# "Umm 'scuze me, but we's used to eatin' stake and lobstar. Kin we have that, pwease?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848 "2007-07-31T18:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/61 "2007-07-31T21:42:48Z")
I cannot imagine the horror that would be the Foie Gras an elementary school cafeteria would concoct. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/62 "2007-07-31T21:55:40Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] I cannot imagine the horror that would be the Foie Gras an elementary school cafeteria would concoct. [/QUOTE] We had a real Canadian geese problem where I went to elementary school. There were hundreds of them out there, shitting all over the playground. Seems like this plan would kill two birds with one stone. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/63 "2007-07-31T22:06:22Z")
> [@](#): > > We had a real Canadian geese problem where I went to elementary school. I don’t know if it’s ever been pointed out on these boards, but geese are really greasy. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/64 "2007-07-31T22:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] I don’t know if it’s ever been pointed out on these boards, but geese are really greasy. [/QUOTE] Don’t you mean greesey? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/65 "2007-07-31T22:20:12Z")
I actually went to a school (okay, this was TCU) that served steak and lobster at one cafeteria. You could buy it on your meal card. Just a fun fact for the peanut gallery. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/66 "2007-07-31T22:35:15Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] … Canadian geese … [/QUOTE] [nitpick] Unless those geese were in fact citizens of Canada, making them Canadians, they were **Canada** Geese (Branta canadensis). [/nitpick] CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/67 "2007-07-31T22:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] When I went to school, we had gross chicken patties and gross hamburgers, with soggy french fries on the side. EVERY DAY. And that’s IT. [/QUOTE] And look how you turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/68 "2007-07-31T22:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] And look how you turned out. [/QUOTE] I’d say “gross and soggy” fits. Maybe we’ve finally discovered proof that you are what you eat. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/69 "2007-07-31T22:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Hey now, whale meat is damned tasty eats. I just had some little over a week ago. Like a combination of beef and tuna, it was. [/QUOTE] ::Checks whale meat off the list of things **Auto** has put in his mouth:: ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/70 "2007-07-31T22:49:32Z")
I would like you all to know that I agree with Logan Strong and I too want chocolate filled panda cookies. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/71 "2007-07-31T23:08:21Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] We had a real Canadian geese problem where I went to elementary school. There were hundreds of them out there, shitting all over the playground. Seems like this plan would kill two birds with one stone. [/QUOTE] Would your lunch lady be able to prepare it properly? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/72 "2007-07-31T23:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=Helen’s Eidolon] I would like you all to know that I agree with Logan Strong and I too want chocolate filled panda cookies. [/QUOTE] Maybe it’s just because I’m a Las Vegas plutocrat, but I prefer panda filled chocolate cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/73 "2007-07-31T23:15:09Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] I don’t know if it’s ever been pointed out on these boards, but geese are really greasy. [/QUOTE] Then just imagine feeding them nothing but fat until they are really fat and feeding their liver to school kids. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/74 "2007-07-31T23:53:57Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] Won’t SOMEONE think of the baby corn? [/QUOTE] well, if the corn had had a **choice** , it would have probably had an abortion. What we really need is proper education on corn birth control methods, then we wouldn’t be **having** baby corn in elementary schools. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/75 "2007-07-31T23:59:42Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] Would your lunch lady be able to prepare it properly? [/QUOTE] If it was like the cafeterias I have known, they would probably cook the stone and leave the geese. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/76 "2007-08-01T00:06:18Z")
**VCO3**. you got to have hamburgers and French fries? Wow! Never once in twelve years for me. Our best meals were soup. Of course, that’s what you get for $1.25 a week. And I lived in a shoebox on a road made of shards… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/77 "2007-08-01T00:18:09Z")
You had _shards_? Beggin’ your pardon, your Majesty— I’d no idea we were in the presence of royalty! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/78 "2007-08-01T00:28:52Z")
Luxury! ---
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/79 "2007-08-01T00:40:41Z")
I hate cooked frozen green beans. I hate them even more, re-heated. As an adult, I have the freedom to say “I refuse to eat those.” The kids were getting no choice (except I suppose just to refuse to eat them, and to throw them away at the end of the lunch break.) I will eat canned green beans happily. My kids will also. Evidently, the kids at the school will also. So what’s better: to serve canned green beans that might actually get eaten, or to keep serving disgusting reheated frozen green beans that get thrown away? _Gasp_!! ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848/80 "2007-08-01T00:48:11Z")
Man, I won’t eat anything but fresh green beans, and then only if they are cooked really well. Mostly Green beans is hella gross. I don’t like frozen or canned veggies on the whole though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-scuze-me-but-wes-used-to-eatin-stake-and-lobstar-kin-we-have-that-pwease/413848.md?page=5)