René La Sagne -- Egon's nom de plume?

[Rob Baker]

Contents include:
# The History of Mince
# The Magic of Mince
# Good Old-fashioned Mince
# Mince for Every Occasion
# Burger Me! It's Mince Again
# Mince Around the World

A word from the author - Chef La Sagne:

I am Swiss-French from La Chaux de-Fonds, but now, after falling for the lovely Kelly Marie, I am Scottish. I grew in Switzerland and trained much in France but, since a few years ago, left to become the principal chef with one of the premier dining establishment of Paisley, near the airport. There was much to learn for my new customers.

However, if there were a word which summed up all of my experiments of my new culinary environment then it would be - mince.

Mince is the fuel that sustains any country, giving the nourishment for the growing children while they rejoice in their dinners of school, and it is the perfect climax of the workman has he arrives home for the tea.  Mince is also the perfect accompaniment at the special night outside.

What could be more romantic than good company, a bottle of wine and a plate of mince?

In The Complete Book of Mince I give the recipes for many marvellous mincey foods. From friends of myself from Hamburg and China to America, I give to you mince specialities from all over.  These recipes extend from family favourites which were passed by the generations, to essential dinners of the school, to the traditional meals that your granny could have made.

Go down thus at your local butcher or supermarket and order some mince, and with the assistance of The Complete Book of Mince prepare the delicious dishes for the manner in that we live today.  I hope that you too will appreciate this journey in the world of mince and that by plunging in this book you will once more learn how to love the odour of mince. I think you will find it really mincey.

www.booksfromscotland.com/Books/The-Complete-Book-Of-Mince-9781902407746

I think this a genuine book!  A great Christmas present for someone you don't really like?

[Vulture]

Nice one, Rob! Well sourced!! 

[Roger Kettle]

I've heard about this guy. I wonder if I could sue him?

[robbie62]

i know someone we call the prince of mince ..and not because he likes ground up meat!

[Mince]

I wonder if I could sue him?

Why the question mark? Are you not sure whether this is something you wonder?

[Roger Kettle]

This is, in fact, common practice, Mincey. To wonder is to question.
I wonder why it took you six months to bring this up?

[Diane CBPFC]

...and why you're looking so pale.

[The Peepmaster]

...and why you've got the I.Q. of a halibut.

[Mince]

I wonder about Roger's intelligence every day.

That's a statement, not a question.


I wonder over things like this all the time.

So is that.


Do I wonder whether Peepmaster is a girl?

That's a question.


I wonder if I could sue him.

It left me wondering if I could sue him.

Both of those are statements.

[Bilthehut]

Go tell 'em, Mincey.

Stir, stir

[Roger Kettle]

It's really up to the speaker/writer to decide if the words involved were intended as a question. If I was in a room with other people and said "I wonder if I can sue him", this would be treated as a question and would be answered by something along the lines of "Yes, you could" or "No, I don't think you could". Most "statements" can be turned into questions simply by substituting the full stop with a question mark.
Mince is a pedantic git.
Mince is a pedantic git?

[Mince]

It's really up to the speaker/writer to decide if the words involved were intended as a question.

That's why I asked if you were asking whether or not you were wondering.

If I was in a room with other people

Don't tell me they're letting you out again.

and said "I wonder if I can sue him", this would be treated as a question

But "treated as a question" and "having a question mark" are not the same thing.

and would be answered by something along the lines of "Yes, you could" or "No, I don't think you could".

Or, more likely, "Oh, my god, he's escaped!"

Most "statements" can be turned into questions simply by substituting the full stop with a question mark.

But that also changes the meaning from "I wonder ..." to "Am I wondering ...?".

[Roger Kettle]

Git.

[Vulture]

Git.

Brief. To the point. And definitely NOT a question!

[Bilthehut]

Would an exclamation mark have made it better?