Change the word ‘Britain’ for ‘America’ and you’ve answered the OP.
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I’ll give a bit of help translating these. In Canada, the soft drinks are sold in millilitres and litres, as opposed to ounces, fluid ounces and litres (except for buying at a vendor in a stadium). We get: 355 mL, 600 mL (although lately it’s about 590 mL, cheap bastards :mad: ), 1 litre, and 2 litre. I haven’t seen any of the small (~6 oz) sizes that Linus Van Pelt mentioned.
That’s what I was trying to point out. Hell, that’s what I did point out damnit!
I wasn’t being defensive, or accusing the OP of biggotry. (as some suggest):rolleyes:
Being from California, I’ve had my share of folks from out of state making idiotic assumptions.
For example:
I must be a surfer dude- Wow man! Cowabunga dude! <— haha, stereotypes
I must be some kind of “new age” kook.- Astrology, past lives, etc, etc.
I’m not even sure if I can describe the attitude of many northwesterners toward California, lets just say it’s very unflattering.
I’ve never had a blue Pepsi, or cheeze whiz.
I do, however, love peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches.
My point is, that once you make these assumptions about our (presumably limited) diet, it is not a long way toward assuming we all wear cowboy hats as everton suggests. Of course in my case, that would be carrying a surfboard, not wearing a Stetson.
But those are just rebadged American sizes, then. Here, Coke comes in 330 ml cans, 500 ml bottles, and 1, 1.5, and 2 liter bottles.
Ah, curses!
Grammatical errors!
Thanks for the link, everton! I’ve never seen a jar of Branston Pickle, but it came on a cheese and bread plate at a now defunct “British” pub in my town. Now I’ve got the recipe and everyone’s getting homemade Branston Pickle for Christmas!
Hmmm. Everyone I’ve ever bought has had the label “flavored beer” on the wrapper, and don’t actually contain wine, so I’m wondering if the ones you buy in the store are different from ones you could get in the bar.
Make that “every one” since I don’t buy people.
My point exactly (I presume you were responding to my comment). I didn’t know if the OP could convert between ounces and millilitres.
/hijack/
Isn’t that a mouthful ? For example when you send a friend in to get you one: “get me a six-hundred milliliter coke - its near the back aboot 1 dekameter from the bloody register” heh
Here in America we throw away the sweetbreads and eat the intestines! Chitterlings (pronounced Chit’lins) are vile and nasty, but many eat them. Many eat chicken gizzards too. Many are crazy.
Hearts are delicious. The best ones are lamb’s hearts. We have them stuffed with a herb and breadcrumb stuffing and cooked slowly in a cassarole with about half pint of good stock. As has been pointed out above they taste of the very best prime meat. Also like kidney , either in steak and kidney or grilled in a “mixed grill” . Liver I can take or leave it but the secret is not to over cook it.
But, to be fair, there is a restaurant down the street from my apartment complex here in the Chicago 'burbs that has strange specials - the current one listed on the sign:
Anyone with a Cowboy Hat 10% Off.
The ones in Australia are definitely wine-based. Maybe there are legal reasons in the US for identifying it as “beer”. Doesn’t beer in the US have to be relatively low in alcohol, otherwise it needs to be labelled “Malt liquor”? It’s just my guess, but the coolers are fairly low in alcohol content, so it might be something to do with minimising tax or excise.
As for the Coke bottles, here in metric Australia, we don’t have 1 litre bottles! From memory, they’re 330ml, 590ml (formerly 600), 750ml, 1.25L, and 2L. Cans are 375ml.
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I wasn’t slamming you, mate. I hope nobody else thought I was either - your points are valid.
I saw some hats for sale in Liverpool recently, not cowboy hats but still made by the Stetson company. I looked pretty good in one but didn’t have the guts to buy it (who wears hats nowadays?). So you’re saying that if I’d worn a stetson, but not in cowboy stylee I wouldn’t have got my 10% off? That’s very poor - I’d have deserved a medal.
Good for you. Here’s another link if you want to compare it with the commercial version.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in a regular grocery store. I believe that these are marketed to businesses - used as beverages at meetings and with boxed lunches prepared for corporate outings and the like. The only other place I’ve ever seen them is at Costco (A large warehouse “club” chain).
As for coolers labeled as “flavored beer”, elfkin, the ones I’ve seen are generally labeled as “malt beverages” and I’m sure that this has been done for economic reasons. It’s cheaper to make a “malt beverage” and flavor it to vaguely resemble a wine cooler than it is to use wine that is palatable enough to use in a beverage. I don’t know if the more traditional kind is available in the store anymore. The closest you can probably get is something that I would guess is one of the earliest versions - sangria. I know that that’s still available in stores. But you can get them in bars (they’re also sometimes called “spritzers”) and they’re not terribly difficult to mix yourself - and you have control over the ingredients that way.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Hey, everyone getting all pissed off, get over yourselves. This is a lighthearted thread. It’s absurd that anyone has to be warned by a moderator in a thread about food, for heaven’s sake.
I had some absolutely delicious meals in London. At Indian restaurants, of course. Mmmm…yum! Making me hungry just thinking of it. And of course I’ve promised to be thrifty and not eat out as much.
I’m personally totally freaked by the “cheese” concoctions available at the grocery store. Some family friends came to visit once and brought with them…oh, I forget what it was called, but it was cheese in a can, like whipped cream? They put it on crackers and said it was the best thing ever, but the color! It was hideous just to look at! Oh, Easy Cheese. That’s what it was called. Thank you very much, I’ll take the extra time to slice up some nice sharp cheddar for my crackers.
I’m not an expert on liquor labeling laws, but I would guess that the items labeled “malt liquor” are named that because they hardly fall under the category of “beer” anymore. I believe that they are beer based, but they are formulated to have extra alcholic content. They are generally marketed as quick, cheap ways to get drunk (they dress it up a little nicer than that, but everyone knows what they’re getting at).
Honestly, I don’t know if there is a legal definition of “beer” (if there is, it probably varies from state to state). I know from a brewing standpoint, “beer” is actually a fairly large category of beverages made from malted grains(I’ve done a bit of home brewing), and I’ve seen beer with as much as 10% alcohol (and according to the guy at the brew store, it’s possible to make it up to 25%).
Oh, and for those who have bemoaned “foodz” such as “Cheez Whizz” and other processed pasturized “cheese foods”, I completely agree. Give me real cheese any day - fake cheese is the work of the devil!
(My wife says that “cheese food” is what they must feed cheese so it will grow up big and strong)