OT - Re: SC - Re: saffron

[CBlackwill@aol.com]

Youz guys obviously haven't encountered "avocal 501's!" <grin>\
- --maire

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> > Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:19:40 EDT
> > From: CBlackwill at aol.com
> > Subject: Re: SC - Is Arrowroot Period?
> >
> > In a message dated 4/4/00 4:58:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, troy at asan.com
> > writes:
> >
> > >  and they do make lover-ly plaids and houndstooth-check
> > >  woolen fabric.
> >
> > Aaargh!  A flood of memories are rushing back now....I never did like those
> > houndstooth pants we had to wear in the kitchen.  I know, Iknow...It's
> > tradition.  But, I don't have to like it.
>
> Ah, no, man! You've gotta respect your traditions! Especially given the
> alternatives... The check pants are for real, hands-on cooks who want to
> take a stain or three and still look okay. I've never met a black-pants
> chef who could actually put a pan on the heat and produce food from raw
> ingredients. A black-pants chef is a glorified steward, an overpaid
> kitchen clerk! (Yes, I'm joking. Just that as with many jokes, there's a
> thread of truth to it, IMO.)
>
> And we all _know_ about WHITE-pants chefs... hacks, to a man. Or woman!
> (Still joking. Partly.)
>
> And as for the newish obscenely bright paisley ones, I can only think of
> Slim Pickens' comment in "Blazing Saddles," to the effect that two of
> his evil henchmen looked like a couple of Kansas City, um, gentlemen.
> Very, very effete and not a little ridiculous, making the wearer more
> appropriately dressed for duty as a eunuch in an Ottoman harem than in a
> kitchen. Eunuch or otherwise.
>
> You know, I often see how lucky I am not to be excessively opinionated,
> like _some_ people.
>
> Not that I often wear houndstooth check pants outside of kitchens, mind
> you...although I do have a pair of woolen trews in a houndstooth
> pattern, for event wear. Pure coincidence.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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