SC - Consumer's Reports knife review

[Korrin S DaArdain]

Last Thursday (yes, I'm behind once again)  LYN M PARKINSON wrote:
> > I had to laugh, today, due to this theme.  I've got a head-splitting flu,
> > so tucked myself in bed with peach tea and _Beau Geste_.  There's a scene
> > of the country house upper class breakfast, with the rows of silver
> > dishes on the sideboard.  One man has heaped eggs, sausage, bacon, etc.
> > on his plate.  Another tells him it's a good effort, why doesn't he put
> > kedgeree on the top?  He replies it's already there--bottom layer.  IIRC,
> > kedgeree is salted fish, perhaps with Indian spices?

And Admantius answered:
> Kedgeree, though, speaking of porridge, is a porridge-y dish of rice
> cooked with cream, curry spices, hard-boiled eggs, and flaked smoked
> fish (at least for a British subject; kitchree, the original Indian
> dish, is more of a vegetarian spiced rice pilaf with lentils).

Uh oh. I thought Allison was talking about a period breakfast. But
Adamantius' comment makes me think 19th century. So what is this
_Beau Geste_ for us non-literary types.

Thanks.
  Stefan
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