[Dixielandjazz] Food For The Band

[Joe Carbery]

Ken: Tongue in cheek;
Marek: Foot in mouth!


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Larry Garrett <lrg4003 at aol.com> wrote:

> Marek, look up this dish---tongue in cheek.  Ken just served one up.
>
> KC clarinet
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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