Well, I'm off on my hollies. Finally, I managed to get hold of a bikini. It's purple, grape, or hyacinth in hue, depending on how much of a pretentious twot you are. To give you a measure of my husband's abilities in this area, he refers to it as 'crushed parma violet'. Perhaps he means crushed by my gargantuan physique. I dunno. I've given up trying to understand him...it's better that way.
I looked at a Trikini, which are all the rage in St Trop, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out where the third bit was supposed to go. Short of growing an extra limb, tit or head, there seemed too much to go around. I tied a piece of it around my head in a She-Rambo stylie, but the vigorous head shaking of the sales assistant convinced me it was a look that wasn't working. For me, at least.
I have been checking out the weather in Portugal. It's shite. So the bikini might languish in the suitcase. I am now wondering if I should ditch all the sheer chiffony numbers and just take jumpers. Spouse and I were hoping for a bit of Margot and Gerrying around the pool, him in his golfing gear and myself in a flowing, gossamer kaftan.
Sprog is off the clock with excitement. He is running around telling anyone who will listen that we are going to Porkugal. And after a fortnight of Portugese pastries, sumptuous seafood and barrels of port, I think he'll probably be right. I have been told that the local delicacy is tripe. Perhaps that's one area of consumption where I might be persuaded to exercise a little restraint...I have never eaten tripe. Have you? What's it like? Worth a punt?
Friday, 25 July 2008
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They eat a lot of grilled sardines - delicious. I don't know about the tripe. When we went there everyone was very friendly, the food was good and the wine nicer. You'll have fun.
Tripe....please don't even mention that word.
Having said that everytime I go to St Remy for an ultrasound I pick up a can of haggis at the Best of British shop....but that doesnt count. It's haggis is GOOD tripe.
My mum used to LOVE tripe & onions but I never ate it. Sardines...... stick to sardines.........
Enjoy your bikini! Sure the weather will be fine.
have wonderful time!
I one time accidentally ate tripe. It was late at night and I had had some drinks and just accepted something that looked like a barbecued hamburger.It was very tasty, coming from the barbecue, it tasted like any ordinary meat.
I think you are incredibly brave to have bought a bikini. You must have a much better looking body than you let on. I would only go to the beach or a swimming pool in a burka.
Never tasted tripe but talk plenty of it. Sounds vile.
The food will be fab - I used to live in Jersey where there's a huge Portuguese community and loads of Portuguese restaurants. Grilled sardines, as dumdad says, are sublime.
Wishing you a super-spiffy holiday.
Daughter has just come back from a week in Portugal. The only things she told me was that the Portuguese don't like the Spanish but she was OK because she's English really. And there was lots of food and grapes almost as nice as the ones she grows at home.
Tripe. Don't do it. Just. Don't. Do. It. Even as someone who used to put dead animals in his mouth... Don't do it.
But enjoy your hol.
Another thing NOT to do in Portugal - blood soup, sprinkled with a thick layer of paprika. As bad as it sounds. Our guide book described it as "a delicious stew". Ha.
Also, I gave up on the bikini body thing what with the Isle of Wight not being a notorious sun trap, and then ended up wearing the fecker several times. Dammit.
Definitely NOT worth a punt. The only time I ever ate it was at a Michelin starred restaurant in the south of France - and if they can't get it right, I doubt the Porkugese can...
Mya, have a fabulous time sweetie. The thought of tripe makes me go a bit queasy. We used to feed raw beast tripes to the dogs when I managed kennels in my early 20s. The dogs loved it but it looked vile. It also made my dog fart a lot. I'd avoid it.
My grandmother used to cook tripe and onions in a rich, creamy sauce, and I have to say it tasted delicious, despite the fact that the tripe looked like a bleached face flannel. However, I expect the Portugese cook it more like the French a la mode de Caen, which looks vile and smells worse, and I can't imagine how it would taste other than loathesome.
I wouldn't risk it if I were you.
Look Mya, off topic and you're still on hols and all, but I have found out what the snails may have been doing - estivating!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestivation
like me.
Now you have to enter my village fête
WHAT is a trikini? I've only just got my head round a tankini...
yeah, that whole TRI bit makes me wonder what the 3rd part is ... ha. oh and tripe? basically a pile of tripe or in other words ... looks like food that's been predigested for you. high point is, all the hard work's been done, eh?
Just popping in to say hi and see how the holiday went. Obviously you are not back yet! I'm so envious. Americans never take any damn time off. For a country with a reputation of being fat and lazy, we don't do a whole lot of vacationing. I'm still trying to work out a trikini. Do you wear one part on your foot?
Bangbangbangbangbang!
Come out, come out. We know you're in there.
If you don't come out with your hands in the air I'm going to have to count to ten and then throw in the stink-bomb.
Dumdad,
We had sardines on the BBQ - delicious. And I agree, the people were lovely.
Screamish,
You are allowed to have weird food cravings at the moment.But haggis would normally be considered quite revolting, wouldn't it?
Maggie May,
I took your advice - didn't touch tripe.I compensated by downing a lot of the other specialty - Port.
Irene,
BBQ-ed tripe? Hmmm. Are you sure that's what it was? Sometimes things are so carbon coated, identification is tricky.
Jen,
Had a sooper time, thanks!
Bren,
Yes, we noticed the Portugese/Spanish tension. Conversely, they seem to adore the French. Go figure.
Jaywalker,
Blood soup. The buggers told me it was Heinz Cream of Tomato.
Pottymummy,
You ordered tripe in a Michelin Starred restaurant? PM I love you. You are definitely a glass half full type of gal.Bravo.
Jo,
Yes, I'd avoid dog farts whenever possible.
Susie,
The creamy oniony sauce is making me re-consider...for a nano second. Then the face flannel image killed that idea. Buerk!
Jaywalker,
I will check out the link - are mysteries about to be solved???
Iota,
It's a complicated three piece bit of swimwear. Don't even think about it unless you have a lot of time to spend struggling in the changing rooms, and are very good at origami, jigsaws and contortionism.
JNRR,
Food that's been pre-digested for me? Did you used to be in marketing?
Hi Jen,
How's the baby?
No, you don't wear it on your foot. Err...that's a sock.
Brennig,
Pooooo! What's that stench? Did you drop your handbag?
Mya x
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