British Menus please?

[Miss Phode]

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Twinkie- indestructible sponge cake filled with a nasty fake whipped topping stuff. It will takes years off your life, but the preservatives will keep you looking good.

Twinkies are better than Botox!

[hopejoy]

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I was thinking about 'chips'...
and correct me if I'm wrong...
there are american potatoe chips... in England they're crisps...
we have french fries in america... in England they're chips...
ha!
that is confusing!
liz

[*Emma*]

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Thats correct Liz!

[hopejoy]

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see I know a little sompen sompen!
What else?
You guys have the cutest sayings... a boot is a trunk of a car... a bumpershoot is an umbrella...
about cooking... when using american teaspoons/ tablespoons you must level the spoon with the back of a knife so it's level and not heaping when measuring dry ingredients like baking powder for instance. That's how my mom taught me to cook anyhow!
liz

[*Emma*]

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a bumbershoot? lmao - who told you that one????

[hopejoy]

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That's what they were calling it last time we were there 5 years ago... no? hmmm...

[*Emma*]

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lmao! ive never heard of that!!!

maybe its a north/south divide thing!

[hopejoy]

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We laughed our heads off about it... and other friends have heard it too... I'm probably spelling it wrong. You're a fast typer girl!
liz

[*Emma*]

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we were discussing weird things when we all met up yesterday, theres quite a few things said in the south that ive never heard off, maybe its me!!

i know!! - its my job

[Chef Kevin]

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I moved from Ohio to Kentucky and it's like a whole different world...

same language, yet somehow different....

[*Emma*]

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here ya go!!

[Q] From David Sinclair: “I recently heard an American use the word bumbershoot as a humorous term for umbrella. I cannot find where and when it originated. My dictionary says it is an Americanism, but some web sites have said it was a British word for umbrella. The chute part suggests it is recent, but it frequently is associated with old folks, especially ones in the countryside. Any help?”

[A] Any suggestion of a British origin can be immediately refuted. It isn’t known over here at all. In fact, I’d never heard of it until you asked your question. It appears in the lyric of a song sung by Dick Van Dyke in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:

Me ol’ bam-boo, me ol’ bam-boo


You'd better never bother with me ol’ bam-boo
You can have me hat or me bumbershoot
But you'd better never bother with me ol’ bam-boo.

The English context of the film may be why some Americans, not familiar with the word in their own country, have come to believe it must be British, though the song was actually written by two Americans, Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman.

[creamsoda]

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Dick Van Dyke english is a whole different thing and it's def not a Southern thing as I've never heard of it before either

I'm loving making little egg muffins for breakkie, they're great to make the night before and easy for breakfast on the go - I suspect they're similar to the quiches that were mention but to make 6 muffins I use:
3 eggs beaten together,
2 slices of bacon
mushroom
tiny bit of red/green or yellow pepper
small bit of cheese

bung it all in some muffin tins (I've got one of those rubber ones which is perfect) and cook for about 20 mins in the oven

Lunches I'm hopeless at cos I never seem to be bothered by lunch and dinners I tend to have meat and veggies, I like making things with aubergines as they make a great sub for pasta sheets

[LadyBethny]

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Bumble - Brollie - Its cockney! But very old!

I am loving the American way of these recipes! Took me ages today to figure out what a courgette was in the US - it was on the tip of my tongue... but I had to google in the end! Your Zuccihini (sp?) is soooooooo more exciting than courgette... :0)

[andrewglynn]

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"Cor blimey guv'nor!" These yanks have some right funny idea's about us limey's !!! I cant believe my mince pies lookin at this thread! they are having a giraffe, what with bumble shoots and all, god bless ya uncle Sam!!"

[andrewglynn]

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Ok more seriously can I ask is club soda just carbonated water? we just don't have this in the uk?