[Dixielandjazz] Food For The Band

[david richoux]

Gary, would that be beef tongue or lark's tongue ?

I also get mixed results for food when playing over a normal eating time -
sometimes an old sandwich n coke, sometimes a feast!

Dave Richoux



On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org> wrote:

> Me thinks that Ken's tongue was firmly planted in the corner of his cheek.
> They didn't have any borscht?
>
> I like chiming in on the food issues 'cause we don't have it too bad here.
> At 97% of my gigs, we are fed ... and, fed well. The best food is at
> weddings and end of the year gigs where fois gras is almost always part of
> the starter, lobster of crab is not uncommon for the seafood course, and,
> the main course is usually something I couldn't reproduce at home. A
> different wine is served with each course.
>
> I should add as well that 97% of my gigs have travel expenses and hotel
> when we travel more than 250 kilometers.
>
> Just saying.
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
>
> On 03/07/2013 00:42, Marek Boym 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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced>
>> >
>> beef <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Beef<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef>>*
>> and other ingredients, which is
>> shaped to resemble a steak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**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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