Seamstresses can make perfectly fitting dresses here, just by looking at your body and looking at a picture of a dress you like in a magazine. And some cooks can do the same thing by looking at a picture of a plate of food or by just reading the menu and assuming what would be the ingredients. But sometimes they make a tiny little endearing mistake. Friend E is American and therefore needs her burgers every once in a while. When we had lunch together last week she ordered a vegetarian burger. But this attempt to be a bit healthier than eating a normal burger turned into a weight watchers meal. She got a bun with a bit of lettuce and ketchup. And no, they didn’t forget the vegetarian burger, because they had no such thing. Friend C had a cook who proudly announced he had made crème caramel for dessert. But really, it was a fried egg with some jam on top. I’m guessing she ate the whole thing not to disappoint or discourage him.And again, same American friend E was all excited the other day about the cheese nachos with guacamole on the menu. She ordered them, but they were covered with rasped carrot. We wondered how that had happened. After some deliberations (do they like carrots on their nachos here?) we settled on that it must have been the interpretation of the orange cheddar cheese of the picture. We didn’t settle on whether it’s the American's own fault though, as they don’t know how to make cheese. But really, órange?
