[Dixielandjazz] Food For The Band

[Larry Garrett]

Marek, look up this dish---tongue in cheek.  Ken just served one up.  

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On 2 Jul 2013, at 17:42, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, Ken,
> But "Steak Tartare" is high  quality minced RAW meat, so, of course, "they
> even tried to cook it."  It is usually served with a raw egg in the middle,
> often with raw onions.  Considered fancy, and usually quite expensive.
> Likewise, *"Salisbury steak* is a dish made from a blend of
> *minced<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced>
> beef <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef>* and other ingredients, which is
> shaped to resemble a steak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak>," so your
> complaints are groundless.
> Botth gazpacho and vichysoiise (things I DON'T eat) are served cold, so,
> again, your complaint has no basis.  Likewise re "Baked Alaska."  Thus, you
> were actually treated to supposedly high quality meal, which you did not
> appreciate.  Far cry from the other complaints.
> I admit that I had to look both vichysoiise and baked Alaske up on the web;
> however, having read your complaints regarding Steak Tartare, Salisbuty
> Steak and gazpacho, I suspected the other two were properly served as well.
> 
> Next time ask for simple and tried food, not fancy one!
> Cheers
> 
> 
> On 3 July 2013 00:47, Kevin Yeates <kyeates at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> We played at a very fancy affair. During our break we were supposed to be
>> given a very nice meal. It was supposed to be the same food the paying
>> guests were eating.
>> 
>> Our meal started off with soup. They said it was called Gazpacho soup.
>> They didn't even bother to keep it warm! It was cold so I sent it back and
>> asked form some other soup. They sent me soup they called Vichysoisse. By
>> the time it got to us, it was cold as well.
>> 
>> They offered us several choices for the main course. I wanted steak so I
>> order something fancy they called steak tartare. Now I like my steak are
>> but this was ridiculous! I don't think they even tried to cook it. I sent
>> it back right away and ordered instead a Salisbury Steak. It arrived but it
>> didn't look quite right. It was shaped like a steak but to this day I am
>> convinced it was nothing but ground beef.
>> 
>> For dessert I figured I'd go with something they couldn't ruin. I went for
>> some simple ice cream. They brought me a Baked Alaska. They said it was
>> made with ice cream. Well that was the straw that broke the camel's back!
>> The soup's were cold, the steak wasn't cooked and now, to top things off,
>> they had cooked the ice cream! It was clear they were doing everything they
>> could to infuriate us.
>> 
>> It's this sort of treatment of the musicians that has to stop. The way
>> they treat us you'd think we were second class, uncultured and uncouth.
>> 
>> ;>)
>> 
>> 
>> Kevin Yeates
>> Vancouver, Canada
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