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Wait, there's no sour cream in Ireland?

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Rest said:
I'm not trolling and I'm not talking about countries, I'm talking about island chains. See Hawai'i and Hawai'i. Ireland is not on Great Britain, but that doesn't mean it's not part of the British Isles. The British Isles aren't a country, the United Kingdom is a conglomeration of countries.
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I know exactly about Hawai'i and Hawai'i and how it has absolutely nothing to do with these islands. Hawai'i is a state, one singular state that also contains an island called Hawai'i. These islands are not one state, therefore any reference to Hawai'i means nothing. British Isles =/= Britain. British Isles is not a term used to describe the islands in Ireland. Britain is a separate island that no part of Ireland is part of.

Just saw your edit, jesus christ you are ignorant.
 
Rest said:
Don't Irish people eat sour cream or crème fraîche? I thought it was the English who had limited culinary variety, not Britain...
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What kind of idiot thinks that eating sour cream amounts to culinary variety and that Ireland is part of Britain?
Rhetorical question, easy answer.

I'd guess most people in the US wouldn't be familiar with popular British sauces either, that speaks nothing to how much culinary variety they may or may not have in their diet.
 
Rest said:
I'm pretty sure English people aren't Celts though...
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If you're talking Celts you have to widen the map to include France.

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Rest said:
I'm not trolling and I'm not talking about countries, I'm talking about island chains. See Hawai'i and Hawai'i. Ireland is not on Great Britain, but that doesn't mean it's not part of the British Isles. The British Isles aren't a country, they're a geographical configuration.

I mean, the US could reject the term North America, but that wouldn't make North America any less of a place.
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That's not exactly what happened though. You referred to Ireland as Britain, which is not the same as referring to it being part of the "British Isles". Britain specifically refers to the larger island.

Referring to Ireland as a part of the "British Isles" has at least some geographic merit, but as you're well aware, this is a politicised term which is not recognized by the Irish government or the Irish people.

Don't let me take away from how you see the world though.
 
Arials said:
Do they also refer to Europe as Ireland and Europe or are they not so fussed about that geographic term?
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Its all Europe. Having been formerly oppressed by the British you can imagine why'd they'd chose not to refer to their own country as part of The British Isles
 
Arials said:
Do they also refer to Europe as Ireland and Europe or are they not so fussed about that geographic term?
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When both Britain and Ireland draw up joint documents, like the free travel areas, both states use forms of "the islands" so it's not unique to Ireland's government.
 
Keyser Soze said:
Ireland has this...

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Is this stuff actually liked in the US?
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I tried it once and hated it, but that was 20 years ago. There's also some kind of brown and white one, which I remember tasting like industrial chemicals.
 
In 2001, just across the street from The Book of Kells, there was a "Tex-Mex" place called Judge Roy Bean's. I can confirm that they not only had sour cream, but that it was the closest they got to Tex-Mex on the entire menu.
 
I'll tell you what they actually don't have, and this was consistent across multiple cities.

Half and Half. Or specifically the cream part of half and half.

They have milk. You ask for cream, they'll look at you funny. I'm sure there's some place in Dublin that has it, but it's not common.
 
A-V-B said:
I'll tell you what they actually don't have, and this was consistent across multiple cities.

Half and Half. Or specifically the cream part of half and half.

They have milk. You ask for cream, they'll look at you funny. I'm sure there's some place in Dublin that has it, but it's not common.
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How do they whipped cream bikinis then? Do these Irish even live life?
 
A-V-B said:
I'll tell you what they actually don't have, and this was consistent across multiple cities.

Half and Half. Or specifically the cream part of half and half.

They have milk. You ask for cream, they'll look at you funny. I'm sure there's some place in Dublin that has it, but it's not common.
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It's called single cream or half cream there. You wouldn't find it in a cafe but maybe a grocery store.
 
Keyser Soze said:
I have now bought Peanut Butter on Amazon... dammit!

I chose this one... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013G6E3M/

I avoided lots of brands (Skippy, Jif, & Co) because it looks like they have so many additives. This one at least seems more natural. I have not had Peanut Butter in years.
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Not a brand I've heard of. Name brands you usually know what you're getting (which is typically garbage.) Off brands it's impossible to tell, some are great and some are trash. Good luck to you.
 
Rest said:
Not a brand I've heard of. Name brands you usually know what you're getting (which is typically garbage.) Off brands it's impossible to tell, some are great and some are trash. Good luck to you.
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Smuckers natural is the way to go. A layer of peanut oil on top so you have control over the thickness
 
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