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  • Re: Heh

    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Roy Witt on Sun May 21 15:12:08 2023
    Ummmm, south of the Netherlands sits Belgium...i.e. southerners who RW>RW>> were successful in seceding from the north...or were they
    successfully 'removed' from the north by the north. YMMV...

    I'm certain you know the correct answer ...

    I know that at one time (1200ad), the entire area was part of the the
    Holy
    Roman Empire and Rome was the South then...by 1300ad the area was known
    as Friesland. And by 1400 Friesland became Hainaut-Holland and a state called Brabant existed to the SE of the former Friesland and by 1500ad,
    the area was known as Austria-Burgandy...

    That's an impressive re-write of history. Of course ... the same stuff is written in Wikipedia which should never be considered an accurate source of information.

    But that does not solve the issue ... did Belgium secede from the Netherlands or did the north remove it from the north?

    Meanwhile, up around Mecklenburg (not yet
    Germany), the Witt family became renowned for it's fishing expertise in
    the Baltic...

    Those were the days. The Baltic is not a prime fishing ground (anymore).

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Thu Jun 8 15:12:08 2023
    Mark,

    define: "belgian waffle"
    The Belgian waffle is a North American type of waffle ...

    As they use to say "I rest my case".

    If you go to any eatery here and request a waffle for breakfast, you'll get an odd look.

    It's like French fries which aren't French, Chinese food in the western world which definitely isn't Chinese in most cases, Canadian bacon which hasn't anything Canadian to it, etc, etc, ...

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.42 to Joe Delahaye on Thu Aug 28 15:12:08 2031

    There is something that can be identified as a Belgian waffle.

    However, it definitely is not a breakfast food. Apart from that, overhere
    it is called a "Brussels waffle".

    Is that anything like Brussel's Sprouts??? :)

    there's no "'s" or "s" on brussel in the name of that veggie ;)

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:125/57 to Roy Witt on Thu Sep 2 15:12:08 2032
    Re: Heh
    By: Roy Witt to Ward Dossche on Tue Dec 04 2012 12:05 pm

    Ahhh, but there is a difference. In Canada and England, they call it
    Back bacon and for a good reason. The cut is from the back of the pig and
    is really seasoned and smoked ham. Bacon as we know it, as in pig's belly, is a different cut of the pig altogether.


    You mean it's not Canadians?
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