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9 months ago reesetee said:

Hey! I could be! Or even a young Japanese schoolgirl! On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog. :-)

9 months ago chained_bear said:

Reesetee an old Creole bon vivant?! What a hilarious misunderstanding!

9 months ago reesetee said:

Yes, I hear that so often. ;-)

9 months ago John said:

So reesetee, I guess that means you're not an old Creole bon vivant? And I'd been so certain you were!

9 months ago reesetee said:

Ewww.

9 months ago John said:

French for "Woodcock." Like ortolan, it's illegal to serve, though considered a delicacy.

"If you were to serve the Bécasse to an old Creole bon vivant without the entrails, he would consider it quite shocking, and his indignation would vent itself immediately in unmistakable terms."

The Picayune Creole Cook Book, 1922

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