@cocks17 475891 wrote:
Who do I PM for this shit next time? arrggghh
TBH you’ve been on here a while now and clearly aren’t fed or journo so hopefully someone will help out. For a variety of reasons I no longer attend unlicensed events (its just too bait at my age for one thing) otherwise I would pass on any info I get .
On the subject of eggs, one reason I wanted to (but could not easily get away with) photographing the langæg I was served at British Telecom research centre a few months ago was to show how badly it had been trashed enroute from the canteen. A langæg is exactly what you think it is, a long cooked egg which can be sliced lengthways.
Six fresh eggs have become one long, cooked egg. The pre-cooked long eggs ensure uniform and beautiful slices. Ideal for using in sandwiches, flûtes, salads and as pizza-topping.
These were invented where !sinner69! comes from between 1978-1980. I remember seeing the machine on telly back then.
The original idea was to use them on board ship, where normal eggs would be destroyed due to the ship rolling about and the other option (keeping them inside the bird until required) was stopped as health and animal rights concerns discouraged the keeping of live poultry aboard. The term “duck fucker” was once given to the sailor who had the job of looking after these.
The Japanese (also a nation with strong maritime traditions) worked with the Danes to perfect the langæg manufacturing machine (hence why you can buy these long eggs in many Asian coastal nations). Cooks on dry land realised they were more convenient for storage, plus they are popular in places like Singapore where they are not allowed to have chickens running all along suburban streets (they still did in Malaysia as recently as the 1990s).
anyway this langæg would have been packed and sent from Denmark to the docks here (over 700km). From the docks to Adastral Park is about 15km. From the canteen to where this “networking breakfast” I was at is about 0.05 km (50m). By the time it arrived it was just about edible but certainly not “uniform and beautiful”. The breakfast itself wasn’t that impressive, its like they’d tried to include elements from all of Northern Europe but failed dismally. I bet if I’d gone to Telia (NO/DK/SE) or T-systems (DE) the breakfast would have been better 😉
we in Britain invite all sorts of very clever folk from all over the world to that place, and serve them food like this. it is not surprising Britain doesn’t always have a good reputation for food or the quality of its goods in general (they used to bring in these Indians by the boatload and stick them temporarily in Kesgrave and they’d have to put up with the local rednekcks harrassing them on the bus). often more surprising that our broadband works at all…
