Uk Vs. USA
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See, this thread explains why it took two seasons of Top Gear before I got Clarkson's jokes. Now people look at me funny when I use the terms "bonnet" and "boot" in reference to cars.
And we haven't even gotten into cockney rhyming slang.....I think Icelandic is easier to learn.0 -
You can move on from bonnet, bumper and boot to funny foods.
Jam roly poly
Toad in the hole
Yorkshire pudding - not a dessert
Spotted dick - really is a dessert
Black pudding - definitely not a dessert
Marmite
Soldiers
Shepherds' pie - not a pie
Bubble & Squeak
I feel hungry now!
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My favourite 'home alone in front of the TV' dinner! What my lovely MIL (RIP) would have called a 'nursery tea'. Also, in North America people don't do the 'things on toast' the same way the Brits do. My kids have grown up making themselves beans on toast but their friends think it's weird.What about dippy egg and soldiers? I don't think that translates
but it is an essential of life!
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J3ffthatcher wrote: »See, this thread explains why it took two seasons of Top Gear before I got Clarkson's jokes.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! That cracked me up!!!
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@SueSueDio I grew up eating toads in a hole and I'm Canadian 0
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You can move on from bonnet, bumper and boot to funny foods.
Jam roly poly
Toad in the hole
Yorkshire pudding - not a dessert
Spotted dick - really is a dessert
Black pudding - definitely not a dessert
Marmite
Soldiers
Shepherds' pie - not a pie
Bubble & Squeak
I feel hungry now!
Welsh Rarebit
Cullen Skink
Singing Hinnies
Angels on Horseback
Stargazy Pie
Laverbread
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Oh I just googled and my childhood toad in a hole is not the same as the UK toad in a hole.0
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and how could we forget... Bangers & Mash.0
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singingflutelady wrote: »Oh I just googled and my childhood toad in a hole is not the same as the UK toad in a hole.
What toad was in your hole then?
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You can move on from bonnet, bumper and boot to funny foods.
Jam roly poly
Toad in the hole
Yorkshire pudding - not a dessert
Spotted dick - really is a dessert
Black pudding - definitely not a dessert
Marmite
Soldiers
Shepherds' pie - not a pie
Bubble & Squeak
I feel hungry now!
Welsh Rarebit
Cullen Skink
Singing Hinnies
Angels on Horseback
Stargazy Pie
Laverbread
...
Bangers0 -
ModernRock wrote: »Ah yes. There is a big regional / class divide over what you call your meals and when they are taken in the UK.
Breakfast / brekkie - self explanatory
Elevenses - a mid morning snack
Lunch / Dinner - your mid day meal. If you call it lunch, then your evening meal is likely dinner, but you may have tea if it is earlier, if you call it dinner you probably call it tea no matter what time you take it. If it is a packed lunch (prepared and taken with you) it might also be referred to by a regional name such as "snap" or "croust".
Tea - a light meal taken mid to late afternoon or your evening meal (see above).
High Tea - a somewhat ceremonial tea of small sandwiches, cakes and the like. Usually with a pot of tea to drink.
Dinner - your main meal taken early evening
Supper - a light meal taken in the late evening
Simple really
In the US, everybody is on the same page with the meaning of breakfast (morning meal) and lunch (a meal close too noon). The difference between dinner and supper has lost its meaning in most places and are used by different people to mean the same thing or the term supper isn't used at all. For many, their late evening meal is their main meal, so that might explain part of it. "Supper" has a certain connection to rural/agricultural areas because it used to have a specific meaning (same as the British) in places where life revolved around farming activities. I think I use both because I grew up hearing my parents refer to dinner as supper and they still do. Many people don't use the word "supper" but they know it generally means a meal you eat in the evening. The map below shows the regional differences if people are asked to make a distinction between them.
Cool map. I know the historical difference between dinner and supper, and my grandfather used "supper" (also he was a farmer), but definitely fall into the "never use supper" category. To me it doesn't sound like a current word at all, which I know is regional.0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »Oh I just googled and my childhood toad in a hole is not the same as the UK toad in a hole.
What toad was in your hole then?
Ours is a piece of bread with a hole cut out (shot glass size) fried with an egg in the hole.0 -
My parents in law have both, dinner and supper. Dinner is about 6pm. Supper is more like a 9pm pre-bed snack.
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The U.S. has several words for sandwiches on rolls -- hoagies, grinders, subs.
http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/hoagies-vs-grinders-vs-sub-marine-sandwiches-6436641
What are they called in the U.K.?
Don't for get subs0 -
And pigs in blankets.. Tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and served with turkey on Christmas Day.0
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Oh goodness, the word got bleeped out!!! LOL0
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I know! I'm a Brit who's lived in Canada for 13 years. My kids' friends think they're weird when they offer them a toast snack of some kind.@Tubs216 - the first thing that any self-respecting Brit learns in the kitchen is that ANYTHING can be served on toast, and that toast is acceptable for any meal, snack or hour.
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One thing I have noticed is it is easier here in the UK to "pop the kettle on" thanks to almost universal electric kettles, whereas in the US whistling kettle still seem normal? Is that because the kettle use is less frequent with more coffee makers and less instant coffee?
Correct. Electric kettles are becoming more popular in the US, but are not the common appliance like they are in the UK. (I've considered getting one.) It wouldn't be weird to not have either kind of kettle, particularly if you don't regularly drink hot tea or instant coffee. (Hot tea isn't nearly as popular and instant coffee is generally looked down upon. Drip coffee is by far the most common method to make coffee at home.) I have a metal kettle on my stove top right now. I use it to make coffee using the pour over method and occasionally to make hot tea. Without a kettle, people just use the microwave or even a small pan on the stove. Electric kettles aren't hard to find in stores in the US; every major household retail store has a few models. My grandmother-in-law has one because she drinks instant coffee all day long and the electric kettle is safer for her to operate compared to the stove.0 -
My son watches too much Peppa Pig and insist on calling the shopping cart a trolley and petrol for gasoline.0
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Excellent @Char231023! Conquer the world via Top Gear and Peppa Pig. Beats all that naval exploring and exploiting we used to do
@CollieFit - how could I have forgotten F@gg0ts? I am veggie now, so haven't had them for many, many years, but they are good! So is haggis.0 -
J3ffthatcher wrote: »See, this thread explains why it took two seasons of Top Gear before I got Clarkson's jokes. Now people look at me funny when I use the terms "bonnet" and "boot" in reference to cars.
And we haven't even gotten into cockney rhyming slang.....I think Icelandic is easier to learn.
I was wondering when that was going to come up. Love me some British Top Gear.0 -
This thread is giving me a headache, lol.
For what it's worth, I've got both fries and chips as sides here when ordering fish'n chips (US).And pigs in blankets.. Tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and served with turkey on Christmas Day.
Ok these in the US are mini hot dogs wrapped in dough... right?
I'm in the US but I still get confused by all this stuff. Conversations between US and UK people must be hilarious at times though. I know that there are issues too between French, Canadian French, and Belgian French.0 -
Pigs in blankets are, as per PP, small pork sausages (our normal type of sausage/banger) wrapped in bacon rashers. Popular for Christmas dinner.
I find all the differences fascinating. That said, hearing Gordon Ramsay talk "American" on American Masterchef is just plain off-putting.
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Totally!!!!0
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I thought of another funny food name....
"Eton Mess"
My favourite pudding....
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And "Fat Rascals" oop noorf....
https://www.bettys.co.uk/cakes/favourites/yorkshire-fat-rascal-scones-box-of-40
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