Glengoyne Comment of the Month winner – April 2011

This month’s Glengoyne Comment of the Month winner almost chose itself. However, it’s hardly standard issue: it paints the sort of vivid, intriguing and even bizarre tableau you don’t really expect to find in a blog comment. You may not be surprised to learn it came from the seemingly inexhaustible source of the vivid, intriguing and even bizarre, Malty. Left on Gaw’s Cockney Cuisine post, it related the strange conjunction of something from the bottom of the sea and some people at the top of a mountain:

It ain’t just those born within the sound of Bow Bells that are partial to a bit of watery slither. Some time ago French Himalayan expeditions being what anything French is, vainglorious pomp, would, when back at base camp expansively ask the Sherpas to return home with them, usually meaning the Arve valley, “bring the missus and Sherpalets, sort you out a job as well”. This invariably meant working as low paid skivies in the Alpine refuge huts, which can be quite large and well appointed like the new Cosmiques.

One fine September evening, wandering into the Grands-mulets refuge after a splendid few days grasping rocks and stuff and expecting the usual froggie munch upons we enquired about that nights delectation. “It’s lamb” said Sherpa man at least I think that’s what he said. The concoction was being processed in what seemed to be a large poss tub sitting on a paella burner. Mrs Sherpa was in charge of the stirring, overseeing two medium sized Sherpalets, none of the above seemed to have been near soap or water since leaving Thyangboche.

Sitting at the trestle table some time later and poking disconsolately at the dish of lumpy stuff AKA lamb we noticed other things, obviously not alleged lamb. My climbing partner, being from Ecclesall and therefore Joe blunt shouted “What the f..k’s this, Tensing?”

“It eel, French like, you like” strangely we did, boiled lamb and eels in the style of Savoyard Asiatic, from whence came the eel we did not have the temerity to enquire.

So congratulations to Malty, we’ll be sending you a bottle of Glengoyne 10 year old single malt (it really is delicious stuff, quite dangerously drinkable).

Please note our criteria will not be the same every month (how could they be, given this month’s inimitable winner?) – we really could choose a winner for any reason at all, so keep commenting all, and do join in if you’ve never commented before!

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2 thoughts on “Glengoyne Comment of the Month winner – April 2011

  1. johngjobling@googlemail.com'
    malty
    May 3, 2011 at 09:37

    Much appreciated Dabblers, thanking you in great anticipationl.

    Can you send it first class?

  2. Brit
    May 3, 2011 at 09:45

    First class? Don’t push it, Malty…

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