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Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 00:35
francia - angol
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Az Ő emlékére:
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: 00:35
francia - angol
Also good to see... Mar 31, 2011

...that they hadn't been castrated before cooking.
 
Wendy Cummings
Wendy Cummings  Identity Verified
Egyesült Királyság
Local time: 00:35
spanyol - angol
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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
Ghána
Local time: 23:35
japán - angol
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
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Egyesült Államok
Local time: 19:35
Tag (2002 óta)
francia - angol
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
Görögország
Local time: 02:35
görög - angol
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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
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Új-Zéland
Local time: 11:35
japán - angol
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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
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Dánia
Local time: 01:35
Tag (2003 óta)
dán - angol
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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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Egyesült Királyság
Local time: 00:35
Tag (2011 óta)
francia - angol
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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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