allyk
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Post by allyk on Jul 25, 2013 5:04:58 GMT 1
Ally ice drinks freely available all over UK Hmm, guess I was misled as to ice availability situation over there. It was made to sound like asking for ice would result in looks only slightly less odd than if you sprouted a second head. (I remember two US gents I took to a pub being horrified at the very concept of cola without ice) Exactly Right now I have jalapeno jam and cinnamon apple pear jelly open, with FROG jam (Fig Raspberry Orange Ginger) waiting in the pantry. Ooh! That does sound lovely!
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Post by susanb on Jul 25, 2013 11:26:52 GMT 1
Rally, if you're into trying different jams/jellies/preserves, you might give these a try: www.monasterygreetings.com/prod_detail_list/Trappist_Preserves_Personal_SelectionsThey're all good, but loooove the burgundy/port/sherry jellies, which I've never seen from anyone else. On the non-alcoholic front, I love the strawberry and the blueberry preserves. edited to say: good grief, Claire is right, every thread is turning to food!
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Post by Claire on Jul 25, 2013 12:13:17 GMT 1
Are muffins/English muffins just not about much in England any longer? Maybe, a tourist, I just wasn't ever in the kind of place that had them? So odd! Yes we do have them - you can find them in just about any grocery store. Cupcakes - now we used to call all small sponge cakes 'fairy cakes', but now we've gone a bit Americanised and they are tend to be packaged as cupcakes now. The difference is the ingredients, muffins have milk and baking powder in them, they rise more and have a lot more fat content. Dare I go into the scone territory.....? Even we have different names and pronounciations for them! ;D Yes, its quite normal to have ice in cold non-alcoholic drinks here, even some alcoholic ones. On the subject of alcohol, not sure if this has been mentioned before but why do Americans say that British drink warm beer? Its not warm but we don't normally chill our beer or cider at least not in old fashioned traditional pubs - I guess Americans do, so I suppose it could seem warm by comparison.
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 25, 2013 12:14:27 GMT 1
peanut butter is the most revoulting thing on the planet. I don't eat jam either, amongst many other things so the thought of them together doesn't bear thinking about. I think we brits avoid ice in our drinks a lot of the time as it just adds to the watered downed drink you are already being served! Just to add more confusion...where i come from these are called pikelets
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2013 14:45:42 GMT 1
Cup cakes, Yum. Peanut butter Yum. Nuts covered with chocolate, Yum....
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Post by susanb on Jul 25, 2013 15:18:03 GMT 1
Well, that would explain it, I wasn't in grocery stores!
Re beer...yes, it's always chilled here, so people would notice a difference.....I didn't mind one way or the other, though I'm more used to it chilled. The thing that thrilled me to bits was how cheap single malt was in Scotland (in pubs, not by the bottle)....the mark-up in the US is horrifying....so bad I can't even enjoy it when someone else is paying!
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Post by garej on Jul 26, 2013 18:57:55 GMT 1
Not quite American, but I was watching Four in a Bed, and a person wanted a sausage roll for their breakfast. This confused the host until it was explained that he wanted a sausage bap. A sausage roll over here is a piece of sausagemeat completely surrounded by pastry. It's a snack, and not something someone usually eats at breakfast. Though the person who wanted the sausage bap was not American, but dutch.
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Post by Charlotte on Sept 5, 2013 0:35:04 GMT 1
Ally ice drinks freely available all over UK Hmm, guess I was misled as to ice availability situation over there. It was made to sound like asking for ice would result in looks only slightly less odd than if you sprouted a second head. In North America, it's also common for petrol stations to sell ice in bulk from outside freezers. Don't think that really exists here. Right now I have jalapeno jam and cinnamon apple pear jelly open, with FROG jam (Fig Raspberry Orange Ginger) waiting in the pantry. Ooh! That does sound lovely! It does sound nice!
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Post by allyk on Sept 6, 2013 6:07:39 GMT 1
In North America, it's also common for petrol stations to sell ice in bulk from outside freezers. Don't think that really exists here. I don't think I've ever seen a petrol station Do fridge's often have ice-makers built-in? A sausage roll over here is a piece of sausagemeat completely surrounded by pastry. It's a snack, and not something someone usually eats at breakfast. A perfectly normal breakfast food This confused the host until it was explained that he wanted a sausage bap. I have never heard of this before . . .
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Post by Charlotte on Sept 10, 2013 9:45:01 GMT 1
In North America, it's also common for petrol stations to sell ice in bulk from outside freezers. Don't think that really exists here. I don't think I've ever seen a petrol station Do fridge's often have ice-makers built-in? Lol we don't say gas station, enough Americanisms have already penetrated . AFAIK it's quite rare for fridges here to have ice-makers except perhaps for some wealthy/flashy people, but could be wrong. A sausage roll over here is a piece of sausagemeat completely surrounded by pastry. It's a snack, and not something someone usually eats at breakfast. A perfectly normal breakfast food This confused the host until it was explained that he wanted a sausage bap. I have never heard of this before . . . The word bap? It's a kind of largish bread roll.
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