Posted on 10/13/2006 4:31:20 PM PDT by snugs
Winston Churchill famously said that American and Britain were 2 countries divided by a common language nor more so is this true than when it comes to food. We can eat the same sort of things but at completely different times of the day and serve it with completely different type of food.
A dessert in Britain is often looked upon as a breakfast dish in America.
American cookies are similar to British biscuits, American biscuits are similar to British sconces.
What is called a grill in England is a broiler in America.
A stove is a cooker and a cook book is a cookery book in England.
I thought it might be interesting to look at foods and confectionery that are identified with both countries, where they overlap, where they are different and personal tastes and traditions that have over the years shaped what we eat and when.
I posed the following questions to some American freepers and the following graphics reflect their answers.
1) What would you consider to be typical English food
2) What would you consider to be a typical English meal
3) What sweets (candies) do you identify with England
4) What would you consider to be typical American food
5) Would you consider to be a typical American meal
6) What candies do you consider are American
I have also compiled graphics from an English point of view regarding the above points.
Come and take a look at the food remember favourites from yesteryear and add your own thoughts and tastes. Lets make this an interesting, fun thread full of great memories of the past and present and that friendly homely feeling that familiar food conquers up. The memories and warm feelings of giving and sharing with the festivities that go with it or simply the pleasure of well cooked meal at the end of a busy and tiring day.
Food is also associated with different seasons and events such as Easter, Thanksgiving (US) Bonfire Night (UK) Christmas, New Year and of course birthdays and family traditions.
These events for singles can be fun time when they get drawn into a larger group plus made to feel part of a family but on the other hand often it can be the reverse. Christmas, New Year and Easter and of course for Americans Thanksgiving can be very lonely times for singles not fitting into any particular group and also sad for those who in the past have been part of family groups at these particular times of the year.
Below are Dolly's thoughts on this very point
Same here re hit and miss and tag lines.
my former father in law was involved with the development, marketing etc for P & G & Pringles in late 60s.. we had some of the first Pringles off the "line"... I thought they were weird.. but it did grow on us & we bought them as we did ALL P & G products to support our stocks
anyone have a good cracker jack type recipe? My mom used to make great popcorn balls.. I need to try those again if she can give me the recipe
Just looked at it yes the rings you have are what we call radiant rings we have had 3 cookers like that.
I am not sure what the pros and cons of 3/4 type of electric rings (hot plates) are.
I have had had all types the last cooker being the solid type with red hot spots in the middle.
What are the rounds things on the column which I presume contain the water pipes.
Do you mean in the center of the burner rings? If so, it's a piece of metal that the rings form around and are attached to.
No the far end of the kitchen I thought it was a column but looking at it again I think it is box with circles of something stuck to it.
Wow, that put me into a time warp flashback. My mother used to make popcorn balls to give to kids at (that awful holiday, Halloween). This was before plastic baggies had gone forth and multiplied greatly in the land, and we didn't have enough money to buy very small brown paper bags, which weren't very festive anyway, so she assembled us four kids to wrap one colored popcorn ball and a few pieces of wrapped chocolate, or strawberry-centered hard candies or what not, inside an unfolded paper napkin. Then we'd tie them at the top and she gave them to the kids while we were out plundering the neighborhood for our own candy.
It was a conical lollipop on a stick, a blend of 3 sort of translucent colors, green (lime), yellow (lemon) and red (cherry or strawberry).
Does it ring a bell?
I should have turned it so you could see it better. Yes, it's a whistler. Mike gave it to me for my birthday six years ago. I told him it will last longer than I will!
I have a number of friends who use stove-top tea kettles.
Traffic lights
The outer colour was red, next colour sort of yellow/orange and then finally green.
Darth, that candy sounds like it's break in a million pieces if you tried to ring a bell with it.
We have 2 old fashion sweet shops in Ashford will have to see if I can still get traffic lights I used to love them.
Do you remeber drumsticks as well that was a chew with I think vanilla and raspberry flavours a white and pink candy on a stick.
Oh, I think you must mean my spice rack with green napkins sitting on top of it. Do you mean the wooden rectangle with the white tops on the bottles? It sits on a lazy Susan and twirls to the spices you need. I love that thing.
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break from kitchen talk coming up in a minute
As a kid I liked candy buttons... those multicolored drops of sugar on a strip of paper.
As an adult I have to look hard for my favorite sweet indulgence... the Zagnut bar
Yes that is it I thought it looked as if the cirles might bottles wow what a lot of spices you have you make my half dozen bottles seem a very poor collection.
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