food fables
On the car radio on the way home tonight there was a discussion of food related tall-tales that people had been fed when they were children.
- Scampo is the singular of Scampi (the breaded shellfish common as a pub meal).
- Treacle is made from melted down lions (Lyle’s Golden Syrup the famous British treacle brand has a lion on its label).
- [added 26th November 2006] One for penny pinching parents…the ice-cream van only plays a tune when it has run out of ice-cream.
[…I found them amusing…]
Ashley said,
April 30, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
The little bit about the ice-cream truck was especially amusing.