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sethnintendo on 10 November 2012
KylieDog said:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet

I love a bit of crumpet, though I cannot stand tarts.  Most this thread probably won't get that.

Why they called eggs Benedict, do the eggs run to the other side of the pan or something?

They have a runny egg due to it being poached.  Not sure exactly why they call it Benedict since there are conflicting accounts of the origin. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Benedict



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Adinnieken on 10 November 2012

Just discovered you folks call oat meal, porridge.

I also feel bad that you folks don't get to taste the wonders of an American biscuit there. Biscuit breakfast sandwiches are an awesome way to get 125% of the recommended daily allowance of sodium, but they taste fantastic.

Another treat here is biscuits and sausage gravy. Seriously, an awesome combination. Biscuits and gravy.



Adinnieken on 10 November 2012
KylieDog said:
Adinnieken said:
KylieDog said:

Look more like crumpets to me, seem too thick for a sliced muffin.

Have you ever eaten an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's?  If so, did you think that was a crumpet?  Because an Egg McMuffin is made with an English Muffin.

I know what an english muffin is, I'm British and I eat the often (not from McD).  I just thought they looked more like crumpets in that picture.  Seems to even have the holey bits crumpets have, which is odd to find inside a sliced muffin.

English muffins aren't like that in the UK?  That's kind of the selling point of Thomas' English Muffins.  All the cracks and crevasses for butter or jelly to melt into.

btw...I wasn't saying you didn't know what an English muffin was, I was saying a McMuffin is an English muffin.   So therefore, if you had one of those then you'd know what we understand to be an English muffin.



sethnintendo on 10 November 2012

You could have a whole thread about English vs American words. Seems like we don't like to agree on what to call things (especially food).



sethnintendo on 10 November 2012
spurgeonryan said:
You people from other countries are so strange.


You people?!?  What do you mean, you people?



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Porcupine_I on 10 November 2012

That is why in germany words like "Peanut Butter" are not allowed



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

miz1q2w3e on 10 November 2012
Porcupine_I said:
That is why in germany words like "Peanut Butter" are not allowed

Do explain...



sethnintendo on 10 November 2012
miz1q2w3e said:
Porcupine_I said:
That is why in germany words like "Peanut Butter" are not allowed

Do explain...

Not (going to) tell ya (nutella)?



miz1q2w3e on 10 November 2012
sethnintendo said:
miz1q2w3e said:
Porcupine_I said:
That is why in germany words like "Peanut Butter" are not allowed

Do explain...

Not (going to) tell ya (nutella)?

Do explain...



sethnintendo on 10 November 2012
miz1q2w3e said:

Do explain...


Not sure I was just doing some lame joke there.  I was trying to look it up but no luck.  This about all I found.

"Most Germans find peanut butter too "exotic" to eat regularly, but I believe in time the preferences of younger and more worldly wise people will be catered to."

Also, Peanut Butter used to be a lot worse a few decades ago.  Maybe there is a stigma against it due to when it first came out.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Germany-141/Peanut-butter.htm

"We do have peanut butter on our shelves here, called "Erdnuss Creme", about half a pound for $3. It is not as popular as in the States and English world. The crave here is for chocolate spread like the brand name "Nutella"."

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Germany-141/2009/1/Peanut-Butter-Germany.htm

Wow, I found a Nutella reference and I wasn't even aware of that when I did that stupid Nutella joke.