probably end up getting egged. Louisa.

I've never had the crepes after a meal at Eric and Margaret's and I've never refered to menu items in their native tongue, because I cant speak the lingo and don't wish to sound like a moron. I'm not being a ponce either, I'm just questioning why we need to posh things up just to look good. It's an omelette with some spuds in it. What's the fascination with trying to look like you know what you're talking about by giving something a different name? Louisa.

Out of interest what goes into a fritarta? For some reason I get angry thinking about it. Borderline irrational rage thread I would imagine. But yes, it can stay in the dream thread about food gentrification. How to turn a peasant dish into something fit for an Islington cultured Guardian reader. Call an omelette something more posh sounding and whack a 45% premium on it. RD would you not be angry that you ordered an omelette and chips and ended up with something full of ingredients you may not fancy? I'd probably eat half of it and then demand a replacement omelette. Louisa.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If I ordered a frittata and it came looking like > an omelette I'd send it back. Same applies to > tortilla... What about if you ordered an omelette that came up like a frittata? Or a kebab and it came up like a burrito? Louisa.

Oh *Bob* give it a rest. If you're not prepared to take my advice about asking for a fratata then don't bother telling me that I'm contradictory in liking burritos. Or maybe you could go and sit in the Actress and enjoy a pint with a pub full of wealthy toddlers screaming and shouting? Louisa.

How very dare you! You talk more bollocks than a bollocks making factory in bollocksland! A burrito from a shop wrapped in tin foil you walk down the street eating, you're comparing to a fratata? An omelette served in a posh cafe. Here's a little tip, go to Dulwich Cafe and ask for a fratata you'll be laughed out the building *Bob*. It is an omelette. Fact. Louisa.

A burrito isn't pretending to be a kebab *Bob*! Unlike s friggin fatata acting like its gold dust when we all know it's a poncified omelette! Louisa.

Saffron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gasp! The abomination of it all! A frittata is > nothing like and omelette, surely? Yes they're prepared differently I'm told, but it still involves eggs, other ingredients, combined and cooked in a frying pan! > > What about 'peasant' foods that go upmarket? Does > that constitute 'posh' food? Ahhh, is posh food > like the gentrification of grub??? I think gentrification of food is exactly what's going on here. Posh folk taking peasant food (usually from another country) and then making it sound like a revelation. Patronising to say the least. > > > --> Are there any foods that can't be made posh? Probably mushy peas but I may be wrong. Louisa.

More ball I'd say ;-) Louisa.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some of the menfolk around here don't even look > like they have cocks Does this include you *Bob*? Louisa.

Honestly Otta, I do struggle to appreciate the number of brats these people have. And it's always that whole ignorant "I let my child do what they want because telling them off is bad karma" or some bollocks like that. You're in a pub/cafe/shop with numerous screaming kids getting in the way of people, annoying them, and is there an apology? Is there bollocks! Control you bloody child you wanted to procreate learn how to teach them to be seen and not heard! It's not all middle class women miga, but they are disproportionately represented in the category of annoying people. On the fratata topic, anyone be they male, female or yet to decide is also included. Louisa.

Yep rd nail on head. Some ponce has gotta come up a ridiculous excuse to brag. Roughing it by buying a 600k 2 bed flat locally and being forced to talk about some bargain basement trip down the Amazon on a gold plated raft. Louisa.

Exactly *Bob*. I don't mind the natives referring to their grub in the native tongue, but when poncy Brits start talking about 'ya I came home and it was too late for waitrose ya so I knocked up a fratata in the kitchen snort snort'. Makes me feel nauseous. Louisa.

Judging by the number of kids these posh couples have (clogging up our boozers), orgasm free they ain't! They can't get enough of it by all accounts! Louisa.

Yes but the difference is rd I don't specify which wine I'm drinking with the intention of making people jealous. Sometimes it's lambrini, some blue nun, it might even be a sainsburys basic Pinot Grigio. It's not like I'm coming on here giving a specific year, grape variety etc on average I pay less than a fiver for most wine I drink. I take your point though. Wouldn't you agree though, there's something really annoying about people talking about fratata's? It's almost on a par with pizza for me. Louisa.

Possibly a combination of all three, or maybe it's just the bragging about said food that grates the most? I always remember someone on here boasting about have a posh omelette for tea (fratata I think it's called). Why not just say, I had a nice omelette for dinner? OR just not say anything at all. Louisa.

"Ban posts pontificating the pros of eating posh food" Louisa.

Both fascinating insights into Reed. Always been a fan of his acting, but some of those notorious interviews in the 80's and then his appearance on 'The Word' sometime in the early 90's cemented in my mind, his down to earth and intelligent humour. Yes he had his problems with alcoholism, but I think many underestimated him based on that. He was more than that. Louisa. LadyNorwood Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oliver Reed was my school friend's godfather. At > her tenth birthday party we were all sitting round > eating jelly and ice cream and he burst in, drunk > as a lord and entertained us fantastically for the > next two hours... Forty years later and I can > still see him laughing and larking about.... > > triumph Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Way back in the 70's I worked in Hertfordshire > and > > chanced upon a couple of guys who built > swimming > > pools for high end punters. They had not long > > returned from a job in the Channel Islands > (can't > > remember which one) during which they became > > drinking buddies of Oliver Reed, who was making > a > > film there. These guys could drink big time and > > were able to match Reed in the consumption > stakes. > > They couldn't speak highly enough of him. They > > said he was humourous, generous, very polite to > > all and sundry and very popular with the locals. > I > > always thought of him in a different light > > thereafter.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did Le Moulin go to Iceland for it's tempura > prawns. I can assure you Eric and Mags sourced all ingredients from independent suppliers and made it themselves Mick. Louisa.

Jealousy. Louisa.

I regret it because it resulted in more flowers being picked and I was forced to patrol the park to ensure no more flowers were needlessly abused. You'll see the results come March. Should have stayed schtum. Louisa.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,247740,247835#msg-247835 This one. All these years later and the flowers now no longer grow properly thanks to those selfish people. Louisa.