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  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    And what is mash?
    Sounds like thick heavy soup. Or grits.

    Mash is mashed potato!
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,055 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    And what is mash?
    Sounds like thick heavy soup. Or grits.

    Nah. That's where white lightenin' comes from.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Jetamu96 wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    And what is mash?
    Sounds like thick heavy soup. Or grits.

    Mash is mashed potato!

    Seriously?! Brits talking about having their mash and sound all posh but all it is is mashed taters?
    Americans need a way to make mac and cheese sound posh...
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    d_thomas02 wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    And what is mash?
    Sounds like thick heavy soup. Or grits.

    Nah. That's where white lightenin' comes from.

    Maybe over there...but over here, white lightning means a white dude streakin'.
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    Bangers and mash! That's sausage and mashed potatoes :)
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Jetamu96 wrote: »
    Bangers and mash! That's sausage and mashed potatoes :)

    Well paint me yellow and call me a banana.
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Jetamu96 wrote: »
    Bangers and mash! That's sausage and mashed potatoes :)

    Well paint me yellow and call me a banana.

    ummm... ok?
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    Don't even get me started on toad in the hole and spotted dick! xD
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Jetamu96 wrote: »
    Don't even get me started on toad in the hole and spotted dick! xD

    I'm not asking :s
  • racingislife97
    racingislife97 Posts: 40 Member
    Now I want to visit the UK..... What's the best time of the year for a 2 week tour?
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    summer haha any other time you'll freeze your nuts off
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Is your summer the same time as our summer?
  • Jetamu96
    Jetamu96 Posts: 963 Member
    I guess so? june july august right? I'm actually living in Spain at the moment though
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Jetamu96 wrote: »
    I guess so? june july august right? I'm actually living in Spain at the moment though

    Pretty much. Lol
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    What is this?

    United Kingdom 101?

    People didn't know mash was mashed potato?

    If we're talking about weird foods, what is up with biscuits in the U.S.? Putting gravy on them?
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    SolotoCEO wrote: »
    It's time to learn how to use google!

    hallelujah
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    It is VERY strange that someone from the US would not know what a scone is.

    Have you never been to Starbucks? What about any of the hundreds of other coffee and tea houses that you can find in a city of any size? They all have scones...sometimes a bit sweeter than an English scone, but essentially the same thing.
  • 007Aggie
    007Aggie Posts: 110 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    If we're talking about weird foods, what is up with biscuits in the U.S.? Putting gravy on them?

    Best with sausage gravy. Mmmm.

    Gravy is just a savory cream sauce. Biscuits are buttery bread. You've never dipped a breadstick in a creamy sauce before?


  • HurriCate
    HurriCate Posts: 9 Member
    edited January 2016
    racingislife97 wrote: »
    Now I want to visit the UK..... What's the best time of the year for a 2 week tour?
    I find Britain particularly beautiful in May. :smile: I would avoid July and August, far too many tourists around.
  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
    edited January 2016
    A stone is 14 lbs. I think it's only used here in the UK
  • soulofgrace
    soulofgrace Posts: 175 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
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    So if the custard (is that custard?) is on top it's cornish but if the jam is on top it's devon? lol
    It's getting crazy up in here!!!

    It's clotted cream. Yum.

    Clotted is such an...appetizing word...

    My thoughts exactly! And, what about that other British specialty "spotted dick?" Yum!?
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    It is VERY strange that someone from the US would not know what a scone is.

    Have you never been to Starbucks? What about any of the hundreds of other coffee and tea houses that you can find in a city of any size? They all have scones...sometimes a bit sweeter than an English scone, but essentially the same thing.

    I don't think it's that strange...
    Sure, I'd heard of them but never had one.

    I don't like starbucks. If I go, it's through the drive through to get something for my wife. If I go inside it's straight to the counter to get a gift card and back out.

    And since I prefer home brewed coffee and don't like tea, you won't find me in coffee shops or frufru tea joints.

    Maybe I've even seen one but unless someone said "oh look, scones" I would think to myself "oh look, fancy pastries. Where's the chocolate?"
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    What is this?

    United Kingdom 101?

    People didn't know mash was mashed potato?

    If we're talking about weird foods, what is up with biscuits in the U.S.? Putting gravy on them?

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  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    007Aggie wrote: »
    Merkavar wrote: »
    If we're talking about weird foods, what is up with biscuits in the U.S.? Putting gravy on them?

    Best with sausage gravy. Mmmm.

    Gravy is just a savory cream sauce. Biscuits are buttery bread. You've never dipped a breadstick in a creamy sauce before?


    Adding sausage to the gravy...
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  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    edited January 2016
    Josh_LoL wrote: »
    A stone is 14 lbs. I think it's only used here in the UK

    Welcome. Glad you came. Lol
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Josh_LoL wrote: »
    A stone is 14 lbs. I think it's only used here in the UK

    I think it's also used in Australia by older people.

    I am basing this on the fact my mum says stones.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    edited January 2016
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    It's a weight measurement used in the UK.

    This.
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    1 stone = 14 lbs
    + This.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Helloooo evening crowd!!! Welcome to our multicultural conversation!!!
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  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I often lose stones by throwing them at my neighbors windows .

    Just kidding. Its UK measurement. Stone -14 lb :)
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    I believe our digestives are their graham crackers (WTF cracker). At least that's what I can gather from cheesecake recipes as that's what they have as the base.

    Something is different about them, no. I couldn't describe it, but I had tea twice a day at school when I was in England for it :) Or just breaks. I couldn't tell which, since there was tea and biscuits ;)

    We have graham crackers and animal crackers, and I have no idea why either is called a cracker because they are sweet. They are each their own texture and taste, though, so they are hard to compare to other things. We should just call them cookies, too. We aren't picky on what constitutes a cookie like y'all are :grin:

    Oh! Fig Newtons (rolls there) aren't cookies, exactly, over here. So maybe I do get it after all!


    Carlos, try to guess what a jumper is. That one confused me with no context whatsoever. And 'half 10' or 'half 8', etc. I kept forgetting whether it was 7:30 (half till 8) or 8:30 (half after) that the UKers (and Irish) meant.

    For gravies, I bet most Americans aren't even familiar with one of my favorites with a ham and biscuit breakfast: red eye gravy. So that'd be ham grease and fried coffee served on a biscuit, yes :grin: Try it sometime!
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