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Phrases & words used in other countries
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 07:03 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting teaschip: Quoting Leelu: Quoting teaschip: And what's with the Brits eating cucumber sandwiches?  |
my british roots are showing again!! lol lol |
Oh my! Please explain then these cucumbers sammiches. Do you just slice cucumbers and put them on bread? And what are chip butties? 
Ok, I just looked it up. A french fry sandwich? See now that's interesting. I would have never thought to put french fries on a sandwich.  |
Cucumber sandwich
* Take two slices of bread
* Spread with your favourite butter or margarine or someother type of spread resembling the afore mentioned
* Take one cucumber
* Cut thin slices off the end and lay onto one slice of bread and butter (if prefered, peel the cucumber first)
* Lay the other slice of bread on top, and press down lightly with the left hand
* Gently cut off the crust, and cut the sandwich into quarters
* Lay the quarters neatly onto a plate
* Unfold your crisp white serviette and lay across you knee (or get someone else to do it for you)
*Tuck in!
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You forgot to mention that usually they are enjoyed at the horse races or some other hoity toity top end function .. 
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 07:55 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: sorry but this doesn't look the least bit tempting..  |
Does not look at all tempting to me either. It's interesting how different cultures have different tastes. My palate goes more for nori chips. I had a bunch of pan roated nori at work, one of my co-workers eyes lite up seeing them. He wistfully sighed'Ah...nori chips!!!'
Needless to say I offered some of them.
Mine were home made, but you can order them here:
Roasted Seaweed 
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 08:01 pm |
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hahahaha .. fried pickles are definitely different!!
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 08:05 pm |
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Quoting Leelu: hahahaha .. fried pickles are definitely different!! |
Fried Pickle
Actually, that sounds pretty good. I could imagine many tasty variations on that idea
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 08:30 pm |
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We have several restaurants were I live that have fried pickles..some are the round dill pickle chips and then you have the spears. They serve them with ranch dressing...yum yum..if you ever get to a toots restaurant you must try them.
toots
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| 36. |
19 Jun 2008 Thu 08:47 pm |
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Cucumber sandwiches are a blast from the past. I don't think many people make a habit of eating them nowadays. But salad sandwiches are often eaten. Slices bread or a teacake (bread cake/bread bun . . . not a teacake with fruit in it I might add)). I prefer not to have butter or margerine on as it'snot necessary nowadays. Salad = lettuce, cucumber tomato, raw onion (any type dep. on taste) hard boiled egg, beetroot, cucumber, cress. Your favourite salad dressing may be added and if you wish add something like cheese, ham or chicken.
Obviously the salad can vary according to personal taste.
I've mislaid my glasses so apologies if there are any spelling mistakes.
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20 Jun 2008 Fri 09:22 am |
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I come from the country that gave the world the deep fried Mars Bar. First you chill the bar then dip it in a batter made of flour, egg and water. Fry in deep fat until the batter is crispy. Some people add coconut to the batter. Afiyet olsun!
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20 Jun 2008 Fri 12:52 pm |
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Quoting teaschip:
I also don't know about these pies..usually ours have fruit in them. But we do have chicken & beef pot pies you can buy in the frozen section.
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Yes, we have fruit pies too. Bilberry, winberry, rhubarb, cherry, apple, blackberry and apple, gooseberry, blackcurrant etc. They come as large plate sized or individual pies for one.
An alternative to the fruit pie is a fruit crumble and it's much quicker to make.
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-apple-crumble
I prefer to thinly slice apples straight into the dish rather than stew.
One can serve hot with icecream, cream or vanilla custard.
Now . . . onto something new . . . I remember when I was young , my gran and also my mum made "trifle". Is this a UK dish or is it made in other countries? The following recipe contains sherry which is alcohol, but this can be substituted eg fruit juice.
I'm not a trifle person but it is something many people made here years ago eg special occasions.
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-sherry-trifle
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| 39. |
20 Jun 2008 Fri 01:17 pm |
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Useful link to video jug for anyone curious about British cuisine.
http://www.videojug.com/tag/classic-british-food
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20 Jun 2008 Fri 04:11 pm |
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Quote: Yes, we have fruit pies too. Bilberry, winberry, rhubarb, cherry, apple, blackberry and apple, gooseberry, blackcurrant etc. They come as large plate sized or individual pies for one.
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I have never had bilberry, winberry or gooseberry. I don't even know where to find these in the store. We are so deprived.... We only have cherry, strawberry, blackberry & apple. I have had trifle before, but it's made with chocolate, pudding and cake mix.
How about Russian tea biscuits? I just found a place who makes these and they are soooo good.
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