Curry.

[happy daze john in oz]

In Liverpool a back alley is called a jigger so another another name for a cat is "A jigger rabbit".
Regards.
Jim.B.

I assume Jim not to be confused with jiggy jiggy up against the back fence.

[Louis the Amigo]

HI shipmates,Cats in curry? I had the pleasure of helping a mate who had a building business we worked in many takeaways in Cardiff as the council employed teams of people to check up on them? and every type of food outlet, they took no messing about in them days work not done after notice, closed down Not the same today? we came across dogs in freezer all kinds of strange meat and in chinese takeaway old eggs that smell like a ARAB sh---house {old term at sea} but thats the joy of working for cash in hand? I never buy anything from them after what i saw, because many have no clue about cleaning the place, Food posioning is a very big probelm in the U.K. if you seen what I have you would understand? and I am not talking about wild-life rats and mice and insects, still got a few traps in my shed was a good side-line.

[robpage]

After working a long time in the food industry and having much contact with local Environmental health they worked very closely here with the family matriarch in the Chinese take always and found the Chinese spotless , except if Mamma San was away , but the Kebab houses and the Indian , Bangladeshi run curry houses were harder to work with . The biggest problems were rat and cockroach infestations . The local take away I use you can see the back door from the car park and the bin area is always tidy , the kitchen door has a strip curtain and it looks clean , some in Waterlooville where I live have a bin area that is rife with rats and a total mess . II believe if the bin area is tidy then you have a good chance of the rest being OK .

[Richard Quartermaine]

Rob, having an authority doing unannounced inspections would have an influence on the 'housekeeping'. We had our share of the 'runs' in S.E.A. travelling around and kept the Lomotil handy but never really got seriously ill. Generally the smaller eateries had an understanding of cleanliness even though hygiene was often lacking. The kitchen was usually an area with little or no furniture, just racks for the big pots, concrete or stone floor where all the preparation was carried out by women sitting on their haunches peeling and slicing. Usually a hose that used running water as a broom and the men at raging wood, oil or gas fires with big woks that applied searing heat. Our golden rule was freshly cooked, pickle, no salad, hot or bottled liquid and unpeeled fruit only. There was a little place in Singapore where I often had my lunch for S$2.50. It was the size of a long garage with little 2 tables and opposite chairs lining each wall and as I sat down wherever there was a chair a rectangular piece of banana leaf was put in front of me. The food was South Asia vegetarian and an old man in a long white skirt plonked a couple of chapattis on one corner of the banana leaf then the bucket with rice came along and a scoop was plonked in the middle. Then similar trips with delicious vegetable curry, pickles, seconds - and no cutlery. A glowing feeling inside and a rinse of the hands in the single wash basin down by the kitchen and back to work.
In Indonesia our water was from a well and the rule was boil for 20 minutes. Salads and fruit washed in Milton, failing which Condies Crystals.

I see your 'Waterlooville' and in brings back memories of very happy days -1971/3 - when I commuted to London from Petersfield. I got a mortgage on Leith Cottage, South Harting, West Sussex with a building society in Clock House, London Road, Waterlooville and also passed through there frequently on our way shopping to Pompy.
Regards, Richard

[robpage]

the average house prices in South Harting for those cottages is around £1,000,000 - £1,250,000 , Leith House having been sold recently for £1,600,000 and there is still a building society in Clock House , although you can no longer drive past there , due to bus lanes and a precinct

[Rodney Mills]

I wonder if Asians have a preference in dogs? Are pure breeds a delicacy; are mongrels used for meatballs and mince? I would assume a Saint Bernard is for large group barbecue; spaniels for the weekend roast, and Yorkshire terriers for kabobs. I suppose an hairless Mexican Chihuahua steamed and served on a bun would be a hot dog. As for cats, being as they are Asians, I would assume a nice Persian would be their preference.



Just curious, Rodney

[Richard Quartermaine]

Well I'll be doggoned Rodney. With my second best mate curled up on the couch a couple of feet away (and my best mate getting ready to hoick me out to the shops) I can't give any thanks or like your post, but it is macabre'ly funny.

You share the same State as my son and namesake Rick who has been in Greenville NC for the last 15 years.
Richard

[robpage]

In conversation with a Chinese lady married to an Engliishman , she said to me pet dog meat was no good to eat , the muscles were too soft , and you needed a dog that had been more wild , as dog meat was medicinal and was only to be eaten midsummer as a health benefit , not that I fancy it as a medicine

[gray_marian]

#16&18, Suppose Greyhounds would be first choice then, though not much meat on them. Sheepdog perhaps another contender? Plenty of Staffordshire Bull Terriers in rescue pounds, all
hypothetical I hope....

[happy daze john in oz]

Just think yourself lucky you do not have an Aboriginal restaurant near you. Grilled Goanna, large lizard, Whitery grubs, big fat white and juicy, grilled Dingo, very hard working dogs, Wombat pies, big hairy animal thta eats, roots and then leaves.