A lovely excuse to learn some Australian slang as part of a write up of how Canada walked away from negotiating with Trump
https://ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carney-activates-kong-mode-with
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@boris because I had the type of parents who would tell me, "Go look it up"
I went and looked it up.
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"In France, the entrée slowly came to be associated primarily with its position in the meal rather than the composition of its dishes. Despite the objections of various food authorities who insisted on retaining the classical meaning of the word,[30] the term entrée came to refer to the first course of the meal, a small dish that precedes the main course (plat principal) in a three-course meal.[a] The "new" use of the term, now common almost worldwide, is a return to the literal meaning of the word and a partial return to the medieval arrangement of the meal.
In the United States and parts of English-speaking Canada, though, the older understanding of the entrée as a substantial meat course persisted, and the word came to refer to the principal dish of the meal.[31][32] In the 21st century, the use of the word entrée in North American menus began to decline, being replaced by terms like "main course" or other terms appropriate to the culinary tradition of a given restaurant or cookbook."
@codebyjeff the whole thing could have delightfully more footnotes.
@boris of the many great quotes this might be my favourite: “Decent operators, blokes and sheilas who did every single thing right, rooted overnight because some thin-skinned cunt in Washington needed his bourbon back on a shelf in Winnipeg. If you’re looking for the definition of a dog act, that’s it, framed and hung in the fucking Louvre.”
@mick it’s just so great!
