tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post5607693573392909735..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: Scrapplethe fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-7667852800970289432011-12-05T22:10:11.691+01:002011-12-05T22:10:11.691+01:00French Fancy, goodness only knows what is happenin...French Fancy, goodness only knows what is happening to the vin d'honneur at public events...fancy sitting through two hours of local politicians telling you how good they are...and then all you get is half a glass of wine!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-5045982867580247372011-12-05T21:24:37.706+01:002011-12-05T21:24:37.706+01:00Talk about revamping customs for the worst!
xTalk about revamping customs for the worst!<br /><br />xFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-17034955891802181282011-12-04T13:43:27.774+01:002011-12-04T13:43:27.774+01:00Steve, so tell me when to order the hat and robes....Steve, so tell me when to order the hat and robes...you could start a Leamington Spa confrerie...but of what?<br /><br />SP...it's amazing what comes back, isn't it?<br /><br />Pueblo girl, I shall make it again now that I've remembered about it.<br />What always used to get me was the contrast between the robed celebrants and the candidates...a few in suits, but most of them in cardigans or zip up woollies.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-39180261515730348082011-12-04T12:01:04.843+01:002011-12-04T12:01:04.843+01:00Scrapple sounds nice - a marriage of rilletes and ...Scrapple sounds nice - a marriage of rilletes and bubble and squeak, both of which I like. I shall be trying it as pork is a staple here, and new recipes are always welcome.<br /><br />Some men never get over the dressing-up phase, do they?Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-48077466765832667062011-12-04T10:33:22.141+01:002011-12-04T10:33:22.141+01:00Gosh fly,you've just reminded me that my mothe...Gosh fly,you've just reminded me that my mother used to use the breakfast porridge pan to thicken the soup.<br /><br />I haven't thought of that for about 40 years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-57167800035268438002011-12-04T10:24:52.688+01:002011-12-04T10:24:52.688+01:00I am convinced that ceremonies only exist to allow...I am convinced that ceremonies only exist to allow men to pretend / make believe / regress into schoolboys again... dressing up and pretending that what they are doing is more important that it actually is.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-2559339285461217152011-12-04T09:26:33.190+01:002011-12-04T09:26:33.190+01:00Ayak, they're fun, these things, aren't th...Ayak, they're fun, these things, aren't they?<br />You could use beef for scrapple...mince might be best.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-46133535397656425822011-12-04T06:35:58.461+01:002011-12-04T06:35:58.461+01:00What an amazing tradition and what a pity it's...What an amazing tradition and what a pity it's been "pc'd".<br /><br />I've never heard of scrapple but I like the sound of it. As we can't get pork here, I wonder if other meat could be used?Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-51389882723713429732011-12-04T03:48:46.197+01:002011-12-04T03:48:46.197+01:00e, it could be a hash if eaten hot straight away, ...e, it could be a hash if eaten hot straight away, but I've always had it put into a mould and cut into slices for frying when cold.<br /><br />Mr. Fly is great!<br />And thank you for thinking of him.<br /><br />O.K., we all know that he could get another attack and could die, nothing changes that....but in terms of general health the regime of a cocktail of folic acid and vitamins has done a lot for him.<br /><br />When we were still in France I could never have believed that he would want to...or be capable of..taking on another house project...but here he is!<br /><br />Many thanks to the Costa Rican health service.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-81102250550701482342011-12-04T00:55:03.686+01:002011-12-04T00:55:03.686+01:00I think my grandmother may have given me scrapple ...I think my grandmother may have given me scrapple once or twice as a kid. I thought it was more like a hash though that is not what you describe. How is Mr. Fly?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-81036252844332342662011-12-03T23:42:47.186+01:002011-12-03T23:42:47.186+01:00Perpetua, there have to be confreries in your area...Perpetua, there have to be confreries in your area...there seems to be at least one for everything produced in France....and yes, being a wine producing area does seem to affect the tone of things somewhat...<br />Remember too, that I've been out of general circulation for a few years, housebound by events and things have been degenerating around me in that time!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-25997769957103397522011-12-03T23:36:04.120+01:002011-12-03T23:36:04.120+01:00Scrapple a new one to me, too, but duly noted, as ...Scrapple a new one to me, too, but duly noted, as we like oats.<br /><br />Our bit of France seems very quit and sedate in comparison with the goings-on you describe, Fly. Is it because it's a cider rather than wine producing region, I wonder? Must investigate next summer whether there are confreries in our area.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-90543658611742877252011-12-03T23:04:53.333+01:002011-12-03T23:04:53.333+01:00Sarah, I think it was typical of the way France ha...Sarah, I think it was typical of the way France has become so much more conformist...coupled with gendarmes with breathalysers haunting every event to rake in the money...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-71255057159658710792011-12-03T23:02:38.238+01:002011-12-03T23:02:38.238+01:00dinahmow, you can't turn your back for a minut...dinahmow, you can't turn your back for a minute...these events used to be such fun, such a lot of ancient jokes, so much gossip.<br />Life's much more flat under PC rules...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-45644518595426015692011-12-03T23:00:56.837+01:002011-12-03T23:00:56.837+01:00I've never heard of scrapple. Definitely a new...I've never heard of scrapple. Definitely a new way of using porridge oats to me!<br /><br />Men do love these taking themselves seriously ceremonies don't they? And then taking the piss, drinking too much and eating too much and defending their right to do so. I wonder what brought on the change in tradition.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-2017594392935171022011-12-03T22:54:35.286+01:002011-12-03T22:54:35.286+01:00Imagine! Such a hallowed tradition being "pol...Imagine! Such a hallowed tradition being "politically corrected."<br />A bit daft, really, since most involved usually drink from fishbowl-sized cups anyway!<br /><br />But thanks for the happy reminder of some hilarious fetes.dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com