[Sca-cooks] Pie Shapers: Was Speaking of Beets

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 4:16 PM, otsisto wrote:

> Please elaborate for the clueless novice. :)
>
> De/Lyse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> And here I was thinking, "Delis... mmmmm... sopressata... pickled
> herring... slobbergargle..."
>
> Adamantius

Delis as in delicatessens...

For some reason I am reminded of an occasion when I felt compelled,  
for reasons I cannot explain, to spend much of a work day speaking in  
a very bad approximation of an east Indian accent while working a  
carving station (yes, I am a terrible person, deeply and truly). My  
innocent victims would say something like, "You do that so nicely,"  
and I'd say something like, "Yes, thank you, I come from an ancient  
family of roast beef slicers. My mother's family is from Cow-Cutta...  
[pause] ...my father inherited the family charcuterie business. He  
was from Deli..."

Sometimes this stuff just happens and you wonder what evil spirits  
must have possessed you that day. Probably a good thing most of my  
clientele tended to have had a couple of martinis before encountering  
me.

Adamantius