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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12782

    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    one of the most delicious things I have eaten in years: Le Magret de canard
    ... we think this is such a 'traditional' dish - apparently it was invented (?) in the 1960s!

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
      If Flay can't be persuaded to set the next question, perhaps one of his two 'pacemakers' (i.e. fhg or mercia) would kindly oblige?
      Over two hours and no response from mercia or flay, so how about this:

      A Piranesi square
      the discovery of a total and significant change which is a trick of the ear
      Anna Rolfe's diabolical wobble

      ... all have their source in which T (a composer)
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26523

        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
        ... we think this is such a 'traditional' dish - apparently it was invented (?) in the 1960s!

        http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magret
        Ca alors...!
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Anna

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          Ca alors...!
          Tant Pis!!

          I wouldn't, on ethical grounds, ever order a Magret de Canard because of it being the breast of a force-fed duck. But, anyway, Good News, I obtained some of Norfy's fave bangers which will grace the table chez moi ce soir!

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            Anna Rolfe's diabolical wobble
            Anna Rolfe, the daughter of a Swiss banker, is a famous violinist in the novel The English Assassin by Daniel Silva. Tartini's The Devil's Trill [hence wobble] is her "signature work" in the novel. (if I've understood wikipedia correctly).

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              Anna Rolfe, the daughter of a Swiss banker, is a famous violinist in the novel The English Assassin by Daniel Silva. Tartini's The Devil's Trill [hence wobble] is her "signature work" in the novel. (if I've understood wikipedia correctly).
              The other elements should fall swiftly into place if you follow wiki.
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • Anna

                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                The other elements should fall swiftly into place if you follow wiki.
                Well, I got nowhere with Anna Rolfe on wiki, nothing came up I was going off with Piranesi and his etching of Trevi Square and three coins! Well done mercia.

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26523

                  Originally posted by Anna View Post
                  Tant Pis!!

                  I wouldn't, on ethical grounds, ever order a Magret de Canard because of it being the breast of a force-fed duck. But, anyway, Good News, I obtained some of Norfy's fave bangers which will grace the table chez moi ce soir!
                  Ooops have I committed an ethical faux-pas? I thought it was the foie gras which was the dodgy element, force-fed livers and all that...
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Anna

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Ooops have I committed an ethical faux-pas? I thought it was the foie gras which was the dodgy element, force-fed livers and all that...
                    Don't worry Ducks, ethical faux-pas is a lawyer's stock in trade (according to Jaggers) No, you see, if you have a duck fed by the gavage system, you are just not going to harvest the liver and throw the rest away are you?

                    (Oh my Goodness, this boy is such An Innocent Abroad, what shall we do with him?)

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26523

                      Originally posted by Anna View Post
                      Don't worry Ducks, ethical faux-pas is a lawyer's stock in trade (according to Jaggers) No, you see, if you have a duck fed by the gavage system, you are just not going to harvest the liver and throw the rest away are you?

                      (Oh my Goodness, this boy is such An Innocent Abroad, what shall we do with him?)
                      Clearly, I need you to take me in hand, Anna....
                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26523

                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                        The other elements should fall swiftly into place if you follow wiki.

                        Something to do with this? http://hotel-tartini-piran.com/it

                        (Sorry, it's all rather rushed at the moment!! Can't focus fully. But the answer's Tartini, right? And mercia is even now busy on his U question?? )
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                          Gone fishin'
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 30163

                          Originally posted by Anna View Post
                          I was going off with Piranesi and his etching of Trevi Square
                          Lucky old Piranesi!
                          I was hoping someone would be led astray by the Piranesi/Ferneyhough connection.
                          Cali, the Hotel will do just fine, (but I bet its address is more what I had in mind).
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • subcontrabass
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 2780

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                            Something to do with this? http://hotel-tartini-piran.com/it
                            which is in Tartini Square.

                            The middle clue presumably refers to sum and difference notes, the discovery of which is credited to Tartini.

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12782

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Ooops have I committed an ethical faux-pas? I thought it was the foie gras which was the dodgy element, force-fed livers and all that...
                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              [ one of the most delicious things I have eaten in years: Le Magret de canard au foie gras poêlé
                              He doesn't even blush, does he? - I think a French lawyer might say that you ate your meal en connaissance de cause...

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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                The Tartini Square is the largest and main square in the town of Piran, Slovenia. It was named after a famous violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, of whom a mounument was made in 1896.



                                I've done it again, barging in when others have done the groundwork. So no credit claimed.

                                Just had an awful day at work - partnership problems. I wish I had some of those sausages for tea. It's left-over chicken for me (hopefully free-range to avoid the ire of Anna )
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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