…then onwards to New York for Peter and his thoughts on French toast
Visit to US
I was dumbstruck by the fact that our Director for the United States, Thomas V Pastorius Jr, had never heard of either “John Brown’s Body” or “Marching through Georgia”. Unfortunately I can’t sing on this blog, but here are the thunderous words of the chorus of “Marching through Georgia”:
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the Jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea!
While we were marching thro’ Georgia!
On this visit, I received original and practical insights into the next stages of development of our recruitment work and our operational work from my American colleagues. Podcasts, videos, questionnaires and quiz-games – and a great amount besides. It is really important for our organisation that we have strong and regular input from all of our colleagues all around the world – perhaps especially from Tom, Will, Jessye and Kelsy.
I have to confess that I was just being polite about the French Toast we had in Brooklyn. You can’t make French Toast with brioches and it was far too sweet. You should take two slices of good bread and dip them in four beaten eggs and absolutely saturate the bread making sure that the egg really soaks in by using a fork and poking the bread. Then you fry the whole thing in butter. Cinnamon or maple syrup on top are good.
Peter Slowe
