What did you do today...

[jstark47]

Damn, blues' sister has one of those wings going to waste in her garage...

It's a crying shame...

So..... buy it from her and restore it!
You know you have way too much free time on your hands, you need Something Else to do......

[dr_bar]

Damn, blues' sister has one of those wings going to waste in her garage...

It's a crying shame...

So..... buy it from her and restore it!
You know you have way too much free time on your hands, you need Something Else to do......

Won't have time after I pick up the new toy on Friday...

[sv-wolf]

A big breakfast. Bacon or ham and eggs, potatoes, beans or corn, sausage gravy and biscuits, toast and jam, coffee and juice. It varies from place to place.

Got me suffering from culture shock here, johnj. Full English with corn? Definitely not corn - at least, if you mean what we call 'sweetcorn'. ('Corn' is something different here.) In the Middle East, maybe. But not in England (I can't speak for the Scots. They have even stranger ways than Americans ) Eating sweetcorn with breakfast would be like asking an English person to boil soup in a kettle: possible but weird.

And biscuits? What are biscuits? Over here 'biscuits' are what you call cookies. So I'm sure you can't mean those (or can you? ). Gravy is definitely a foreign kind of 'English', too - for breakfast at any rate. (Though I'm sure someone from the Midlands will contradict me over this - but that's because Midlanders are pretty weird as well. Anyone who drinks Guinness with neat orange juice cannot merit serious consideration.)

If I ever got over to the States, I'll need to know what I'm facing.

I went to collect my Daytona from the dealers today, all fully repaired. A mate gave me a pillion over, and I rode her back. Luuuuverly! I feel like a cat in a DJ.

[jstark47]

And biscuits?  What are biscuits?  Over here 'biscuits' are what you call cookies.  So I'm sure you can't mean those (or can you?  ). 

More like a scone to you, but not sweet at all.

[ManicFZ6]

I went for a long ride and didn't even fall off! Gettin' better.

[Fast Eddy B]

Full english breakfast; most likley to include most of the following:


Eggs (fried), tomato (grilled), mushrooms (fried), chips (english chips, deep fried), bread (white, deep fried), sausage AND bacon (fried), black pudding (fried?), beans in tomato sauce (heated).

Serve with red or brown sauce (ketchup or HP), tea, enjoy.

Now yer gonna ask about black pudding arncha?

Gor, blimey!

[Kibagari]

Full english breakfast; most likley to include most of the following:


Eggs (fried), tomato (grilled), mushrooms (fried), chips (english chips, deep fried), bread (white, deep fried), sausage AND bacon (fried), black pudding (fried?), beans in tomato sauce (heated).

Serve with red or brown sauce (ketchup or HP), tea, enjoy.

Now yer gonna ask about black pudding arncha?

Gor, blimey!

All that fried food, you're almost as bad as them thar Americans with their deep fryers.

[Johnj]

Sorry mate, I was describing a full farmer breakfast here in the Mid-west USA. If I go south and east of here gritswould be served also.

[dr_bar]

Full English with corn? Definitely not corn - at least, if you mean what we call 'sweetcorn'.

The corn I've had was creamed when it came with breakfast. Sweetcorn, stripped from the cob and cooked in a milk based cream sauce, actually quite good but I normally eat it with dinner.

And biscuits? What are biscuits?

Now biscuits are actually easier to comprehend. What he's referring to is a baking powder biscuit. It's about 2" round, made with basically baking powder, flour, butter, a bit of salt and some milk. Has a consistancy some what like a scone but way drier. If you want a recipe, just ask...

Gravy is definitely a foreign kind of 'English', too - for breakfast at any rate.

Okay, this one is just plain scarey...

Any gravy I've had served at breakfast in the States is usually known as "Country Gravy" or "Homestyle Gravy". If you can imagine a pot full of white glue, you're close to imagining the gravy served.

It consists of about;

50% flour
10% chicken stock
13% fat (Chicken)
2% Coarse ground Pepper
25% Salt

Combined over heat and stirred until thick and lumpy... Mmmmm....

Enjoy your next breakfast thinking of that....

[ceemes]

Today sucked and just reinforced my complete and total dislike and hatred of both January and February.