What's for Dinner at the Food Shortage Summit?

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food shortages? what food shortages?


The most powerful bellies in the world (G8 Leaders) were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures - four courses washed down with Ch?teau-Grillet 2005 - had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

The G8 gathering had been seen as a "world food shortages summit" as leaders sought to combat spiralling prices of basic foodstuffs in the developed world, and starvation in the developing world.
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After discussing famine in Africa, the peckish politicians and five spouses took on four bite-sized amuse-bouche to tickle their palates. The price of staple foods may be soaring, but thankfully caviar and sea urchin are within the purchasing power of leaders and their taxpayers - the amuse-bouche featured corn stuffed with caviar, smoked salmon and sea urchin, hot onion tart and winter lily bulb.

Guests at the summit, which is costing ?238m, were then able to pick items from a tray modelled on a fan and decorated with bamboo grasses, including diced fatty tuna fish, avocado and jellied soy sauce, and pickled conger eel with soy sauce.

Hairy crab Kegani bisque-style soup was another treat in a meal prepared by the Michelin-starred chef Katsuhiro Nakamura, the grand chef at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Tokyo, alongside salt-grilled bighand thornyhead (a small, red Pacific fish) with a vinegary water pepper sauce.
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oh and it's all payed with tax dollars



funny/maddening article

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/08/food.foodanddrink
 
This is exactly the sort of thing that angers me the most in this world.
 
**** all thon posh shite, ah'd well prefer a steak pie wi chips an' broon sauce likes.

It's funny, but even though that particular menu is considered delicacy, there's something unappetising about "hairy crab" and "eel".
 
Sounds delicious and I'm not particually outraged by it.
 
Crushenator 500 said:
I wish I was a world leader, the G8 summit sounds like a laugh :imu:
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but then you'd have to hang out with the Bushes ...george getting drunk telling tall tales of his days doing coke and hobnobbing with the world's elite, Laura eyeing Manuel the serving boy and excusing herself every now and then ... I guess the fun would come in the form of pointing and snickering at the hillbillies pretending to be world class leaders ..sorry Stephen Harper; you're not fooling anyone
 
Can't really find myself caring about what they ate if millions of dollars in famine relief comes out of it.
 
Well, we know what will happen. We'll get under 10 million dollars from each nation, some even less than 5 or 1 million.
 
Countries need to streamline the proccess of getting transgenic crops approved for use.
It would also help if there was an international body to handle this rather than the same years-long process having to be duplicated for every country which might want the improved crop.
 
Man, why is the most expensive and "exquisite" food totally disgusting sounding. Give me some damn chicken and potatoes any day.
 
Is it time to riot? Civil unrest is approachng IMHO. 2012 here we come!
 
Kind of thing I'd do if I were a dictator.
 
Baserape> said:
Is it time to riot? Civil unrest is approachng IMHO. 2012 here we come!
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"oh but the new American Idol season is starting and I just bought tickets to Momma Mia ..hey did you hear that new disk from Sharday? omg I simply must buy new jeans oh and a pink iphone to go with it and Jessica and Amber are coming over so we can go shopping for wedding rings, I plan to have a lavish wedding with a beautiful custom made oscar de la renta gown and it's simply too expensive to drive the lexus to anywhere but the mall and back, what's up with those Aye-rabs anyways? dont we give them enough money?"
 
CptStern said:
"oh but the new American Idol season is starting and I just bought tickets to Momma Mia ..hey did you hear that new disk from Sharday? omg I simply must buy new jeans oh and a pink iphone to go with it and Jessica and Amber are coming over so we can go shopping for wedding rings, I plan to have a lavish wedding with a beautiful custom made oscar de la renta gown and it's simply too expensive to drive the lexus to anywhere but the mall and back, what's up with those Aye-rabs anyways? dont we give them enough money?"
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"omg, you didn't invite becky? you bitch!"
 
"well my maid of honor shouldnt be a cow, the least she can do is lose a few pounds she gained after having her baby in vitro"
 
Solaris said:
Sounds delicious and I'm not particually outraged by it.
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c'mon

problably all that food cost more that a family gets in a year in some poor country in africa

where is the proletarian spirit solaris?
 
CptStern said:
"oh but the new American Idol season is starting and I just bought tickets to Momma Mia ..hey did you hear that new disk from Sharday? omg I simply must buy new jeans oh and a pink iphone to go with it and Jessica and Amber are coming over so we can go shopping for wedding rings, I plan to have a lavish wedding with a beautiful custom made oscar de la renta gown and it's simply too expensive to drive the lexus to anywhere but the mall and back, what's up with those Aye-rabs anyways? dont we give them enough money?"
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Stern, that was a terrible impression of me!
 
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