Pedants' Paradise

[french frank]

Thank you for sharing, it helps to remove the thought of orange juice soaked toast...

I must admit it was the soup-soaked sogginess rather than the orange juice sogginess that I was thinking of. I will report back if I hit on a revolutionary idea for orange juice soaked toast.

Aïgo boulido and Soupe au lait are good for the soggy bread treatment.

[Serial_Apologist]

... À la recherche du pain perdu

Only old crusties need apply.

[vinteuil]

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

... À la recherche du pain perdu

[oddoneout]

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

Thank you for sharing, it helps to remove the thought of orange juice soaked toast...

[french frank]

In the course of looking up something else I came across this from an NHS site

Soggy toast anyone?

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

[oddoneout]

In the course of looking up something else I came across this from an NHS site

Two thick slices of wholemeal toasted bread (6.6g of fibre) topped with one sliced banana (1.4g) and a small glass (150ml) of fruit juice...

Soggy toast anyone?

[Serial_Apologist]

Priti Patel in Washington: "Our relationship has produced momental outcomes".

Meantime, watching on X somewhere in Texas:

"Hey Mo - j'ya hear that laydee just now say'n sterff 'bout you on Briddish TV? Pretty mental eh?"

[Pulcinella]

Missing a nought there... It was only the reviling that was corrected, not the price.
I see YouGov has already done the PIneapple Poll.

So I did! Corrected.

[oddoneout]

Because, as they explain, surely, no self-respecting Italian would go near such an abomination, sentient or not.
So, chancing their arm at £10 and yes, gaining some publicity too, een at thbe potential loss of some customers for their high-handed approach.

I can remember once (in a restaurant in Lucca) being refused some side dish (might have been spinach) as it was deemed an entirely inappropriate accompaniment to the main dish I'd ordered.

Missing a nought there... It was only the reviling that was corrected, not the price.
I see YouGov has already done the PIneapple Poll.

[vinteuil]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...nst-my-culture

... a case apparently used by crammers for Oxford and Cambridge -

https://oxbridgeapplications.com/kyc/french-waiter/

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[Roger Webb]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...nst-my-culture

I remember a scheme to promote good service for foreigners travelling in France - I think this was in the 70s. We were given vouchers to hand out if the service merited it. I read somewhere (AA Gill perhaps!) that they had decided to tear the voucher in half and award one half on their journey south and the other half on their return journey if the service was ok........they reported that they continued southward through torrents of abuse!

[french frank]

European waiters are a law unto themselves - woe betide anybody who thinks they know where they'd like to sit.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/french-waiter-says-firing-for-rudeness-is-discrimination-against-my-culture

[Serial_Apologist]

Pizza Express?

[Roger Webb]

News travels fast mate!

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/...iian/twozsjsrw

Pizza Express?

[LMcD]

Because, as they explain, surely, no self-respecting Italian would go near such an abomination, sentient or not.
So, chancing their arm at £10 and yes, gaining some publicity too, een at thbe potential loss of some customers for their high-handed approach.

I can remember once (in a restaurant in Lucca) being refused some side dish (might have been spinach) as it was deemed an entirely inappropriate accompaniment to the main dish I'd ordered.

European waiters are a law unto themselves - woe betide anybody who thinks they know where they'd like to sit.