Mr. GOH! Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Durex is condoms here, too. Shirty condoms, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 So a question raised on Twitter that a bit of research suggests may be the case (and makes Ethans retweeting of some of the stuff regarding Easter Eggs a bit strange) is that the US doesn't really do "Easter Eggs" in a "ostrich sized hollow chocolate eggs, sometimes filled with other sweets such as smarties (our kind) M&Ms etc and wrapped on patterned foil" kind of way.  Usual supermarket shelf this time of year. As a child it's pretty common to get chocolate eggs from friends and families, and I'd imagine most of us here in the UK have at least one mug that came with an egg too. It seems you guys do plastic eggs with sweets inside? And easter bunnies more than eggs (which I guess..peeps?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Large chocolate eggs are not as common as Easter bunnies here, but the chocolate shop I went to the other day to get our Easter/Passover chocolate had big eggs. I've never seen a mass-produced chocolate egg or bunny here with prizes or other candy on the inside, aside from little Kinder eggs. Specialty chocolate shops do them upon request, I think. Small chocolate eggs are common, though. Like Cadbury egg sized. We do hardboiled painted eggs and plastic eggs with treats, in general, although there different regional or local traditions surrounding Easter treats. Growing up, we would get a wicker basket with fake plastic grass with candy in it, including a big chocolate bunny, loose jelly beans, chocolate eggs with candy shells, and real, dyed, hardboiled eggs. At first glance, that supermarket shelf could be in the USA this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 When you say "cadbury egg sized". What's that? Cos over here they do from.. well "Mini Eggs" that are the size of  all the way up to the 1 foot tall things.https://www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk/gift-ideas/shop-by-occasion/easter-gifts.html We also have speciality chocolate shops, Thorntons being the biggy, doing more up-market eggs with like names and fancy designs on in various types of chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The 39 gram Cadbury creme eggs (although ours are now 34 grams and made from fake chocolate rather than milk chocolate). There are lots of similar and smaller chocolate egg types here, too. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 5 hours ago, deanbmmv said: (and makes Ethans retweeting of some of the stuff regarding Easter Eggs a bit strange) I just assumed by "easter eggs" they meant what we would mean, which is a broad term encompassing both the plastic candy-filled ones and the hard-boiled painted ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 It's funny, but a guest to our Easter/Passover party brought us a fancy candy-filled chocolate egg as a gift. The candies inside were wrapped; is that typical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 As in like a little bag? Yeah pretty common. I'd guess from a production stand point allows companies to make their regular sweets as usual (i.e M&Ms) and bag them up, then have them introduced into the easter egg production line. Bar-based chocolate(e.g Mars/Snickers) are usually outside the egg though. Â I'll be getting some tomorrow since they'll be cheap. I'll try and get some photos (Google honestly hasn't been super helpful). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Not a bag, just a few individually-wrapped chocolates. I have photos of the egg, but it's from a fancy place (Dominique Ansel Bakery, home of the cronut (ugh))Â and not normal at all in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Oh like what you'd get in a selection tray? I guess that'd be a thing in more high end chocolates. I don't tend to get easter eggs from french boutique bakeries so not something I've personally seen. Mainly ones from Cadburys, Nestle n Mars (though my sister had managed to win a pretty decent sized Thorntons egg...which came with selection tray type chocolates but all in a single bag. I helped her with the praline and toffee chocolates (two chocolates, it wasn't "praline & toffee"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Was wondering what the hell an "easter egg roll" is. Turns out it is an "egg and spoon race" for people who lack even the most rudimentary coordination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 You paint your egg, and go find a decent hill and roll it down and first to the bottom is the winner. It's a nice thing to do with kids. You never do that Thursday? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Nope. Never heard of this weirdness in my life. Had a look at the white house easter egg roll video, and it is a bunch of kids, flicking eggs along the ground with spoons. I've never even heard the term easter egg roll before today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Oh. I've just looked that up and that's pretty sad. I wonder what happened to the first child that goes "you know, this'd make a lot more sense on a hill instead of a flat lawn" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Ours used to be whoever could roll it furthest before it broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I only ever heard it in the context of the White House and other public events, like at state governors' mansions. Never heard of any real people hosting them. Seems like an old-timey thing that's only preserved by politicians. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 "preserved old timey things" is one of our greatest traditions, going back millennia. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 We enjoyed it - it wasn't something we were forced to do, it was nice to go out and get a bit of fresh air instead of just gorging on junk all day. But then we enjoyed going out for walks/to play in the countryside, hills and beaches, it's what we'd do most weekends. Minus the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I've only ever done one or two egg hunts in my life. All school sponsored and it rained the day prior or the sprinklers were on in the early morning. By the time we hunted, everything was still damp. There might be a third one at a public school in Brooklyn in their prison-acting-like-school's concrete courtyards. Seems odd so it might not be a real memory. Even though I've heard of it, egg rolling just seems silly. I think us kids would just start kicking eggs into the woods (or concrete wall or cars). Maybe not at church or at the White House but at a school one? Likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Egg hunts were common in the Midwest; my parents would hide our candy and Easter Eggs around the house for us to find, and various churches/schools/community groups would host them for members, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Yeah, my parents always hid eggs around the yard for us to find, and we frequently did a second one at my grandma's. Â It's only the egg rolls that are unusual. Spoiler Mmmm, egg rolls... Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Don't you live in a state famed for its complete and utter lack of any geographical deviation that might be called even generously a "mound" let alone any hills? Whereas Gerbil is in Wales which has some nice hills and valleys. But similar to Mal the issue of things being a bit wet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 I was referring to the weird American egg rolls involving a spoon and flat ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Does anyone here use the term "chimney crows" or at least did when you were younger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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