At 11:40 AM 8/5/2004 +0100, bob_hutton@standardlife.com wrote:
>Francheez sounds like it ROCKS!  If I lived in the States, I'd eat crap
>like that every single day!

Neatly summing up the joys of the American lifestyle...although personally,
I think there's also something to be said for the Canadian way of eating
crap as well: I'd be happy to live on butter tarts, Fudgee-Os, all-dressed
potato chips, poutine and the hot dogs they sell on the street in downtown
Toronto.
>
>What exactly is chicken-fried steak, by the way.  My mate tried it in
>Chicago, but said there was no chicken involved whatsoever?!?

Beef steak (top round, usually), pounded thin to tenderize it, dipped in
seasoned flour and egg, shallow-fried and served with a cream gravy.  One
of the traditional dishes of my Texas homeland, brought over by the Germans
who populated the Hill Country in the 1800s -- it's basically just
schnitzel under another name.

Actual musical content: has anyone else heard the three new albums by
Trevor Tanner, formerly of the '80s UK cult faves the Bolshoi?  A couple of
them are actually quite good, and that's coming from someone who never
rated the Bolshoi at all.

S