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Post by gar on Aug 10, 2014 9:34:39 GMT
I'll go with bobble hat or, more recently, Beanie. Bobble hat only if it has a bobble aka pom pom! For an unspecified winter hat that could be of any type/shape, I'd just say a woolly hat. Thanks Jenny - I felt really stupid because I just couldn't really come up with what I would call it!
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 9:38:24 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol
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Post by jennyap on Aug 10, 2014 9:40:41 GMT
Fairy cakes are definitely not the same as cupcakes, as someone said they're smaller, and usually topped with water icing rather than a thick buttercream. We also have butterfly cakes, which are fairy cakes with the top cut out, the hole filled with icing (or occasionally jam & cream) and the piece that was removed cut in half and stuck into the icing to resemble wings. Like this... Speaking of which: icing = frosting
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 9:42:02 GMT
I'm having one as we 'speak' courtesy of Dh And mine is almost ready!! A quick pop in to Roy's Rolls could fix me up nicely!
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Post by joelise on Aug 10, 2014 9:44:44 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol I don't know if this is just a London thing! Where I live in the North West Fish & Chip shops are open on Mondays.
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Post by jennyap on Aug 10, 2014 9:46:31 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol The error of your ways was trying to find authentic fish and chips in London! To get the really good stuff, you need to be in a seaside town that has a fishing fleet.
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 9:49:43 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol The error of your ways was trying to find authentic fish and chips in London! To get the really good stuff, you need to be in a seaside town that has a fishing fleet. That makes complete sense! We were definitely in tourist mode!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 10, 2014 9:52:12 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol I didn't know that regarding fish in Greenwich.....there again, don't think I've ever asked for fish and chips in Greenwich on Monday. Maybe he was just meaning that he didn't get fresh deliveries on a Monday......??!! I've never had a problem getting fish and chips from pubs in other parts of London or anywhere else on a Monday as far as I can remember so that is good to know just in case I'm in Greenwich and really, really want fish and chips on a Monday!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 9:53:01 GMT
I'm guessing that the Fish shops and the fish & chips restaurants/take away's in London and anywhere within driving distance are closed on a Monday because Billingsgate Market is closed so the shops can't buy fresh fish. So if you get fish & chips in London on a Monday then they must be using frozen fish
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Post by Sam on Aug 10, 2014 9:53:40 GMT
I could murder a bacon butty/bap/roll/cob right now!
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 10, 2014 9:54:45 GMT
May I ask what term our non-Canadian friends use to describe what we Canadians call a toque (knitted winter hat)? (Rhymes with 'kook'...sorta) It's a beanie here too
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Post by gar on Aug 10, 2014 9:57:40 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol I didn't know that regarding fish in Greenwich.....there again, don't think I've ever asked for fish and chips in Greenwich on Monday. Maybe he was just meaning that he didn't get fresh deliveries on a Monday......??!! I've never had a problem getting fish and chips from pubs in other parts of London or anywhere else on a Monday as far as I can remember so that is good to know just in case I'm in Greenwich and really, really want fish and chips on a Monday! I think that harks back to the days when deliveries weren't so frequent and we didn't live in a 24/7 world.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 10, 2014 9:58:27 GMT
I'm guessing that the Fish shops and the fish & chips restaurants/take away's in London and anywhere within driving distance are closed on a Monday because Billingsgate Market is closed so the shops can't buy fresh fish. So if you get fish & chips in London on a Monday then they must be using frozen fish Ohhh, right! I didn't know Billingsgate Market is closed on a Monday, or if I did the info went into the 'not needed' file!! OK, after hearing that I am not going to ask for fish and chips anywhere in London on a Monday!
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 9:59:47 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol I didn't know that regarding fish in Greenwich.....there again, don't think I've ever asked for fish and chips in Greenwich on Monday. Maybe he was just meaning that he didn't get fresh deliveries on a Monday......??!! I've never had a problem getting fish and chips from pubs in other parts of London or anywhere else on a Monday as far as I can remember so that is good to know just in case I'm in Greenwich and really, really want fish and chips on a Monday! He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol)
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 10, 2014 10:00:45 GMT
One thing I learned when we were in Greenwich in March as part of a London visit was that you don't get fish on a Monday! We were traipsing around with a huge craving for authentic English fish and chips and one pub owner let us know the error of our ways, but then kindly directed us to the only place in town he could recommend! It was delicious but not likely worthy of comment! lol All of our fish'n'chip shops are closed on Mondays as well. I guess because they are open the other 6 days they need a break. Which reminds me of another difference: shop - store A couple of the UK girls mentioned boot for trunk (at the back of the car). Similar to that, we say bonnet for hood (at the front of the car).
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Post by gar on Aug 10, 2014 10:02:10 GMT
I didn't know that regarding fish in Greenwich.....there again, don't think I've ever asked for fish and chips in Greenwich on Monday. Maybe he was just meaning that he didn't get fresh deliveries on a Monday......??!! I've never had a problem getting fish and chips from pubs in other parts of London or anywhere else on a Monday as far as I can remember so that is good to know just in case I'm in Greenwich and really, really want fish and chips on a Monday! He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Fish pie is Delicious with a capital D!! A mixture of fish/prawns in a white creamy sauce topped with mashed potato!
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 10, 2014 10:04:40 GMT
gar your little green man bouncing up and down looks like he's going to be sick. I'm not surprised, your fish pie sounds bloody awful!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 10, 2014 10:04:52 GMT
I didn't know that regarding fish in Greenwich.....there again, don't think I've ever asked for fish and chips in Greenwich on Monday. Maybe he was just meaning that he didn't get fresh deliveries on a Monday......??!! I've never had a problem getting fish and chips from pubs in other parts of London or anywhere else on a Monday as far as I can remember so that is good to know just in case I'm in Greenwich and really, really want fish and chips on a Monday! He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Yes.......speciality! Though it seems 'specialty' is creeping in here as well. Ermmmm.......I would have been a bit wary about fish pie, amazing or not, there as well - I mean, they like eels!! Dotty, would fish pie in London definitely have eels in it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 10:06:19 GMT
He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Here you are valincal. I echo Gar...fish pie is delicious. Jamie Oliver Fish Pie
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 10:06:56 GMT
He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Fish pie is Delicious with a capital D!! A mixture of fish/prawns in a white creamy sauce topped with mashed potato! Okay....I would try that although it's different from anything I know... Now, how do you pronounce 'specialty'?
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Post by gar on Aug 10, 2014 10:07:17 GMT
Gar your little green man bouncing up and down looks like he's going to be sick. I'm not surprised, your fish pie sounds bloody awful! Bloody awful!!! How can you say such a thing???
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Post by jennyap on Aug 10, 2014 10:07:26 GMT
(...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Like aluminium, we pronounce it differently because we spell it differently - speciality
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Post by gar on Aug 10, 2014 10:08:12 GMT
Fish pie is Delicious with a capital D!! A mixture of fish/prawns in a white creamy sauce topped with mashed potato! Okay....I would try that although it's different from anything I know... Now, how do you pronounce 'specialty'? It has an extra syllable - spesh-ee-al-ity
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 10:09:23 GMT
Oh heavens I hope not.( have we got a feeling sick smiley on here ) I don't know, I wouldn't have thought so. They normally pickle those!!
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Post by winogirl on Aug 10, 2014 10:09:52 GMT
I knew I heard that don't order seafood on Monday advice somewhere else so I had to google it. Yep...I read Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential.
"Chef and author Anthony Bourdain clued foodies in to an unwritten restaurant secret--never eat seafood on Mondays--in Kitchen Confidential. That's because many restaurants, except a select group that specialize in fresh seafood, don't get deliveries over the weekend. And seafood deteriorates much more rapidly than meat and poultry. ...You can't check out a cooked piece of fish as you would a raw filet in the supermarket, but you can still evaluate it for freshness. When the plate comes to your table, smell the seafood. If it smells fishy, or of ammonia, it's not fresh."
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 10, 2014 10:11:24 GMT
He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Here you are valincal. I echo Gar...fish pie is delicious. Jamie Oliver Fish PieOK, glad to have that cleared up. I like Jamie's version of fish pie.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 10, 2014 10:12:39 GMT
That's because (although I agree with @gar on usage) you've missed the point: ass = bottom in the US So "ooh, he's got a nice arse!" (UK) = "ooh, he's got a nice ass!" (US) Ah got it. Didn't realize that a " bum" was ass in the US. Makes sense. I thought it was written the wrong way round. So have they not got ass as in donkey then? Usually we say donkey instead of ass. We do use ass to mean rear end, and we use it to mean someone who is being a jerk. At least where I live, it is frequently said as "What an asshole!" That probably varies across the US.
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 10:12:58 GMT
He was quite the character, and offered an amazing fish pie (which was his specialty) but I couldn't imagine what a fish pie entailed. We should have stayed and found out! (...and an aside. The pronunciation of specialty, lol) Here you are valincal. I echo Gar...fish pie is delicious. Jamie Oliver Fish PieOkay, Jamie's recipe does look delish! I've grown up (for the most part) on the dry prairies of Alberta so seafood wasn't in my mom's repertoire but I do love most seafood and I'm willing to try new things, so game on! lol
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Post by valincal on Aug 10, 2014 10:16:16 GMT
Oh heavens I hope not.( have we got a feeling sick smiley on here ) I don't know, I wouldn't have thought so. They normally pickle those!! And can I give a big thank goodness to that!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 10:17:59 GMT
Okay, Jamie's recipe does look delish! I've grown up (for the most part) on the dry prairies of Alberta so seafood wasn't in my mom's repertoire but I do love most seafood and I'm willing to try new things, so game on! lol Looking forward to hearing what you think of it val. Remember you must use proper potatoes that you mash yourself non of this mashed potato from a packet way Here's another different kind of one Luxury Fish Pie
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