tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post8889235945185026472..comments2023-10-26T15:34:56.807+01:00Comments on Pond Parleys: Pond Parleyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127142379706540812noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-78961987492670401512009-12-06T22:10:34.131+00:002009-12-06T22:10:34.131+00:00what a riot this post and its comments has been......what a riot this post and its comments has been...though l'm ashamed at my post.....was gonna edit it, but then it would lose its je ne sais quoi!<br /><br />Roasted brussels, please do send me recipe ASAP...do they smell less this way, l'm th eonly one in the family who like, brussels, xmas cake, xmas pud, mince pies, but I have ot make them, the kids make me cos its part of the routine, and they wonder why I get fat, cos l cant bear the waste,,duh!!<br /><br />I love brussels, so mush l only have them at xmas, cos I eat them raw you see, last year the traffic was so bad on my way home, l ate all but 5 from the bag??? love hem, so roasted with what on top...do tell!! They make wonderful soup.....pity they make one so ....erm windy!!!Sazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-11923374626891943082009-12-03T14:54:01.925+00:002009-12-03T14:54:01.925+00:00What a good blog. And in the end, my English guest...What a good blog. And in the end, my English guests loved the green bean casserole I made them prepare...The Lady Who Luncheshttp://www.ladywholunches.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-82094898532539809752009-11-29T02:40:26.533+00:002009-11-29T02:40:26.533+00:00There are a few places if you Google them (UK food...There are a few places if you Google them (UK foods) and aparently there's a place about 30 miles south of me. My kids die for English sausages when we're over and it kills me that I can't make Toad in the Hole for them. (Well, obviously it doesn't kill me, but I wish I could do it more than a few times in the summer.)Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-34951043643949727392009-11-29T01:54:29.000+00:002009-11-29T01:54:29.000+00:00I just returned from the U.K to the U.S. I've ...I just returned from the U.K to the U.S. I've never liked U.S breakfast sausage. Imagine my suprise when I discovered I really like U.K breakfast sausage. Is there somewhere to mailorder decent U.K breakfast sausage?Torianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-59428235482760977672009-11-28T14:49:13.475+00:002009-11-28T14:49:13.475+00:00Thanks. I know the Seven Stars is still a hotel, b...Thanks. I know the Seven Stars is still a hotel, but is the Hanover hotel still there, by the bridge?Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-67365308020452419902009-11-28T07:39:19.482+00:002009-11-28T07:39:19.482+00:00Vinogirl: Totnes is a joy. I really like going ou...Vinogirl: Totnes is a joy. I really like going out there, despite the fact that I have to work all day. The hotel is lovely, the people are nice, the scenery is spectacular. Must have been great spending the summers there when you didn't have to be on the client's site from 8 AM to 6 PM ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-57874163238720320922009-11-27T14:38:07.589+00:002009-11-27T14:38:07.589+00:00Mike H...how was Totnes? Spent every summer of my ...Mike H...how was Totnes? Spent every summer of my childhood there at my Devonian aunt's. Early morning walks down to the Dart with Bonzo the dog, great memories. Loved the place.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-13680075454483330562009-11-27T12:51:26.422+00:002009-11-27T12:51:26.422+00:00Lordy - over green bean casserole. I think it'...Lordy - over green bean casserole. I think it's an acquired taste and I have plenty left over if anyone wants any. I mail internationally!!'Cross the Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440785047330329486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-83584489426966672382009-11-27T04:38:28.985+00:002009-11-27T04:38:28.985+00:00Don't let the door hit ya on the way out babe....Don't let the door hit ya on the way out babe. Bye - eee.<br />Yeah - party time everyone!!!!!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-78999166405037600172009-11-26T21:30:40.210+00:002009-11-26T21:30:40.210+00:00>>Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
...>>Angels and ministers of grace defend us! <br />(A competition! - Identify - all you English students.)<br /><br />To my errant subject (anonymous Jill) - <br /><br />In sooth, you try me sorely. You did not "reply in kind". It did not compare. You flatter yourself. <br /><br />Nota bene - you are not "banished" for that would give you too much "smug" pleasure and would bring to a sudden and importunate end, the ribald laughter that we have enjoyed since your entrance to this moot. Long may it continue. (Raises glass of mead. Preferably Lindisfarne variety.) Besides, your banishment would have prompted the old cliche "To The Tower".<br /><br />The very fact that I am royally urinating with mirth while you, it would appear are still venting your spleen, leads me to believe that this is much ado about nothing and you should emply your want-wit sadness elsewhere.<<<br /><br />OMG that's so funny I'm holding my sides to keep them from splitting!<br /><br />At least I'm not soiling my clothes but then royalty does have it's privileges, doesn't it?<br /><br />If commanding that I should "emply my want-wit sadness elsewhere" doesn't amount to banishment then I won't argue with Madam Queen, even though I suspect the word wanted was "employ". Wouldn't want to critise.<br /><br />I certainly won't give myself the smug self-importance to think I was banished, one wouldn't want that in one's subjects, would one? Mine is but to obey.<br /><br />So even though I was one of the early posters on the first blog entry here and have made many entries since then, Madam Queen has labeled me a troll. Oh the royal wit!<br /><br />It'll be hard to pull myself away from such friendly, tolerant and oh almost forgot--funny<br />blog entries though.Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-6805523315617445282009-11-26T21:24:52.564+00:002009-11-26T21:24:52.564+00:00You know, actually, I don't like green bean sa...You know, actually, I don't like green bean salad all that much, either ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-79132850911469415192009-11-26T21:06:44.038+00:002009-11-26T21:06:44.038+00:00I can't believe that this one comment has caus...I can't believe that this one comment has caused such a stir. Can a person not have an opinion anymore? Jill, do you like every American food there is? I somehow doubt it. The list of foods I don't like is probably longer than the ones I do like. As an American, I certainly can't say that because a non-American doesn't like something that I like (or don't like for that matter) that there is something *wrong* with them! That they aren't fitting in well enough. What a crock. <br /><br />I happen to love green bean casserole, and I'm making it for my English family on Saturday. They may not like it, but really this meal is more for me than them anyway. I imagine that they will like *something* I cook, and I'm okay with that.<br /><br />So, I'm an American living in England. Would you like me to list the things I don't like? Salad cream, Indian food (too spicy!), the bread sucks (goes stale in days), the inexpensive ice cream isn't even worth buying... I could go on. I'm sure not every English person will agree with me. But they don't have to. I'm not trying to become British. There are plenty of things I do enjoy eating, so I eat those.<br /><br />Why is this even an issue?Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380937047826954640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-22948222004620059632009-11-26T20:45:52.104+00:002009-11-26T20:45:52.104+00:00Hmmmm Interesting. I have been in lurk mode on thi...Hmmmm Interesting. I have been in lurk mode on this site for a while now as I am too busy most days lately to mess with the internet, other than some light reading before bed. However on this special American day I am moved to add my own twopennyworth.....<br /><br />Green bean casserole - Green beans in my opinion are sort of Ok, adds some colour to a meal I suppose, but nothing to get knocked out about - Mushroom soup, Lovely... as soup, but not as a sauce for a vegetable surely? Crispy onion, well I sort of like it, I wouldn't raise hell if I never saw it again, but am OK with it - served all together? No for me really, though I have eaten it and not been revolted by it (that takes sprouts for serious revulsion).<br /><br />Thanksgiving - well of course we don't have it here in the UK - except as a sort of celebration that we finally got rid of those pesky puritanical pilgrim fathers, and we could get on with some serious debauchery :-)<br /><br />Well for Thanksgiving dinner tonight, after work, remember we are in the Uk, My American wife had a bowl of tinned tomato soup and I had beans on toast (No, not THOSE beans, the Heinz baked variety). Then a chat with the US based family and settle in for some TV.<br /><br />I have to admit I would like to experience a thanksgiving dinner with the family in the US and am mostly up for trying almost any food, but like someone said earlier, Marshmallow and sugar with Sweet Potato? What's that about then?<br /><br />Oh, and for the record Mushy peas are fine with fish & chips but come into their own with a fresh made pork pie and served with mint sauce. My American wife has tried most of the "British" items mentioed here at one time or another and rates them as follows...<br /><br />Black Pudding - hates it<br />Haggis - Loves it but only certain kinds<br />Marmite - an abomination to her<br />Toad in the Hole - Likes it<br />Faggots - doesn't like them, but I suspect that is only because of the name (It took me ages to get her to try clotted cream which she now admits to loving)<br />Spotted Dick - OK with it, but not really into British puddings, especially with custard.<br /><br />There, that lot should start the ball rolling again?steveghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613989768301181748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-66396989460575505462009-11-26T16:33:38.165+00:002009-11-26T16:33:38.165+00:00Yes, I do think that Jill is busted as a troll. No...Yes, I do think that Jill is busted as a troll. Not at all sure of Howard's modus operandi but each to his/her own.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-47973221474481614432009-11-26T15:12:32.577+00:002009-11-26T15:12:32.577+00:00It means exactly what it sounds like. People who p...It means exactly what it sounds like. People who put marshmallows on sweet potatoes can do it at their house, not mine.<br /><br />http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/091126.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-68742643089599306052009-11-26T11:52:22.203+00:002009-11-26T11:52:22.203+00:00Do you just read whatever you want into what someo...Do you just read whatever you want into what someone has written? Where did I mention that Jill is not allowed an opinion? I only said that she was getting all hot under the collar for Toni for having one, this is Toni's blog so she is entitled to write what she wants, and if you don't like it there is no need to be nasty about it, just stop reading it.Mom de Plumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763454082893724945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-36952717424578751632009-11-26T07:59:54.669+00:002009-11-26T07:59:54.669+00:00> Jill, I have always been led to believe that ...> Jill, I have always been led to believe that America is a free country, with freedom of speech being one of the most closely held rights! Well, you are letting the side down. All Expat said was that she doesn't like some food... why is that so disparaging and why shouldn't she be allowed an opinion?<br /><br />So, please run this past me again. Expat is allowed an opinion, but Jill isn't? What principle of democracy does this obey?Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-69491474115248761392009-11-26T07:44:30.905+00:002009-11-26T07:44:30.905+00:00> Plenty of us also make our own cranberry sauc...> Plenty of us also make our own cranberry sauce instead of putting it on the plate looking like the inside of the can, and we don't put candy on perfectly healthy root vegetables either. <br /><br />What in heavens' name did that mean?Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-46213913470805622532009-11-26T07:38:10.617+00:002009-11-26T07:38:10.617+00:00> Of course, reading all this... am I the only ...> Of course, reading all this... am I the only one who gets the feeling that Howard is Jill's sockpuppet? That or they're tag-team trolling.<br /><br />Always a possibility, but not so in this case. Get Mike, who has stayed out of this ruction, to look at the logs.Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-83435508835421361812009-11-26T07:34:55.833+00:002009-11-26T07:34:55.833+00:00Oh.....I see I have missed a blog fight!
I can'...Oh.....I see I have missed a blog fight!<br />I can't believe what I'm reading!<br /><br />I have always thought that this is a great blog with some really good topics (even if I don't always comment.) Surely it is meant to be a bit tongue in cheek. <br />No need to get het up readers.<br />Carry on writing what you want Mike & Toni. Its your blog after all!<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-70478656315867495332009-11-26T07:31:23.343+00:002009-11-26T07:31:23.343+00:00> Well, you are letting the side down. All Expa...> Well, you are letting the side down. All Expat said was that she doesn't like some food... why is that so disparaging and why shouldn't she be allowed an opinion?<br /><br />And why shouldn't Jill also be allowed her opinion?Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-23368660930159654522009-11-26T07:14:12.556+00:002009-11-26T07:14:12.556+00:00You know, as an American, I gotta say that plenty ...You know, as an American, I gotta say that plenty of Americans *don't eat green bean cassarole*. Because it's disgusting.<br /><br />Plenty of us also make our own cranberry sauce instead of putting it on the plate looking like the inside of the can, and we don't put candy on perfectly healthy root vegetables either. <br /><br />Of course, reading all this... am I the only one who gets the feeling that Howard is Jill's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)" rel="nofollow">sockpuppet</a>? That or they're tag-team trolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-52875004787665319012009-11-26T06:36:18.580+00:002009-11-26T06:36:18.580+00:00Oh my word! What a brilliant read!
Jill, I have ...Oh my word! What a brilliant read! <br /><br />Jill, I have always been led to believe that America is a free country, with freedom of speech being one of the most closely held rights! Well, you are letting the side down. All Expat said was that she doesn't like some food... why is that so disparaging and why shouldn't she be allowed an opinion?<br /><br />I have actually read and re-read the post and the comments trying to see what could possibly be so bad that it deserved an attack on the writer. I can't. I think that Jill needs to get a little perspective.<br /><br />And Howard, I think it was quite clear that Expat wanted to know how you could possibly link chauvanism to her comments, not what its definition is. <br /><br />This would have been an even better bun fight if the antagonists had better skill in aguing.<br /><br />Great post.Mom de Plumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763454082893724945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-14573329082858609242009-11-26T04:32:52.567+00:002009-11-26T04:32:52.567+00:00> The very fact that I am royally urinating wit...> The very fact that I am royally urinating with mirth while you, it would appear are still venting your spleen, leads me to believe that this is much ado about nothing and you should emply your want-wit sadness elsewhere.<br /><br />This is very sad stuff indeed, is it not, Expat? Far below your ususual quality. I really do not know why you should wish to shed friends like this.Howardhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Straight-Crooked-Thinking-Robert-Thouless/dp/0330241273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-49037877222955016342009-11-26T03:13:54.816+00:002009-11-26T03:13:54.816+00:00> At least I have one compatriot
Dear Jill, I ...> At least I have one compatriot<br /><br />Dear Jill, I am not sure if the honour falls to me to be so described (I'm actually British), but certainly I am your ally. It seems to me that you have every right to question prejudices in this blog, and you do it with calm and politeness.<br /><br />The interesting part of this thread of comments is not in fact to do with bean casserole, but with whether it is possible to question the original article without disparaging remarks like, "I respectfully suggest that if it causes you so much irritation, you spend your time reading blogs that are more palatable to your sensibilities." Such comments rarely seem to me to be mature.Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com