Food

[triskellian]

What did I have for lunch on Saturday? A thin, crispy pizza, with topping made from real tomatoes*, nice mozzarella and San Daniele cured ham, accompanied by a glass of cold fizzy Prosecco.

What did I have for lunch today? A cheese sandwich from the work canteen.

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*Those who have previously visited Italy will no doubt tell me I'm way behind the times in deciding that those round red salad fruit things they sell in supermarkets in this country are in no way related to the tomatoes we ate in Venice.

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[secretrebel.livejournal.com]

*Those who have previously visited Italy will no doubt tell me I'm way behind the times in deciding that those round red salad fruit things they sell in supermarkets in this country are in no way related to the tomatoes we ate in Venice.

Yes, we will. But I'm glad to welcome you to the fold.

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I've never been to Italy, but I've long been aware that supermarket tomatoes don't really deserve that name. Horrible flavourless things.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

The world would be a very freaky place if work canteens actually sold nice food, though.

I can imagine the scene now: a big line of assorted smelly students[1] with the occasional rather stressed looking lecturer and one or two admin staff. You reach the counter as say "I'll go for the thin, crispy pizza, with tomato, mozzarella and San Daniele cured ham, and a glass of Prosecco please". Then the ugly troll on the other side of the counter grunts "Orright luv" and prizes up a square of pizza with a greasy, metal fish slice then plops it down on your plate upside down with a mumbled "ah shit, sorry". He holds a styrene cup under a nossle for a bit until it's half full of Prosecco. You then wander off down the line to pay at the far end...

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[1] Although given where you work I'm also imagining a scattering of the cute girls from wimble's recent edit !