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Torquemada
Oct 21, 2010

Drei Gläser
Weird though it might sound, it’s sometimes served in pints in UK pubs and restaurants (in a pint glass, with a long fork and toast points). One doesn’t fill much of a gap, so maybe two pints?

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Torquemada
Oct 21, 2010

Drei Gläser
Also re: the irony thing. In the UK at least, dining out was a relatively rare experience until the 70’s. A bunch of factors led to a big upsurge in demand for affordable dining, a gap readily filled by combination pub/steakhouses like Berni Inns, Schooner Inns, and Harvester Restaurants. The most recognisable meal, widely parodied at the time, was a prawn cocktail, steak and chips and a black forest gateau. Even today pretty much everyone over the age of forty would understand that if they came to my house for dinner and I served them that meal, I would be attempting to add a humorous or ironic component to an otherwise perfectly serviceable menu.

e: i have actually done this and it’s great

ee: ha, it even has its own wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn_cocktail,_steak_and_Black_Forest_gateau

Torquemada fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Apr 6, 2022

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