Now Scotland will have the toughest anti-smoking laws in the Western world

The Scotsman ^ | November 23, 2006 | LOUISE GRAY

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I agree we have a smoking area at work round the drinks machine there is a fan and a door but in the winter neither get used.

I for one will not be sad when next year it is banned from the workplace completely.

What people do in their own home or wide open outdoor spaces fine but I do not want to go home each night smelling like a stale ashtray.

Also there is nothing worse than having a great night out to come home and be told and know yourself that you stink of smoke.

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Apple Pie is a British National dish you nicked it from us but we serve it with hot custard not ice cream much the better way. LOL

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Check List

Heart - yes used to eat stuffed heart and enjoyed it as a child

Liver - yes one of my favourite dishes is liver and bacon in thick gravy

Suet - yes love suet puddings and dumplings made with the stuff

Think I will pass on the lungs though

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Except they forget Ambrosia Deven or Birds custard how can you eat apple pie without that.

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Yummy yum I actually had duck yesterday with apricot and walnut stuffing that was delicious

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Its difficult to find an English restaurant in England they are either Indian, Mexican, Thai, Greek, Italian, Chinese or pseudo American style.

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How many would you find in Britain though?

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I bought it in Ashford, Kent the local fish and chip shop will do it for you if you ask. Deep fried Snickers with crispy batter too.

Ate one once but it was too rich and fatty for me.

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I think you are right I avoid deep frying anything if I can often oven roasted tastes better and is more tender.

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I cannot imagine deep fried turkey what does it actually taste like do you bread crumb it or what?

[Sunshine Sister]

You simply dunk the turkey in a deep frier full of peanut oil. It takes about half the time it takes to bake a turkey the conventional way in an oven. The meat just falls off the bone so it is easy to serve also.

The best part of the deal is that the men cook it!!!!!!!

[Condor51]

So I guess the phrase "American as mom and apple pie" or "mom and apple pie" is wrong?

"'This is IT - what our country and flag are as American as. Since the earliest colonial days, apple pies have been enjoyed in America for breakfast, for an entrée, and for dinner. Colonist wrote home about them and foreign visitors noted apple pie as one of our first culinary specialties.' We cannot claim to have invented the apple pie, just to have perfected it ..."

(and perfecting English cooking isn't that hard) /s

[I have no animus towards the Brits - well, except for that burning of the White House thingy in 1812 - I even have a couple of them for 1st cousins thanks to WWII]

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But what about the custard? Us Brits have to have that with apple pie only ice cream if custard not available.

What is wrong with English cooking? Not being funny but asking our food gets knocked but why? is it too bland, too fatty, not enough fat/sugar what?

[gopheraj]

This is what our new son in law from Scotland said when I emailed him this article.

told yous Scotlands hard on smoking, but I don't think putting the age up to 18 will slow down the teens from lighting up, and putting the price up to shy high, will just encourage tobacco smuggling.