Sunday, September 28, 2008

Good Eats????

Okay, here's my top 10 list of strange food related things I've discovered while in England.
1. You will never find root beer over here, because it tastes similar to a medicine they have, so no one likes it.
2. It's hard to find a decent sized jar of peanut butter because, again, they don't like it. Edward won't even kiss Daisha after she's eaten it because he detests it that much (Hyrum won't kiss me after I've eaten green olives).
3. There's no such thing as steak sauce, and mustard isn't like the typical yellow stuff you get in America. It's very spicy...makes your eyes water.
4. At McDonald's, they don't have biscuits, so if you order breakfast, you'll only have the option of the muffin. Biscuits don't exist in England because biscuits are cookies to them. The closest they come is scones, and those are too sweet to be biscuits. Again, no one is a fan of American biscuits over there, so they just skip them entirely.
5. Having tea doesn't mean you're drinking tea. It means you're having a snack between lunch and dinner. Many people drink tea at that time with their snack (cake, scone, etc). Kids ask for tea after school instead of dinner, because it's the same thing.
6. Almost every single food is eaten with a knife and fork (fork in the left hand, upside down, and knife in the right), and napkins are a rare find.
7. Juice concentrates aren't frozen, they're in plastic jugs and they're collectively called "squash".
8. The alcohol section in the stores is about 4 times as big as the ones I've seen here. A lot of it has theft tags on them that set off the alarms if you shoplift.
9. Ranch is unheard of.
10. If you order food at KFC, you won't find it coming with biscuits and mashed potatoes. You'll find baked beans (though they're more like pork and beans without the pork) and french fries (chips) come with your food instead. The mashed potatoes and biscuits are my favorite part, so I was disappointed!

3 comments:

John-Maren Goodman said...

Those are some great finds!~ Really corky but great! It's since that American broke from her sister country and made our own likes and dislikes, traditions and whatnots. Love England, but love America more. Home Sweet Home!~ I'm sure Edward would feel the same for his country as well!

The Not-a-hoes said...

they really have the root beer flavored medicine? i thought that was in mexico..maybe its everywhere but here and we got stuck with the nasty cherry!! my mom loved us and gave us the orange triaminic tho so we only had to take the nasty stuff when we were really sick.
its so funny to see all these things because my grandma is english and has family there still and i grew up with her telling me these things about england and never really believed her till you wrote all these stories in your blog too!

The Lanyons said...

I thought they were "corky" too! :) You LOVE England, even without ranch and biscuits.