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scrapsandsass said:
Biscoff is yummy. Like some gingery cookies crunched into a sweet spread. We can get it over in the states (at least in Washington) through a quirky store called Trader Joe's, but it is hard to find because it is so popular. The only reason I'd ever heard of it was because of Pinterest. We got a little jar, but I can't figure out what to put it on. :giggle
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hey you make me wanna go in search of it now!!!!
 
lorryfach said:
Cyn, I can be slow to come out of my shell in person but I bet you could draw me out. ;) I do hope we can meet! Dagmar is begging to go "back" to London (she talks as if she remembers it, but she was 7 months lol) so fingers crossed :)
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yes, yes!!!!!!! fingers crossed!!!!!!! I am trying to organize a meeting for next summer, every time I get somewhere, Sarita has another episode (her incision opened again, she is ok, but we have to go back to the surgery for wound cleaning and packing every other day...again, so that takes my organizational skills and trash them LOL))
and yes, I am sure I could.
I have friends who are Aspergers and friends who have children who are Aspergers and they have become some of Sarita's best friends.....
I think that Aspergers is actually a blessing...some awesome people that have touched my life hugely.... as do you, so I would be so happy to get to meet you in person!!!!!!
Lets see if we can come up with a time that we all can attend the Octber chat, that too, LOVE the Pad's chats!!!!!
 
berniek said:
The UK is close by and there are a lot of things the same and also a lot of things different there from the Netherlands. I love it though. My British knowlegde nowadays is mostly by watching British YouTubers. Lol! (my faves are AmazingPhil and danisnotonfire, anyone know them? probably not) It does result in me speaking with a mostly British accent while 5 years ago I lived in Canada (BC) and multiple people asked me if I were French. Like what? No, I'm not? But I guess it's better then being told I sound horribly Dutch. Oh god.
I love afternoon/high tea with scones (we pronounce it like stones) and clotted cream and jelly. I love Cadburry chocolate. I ADORE fish and chips. I hate the vinegar flavoured potato crisps. Ugh.
I remember when I was young and we went on holiday to the UK we went to castle after castle. I discussed this with my parents the other day and they said we may have visited 1 or 2 per holiday but yet I remember it as much more. Also the white chalk rocks.
But now when I go visit London, we always go and see a musical by buying cheap tickets at the ticket box on the square that same day.
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ohhhhhhhhhh YESSSS!!!!!!!! you know, I liked you from the minute I "met you" at the chat, then I looked at your gallery and liked you more, then I see you interacting and really really think I was right, this girl rocks...and you like MUSICALS????????
:woot
welcome to my family!!!!!!!!
you can visit us ANY time..
by the way, I get cheaper tickets to musicals because I am disabled...there is always a silver lining to any cloud LOL :giggle
 
Kate W said:
He is racist and a total misogynist, he's been sacked now - Hooray! He once said on live tv that he wanted civil servants and their families to all die horrible deaths because they went on strike, then said it was a joke...I am sarcastic, but trust me, that guy is a ********* *******. Fill in the blanks yourself lol! He also writes/used to write a newspaper column so chock full of offensive nonsense...

Anyway, rant over :giggle
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well, LOL I forgot the racist bit!!!!! I was also so happy when he got sacked!!!!!!
 
Late to the conversation. Mostly lost as well. Not much British in my ancestry. But I wanted to have a tea for my graduation party, but honestly that's an Alice in Wonderland obsession. That's about as British as I know except I was going to make my I wish page last month be to visit London and Cynthia and all the other people I didn't quite realize were over there.
 
jk703 said:
My family hails from England. My great grandfather had some quirks, that have passed from him to my grandfather, and then to my mother and me.

My family always seemed to pay way more attention to greetings, manners, and table etiquette than my friend's families, lol. My mom said it was because of my Great grandfather and his British heritage. (?) We were expected at a young age to be well mannered and have excellent table manners. My grandfather would smack the back of your hand with his knife if you were acting up. We had to know all the different utensils, and what they could be used for - as in the seafood, cake, fish, dessert forks, knives, glasses, etc. Dinner was always formal, and you couldn't eat until after my grandfather started eating.

We used different nicknames too... It was love, or lovie, and occasionally duck/duckie as endearments. Not sure where duck came from. DH actually calls me lovie most of the time.

I think a lot of my family food quirks have come down the line from our British family... tea (no coffee here), crumpets, kippers, Yorkshire Pudding, roast potatoes (I didn't have mashed potatoes growing up, lol), Brussels Sprouts. I don't know if the last are really British, but I've grown up with them.... and most other people didn't like them, or didn't have them served at meals.

This is just my family... I'm not totally sure if this is because of my great grandfather, I've just been told it was like that because of his heritage. :)
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You know, it was a bit like that in my family, we had them all coming from the Middle East, but some married into English families, and that is where all the old habits, traditions come and we were taught when kids.... I did find it a bit strict when I came here in my 20s.... but I was a bit of a nutter....most definitely appreciate that I was able to educate Sarita with the mixture of the cultures, she is very well mannered when it counts (yet you will see her typing the F word on her Facebook from time to time...but as she is friend on FB with me, my mum and dad and the whole family...I don't say anything for fear she will unfriend us if I complain LOL )

Like Karen, I also feel is a shame the way some of the youth are loosing manners (and adults too)

I love when people of a certain age (meaning older than me, which will put it on people over 60)call me love or lovie in the shops, as is a nice thing...I really dislike it when is non Brits..especially because it happens they will be looking at my cleavage....so...no, nope, I AM NOT your love. I am Mrs Taylor to you- :giggle

LOVE Yorkshire puddings, not so much Brussels sprouts unless I fry them with bacon, but wouldn't dare have a Christmas dinner without them like Karen said!!!!
 
Karen said:
There are so many things in here that I don't know about. For instance... why tea at 5:00? Is that a snack to get you through until a late dinner? Is it a meal? :giggle

Also, I don't know what Marmite, yorkshire pudding, clotted cream or jacket potato is?
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Karen, this is one of the things I found out not to be a reality anymore......
The 5 o clock tea is the idea South America has about the English, which goes with the times of the Empire, when people werte a bit like you see in Downton Abbey....
I think the 5 o clock thing comes from the Empire having colonies in very hot places like India or Africa... there was a break within the afternoon, I read about it when I was a tour guide but that was eons ago cant remember, I ll have a look if I find something in google :)

Jacket potato = baked potato so you've probably had one. :) The rest, probably not.
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it is a baked potato, but , at least in Brazil, is known as English Potato, because of the w`y is done. They make some holes all around the potato (raw) and wrap it in tin foil, put it in the oven. When is done, cut the potato in half, and pour some filling: cheese, Tuna, prawns maionese, baked beans....you can walk into a cafe and ask for a baked potato, is cheap and fills you up...very British: Jacket potato and a cup o tea!!!!
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carilyne said:
Late to the conversation. Mostly lost as well. Not much British in my ancestry. But I wanted to have a tea for my graduation party, but honestly that's an Alice in Wonderland obsession. That's about as British as I know except I was going to make my I wish page last month be to visit London and Cynthia and all the other people I didn't quite realize were over there.
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ohh yes!!!!!!! I would so LOVE you to come to London!!!!!!
we could have your graduation party!!!! I know it would be late, but is always worth celebrating :)

I'm trying (as I said to Lorry) to organize the Lilypad meeting in Europe for next year...maybe there is a small chance that can grow into you being able to make it?
would LOVE to!!!!!
 
MrsPeel said:
Karen, this is one of the things I found out not to be a reality anymore......
The 5 o clock tea is the idea South America has about the English, which goes with the times of the Empire, when people werte a bit like you see in Downton Abbey....
I think the 5 o clock thing comes from the Empire having colonies in very hot places like India or Africa... there was a break within the afternoon, I read about it when I was a tour guide but that was eons ago cant remember, I ll have a look if I find something in google :)



it is a baked potato, but , at least in Brazil, is known as English Potato, because of the w`y is done. They make some holes all around the potato (raw) and wrap it in tin foil, put it in the oven. When is done, cut the potato in half, and pour some filling: cheese, Tuna, prawns maionese, baked beans....you can walk into a cafe and ask for a baked potato, is cheap and fills you up...very British: Jacket potato and a cup o tea!!!!
https://www.google.com/search?q=jac...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIz4zRlbqbyAIVjFsUCh0JgQIw
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I LOVE butter and marmite in my jacket potato :giggle
Cynthia, you have answered all queries so fully. You are an amazing honorary Brit :perfect

PS I am VERY excited about a European meeting and just as excited about the October chat :fairydance
 
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Round here we call our evening meal "tea". We used to have our tea at about 7.30 but now we have it at 6 when OH is home from work. We usually have a cooked meal, because OH and DS both have sandwiches for lunch. In the holidays and weekends I prefer to have a cooked meal at lunchtime and sandwiches for tea.

Afternoon tea is something that tourists like to do at posh hotels, sandwiches scones and cakes in the middle of the afternoon. My friends and I keep saying we will go out for afternoon tea (hello?!...its cake!!!!) but we haven't yet cos of picking the kids up from school etc.

Cynthia - Brussels sprouts w bacon - yum! Delia has a recipe for Brussels sprouts soup which is really delicious - honest!! I make it every winter. I'm not surprised they don't have them in America they are gross if you dont grow in the right soil & temperature and you need to pick them after the first frost. So November/December is the right time.

Edit for kindle is replacing random words with whatever it likes! Scrapbooking keeps changing to carpooling it's driving me nuts!!
 
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Kate W said:
Round here we call our evening meal "tea". We used to have our tea at about 7.30 but now we have it at 6 when OH is home from work. We usually have a cooked meal, because OH and DS both have sandwiches for lunch. In the holidays and weekends I prefer to have a cooked meal at lunchtime and sandwiches for tea.

Afternoon tea is something that tourists like to do at posh hotels, sandwiches scones and cakes in the middle of the afternoon. My friends and I keep saying we will go out for afternoon tea (hello?!...its cake!!!!) but we haven't yet cos of picking the kids up from school etc.

Cynthia - Brussels sprouts w bacon - yum! Delia has a recipe for Brussels sprouts soup which is really delicious - honest!! I make it every winter. I'm not surprised they don't have them in America they are gross if you dont grow in the right soil & temperature and you need to pick them after the first frost. So November/December is the right time.

Edit for kindle is replacing random words with whatever it likes! Scrapbooking keeps changing to carpooling it's driving me nuts!!
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Around here we call your tea time...dinner time. We eat at around six and is our main meal of the day. So your 'lunch' must be dinner? Am I right? :) So tea doesn't exist for me. Apart from gallons of the drinking kind lol.
 
KarenB said:
Around here we call your tea time...dinner time. We eat at around six and is our main meal of the day. So your 'lunch' must be dinner? Am I right? :) So tea doesn't exist for me. Apart from gallons of the drinking kind lol.
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I call lunch time "dinner" if I'm having a cooked meal. I wouldn't say dinner if I'm just having sarnies :)

Isn't it funny how we all say different things, even just within the UK. Don't get me started on cobs vs baps (bread rolls). I go 50 miles from home and no one knows what a cob is...hehe
 
Kate W said:
I call lunch time "dinner" if I'm having a cooked meal. I wouldn't say dinner if I'm just having sarnies :)

Isn't it funny how we all say different things, even just within the UK. Don't get me started on cobs vs baps (bread rolls). I go 50 miles from home and no one knows what a cob is...hehe
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yes, I had never heard of cob in that context...it was more like for corn on the cob? LOL

I heard the "tea" expression for dinner... I also remember first time I heard about "supper" and had it explained to me as something like a light evening meal, earlier than dinner at night.....
 
MrsPeel said:
yes, I had never heard of cob in that context...it was more like for corn on the cob? LOL

I heard the "tea" expression for dinner... I also remember first time I heard about "supper" and had it explained to me as something like a light evening meal, earlier than dinner at night.....
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A couple of families I have worked for call dinner 'supper' as in their main evening meal...so confusing ha!
 
I've heard of supper as the evening meal, too! :)
 
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