I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
-- 
Sacha

"Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room> 
> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of > 
> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)

I probably don't qualify for it.; (

Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from a 
1954 magazine.  I am really looking forward to the adventure!  I shall take 
it to my friend's Halloween party.

The message 
from Sacha  contains these words:

> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)


Any chance of the recipe please Sacha, it is always useful 
to have a 'Glutton Free' cake recipe to hand. ;-)

Jennifer - as if I wasn't challenged enough ...

In message , Sacha 
 writes
>I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
>here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
>a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)

I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The cakes 
in your tea room are excellent btw.
-- 
June Hughes

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:32:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
>here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
>a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)

Cattle Cake?
-- 

Martin

On 2009-10-29 17:57:22 +0000, Jennifer Sparkes  said:

> The message 
> from Sacha  contains these words:
> 
>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
> 
> 
> Any chance of the recipe please Sacha, it is always useful
> to have a 'Glutton Free' cake recipe to hand. ;-)
> 
> Jennifer - as if I wasn't challenged enough ...

I'll look for it tomorrow and post it, Jennifer.  Nudge me if I forget, please.
-- 
Sacha

On 2009-10-29 19:58:12 +0000, June Hughes 
 said:

> In message , Sacha 
>  writes
>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
> 
> I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The 
> cakes in your tea room are excellent btw.

Thank you!  But I doubt you're a Glutton!  Oh dear, that's still making 
me chuckle - I wish I could find a way to incorporate it into a cake's 
name!
-- 
Sacha

On 2009-10-29 22:53:04 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:32:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
> 
> Cattle Cake?

NONE of our customers would qualify for that!!!
-- 
Sacha

On 2009-10-29 17:37:08 +0000, "Giusi"  said:

> 
> "Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room>
>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of >
>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
> 
> I probably don't qualify for it.; (
> 
> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from a
> 1954 magazine.  I am really looking forward to the adventure!  I shall take
> it to my friend's Halloween party.

Oh, yum, please post it here.  Our tea room cook makes a chocolate and 
orange cake which goes down well and her lemon cake is a dream but we 
haven't tried orange cake yet.
-- 
Sacha

"Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
 "Giusi"  said:

 I rather like the idea of >>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge. 
;-)

>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from 
>> a 1954 magazine.  I am really looking forward to the adventure!  I shall 
>> take
>> it to my friend's Halloween party.
>
> Oh, yum, please post it here.

I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake 
recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>On 2009-10-29 19:58:12 +0000, June Hughes 
> said:
>
>> In message , Sacha 
>>  writes
>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room 
>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of 
>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>> 
>> I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The 
>> cakes in your tea room are excellent btw.
>
>Thank you!  But I doubt you're a Glutton!  Oh dear, that's still making 
>me chuckle - I wish I could find a way to incorporate it into a cake's 
>name!

I don't think you'd really want to.  It would imply "not good".

-- 
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 2009-10-30 14:40:22 +0000, sf   said:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> On 2009-10-29 19:58:12 +0000, June Hughes
>>  said:
>> 
>>> In message , Sacha
>>>  writes
>>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>>> 
>>> I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The
>>> cakes in your tea room are excellent btw.
>> 
>> Thank you!  But I doubt you're a Glutton!  Oh dear, that's still making
>> me chuckle - I wish I could find a way to incorporate it into a cake's
>> name!
> 
> I don't think you'd really want to.  It would imply "not good".

I don't see how? A glutton is someone who's very greedy, or is another 
word for some member of the wolf family, IIRC.  A Glutton & Come Again 
cake rather appeals, now I think of it!
-- 
Sacha

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>On 2009-10-30 14:40:22 +0000, sf   said:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2009-10-29 19:58:12 +0000, June Hughes
>>>  said:
>>> 
>>>> In message , Sacha
>>>>  writes
>>>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The
>>>> cakes in your tea room are excellent btw.
>>> 
>>> Thank you!  But I doubt you're a Glutton!  Oh dear, that's still making
>>> me chuckle - I wish I could find a way to incorporate it into a cake's
>>> name!
>> 
>> I don't think you'd really want to.  It would imply "not good".
>
>I don't see how? A glutton is someone who's very greedy, or is another 
>word for some member of the wolf family, IIRC.  A Glutton & Come Again 
>cake rather appeals, now I think of it!

gourmand as opposed to gourmet.
-- 

Martin

On 2009-10-30 16:24:03 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:

> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> On 2009-10-30 14:40:22 +0000, sf   said:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2009-10-29 19:58:12 +0000, June Hughes
>>>>  said:
>>>> 
>>>>> In message , Sacha
>>>>>  writes
>>>>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>>>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>>>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have had a very busy day and that has cheered me up no end.  The
>>>>> cakes in your tea room are excellent btw.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you!  But I doubt you're a Glutton!  Oh dear, that's still making
>>>> me chuckle - I wish I could find a way to incorporate it into a cake's
>>>> name!
>>> 
>>> I don't think you'd really want to.  It would imply "not good".
>> 
>> I don't see how? A glutton is someone who's very greedy, or is another
>> word for some member of the wolf family, IIRC.  A Glutton & Come Again
>> cake rather appeals, now I think of it!
> 
> gourmand as opposed to gourmet.

Oh certainly but a glutton's ginger cake still appeals.  ;-)
-- 
Sacha

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>I don't see how? A glutton is someone who's very greedy, or is another 
>word for some member of the wolf family, IIRC.  A Glutton & Come Again 
>cake rather appeals, now I think of it!

I thought you were going to say "Glutton Free".  Which is an entirely
different connotation.  You want them to be gluttons.

-- 
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article , Giusi 
 writes

>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from
>>> a 1954 magazine.  I am really looking forward to the adventure!  I shall
>>> take

>I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake
>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!

The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a 
recipe - were post war measures still in place then?
-- 
congokid
Eating out in London? Read my tips...
http://congokid.com

"congokid"  ha scritto nel messaggio
Giusi  writes
>
>>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>>>> from>>>> a 1954 magazine.
>
>>I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a 
>>cake>>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!
>
> The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a 
> recipe - were post war measures still in place then?

No, but people lived on a lot less money.  This cake has only one egg in it 
and a lot more baking powder and soda to make up for it.  Not a good 
exchange.

On 2009-10-30 16:39:27 +0000, sf   said:

> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:16 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> I don't see how? A glutton is someone who's very greedy, or is another
>> word for some member of the wolf family, IIRC.  A Glutton & Come Again
>> cake rather appeals, now I think of it!
> 
> I thought you were going to say "Glutton Free".  Which is an entirely
> different connotation.  You want them to be gluttons.

;-))  Gottit.
-- 
Sacha

On 30 Oct, 09:51, "Giusi"  wrote:
> >> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from
> >> a 1954 magazine.  ...
> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake
> recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!

Probably in 1954 America was the only place to have oranges - the UK
was probably still on rationing.

Owain

"Giusi"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Owain"  ha scritto nel messaggio
> "Giusi"  wrote:
>> >> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>> >> from a 1954 magazine. ...
>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake> 
>> recipe I know to orange. It's also all in CUPS!
>
>>Probably in 1954 America was the only place to have >oranges - the UK was 
>>probably still on rationing.
>
> You made a big mistake losing us before there were Florida and California.
>
But then we'd have Texas{;-)
Graham

Giusi wrote:
> "Sacha"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>  "Giusi"  said:
> 
>  I rather like the idea of >>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge. 
> ;-)
> 
> 
>>>Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe from 
>>>a 1954 magazine.  I am really looking forward to the adventure!  I shall 
>>>take
>>>it to my friend's Halloween party.
>>
>>Oh, yum, please post it here.
> 
> 
> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake 
> recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS! 
> 
> 

Me mum used to do an orange spice cake with an orange butter cream 
frosting iirc.

The cake had little bits of candied orange peel in it.

-- 

Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:

>
>"congokid"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>Giusi  writes
>>
>>>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>>>>> from>>>> a 1954 magazine.
>>
>>>I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a 
>>>cake>>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!
>>
>> The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a 
>> recipe - were post war measures still in place then?
>
>No, but people lived on a lot less money.  This cake has only one egg in it 
>and a lot more baking powder and soda to make up for it.  Not a good 
>exchange. 
>

Rationing finished in 1954.
-- 

Martin

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:23:15 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:

>
>"Owain"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>"Giusi"  wrote:
>> >> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>> >> from a 1954 magazine. ...
>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake> 
>> recipe I know to orange. It's also all in CUPS!
>
>>Probably in 1954 America was the only place to have >oranges - the UK was 
>>probably still on rationing.
>
>You made a big mistake losing us before there were Florida and California.
>

Oranges are grown in the old world too.

In California in the 1960s I met an ex US army guy who had happy memories of his
days in the orange groves of Wales.
I assumed that in fact he had been in North Africa or Italy, but I didn't like
to argue.
-- 

Martin

On 2009-10-30 21:04:29 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:

> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> "congokid"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>> Giusi  writes
>>> 
>>>>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe
>>>>>> from>>>> a 1954 magazine.
>>> 
>>>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a
>>>> cake>>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!
>>> 
>>> The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a
>>> recipe - were post war measures still in place then?
>> 
>> No, but people lived on a lot less money.  This cake has only one egg in it
>> and a lot more baking powder and soda to make up for it.  Not a good
>> exchange.
>> 
> 
> Rationing finished in 1954.

Rationing finished but that didn't mean abundance followed, surely?  
I'm too young to remember... ;-)
-- 
Sacha

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:55:22 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>On 2009-10-30 21:04:29 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> "congokid"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> Giusi  writes
>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe
>>>>>>> from>>>> a 1954 magazine.
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a
>>>>> cake>>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!
>>>> 
>>>> The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a
>>>> recipe - were post war measures still in place then?
>>> 
>>> No, but people lived on a lot less money.  This cake has only one egg in it
>>> and a lot more baking powder and soda to make up for it.  Not a good
>>> exchange.
>>> 
>> 
>> Rationing finished in 1954.
>
>Rationing finished but that didn't mean abundance followed, surely?  

It depended if you lived in a shoe box in the gutter or were lord of the manor.
If you lived in the country then you had your own chickens and hence no shortage
of eggs.

>I'm too young to remember... ;-)

Remember? A young gel like you wasn't even born :o)
-- 

Martin

On 2009-10-30 23:24:57 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:

> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:55:22 +0000, Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> On 2009-10-30 21:04:29 +0000, Martin <me@address.invalid> said:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> "congokid"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>> Giusi  writes
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe
>>>>>>>> from>>>> a 1954 magazine.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a
>>>>>> cake>>recipe I know to orange.  It's also all in CUPS!
>>>>> 
>>>>> The mid 50s might not have been the best era from which to choose a
>>>>> recipe - were post war measures still in place then?
>>>> 
>>>> No, but people lived on a lot less money.  This cake has only one egg in it
>>>> and a lot more baking powder and soda to make up for it.  Not a good
>>>> exchange.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rationing finished in 1954.
>> 
>> Rationing finished but that didn't mean abundance followed, surely?
> 
> It depended if you lived in a shoe box in the gutter or were lord of the manor.
> If you lived in the country then you had your own chickens and hence no 
> shortage
> of eggs.

Well, lords of the manor had a responsibility to feed all on the manor. 
 That's part of what manors were about, actually.  Living in shoe boxes 
- I wonder how many did, then.  Plenty were horribly poor but families 
were still cohesive units.  Most people had somebody and most 
considered it their duty to look after their own.
> 
>> I'm too young to remember... ;-)
> 
> Remember? A young gel like you wasn't even born :o)

Did I bribe you?  Must be old age making me forgetful, mumble, mumble......
-- 
Sacha

"Martin"  ha scritto nel messaggio
 "Giusi"  wrote:
>
>>
>>"Owain"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>>"Giusi"  wrote:
>>> >> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>>> >> from a 1954 magazine. ...
>>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake> 
>>>  >>> recipe I know to orange. It's also all in CUPS!
>>
>>>Probably in 1954 America was the only place to have >oranges - the UK was 
>>>probably still on rationing.
>>
>>You made a big mistake losing us before there were Florida and California.

> Oranges are grown in the old world too.

I am aware of that, but in war times it is handy to have your own, right? 
We had that stuff because we grew it.  I am not sure, but I think rationing 
in the US was mostly sugar, meat, fats in the kitchen.  The magazines had 
ads showing what was done with those saved pails of fat.  Victory gardens 
were a big thing and otherwise fruits and veg were more available, but the 
troops got them first and shipping was carefully controlled.

I am aware that our rationing was not as lengthy or as serious as yours. 
But it was real.  WE also didn't have petroleum and rubber to go around.

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:51:14 +0100, "Giusi"  wrote:

>
>"Martin"  ha scritto nel messaggio
> "Giusi"  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Owain"  ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>"Giusi"  wrote:
>>>> >> Tomorrow I am making an orange cake with orange icing from a recipe 
>>>> >> from a 1954 magazine. ...
>>>> I'm not very sold on this recipe so far. I think I will convert a cake> 
>>>>  >>> recipe I know to orange. It's also all in CUPS!
>>>
>>>>Probably in 1954 America was the only place to have >oranges - the UK was 
>>>>probably still on rationing.
>>>
>>>You made a big mistake losing us before there were Florida and California.
>
>> Oranges are grown in the old world too.
>
>I am aware of that, but in war times it is handy to have your own, right? 

Oranges never grew in UK, right?

>We had that stuff because we grew it.  I am not sure, but I think rationing 
>in the US was mostly sugar, meat, fats in the kitchen.  The magazines had 
>ads showing what was done with those saved pails of fat.  Victory gardens 
>were a big thing and otherwise fruits and veg were more available, but the 
>troops got them first and shipping was carefully controlled.
>
>I am aware that our rationing was not as lengthy or as serious as yours. 
>But it was real.  WE also didn't have petroleum and rubber to go around. 

Guess what? Neither did Europe, especially Germany. 
-- 

Martin

"Martin"
> Guess what? Neither did Europe, especially Germany.

WE were hoping for that.  Mind you, I wasn't there to chat about it, but our 
dads and Dora survived because they ran out of stuff.

Sacha  wrote:

> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)

Same with a coffee place trying to look French by selling 'gâteaux'
here, except they forgot the 'a' which made them senile - on a par with
the butcher selling duck Maigrets. :)


Greg

-- 
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          [No ficus = no spam]

On 2009-11-02 23:40:03 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) said:

> Sacha  wrote:
> 
>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
> 
> Same with a coffee place trying to look French by selling 'gâteaux'
> here, except they forgot the 'a' which made them senile - on a par with
> the butcher selling duck Maigrets. :)
> 
> 
> Greg

Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no?   
Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the 
detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor 
brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)

-- 
Sacha

"Sacha"  wrote in message 
news:7l9bbmF3d0dulU1@mid.individual.net...
> On 2009-11-02 23:40:03 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) 
> said:
>
>> Sacha  wrote:
>>
>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>>
>> Same with a coffee place trying to look French by selling 'gâteaux'
>> here, except they forgot the 'a' which made them senile - on a par with
>> the butcher selling duck Maigrets. :)
>>
>>
>> Greg
>
> Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no? 
> Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the 
> detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor 
> brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
>
> -- 
> Sacha
>
'gâteux'  senile or doddery old man
'gateuse'   "      "       "          "  woman

Graham

graham  wrote:

> "Sacha"  wrote in message 
> news:7l9bbmF3d0dulU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no?
> > Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the
> > detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor
> > brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
> >
> 'gâteux'  senile or doddery old man
> 'gateuse'   "      "       "          "  woman

Thanks Graham. I would have stopped at the first one, personally, but
here, have a flame-proof jacket just in case.
:)


Greg

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On 2009-11-03 00:43:31 +0000, "graham"  said:

> 
> "Sacha"  wrote in message
> news:7l9bbmF3d0dulU1@mid.individual.net...
>> On 2009-11-02 23:40:03 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz)
>> said:
>> 
>>> Sacha  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>>> 
>>> Same with a coffee place trying to look French by selling 'gâteaux'
>>> here, except they forgot the 'a' which made them senile - on a par with
>>> the butcher selling duck Maigrets. :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Greg
>> 
>> Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no?
>> Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the
>> detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor
>> brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
>> 
>> --
>> Sacha
>> 
> 'gâteux'  senile or doddery old man
> 'gateuse'   "      "       "          "  woman
> 
> Graham

That's a new one to me - I'll try to remember it before gâteusitie sets 
in.  ;-)  Thank you.
-- 
Sacha

On 2009-11-03 08:02:08 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) said:

> graham  wrote:
> 
>> "Sacha"  wrote in message
>> news:7l9bbmF3d0dulU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 
>>> Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no?
>>> Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the
>>> detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor
>>> brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
>>> 
>> 'gâteux'  senile or doddery old man
>> 'gateuse'   "      "       "          "  woman
> 
> Thanks Graham. I would have stopped at the first one, personally, but
> here, have a flame-proof jacket just in case.
> :)
> 
> 
> Greg

He's fortunate that my mood is benign today - unlike our horrible 
weather which is pouring with rain and blowing a hooligan again.
-- 
Sacha

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:21:10 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>On 2009-11-02 23:40:03 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) said:
>
>> Sacha  wrote:
>> 
>>> I've just picked up the list of cakes we usually make for the tea room
>>> here and someone has written 'Glutton Free' - I rather like the idea of
>>> a glutton free cake - bit of a challenge.  ;-)
>> 
>> Same with a coffee place trying to look French by selling 'gâteaux'
>> here, except they forgot the 'a' which made them senile - on a par with
>> the butcher selling duck Maigrets. :)
>> 
>> 
>> Greg
>
>Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau?

gâteux?

> I thought senile was sénile, no?   
>Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the 
>detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor 
>brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
-- 

Martin

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:25:35 +0000, Sacha  wrote:

>On 2009-11-03 08:02:08 +0000, gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) said:
>
>> graham  wrote:
>> 
>>> "Sacha"  wrote in message
>>> news:7l9bbmF3d0dulU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> 
>>>> Okay, I'll buy it - what is gteau? I thought senile was sénile, no?
>>>> Gater is to spoil, as in spoiling a child, I think?  And as for the
>>>> detective ducks, well, give 'em a pipe and pronounce it in French, poor
>>>> brutes  ;-(  But I'm adrift as is the 'a' you name.  ;-)
>>>> 
>>> 'gâteux'  senile or doddery old man
>>> 'gateuse'   "      "       "          "  woman
>> 
>> Thanks Graham. I would have stopped at the first one, personally, but
>> here, have a flame-proof jacket just in case.
>> :)
>> 
>> 
>> Greg
>
>He's fortunate that my mood is benign today - unlike our horrible 
>weather which is pouring with rain and blowing a hooligan again.

Told you so LOL
-- 

Martin