GarryMass@aol.com wrote; >...and I thought Boutros Boutros Ghali was just a name his parents liked. >Cockney expressions like "apples and pears" for up the stairs, >"skyrocket" for pocket, and "plates of meat" for feet, do have the same charm >as repeated words. Now if the Cockneys only liked Chipotles....? Well my old china, (Trans. china plate = mate) Cockneys have long been using chilli infused malt vinegar to pep up the traditional East End dish of Pie & Mash (and eels,too). Home baked individual minced meat pies, mashed potato smothered with liquor (a green gravy made from the stock that the eels have been cooked in, flavoured & coloured with lots of parsley). Individually very bland, but together with lots of pepper & a good shake of chilli vinegar, it's absolutely delicious (in a comfort food kinda way). Paul