Royals to help cook own lunch
The British are looking askance at planned protests in Quebec against the visit of Kate and William (locals bring the fight to the comments on the Independent’s article); meanwhile people at the ITHQ have made an edible version of Kate’s tiara and articles talk about the plans to have the royals help cook their own lunch.
mare 23:15 on 2011/06/30 Permalink
This so reminds me of the April Fools episode of CBC’s As It Happens.
“Is it a tempest in a teapot?
Officials at the Governor-General’s office are said to be quietly fuming about next month’s royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
According to sources in the office, the wedding schedule includes a brunch, where each of the Commonwealth countries is represented by a dish for the couple to sample.
So, working with several top Canadian chefs, the G-G’s office had come up with Canada’s contribution: a filet of aged Alberta Angus striploin, topped with a blue Juliette cheese from Saltspring Island, and served with Newfoundland Partridgeberry compote.
But instead, the Royal Court made its own decision about Canada’s contribution, and, according to the sources, based that decision on a 2009 New Yorker article. An article declaring that Canada’s national dish is… poutine.
Calvin Trillin is the American who wrote that article. We reached him in New York.”
http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/episode/2011/04/01/friday-april-1-2011/
Kate 12:59 on 2011/07/01 Permalink
Royals get so much posh nosh offered them that they might be relieved to be offered something as simple as a dish of poutine.
qatzelok 09:55 on 2011/07/02 Permalink
“Amir Khadir, leader of an anti–monarchy fringe party Quebec Solidaire…” All the other parties are pro-monarchy, obviously.