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infrogmation ([personal profile] infrogmation) wrote2005-06-25 09:28 am

In the land of "Ja, You Betcha"

I'm back in town after my grandmother's funeral up in Minneapolis. One last thing I can thank her for is not dying up there in the depths of winter. And yes, "Fargo" does seem to be an accurate depiction of a common accent up there.

The hotel I stayed at was the Sofitel, which has a French style restaurant. I ordered the scrambled eggs crepe for breakfast. The waitress brought it with a medium sized bowl full of ketchup.

"I brought you some ketchup, just in case."

"Pardon?"

"Ketchup! Just in CASE!"

Re: Twin Cities

[identity profile] hephaestos.livejournal.com 2005-06-25 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
In probably most of the restaurants here, ketchup is what passes for hot sauce. :) Thank god for immigrants and transplants or there'd be no decent food here. (Well, except for walleye.)