Word: currant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...roasted but bloody, in their own juice, with paté, bread sauce or gravy and potato crisps, preferably accompanied by a light claret "to tone them down a bit," as Connaught Headwaiter Joseph O'Toole puts it. (Sherlock Holmes preferred his grouse fried with bacon and served with currant jelly, gravy, browned potatoes and mushrooms.) A grouse luncheon at the Connaught costs about $58, sans claret. At dinner, the à la carte menu does not list the price. As with owning a yacht, if you have to ask the cost, you can't afford...