Glad you liked it Sally. Apparently the wine is whipped off so you don't
drink sediment from the bottom of the bottle. I beat them to it a few times
and they found the bottle empty. Its the Scottish genes that couldn't take
to this practice.
bw
James


>From: Sally James <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: The Ritual Of Dining
>Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:15:47 +0100
>
>How lovely to be waited on and served seven courses. And why do they whip
>the wine away I wonder? Perhaps I guess to forget the decorum and slurp the
>remains in the kitchen themselves. This poem works for me and makes me
>wonder about these sort of things. I can almost feel a poem spring up in
>response to this idea. Sally J
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: James Bell
>Sent: 05 October 2002 12:00
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub: The Ritual Of Dining
>
>Another what I did on my holidays poem, though the memory is rapidly fading
>and the wine is a lot cheaper in Tesco. C&C welcome. The accents on French
>words are of course not possible in plain text.
>
>THE RITUAL OF DINING
>
>We sit, talked down to
>from on high, as if stuck
>to our chairs, unable to rise,
>in close sight of other islands
>of comfortable distress,
>until all seven courses
>are completed and we
>have delighted in being served
>professional patronage -
>offered the threat of an aperitif
>we accept a passive wine list
>where forty euros and above
>has it served in a basket.
>Only the sommelier must
>pour after each swallow
>from the glass and he
>whisks away the bottle before
>the final drop can be swigged
>for dessert. Canapes
>and entrees are as quick as
>bon appetit each night,
>a sin not to enjoy for that
>would destroy the harmony, the
>bonhomie, so we are patient for
>the flourish of la plat principal
>and fromage, suffer only a micro-second
>huff as we decline cafe.
>
>
>
>
>bw
>James
>
>
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