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Initiator des Themas: Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 04:33
Französisch > Englisch
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In stillem Gedenken
Mar 31, 2011

Seen a couple of weeks ago on a menu in The Gambia:

"BABA GANOUCHE
Grilled aborigines with nuts and herbs".

Delicious ... and I thought cannibalism had died out ...

Jenny
 
Charlie Bavington
Charlie Bavington  Identity Verified
Local time: 04:33
Französisch > Englisch
Also good to see... Mar 31, 2011

...that they hadn't been castrated before cooking.
 
Wendy Cummings
Wendy Cummings  Identity Verified
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 04:33
Spanisch > Englisch
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as much as i hate text-speak: Apr 4, 2011

Charlie Bavington wrote:

...that they hadn't been castrated before cooking.



LOLOL!
 
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei  Identity Verified
Ghana
Local time: 03:33
Japanisch > Englisch
Hahaha! Apr 4, 2011

Charlie Bavington wrote:

...that they hadn't been castrated before cooking.


Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Whole Foods", huh?

[Edited at 2011-04-04 23:56 GMT]
 
Diantha Guessous
Diantha Guessous  Identity Verified
Vereinigte Staaten
Local time: 23:33
Mitglied (2002)
Französisch > Englisch
another tempting dish Apr 27, 2011

Here is another menu gem, from a little French restaurant that had a bilingual menu. We quite often ate there during our first years in Rabat. That was long time ago, but we still remember enjoying their
"needles with Frenchies".
In case you need help, that is brochettes with French fries, so more digestible than it sounds.

While I"m at it, I'll share a memorable EN slogan on a delivery truck seen in Connecticut.
"GRANDMA'S OLD-FASHIONED COOKIES-
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Here is another menu gem, from a little French restaurant that had a bilingual menu. We quite often ate there during our first years in Rabat. That was long time ago, but we still remember enjoying their
"needles with Frenchies".
In case you need help, that is brochettes with French fries, so more digestible than it sounds.

While I"m at it, I'll share a memorable EN slogan on a delivery truck seen in Connecticut.
"GRANDMA'S OLD-FASHIONED COOKIES-
Untouched by human hands!"

Regards to all,
Diantha ▲ Collapse
 
Dave Bindon
Dave Bindon  Identity Verified
Griechenland
Local time: 06:33
Griechisch > Englisch
In stillem Gedenken
One from Cyprus... Apr 27, 2011

In Cyprus, many years ago, I went to a restaurant which served:

GOD & CHIPS

I'm sure it tasted divine!
 
Andrew Weston
Andrew Weston  Identity Verified
Neuseeland
Local time: 15:33
Japanisch > Englisch
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A couple of years ago in Macau May 2, 2011

Grabs in Curry
(I believe the picture showed a crab)

Another I regret not photographing was in China on the ingredients list on a packet of dried sweet potato: "The sweet potato f**ks."
 
Christine Andersen
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Dänemark
Local time: 05:33
Mitglied (2003)
Dänisch > Englisch
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That would ruin it! May 3, 2011

Charlie Bavington wrote:

...that they hadn't been castrated before cooking.


I was once asked to translate a menu that included vanilla ice cream and fruit couilles...

(When I gave up and asked the chef, he really meant coulis.)
 
AllegroTrans
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Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 04:33
Mitglied (2011)
Französisch > Englisch
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Seen in a restaurant in Britanny, touting a "bilingual" menu May 25, 2011

Croque monsieur
Crunch mister

Lardons
Plugs
 


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