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Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
She’s Lancashire and you’re Yorkshire. Are either of you the black sheep of the family now Wick?
All her father wanted to know was if he's a good catholic boy - well, that was one strike I guess.
She had five brothers, they wanted to know which team I support - that being Leeds, strike two!
So, moving to Canada was the best idea.
Joking aside, if there was any conflict it was between my mother and her father, everyone else got along.
Families, eh!Regards, Jon S.
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Originally posted by Al Bundy's Eyes View Post
Lorne sausage, contains beef connective tissues. Very greasy and quite salty, but goes great on a sandwich. Comes in a pack like a load of bread with a ton of slices in it.
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Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post
What's the deal with Tim Hortons, Wick?
They've opened a couple of branches here, but I've not tried them yet.
They don't look particularly appealing, but is the coffee of a decent standard?
I love really strong, black rocket fuel coffee!
I didn't know Tim's were in the UK. I tried MacDonalds & Kentucky Chicken in Egypt, it wasn't the same as here at home.
You might like Starbucks coffee if they are in the UK, too strong for me, I like a smooth drink, but it's all relative.Regards, Jon S.
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Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post
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Originally posted by Aethelwulf View PostThis is a really interesting one - Yan, tan tethera (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera). Not sure how common it still is in the upland hill farming communities of northern England or if it will go 'extinct' in the future. Looking at the tables at end similar forms were used in the south as well as they all seem to originate from celtic
It is interesting though how the remains of ancient languages still exist in the back country.
I study hieroglyphics and it seems the birth of language came from the need to count. The most ancient remains of man's attempt to communicate takes the form of numerical graffiti concerning livestock. The Palermo stone, c.2300BC, records "the year of the count", with respect to cattle as one of the earliest systems for keeping track of time.Regards, Jon S.
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Originally posted by Dickere View Post
I think of them as burgers really, they don't have the skin a sausage does. Nice though.
What I do miss here in Canada is a good plate of Fish & Chips. Some companies try, most fail miserably. There's a chinese shop down the road that actually isn't bad, but his fish are square , he does get the batter right & his chips ain't bad.
Meat pies is another thing, we've bought them all over the place (here) but they're all crap. One place does a decent sausage roll, but no-one does pasties or pork pies. Some of the big corp. companies do meat pies but they have rock-hard crusts, like porcelain for goodness sake's, and they charge the earth for them.
Regards, Jon S.
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We used to go to a British style tea shop and restaurant. I learned to enjoy shepherd's pie and pasties, but the P G Tips tea in pots, with with scones wirh cream and jam were the best part!.
Alas, the place closed down several years ago due to economic reasons. Maybe not enough tea and scone lovers in Denver metro area to support them.
I miss being able to buy British "biscuits" and chocolates in their sales area.Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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Originally posted by Wickerman View Post
I love a good burger, and an Octoberfest sausage too, thats a meal in itself.
What I do miss here in Canada is a good plate of Fish & Chips. Some companies try, most fail miserably. There's a chinese shop down the road that actually isn't bad, but his fish are square , he does get the batter right & his chips ain't bad.
Meat pies is another thing, we've bought them all over the place (here) but they're all crap. One place does a decent sausage roll, but no-one does pasties or pork pies. Some of the big corp. companies do meat pies but they have rock-hard crusts, like porcelain for goodness sake's, and they charge the earth for them."Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?"
-Edgar Allan Poe
"...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."
-Frederick G. Abberline
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Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
whats a meat pie?!? is that the same as shepherds pie? love a good shepherds pie, had one at an irish themed pub near me and it was really good. also love a good chicken pot pie too!G U T
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