SC - Spices and sensitive palates (and other

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Peters, Rise J. wrote:
> 
> Kyhe wrote:
> 
> <<ANYTHING served with a quantity of spicing exceeding
> the normal modern palate is best served with accompanying
> admonitions.
> 
> Agreed.  But...
> 
> <<Server: "My lords and ladies, for some palates the cook may
> have been a little heavy-handed with the ginger in
> this dish."
> 
> Can we come up with an alternative phrasing that makes clear that it wasn't
> the cook making a mistake, but simply a correctly-prepared dish that some
> may find surprising? 

"The head cook charges me to inform you that the bukkenade is
aggressively seasoned with ginger, as is proper with such a dish."

Adamantius, who wrote about half of those silly euphemisms you see on
New York City restaurant menus...
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com


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