At my office, people were saying that fudge, shortbread, scones, and clotted cream would have been the way to go.....
So what would you have taken to France?
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I must admit I wondered if there were things they couldn't take across ... stuff like poultry, fresh dairy and pre-cooked meat products 'cos the vans they were using didn't look refridgerated and it would mean the food would be warm and in transit for quite some time?
I think the van must have been refigrerated, they were transporting raw sausages ... having said that, it was the middle of winter.
Originally Posted by mindyann:
“I must admit I wondered if there were things they couldn't take across ... stuff like poultry, fresh dairy and pre-cooked meat products 'cos the vans they were using didn't look refridgerated and it would mean the food would be warm and in transit for quite some time?”
“I must admit I wondered if there were things they couldn't take across ... stuff like poultry, fresh dairy and pre-cooked meat products 'cos the vans they were using didn't look refridgerated and it would mean the food would be warm and in transit for quite some time?”
In the boardroom SirAlan did refer to a list of places they had been given to shop from. It was when he said he'd only put Makro on there for them to get ancillary bits from. So as always they were limited by a 'list' that we don't have full knowledge of, much like they were given a 'list of services' in one of the previous weeks.
Cream teas and Victoria sponges, though of course those are more recipe based, scrumpy, various steamed puddings, real ales. Having said that part of the reason for travelling and visiting different countries is to sample the local produce and recipes, so going to France to sell English food detracts from the experience.
Originally Posted by Cavegirl:
“In the boardroom SirAlan did refer to a list of places they had been given to shop from. It was when he said he'd only put Makro on there for them to get ancillary bits from. So as always they were limited by a 'list' that we don't have full knowledge of, much like they were given a 'list of services' in one of the previous weeks.”
“In the boardroom SirAlan did refer to a list of places they had been given to shop from. It was when he said he'd only put Makro on there for them to get ancillary bits from. So as always they were limited by a 'list' that we don't have full knowledge of, much like they were given a 'list of services' in one of the previous weeks.”
It's a flaw in the narration and putting together of the programme not to tell us key things like that. Presumably they sacrifice coherence of narrative for the sake of sensationalising the drama.
Originally Posted by peely:
“Cream teas and Victoria sponges, though of course those are more recipe based, scrumpy, various steamed puddings, real ales. Having said that part of the reason for travelling and visiting different countries is to sample the local produce and recipes, so going to France to sell English food detracts from the experience.”
“Cream teas and Victoria sponges, though of course those are more recipe based, scrumpy, various steamed puddings, real ales. Having said that part of the reason for travelling and visiting different countries is to sample the local produce and recipes, so going to France to sell English food detracts from the experience.”
French markets are ten a penny nowadays in the UK, so if it's good enough for les francais, why not? And, more often than not, the stuff being sold on these markets is over-priced hypermarket produce, maybe that's where Paul got his idea from.
Originally Posted by princesskate:
“I can't think of what may have worked better, I did once read about a man who bought a double decker bus and converted it into a mobile indian restaurant, touring it around France, however thats not exactly 'best of british'
Any Ideas?
xxx”
“I can't think of what may have worked better, I did once read about a man who bought a double decker bus and converted it into a mobile indian restaurant, touring it around France, however thats not exactly 'best of british'
Any Ideas?
xxx”
I would have taken a knackered racehorse.
Originally Posted by Shrike:
“Creme Anglaise! Of course! - the clue is in the name
Mind you dont they call condoms "English overcoats"?
”
“Creme Anglaise! Of course! - the clue is in the name
Mind you dont they call condoms "English overcoats"?
”
Don't we call them "French Letters"?
Originally Posted by oulandy:
“It's a flaw in the narration and putting together of the programme not to tell us key things like that. Presumably they sacrifice coherence of narrative for the sake of sensationalising the drama.”
“It's a flaw in the narration and putting together of the programme not to tell us key things like that. Presumably they sacrifice coherence of narrative for the sake of sensationalising the drama.”
I did notice as well at one point the narrator was telling us the time when in the background the church bells were bonging the time ... and I don't think the 2 tallied. Is it repeated so I can have a re-count!
Originally Posted by Balti:
“Benny Hill - inexplicably, the French love him!”
“Benny Hill - inexplicably, the French love him!”
Maybe because, until he went way over-the-sexist-top, Benny was the finest exponent of pure visual humour that this country has ever produced. Miles better than his son, Harry. I defy anyone to watch Hill senior's late 70's, early 80's shows without laughing out loud at least five times.
Mind you, I think Benny would be a bit ripe if you took him now
Originally Posted by davejames77:
“i. could always do a roaring trade selling white flags to them!”
“i. could always do a roaring trade selling white flags to them!”
Now that's hardly the Dunkirk spirit is it?
Originally Posted by Makosi's pants:
“Now that's hardly the Dunkirk spirit is it?”
“Now that's hardly the Dunkirk spirit is it?
”
All this surrender monkey claptrap is getting staler than Paul's cheddar, in my opinion, and is an insult to the many thousands who gave their lives in the French Resistance. It's the Brits and the Yanks who peddle this line, coincidentally two countries who were never actually invaded by the Nazis ...
Originally Posted by 12xu2:
“The French are also quite keen on fish and chips ... although they probably wouldn't have worked in the context of this task.”
“The French are also quite keen on fish and chips ... although they probably wouldn't have worked in the context of this task.”
First put together by Belgians.
Originally Posted by 12xu2:
“Plenty of French people drink tea, but all you can get over there is insipid Liptons teabags, so there is a gap in the market for a decent cuppa. Similarly, if they'd taken unusual British cheeses, they'd have been onto a winner, the point being (despite what Nick said) that any country with 400 types of cheese is obviously into cheese in a big way and presumably receptive to trying a 401st type. It's all about the product and the marketing.”
“Plenty of French people drink tea, but all you can get over there is insipid Liptons teabags, so there is a gap in the market for a decent cuppa. Similarly, if they'd taken unusual British cheeses, they'd have been onto a winner, the point being (despite what Nick said) that any country with 400 types of cheese is obviously into cheese in a big way and presumably receptive to trying a 401st type. It's all about the product and the marketing.”
That was exactly what made SAS so cross, Paul ignored the basic objective of the task, to take the Best of British speciality foods to a French street market. He said he had given them suppliers etc, as proven by their going to a prison farm for the sausages.
i think the sausage was a good idea. we holiday in france every year and the french supermarkets are fabulous but they dont have bacon ad sausage.
the cheese was a complete waste of time and Paul and Katie are vile
au revoir
the cheese was a complete waste of time and Paul and Katie are vile
au revoir
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