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Post by Cher on Nov 16, 2005 13:28:31 GMT -5
toque = hat, like a ski hat isn't it? Milkshakes are milkshakes here in Minnesota, or a malted if you like that kind. Never heard of a frappe until they started doing all the weird coffee things.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Nov 16, 2005 13:33:35 GMT -5
Alice I agree with you on the squeeky cheese love those cheese curds - "crottes de fromage" which means "cheese poop"!
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Post by stefan on Nov 16, 2005 13:37:28 GMT -5
OMG this is to funny- OK Chips are Potatoe chip (unless you go to Arthur Treachers Fish and CHips- course they are all closed now I think) Steak fries are those big ole French fries- Salt potatos (potatoes boiled in a brine solution- drained off and drizzeled with melted butter) is also a new york thing (I think) How about Beef on Weck? (hot roast beef sandwich on a kimilweck roll) or Buffalo wings (actually the original chicken wing was made with Spagehtii sause and was not spicy at all!) Custard- anyone?? here it is a very rich soft icecream- Hey KD do you guys have Abbotts or Andersons?) I never understood the tomatoe pie either- Around here we have some awesome pizza! When my parents were in Australia they ordered a peanut butter and jelly sandwich- well the cook just laughed and said whatever- they got peanut butter and Jello! (mom said it was pretty good)
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Post by hermatite on Nov 16, 2005 13:39:13 GMT -5
I have a friend who ordered biscuits and gravy in CA and got gravy and cookies. Food is cultural minefield.
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Post by Alice on Nov 16, 2005 22:27:26 GMT -5
LOL Stefan, that's funny (Peanutbutter & Jello)
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Post by Alice on Nov 16, 2005 22:37:17 GMT -5
Snow cones are almost foreign to me. I know what they are, but here where I live, we have "Slush". Snow cones are non-existant
Aren't snow cones are served in cones and there's some flavoring added to the top.
Here they squirt a lot of flavoring into a cup and then add slush (just a touch more watery then snow cones)and you just drink through a straw and pray you don't get a brain freeze... "Slush" is kind of what Bart Simpson always goes to the Quick-E-mart for... I think he calls them Squishes.
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Post by pinemountaintrader on Nov 18, 2005 1:24:02 GMT -5
AHHHHH! The Dreaded Brain Freeze, oh I HATE that!
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Post by rollingstone on Nov 18, 2005 5:37:43 GMT -5
Did I miss it, or did no-one mention Prairie Oysters? I've only seen them as gelatinous messes floating in pickling brine in cheap bars, but I'm sure you can get them fried or however else you might like them, in certain restaurants in the Prairies. Not something I'd fancy eating, but to each their own. You know what I'm talking about right?, or do I have to make this an adult only thread?
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Post by Tweetiepy on Nov 18, 2005 7:23:50 GMT -5
Aren,t Prairie Oysters those things that they ate on Fear Factor like something you would give "a female cow"-Elmo before shipping him out: Test Tickles
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Post by Alice on Nov 18, 2005 10:42:05 GMT -5
Never heard of prairie oysters.
In Newfoundland Canada, they have something called Cod Tongues.
They are tongues from cod fish. They fry them up, and are apparently delicious (I've never tried them myself, but I do have the recipe), I think they come pickled too but I'm not 100% sure about that.
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Post by brian on Nov 18, 2005 11:43:46 GMT -5
Prairie Oysters, I think I know: bull testicles, right? Deep fried?
Custard in the lower Midwest used to mean only egg custard until the arrival from the north of the thick soft-whipped ice-cream that also goes by that name.
In England custard is a sweet, yellow pourable sauce over cake, pie and "pudding" (a moist cake). All our puddings are known as custard to the Brits. Pudding in Great Britain is also a generic name for any dessert (English friends, please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this.) "Tea" is a common name for supper as well as the drink (always drunk hot never iced) and not to be confused with tea time, afternoon tea or High Tea).
Treacle is a thick, golden syrup not to be confused with "Golden Syrup" which is something very like it. I think it is molasses based. Treacle pudding (a cake) is delicious.
Anybody ever have Marmite on toast? (I love it, my partner thinks it's only use should be for filling-in cracks in the driveway). How about Branston Pickle? Salad Cream? Bubble & Squeak. Bangers? Trifle? British names for food are the most fun!
That "Michigan" hot dog is called a "coney island" or just plain "coney" here in Michigan where it allegedly originated.
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Post by Cher on Nov 18, 2005 12:23:59 GMT -5
Aren,t Prairie Oysters those things that they ate on Fear Factor like something you would give "a female cow" - Elmo before shipping him out: Test TicklesTweet, that's absolutely the best one yet. ;D |
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Post by hermatite on Nov 18, 2005 12:35:13 GMT -5
I've had prairie oysters fresh out of the bull and tossed into a fry pan...it was at an old-time branding and well...what can I say... it wasn't the weirdest thing I've ever put in my mouth, but I won't be having them again. And Brian, I'm with your partner on the marmite. Even at that I would be afraid of the driveway cracking in disgust.
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Post by brian on Nov 18, 2005 12:40:55 GMT -5
Good Lord, I'm so dense. I didn't even catch the Elmo joke! Thanks for directing my attention to it Cher.
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Post by stefan on Nov 18, 2005 13:45:57 GMT -5
We call em Rocky Mountain Oysters- and no I have never had em- The Coney Island dog also was supposed to have started in New Castle PA (where my relatives are from- After we came from Poland!) also we have a Town called Hamburg where the.... You guessed it the Hamburger was suppossedly invented- On Snow cones- Well they are the ball of ice on a paper cone- but then you can get Slush Puppies (remember the ones that came in the little plastic baseball helmets?) which is a thinned version of the snow cone-
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Post by Rose on Nov 18, 2005 14:11:48 GMT -5
Spotted dick is a sponge cake with currents in ... yuck.. Bet you yanks have never heard of curry 'arf and arf either !!! In fact unless you live up North (where it is grim  ) most UK'ers haven't heard of it either Toad in the hole - sausage in batter. The worst regional difference that got me was when we were in America and someone just mention putting on their fanny pack  - let just me say that has a TOTALLY different meaning the UK  ;D |
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Post by Rose on Nov 18, 2005 14:15:08 GMT -5
Our cars have boots too !
Marmite is one of those things you either love or hate, the stuff makes me want to vomit.
Do you have Yorkshire puddings in America?
Another one is fags... in the uk we have fag breaks where we can nip out for a quick puff on a fag... work that one out ;D
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Post by hermatite on Nov 18, 2005 14:25:07 GMT -5
looooove the yorkshire pudding! and the fanny pack thing made me laugh and laugh when i heard it. When we've had too much to eat here we also say "i'm STUFFED" which i've heard has a slightly different meaning across the pond. I also like "i'll knock you up in the morning".
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Post by xenaswolf on Nov 18, 2005 14:29:41 GMT -5
Herm, if ya knock me up in the morning, be sure and snog me first |
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Post by Cher on Nov 18, 2005 22:34:44 GMT -5
Another one is fags... in the uk we have fag breaks where we can nip out for a quick puff on a fag... work that one out ;D Oh yeah, sitting in a casino in Vegas, my mother in law across the aisle and a couple of machines down hollers, "Hey you got a fag on you" ... I almost fell over. That was quite an introduction to that one. |
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