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[OmegaTreeFish]

tastes amazing on the right crackers. learn fine eating, brits.

We have this. Also amazing on crackers

 

[way more]

Freaking crumpet monkeys trying to tell us pies are the height of cuisine. It's just butter and flour. A damn corn dog is the same thing in principle.

 

[Xavien]

My British roommate last year made a steak and kidney pie and it was mediocre at best. I didn't really like it. Pot pies have lots of veggies in it to compliment the meat. And our beef pot pies have a similar brown gravy to the british pies, but chicken is far superior.

We do have other fillings, Chicken and Veg for example.

 

[DBT85]

mmm pot noodle, just found one in the cupboard from a few months ago, delicious.

EDIT: Oh god it was a year out of date, my toilet is gonna be hit hard soon.

The fact that it was a year out of date and you didn't notice while eating it should be warning enough.

Freaking crumpet monkeys trying to tell us pies are the height of cuisine. It's just butter and flour. A damn corn dog is the same thing in principle.

And yet not in practise.


As far as pies go, I like a Steak and Ale with mash and veg.

 

[Alucrid]

Why do you ask where "the bathroom" is, when you aren't interested in a bath, and most of the time there isn't even a bath in there?

The room in which we bathe is the room in which we shit.

 

[frankie_baby]

The room in which we bathe is the room in which we shit.

Do the office toilets have a bath in them?

 

[Monkeylord]

The room in which we bathe is the room in which we shit.

Not outside the home it's not... and it's certainly not the right place for a rest, either.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Not outside the home it's not... and it's certainly not the right place for a rest, either.

You also forgot washroom. They'll call it 3 different thing yet each one misses the basic principle that they need the toilet.

 

[WanderingWind]

Don't forget shitter!! That gets the point across succinctly!

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I have an electric kettle, but if I only need one mug of hot water I will use the microwave.

Why? Do you think running the microwave for a minute is cheaper than boiling a mugs worth of water? I don't understand, you don't fill the kettle to the brim every time.

 

[EleventhDoctor]

You also forgot washroom. They'll call it 3 different thing yet each one misses the basic principle that they need the toilet.

Yeah but we don't call a room a "toilet".

 

[frankie_baby]

Yeah but we don't call a room a "toilet".

If a room has nothing more than a toilet in it though what better description could there be

 

[Jake Tower]

Yeah but we don't call a room a "toilet".

Well we do if it's disgusting. Same for a city or town.

 

[EleventhDoctor]

If a room has nothing more than a toilet in it though what better description could there be

That doesn't make any sense. You go to a room not an appliance.

 

[frankie_baby]

That doesn't make any sense. You go to a room not an appliance.

OK will toilet room do for you?

 

[f0rk]

When you need to boil water you don't go to the 'microwave' do you

 

[demon]

OK will toilet room do for you?

How about "shitting and pissing room". Is that descriptive enough for you barbarians?

 

[ElectricBlue187]

This thread: https://twitter.com/zodiac_mf/status/332503938098139137

 

[Race to be King]

How about "shitting and pissing room". Is that descriptive enough for you barbarians?

How about 'defecation station'?

 

[Avixph]

That doesn't make any sense. You go to a room not an appliance.

That's why they don't wash their hands.

 

[Goodlife]

Thinking about it there must be about ten different accents in wales alone. Llanelli is different from Swansea which is different to Cardiff and that's just between three cities. The welsh accent changes so much over such short distances.

My wife is from Neath, I'm from Swansea.
She has a very distinct Neath accent. It's only a few miles up the road.

 

[EleventhDoctor]

That's why they don't wash their hands.

Well played.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I've flown about two dozen times and I've never heard of people clapping on a plane.

People do it when the weather is shit and the pilot makes a good landing. I've been to many countries and I'm pretty sure it's international.

 

[Alucrid]

UK people are too literal

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

I grew up in England from age 8 to 14 (Marlow, Bucks.), then moved to the U.S.

I recall the first time I was asked how I wanted my eggs cooked - we were living in Tiburon, CA at the time - and I said, "soft-boiled." The waitress looked at me like, "wut?" and my aunt explained that America doesn't really do soft-boiled eggs. 16 years later, I still haven't really recovered from that news.

 

[frankie_baby]

I grew up in England from age 8 to 14 (Marlow, Bucks.), then moved to the U.S.

I recall the first time I was asked how I wanted my eggs cooked - we were living in Tiburon, CA at the time - and I said, "soft-boiled." The waitress looked at me like, "wut?" and my aunt explained that America doesn't really do soft-boiled eggs. 16 years later, I still haven't really recovered from that news.

wtf???

 

[demon]

I grew up in England from age 8 to 14 (Marlow, Bucks.), then moved to the U.S.

I recall the first time I was asked how I wanted my eggs cooked - we were living in Tiburon, CA at the time - and I said, "soft-boiled." The waitress looked at me like, "wut?" and my aunt explained that America doesn't really do soft-boiled eggs. 16 years later, I still haven't really recovered from that news.

My friend made soft boiled eggs for me a year or so ago. It was the first time I'd ever had them. Pretty good actually.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

You don't have chicken in a meat pie, you have mince of indeterminate origin.

Sounds lovely.

You don't eat them at KFC either, you have them at the footy, on a building site, or outside a servo at 4am.

Americans are ashamed of their sex/waste organs, they should only be mentioned if absolutely necessary and even then they should be wrapped in euphemisms just in case the children hear.

Uh-huh, sure. I'm sure the English don't have euphemisms for the same. Also: rap music.

 

[Race to be King]

Service station - a place just off the motorway that has petrol, toilets, bad pies and worse coffee.

 

[andycapps]

I grew up in England from age 8 to 14 (Marlow, Bucks.), then moved to the U.S.

I recall the first time I was asked how I wanted my eggs cooked - we were living in Tiburon, CA at the time - and I said, "soft-boiled." The waitress looked at me like, "wut?" and my aunt explained that America doesn't really do soft-boiled eggs. 16 years later, I still haven't really recovered from that news.

Soft boiled eggs are great. I'm still working on my timing.. Seems to be around 8 minutes after water is to a boil? Maybe 7? I've found 10 minutes to be pretty good for hard boiled though. Over that and they get too dry.

 

[shadyspace]

I grew up in England from age 8 to 14 (Marlow, Bucks.), then moved to the U.S.

I recall the first time I was asked how I wanted my eggs cooked - we were living in Tiburon, CA at the time - and I said, "soft-boiled." The waitress looked at me like, "wut?" and my aunt explained that America doesn't really do soft-boiled eggs. 16 years later, I still haven't really recovered from that news.

Maybe weirdo Californians don't do soft boiled egg. I grew up in the northeast and softboiled eggs have always been a cornerstone of my diet. Love them mother fuckers.

 

[frankie_baby]

Soft boiled eggs are great. I'm still working on my timing.. Seems to be around 8 minutes after water is to a boil? Maybe 7? I've found 10 minutes to be pretty good for hard boiled though. Over that and they get too dry.

5 minutes

 

[andycapps]

5 minutes

Thanks.

 

[RedShift]

Of course Americans don't eat soft boiled eggs.

They'd be waiting around for hours for the microwave to heat up the water to boil them.

 

[snarge]

http://optimismsflame.tumblr.com/image/50029026174

Maybe we do put a little too much importance on high school and college sports.

 

[Silent_Bomber]

http://optimismsflame.tumblr.com/image/50029026174

Maybe we do put a little too much importance on high school and college sports.

In the blue areas, Kettle ownership is higher....

 

[QuicheFontaine]

On another note-my electric kettle just shipped and I should get it Friday.

Any sign of it yet?

 

[Horse Detective]

How can I live more like the British?

I need a crash course.

 

[Log4Girlz]

How can I live more like the British?

I need a crash course.

Learn to make a curry. That is a classic british dish.

 

[Trent Strong]

Eel pie.

 

[Bazza]

Eel pie.

I have never met a person in my life who has eaten eel.

 

[Dali]

I'm American and I don't boil water in the microwave. Who does that? It's quicker and gets hotter on the range.

 

[strata8]

Does the US have devilled sausages?

 

[Number45]

I have never met a person in my life who has eaten eel.

Where do you live? I'm originally from north London (grandparents on my fathers side are from the east end) and it was pretty common when I was growing up.

I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole of course.

 

[Slackbladder]

Where do you live? I'm originally from north London (grandparents on my fathers side are from the east end) and it was pretty common when I was growing up.

I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole of course.

Mmmmm....

 

[Monkeylord]

I have never met a person in my life who has eaten eel.

I have.

We went out for Pie and Mash for a works Christmas do. The alternatives were a Spanish Disco or some African restaurant, to which I replied "It would be more Christmassy to go for Pie and Mash" and everyone thought it was the better idea. I was only joking, but it was suprisingly awesome. A few pubs, food of the gods and then another pub crawl round London Bridge somewhere.

We went to Gilberthorpes in Greenwich (opposite the Cutty Sark DLR station), but started off in a couple of pubs first, so we were pretty merry by the time we sat down to eat.

I dared someone to try them, but they only would if I did the same, so stupidly I agreed.

It was like eating a bowl of salt... only in jelly form. Because the eels don't have bones, just cartilage you end up chewing this salty goop and then spitting out a rubbery bit of ribcage.





Never again!

I do feel more manly for having the scrote to actually try them though.

 

[Bazza]

Where do you live? I'm originally from north London (grandparents on my fathers side are from the east end) and it was pretty common when I was growing up.

I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole of course.

I live in surrey. I used to fish and after handling them I just don't know how anyone could eat them, horrible slimy things.

 

[RedShift]

Eels up inside ya

Finding an entrance where they can

 

[Blearth]

I have never met a person in my life who has eaten eel.

You're missing out.

Now I'm hungry

 

[Number45]

You're missing out.

Now I'm hungry

Your version looks less nauseating than the version we're used to.