Different words for the same things depending on which country you're in.
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Has anyone yried deep fried mars bars from the fish n chip shop? Disgustingly good!
I've tried deep fried Snickers and deep fried Twinkies. And deep fried ice cream, yum. At one of the fairs (carnivals) last year, they had a deep fried peanut butter & jelly sandwich, dusted with confectioner's sugar and topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
I would have eaten that.... Yum! I had a smores French toast dessert in the US - two massive slices of brioche with chocolate and marshmallows sandwiched inside, French toasted, and covered in sugar, chocolate sauce and Icecream. I think I ate about 1/4 before giving up!
Desserts are one of my biggest pet peeves in restaurants. I love having a nice little dessert after dinner, but I don't need a 5-pound slab of 9-layer chocolate cake or an ice cream sundae that comes in a trough, and I don't want to pay $10 for something I'm going to eat 1/4 of. Nobody offers reasonably-sized desserts, they're all these mongo things with more calories than the dinner itself. I'd do just fine with one small scoop of ice cream, or some fresh berries with a bit of whipped cream or something of that sort.
You need to come to Australia then.
When I go out to a restaurant (rarely), I'm hoping for a good-sized dessert ... something really special. Especially since desserts in the restaurants I frequent vary between $8 and $12.
I usually end up with a sliver of cheese cake with a little drizzle of blueberry sauce and a teensy dab of whipped cream .... or a piece of gluten-free chocolate cake (because I like gluten-free chocolate cake better than normal chocolate cake) that is the size of a small piece of fudge, complete with a scoop of ice cream the size of a Ping-Pong ball. Two bites and it's gone.
If I'm going to pay $12 for a dessert, I want them to have to roll it out on a cart.
Often we'll skip dessert and then swing by a convenience store and pick up a Magnum bar or something. More of it and much less expensive!
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Has anyone yried deep fried mars bars from the fish n chip shop? Disgustingly good!
I've tried deep fried Snickers and deep fried Twinkies. And deep fried ice cream, yum. At one of the fairs (carnivals) last year, they had a deep fried peanut butter & jelly sandwich, dusted with confectioner's sugar and topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
I would have eaten that.... Yum! I had a smores French toast dessert in the US - two massive slices of brioche with chocolate and marshmallows sandwiched inside, French toasted, and covered in sugar, chocolate sauce and Icecream. I think I ate about 1/4 before giving up!
Desserts are one of my biggest pet peeves in restaurants. I love having a nice little dessert after dinner, but I don't need a 5-pound slab of 9-layer chocolate cake or an ice cream sundae that comes in a trough, and I don't want to pay $10 for something I'm going to eat 1/4 of. Nobody offers reasonably-sized desserts, they're all these mongo things with more calories than the dinner itself. I'd do just fine with one small scoop of ice cream, or some fresh berries with a bit of whipped cream or something of that sort.
You need to come to Australia then.
When I go out to a restaurant (rarely), I'm hoping for a good-sized dessert ... something really special. Especially since desserts in the restaurants I frequent vary between $8 and $12.
I usually end up with a sliver of cheese cake with a little drizzle of blueberry sauce and a teensy dab of whipped cream .... or a piece of gluten-free chocolate cake (because I like gluten-free chocolate cake better than normal chocolate cake) that is the size of a small piece of fudge, complete with a scoop of ice cream the size of a Ping-Pong ball. Two bites and it's gone.
If I'm going to pay $12 for a dessert, I want them to have to roll it out on a cart.
Often we'll skip dessert and then swing by a convenience store and pick up a Magnum bar or something. More of it and much less expensive!
Perfect! (except for the $12 part!) That's all I really need as a dessert. At home I have things like dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds, or sometimes I'll buy the little individually wrapped Dove chocolate squares. Just a couple bites of something like that is plenty enough to leave me satisfied (but I usually eat large dinners, almost always 1000+ calories). We almost always have Halo Top ice cream in the house, and even just a 1/4 or 1/2 of a pint of that is plenty satisfying for me.0 -
Yes, our restaurant desserts are how do i say... scabby and stupid expensive for what you get
@anvilhead I am so keen to try Halo top, but once again, expensive at $12 a pint, one day I'll give it a try just to see what all the hype is about.2 -
Talking about our food prices etc has made me think more about the tipping thing. Our food is expensive, the servers get good pay which is probably why tipping isnt as big a thing here as in America.2
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Christine_72 wrote: »Talking about our food prices etc has made me think more about the tipping thing. Our food is expensive, the servers get good pay which is probably why tipping isnt as big a thing here as in America.
Yes ... you're lucky to get a pretty basic pub meal here for less than $25 and that will not include salad, garlic bread, dessert, or drinks.
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A cousin of mine grew up in Texas, married a man she met in college, and emigrated to Kenya for her career and to raise her family. One day she was stopped by a Kenyan policeman who instructed her to "Open your boot!".
She wasn't wearing boots and had no idea what the gentleman wanted. He was very exasperated with her.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Has anyone yried deep fried mars bars from the fish n chip shop? Disgustingly good!
I've tried deep fried Snickers and deep fried Twinkies. And deep fried ice cream, yum. At one of the fairs (carnivals) last year, they had a deep fried peanut butter & jelly sandwich, dusted with confectioner's sugar and topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
There's a restaurant where we vacation that serves a PB sandwich like this. My niece got it once. She said it was amazing.0 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »A cousin of mine grew up in Texas, married a man she met in college, and emigrated to Kenya for her career and to raise her family. One day she was stopped by a Kenyan policeman who instructed her to "Open your boot!".
She wasn't wearing boots and had no idea what the gentleman wanted. He was very exasperated with her.
Boot has that meaning in Australia too - meaning the back part of your car where your shopping, luggage etc goes.
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paperpudding wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »A cousin of mine grew up in Texas, married a man she met in college, and emigrated to Kenya for her career and to raise her family. One day she was stopped by a Kenyan policeman who instructed her to "Open your boot!".
She wasn't wearing boots and had no idea what the gentleman wanted. He was very exasperated with her.
Boot has that meaning in Australia too - meaning the back part of your car where your shopping, luggage etc goes.
Yep, and pop your bonnet! America- Lift your hood.
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Even in the UK there are variations - I see long,tedious arguments on Facebook about whether a bread roll is called a bap,cobb or batch!0
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Also trump = fart,which made last year's US election more interesting.......5
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comptonelizabeth wrote: »Even in the UK there are variations - I see long,tedious arguments on Facebook about whether a bread roll is called a bap,cobb or batch!
aren't they all different types of rolls? Just from different places? To me, baps are soft and squishy and covered in flour, cob is crusty, with cuts in the top and batch is irish(?) and just a plain roll that's cooked stuck together in batches and pulled apart?0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Even in the UK there are variations - I see long,tedious arguments on Facebook about whether a bread roll is called a bap,cobb or batch!
aren't they all different types of rolls? Just from different places? To me, baps are soft and squishy and covered in flour, cob is crusty, with cuts in the top and batch is irish(?) and just a plain roll that's cooked stuck together in batches and pulled apart?
I totally agree but some people get very heated about it!1 -
juliet3455 wrote: »
No Tradeseies - you have him you keep him.lemurcat12 wrote: »We give the English credit for that. We consider you harmless and inoffensive, mostly. You can have Bieber back, though.
@paperpudding It's not about proper grammar/punctuation, it's about the secondary-local meaning of the word combinations.
I have a Foggy Memory of some refined young lady
using the version I mentioned - directed at - to me? after a night on the town.
Now we just need to get some Newfoundlanders on here to give there version of Canadian - Newfie translations.
Yes Newfoundland is a province in Canada but they have a dialect-language that is very unique.
I'm late, but your wish is my command! Crazy talkin' Newfoundlander here0 -
@makeupandmuscle , what always cracks me up is the eastern seaboard word for Wellies, as in Wellingtons, as in rubber boots.
Outsiders won't get it, but we have plenty of Newfies right here in Alberta.2 -
And I should add I found an unabashed American skeptic who swore up and down that it is impossible to set a time zone to half an hour different than the rest of the world.1
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comptonelizabeth wrote: »Also trump = fart,which made last year's US election more interesting.......
That is awesome... and strangely appropriate. LOLAnd I should add I found an unabashed American skeptic who swore up and down that it is impossible to set a time zone to half an hour different than the rest of the world.
We're in Alberta, and are early birds, so we celebrate Newfie New Year's Eve at 8:30 our time. It works for younger kids, or as a starter party. LOL1 -
Watching a US cooking show last night, they were making "hamburger mac-n-cheese".
Hamburger = Mince (ground beef). In Australia, a hamburger would be the whole thing - bun, meat patties, sauce, etc. I would buy or make "burger patties" as the meat component.... I have no idea what we'd call mac-n-cheese with mince in it?!
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makeupandmuscle wrote: »juliet3455 wrote: »
No Tradeseies - you have him you keep him.lemurcat12 wrote: »We give the English credit for that. We consider you harmless and inoffensive, mostly. You can have Bieber back, though.
@paperpudding It's not about proper grammar/punctuation, it's about the secondary-local meaning of the word combinations.
I have a Foggy Memory of some refined young lady using the version I mentioned - directed at - to me? after a night on the town.
Now we just need to get some Newfoundlanders on here to give there version of Canadian - Newfie translations.
Yes Newfoundland is a province in Canada but they have a dialect-language that is very unique.
I'm late, but your wish is my command! Crazy talkin' Newfoundlander here
Hey there @makeupandmuscle , I'm a Caper0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Watching a US cooking show last night, they were making "hamburger mac-n-cheese".
Hamburger = Mince (ground beef). In Australia, a hamburger would be the whole thing - bun, meat patties, sauce, etc. I would buy or make "burger patties" as the meat component.... I have no idea what we'd call mac-n-cheese with mince in it?!
Yep, we use mince to make a hamburger "pattie",. Hamburger is an actual hamburger, bun, salad, meat pattie.0 -
@makeupandmuscle , what always cracks me up is the eastern seaboard word for Wellies, as in Wellingtons, as in rubber boots.
Outsiders won't get it, but we have plenty of Newfies right here in Alberta.
Lots of capers there too. I think half the island is there!0 -
I was on the other thread about how many times people eat out per week, and it was a lot!
I'm curious about what a regular meal out for 2 people averages in America. If we go the cheaper route, like a normal pub meal, our bill rarely comes out under $40 for the two of us. That's 1 meal each, a beer for him and a soft drink for me.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »I was on the other thread about how many times people eat out per week, and it was a lot!
I'm curious about what a regular meal out for 2 people averages in America. If we go the cheaper route, like a normal pub meal, our bill rarely comes out under $40 for the two of us. That's 1 meal each, a beer for him and a soft drink for me.
When we went on holidays there, a couple of years ago, it was a bit cheaper but not much. We weren't going to chain/cheap places though... The portions were often massive though, so making one meal last two would be easy... Or sharing everything...0 -
Oh... And the Australian shop "Target" doesn't sell food (with the exception of lollies/holiday food). I see posts about people buying food from Target all the time!0
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Oh... And the Australian shop "Target" doesn't sell food (with the exception of lollies/holiday food). I see posts about people buying food from Target all the time!
Target in the US (the Canadian ones closed) is a "department store" sort of like Walmart but smaller. It sells a little bit of everything.0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Oh... And the Australian shop "Target" doesn't sell food (with the exception of lollies/holiday food). I see posts about people buying food from Target all the time!
Yeah, I double looked at that too! They even have a fridge section. I could do food shopping at our Target, if i wanted to live on chips, lollies, chocolate and popcorn.
We need a larger population, so our food prices and choices would resemble America's. And what about petrol! (gas in America), $1.43 a litre here right now 1 -
@makeupandmuscle , what always cracks me up is the eastern seaboard word for Wellies, as in Wellingtons, as in rubber boots.
Outsiders won't get it, but we have plenty of Newfies right here in Alberta.
Brits wear wellies too...
(Or do you mean Newfies have a different word for them?)
Oh, and the first time I went into Wal-Mart here and asked where to find the torches, I got some very odd looks. Turned out I needed a "flashlight", but I guess they were wondering if they should direct me to the pitchforks...
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Newfies call them rubbers! Cracks me up every time.1
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Target tried to move in to the Canadian market and failed. We weren't used to seeing food in department stores either. But to squeeze Target out, we now can get groceries at Wal-mart and our local drug stores too.0
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Christine_72 wrote: »I was on the other thread about how many times people eat out per week, and it was a lot!
I'm curious about what a regular meal out for 2 people averages in America. If we go the cheaper route, like a normal pub meal, our bill rarely comes out under $40 for the two of us. That's 1 meal each, a beer for him and a soft drink for me.
If you go to comparable places, "family restaurants", in Canada the price for two meals might come to about $30 and in the US you can probably get away with $20.
And those meals would likely include the extras we don't get here in Australia. In North America, a pasta dinner would include garlic bread. Here we have to buy it extra. It may also include dessert in some places.1
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