electrogirl
dignity is overrated
not sure about crackers but they don't have roast potatoes.
fuck off.
are you serious?
Do Americans call croissants "French Donuts"?
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fuck off.
are you serious?
not sure about crackers but they don't have roast potatoes.
of course we have roast potatoes!
whaaa???
where the fuck did you go?
fractionMan
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in alabama they have mash
in that film he does. It's terrible, it's so terrible it caused me to find him implausible.
in alabama they have mash
theyre rednecks though! (just kidding
...)my (american)granny (not to be confused with my british one who bombed the place with her crackers on xmas
...) anyway memaw (thats what we called her like) used to parboil hers then roast em until they were golden brown on the outside and fluffy in the middle, i though every old southern woman did em like that....guess not!
fractionMan
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Now that I think about it, the girl that told me was from georgia, not alabama.
so are they
....maybe they are just too young to have really old women to have cooked proper for them.
CRI
Registered Chooser
Well I grew up in Illinois and . . .
Croissants were called . . . croissants, but only ever encountered the ones made by Pillsbury that come in a can you bake yourself, at least not until I went to college. They don't have "fancy food" in Southern Illinois.
Roast Potatoes? Yeah, my mum used to cook them particularly with beef, but I don't remember them being called "Roast Potatoes," but just, well "Potatoes."
Christmas Crackers? Nope, don't have them unless they are imported. I've tried explaining the concept to various family members with limited success (Try explaining a duvet - "well, it's like a huge bed-sized flat pillow that you put this huge bed-sized pillow case on and you sleep under it . . .")
Actually, I remember seeing things like crackers and Christmas puddings occasionally on cards or wrapping paper and wondering what the heck they were.
For what it's worth, I still think Americans "do" better Christmas food than here. Yuck to Christmas Pudding, Christmas Cake and Mince Pies!
Croissants were called . . . croissants, but only ever encountered the ones made by Pillsbury that come in a can you bake yourself, at least not until I went to college. They don't have "fancy food" in Southern Illinois.
Roast Potatoes? Yeah, my mum used to cook them particularly with beef, but I don't remember them being called "Roast Potatoes," but just, well "Potatoes."
Christmas Crackers? Nope, don't have them unless they are imported. I've tried explaining the concept to various family members with limited success (Try explaining a duvet - "well, it's like a huge bed-sized flat pillow that you put this huge bed-sized pillow case on and you sleep under it . . .")
Actually, I remember seeing things like crackers and Christmas puddings occasionally on cards or wrapping paper and wondering what the heck they were.
For what it's worth, I still think Americans "do" better Christmas food than here. Yuck to Christmas Pudding, Christmas Cake and Mince Pies!
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
ok since there's a thread . . . do americans have christmas crackers?
Cos I overheard a conversation on a bus where an american was trying to grasp the idea of having explosives on the dining table at christmas and I couldn't tell if he was taking the piss or not
Yes, but we call them "12 gauge shotguns."
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
and now.....muffin misunderstandings.
This is what I call a muffin
but this is what, confusingly, Americans call muffins. I have also seen them sold as English muffins.....
This is what I call a muffin
but this is what, confusingly, Americans call muffins. I have also seen them sold as English muffins.....
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
We call yours English Muffins - makes sense coz in England it is called a muffin.
eta: - image finally showed up, before was a link
eta: - image finally showed up, before was a link
and now.....muffin misunderstandings.
This is what I call a muffin
but this is what, confusingly, Americans call muffins. I have also seen them sold as English muffins.....
that pic is a muffin to me. ^
another muffin...muffins are like cupcakes with no icing.
spring-peeper
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nah - cupcakes are sweet, muffins are more breadlike
one is for breakfast, one is for snacks
one is for breakfast, one is for snacks
no...we call them "croissants" but without the french accents
i think muffins are sweet, must be my knackered tastebuds.
i cant smell anything hardly anymore
thats surely got something to do with it
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
so general consensus is crackers are something you eat not something you fill with explosives and put next to your dinner?
Ok
The conversation on the bus ended with the brit saying he had some left over an he'd show the yank one when they got home "WHAT! you keep explosives in your HOUSE!!"
Ok
The conversation on the bus ended with the brit saying he had some left over an he'd show the yank one when they got home "WHAT! you keep explosives in your HOUSE!!"
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
The conversation on the bus ended with the brit saying he had some left over an he'd show the yank one when they got home "WHAT! you keep explosives in your HOUSE!!"
FFS!
I wonder what they'd think of the 50 gallon barrel of gunpowder a friend of mine has in their gun locker.
spring-peeper
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i think muffins are sweet, must be my knackered tastebuds.
i cant smell anything hardly anymore
thats surely got something to do with it
Yeah - but cupcakes are sweeter, don't ya think?
Actually, I'm off to make cupcakes for when the kids get home. I've trained them not to expect icing
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
FFS!
I wonder what they'd think of the 50 gallon barrel of gunpowder a friend of mine has in their gun locker.
they'd think it was in a gun locker. This bloke just couldn't grasp that we let kids and old people play with explosives over dinner.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Seem like a pretty dim example of the type. They should probably be sent home immediately for being to dumb to understand that just because there is a common language it doesn't follow that the culture is the same.
I've seen them. They sell them in Bed, Bath and Beyond in the party section for ungodly amounts of money. They have a little paper hat or a whistle inside and the bang isn't that big.
This same person probably lets their kids play with black cats and sparklers on the 4th of July.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
is that an examplke of something hard to describe, or are you saying that americans don't do duvets?????????????????
I think they call them comforters.
is that an examplke of something hard to describe, or are you saying that americans don't do duvets?????????????????
nope ameicans dont do duvets...none that i know
its sheet, then blanket then comforter* (if its cold)
*which is sort of like a duvet but no one puts covers on them.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I'm sure they have duvets in American movies
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Anyway, the correct term is continental quilt.
well you can get them...but most people dont ime.
i have one cause i love them.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I only use them in the winter
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I thought that comforters and duvets were slightly different things. Comforters are overstuffed and fluffy. Duvets less so. I thought duvets were more like "bed spreads", but I could be wrong.
BTW, I use a "quilt" on my bed.
BTW, I use a "quilt" on my bed.
id say a duvet is more fluffy and snuggly than a comforter...
well, theyre not toooo different tbh, the main difference is that people put covers (like a big pillowcase over duvets
...) no one does that with a comforter do they?
i prefer duvets, but like my comforters too....
i like quilts more than both so its moot for me.
