Yantelope Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 They have maple flavored sausage that you can buy at the store and save your syrup for pancakes. Generally I don't mix syrup with my bacon though. Maybe it's syrup that should taste more like bacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 They have maple flavored sausage that you can buy at the store and save your syrup for pancakes. Generally I don't mix syrup with my bacon though. Maybe it's syrup that should taste more like bacon. I had some maple sausage last night with eggs, bacon (American), tatertots, pancakes, and southern hash browns. Sounds like a lot of food, and, yes, it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 What is the difference between a tatertot (which I understand to be a hash brown) and southern hash browns? Do you name food based on it's location on your plate? Did you have a continent of tatertots to the north, necessitating the renaming of the southern tatertots? Why is your plate geopolitical? Why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Tatertots are hash browns formed into a delicious nugget of joy. They are seasoned, and taste great with ketchup (unseasoned is also available, but tastes like the product of a bear shitting on a cracker - served at Sonic). Southern hash browns are more like french fries that died for our sins. Smashed by the Hulk. For me, they fit well with chorizo. Not sure how others eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Tater tots are little ball things like in the picture above. Hash browns are these things: They're kind of like small fries that are cooked together and flat. usually like a pancake when the come out of the pan. Edited July 25, 2011 by Yantelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 We know what Hash Browns are afaik it's a british creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 We know what Hash Browns are afaik it's a british creation. Quite. Not getting what a "Southern" Hash Brown is. The rest I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Quite. Not getting what a "Southern" Hash Brown is. The rest I get. And TheRevanchist is the best person in the world. Southern can best be described as the cut, not the cooking method. Where hash browns, traditional, as shredded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Yeah, those things are kind of rare though. I generally only see them in bad cafeteria lines like school or summer camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 so basically you have two types of hash brown on your plate? That's all we wanted to know. Weirdo. I think I have a new one for this thread thinking about a discount I got today. I used a voucher to get £10 pounds off, but I see most American's on here mentioning using coupons. Oh and do as many IRL American's have coupon cutting sessions as they seem to constantly mention on TV or is it just some sort easy code for 'this person has to watch their money'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) so basically you have two types of hash brown on your plate? That's all we wanted to know. You truly are a genius! B) I think I have a new one for this thread thinking about a discount I got today. I used a voucher to get £10 pounds off, but I see most American's on here mentioning using coupons. Oh and do as many IRL American's have coupon cutting sessions as they seem to constantly mention on TV or is it just some sort easy code for 'this person has to watch their money'? People in the US do coupon. Basically, they come in periodicals, just need cut out for the most part. Sometimes in the mail. Sometimes by buying a product with a coupon in it. Anyway, some people use them, some don't. Then, there are the crazies. Edited July 25, 2011 by TheRevanchist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Two brits in a wal-mart. I've had about the same experience, though the one I went to (In Orlando) also had a McD's in the middle. Oh and it sold car parts n tyres too.Personally I'd say the tea is in a motor oil container, not a petrol container. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Ahhh! Yes. I've been caught out by these so called "hash browns" before. They are, in fact, short chips. UK hash browns are made with shredded potato formed into patties (normally a right-angle triangle shape not sure why). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Follow-up to that BBC article about Americanisms, this time from an American. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14285853 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Personally I'd say the tea is in a motor oil container, not a petrol container. Gas is regulated here as to what kind of container it's allowed to go into. Those 1 gallon jugs of tea are in a clear PP bottle. Gas needs to be in the EPA approved containers. In California, the container must also meet the requirements of the CARB. The California government is regulatin' more than Warren G and Nate Dogg ever could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Petrol comes in either: or a jerry can Motor oil comes in something like this: Which is closer to what that tea jug looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 The color looks like a laundry detergent. Oil comes in these damn small bottles over here. You have to buy 4 or more to change the oil, and the price is much higher for the oil. After you change the filters and fluids, it's actually cheaper to go to Wal Mart for an oil change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) (Sorry to totally revive older discussions on here, but) On Roundabouts: Thursday Next, (as well as agreeing wholeheartedly on your application of tea/hot water/milk), the moment I saw that Magic Roundabout, I actually started getting anxious. Just sitting here at my computer, I started bricking it at the mere idea of driving on that beast. I actually like roundabouts- and I'm talking about the small British ones here. Always surprisingly smooth, and only at (the highest of) peak times is there ever any congestion. At least in Scotland. Also our cities aren't too large, and the only large one (Glasgow) is mostly in a warped grid formation. Also, Battra, I still play that acoustic intro to Roundabout most times I pick up my guitar. Haven't listened to it in years! I think Yes are one of the most contrived and uncool bands ever- but damn don't I love them from time to time. I can also play all of Mood for a Day from Fragile, too. Generally on-topic: As you said, WTF, everyone ends up wrong with this constantly-innovating language junk. At the same time, we're all right. Every circle of friends, family, colleagues, houses, towns, cities, nations, races, genders- I could go on, all have their own interlocking and overlapping lexicon and pronunciations and schema for what's "right" and "wrong". I think, really, the only way to judge anything linguistic is by whether you can understand it or not. If you can't understand someone, it can be for a variety of reasons- someone from a slum of Merseyside may not understand a Texan to such a degree that they don't even accept that both are speaking the same language, due to different words and grammar and intonation; whereas someone from the Hebrides of Scotland may say exactly the same words as a Southern Englisher, and not understand simply because they pronounce the words in such a radically different way. And I believe not being able to understand someone is the only reason to remotely consider someone's personal language "wrong". And it's not even "wrong", you just can't understand it. The reason I say this is that I detest judgement based on someone's accent. It's almost impossible not to do due to our society and upbringing, but I still think it is wholly wrong. See "My Fair Lady". The whole issue is so wonderfully yet horrifically complex and variable. So that's just me being totally bummed about the concept of studying English Language. Cultural junk like this petrol/ tea container malarkey seems much more interesting. Edited July 26, 2011 by kenshi_ryden 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Is the tea in those big bottles loose leaf? I always think of loose leaf as a bit fancy which flies in the face of buying it in those economy size bottles. If it is in bags it is even more inexplicable: pouring out teabags is just mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 It's pre-made tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 A liquid in a bottle. I cannot believe that never even crossed my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 You know when Americans assume Britain uses metric system (as in just the metric system like our European cousins) I kinda get why they do that now. Cos it's much easier than wrapping your head around the fact that we use these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 When I'm watching British shows, I have to look up certain things, like how much is a stone. I always picture large rocks on one side of the scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 American's don't really love the imperial system either. Most people won't able to tell you how many quarts there are in a pint. I think it's just that while we have some idea of how long a mile is we have no feeling for how long a kilometer is and if you tell us how much you weigh in kilograms we'd be lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 American's don't really love the imperial system either. I'm always fighting them Imperials. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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