Chips are down.Byline: Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Kilcommons THIS week Belgium, a country that has been without a government since June, celebrated The Week Of The Chip. The Dutch speaking inhabitants of Flanders in the north may not agree with the French speaking Walloons in the south over who should lead their nation, but they do agree that the chip shop is part of their cultural heritage. Bernard Lefevre, president of the union of chip makers, says, "A chip shop is like Belgium in miniature." Which is a sad reflection on any nation. Until you wonder how the rest of Europe might describe us in culinary terms. The French have called us Rosbif for generations, which I accept as a term of affection and which has a sturdy British feel to it. Sadly, I suspect this is fast being superseded elsewhere across the continent by our young men's reputation for drinking large quantities of Stella Artois This article is about Stella Artois lager. For the tennis competition that the company sponsors, see Queen's Club Championships. Stella Artois (IPA pronunciation: [ˈstɛ. and turning into lager louts The Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour, in Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. Name The name Louts could be related to the Basque cognate lohizun 'marsh'. It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium[1]. . And where does Stella come from? That's right, Belgium. Maybe a chip shop is not so bad after all. CAPTION(S): NATIONAL IDENTITY: chips or lager louts? |
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