"Julian Vrieslander" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.
>
> Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
> devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
> they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
> need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
> can. I don't want to know.
>
Don't knock it until you've tried it!
Graham

On 1/17/2014 5:00 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.
>
> Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
> devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
> they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
> need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
> can. I don't want to know.
>

One really has to be gonzo to open a can labeled Spotted Dick. If I was
in the UK, there might be some chance of me actually doing so but here
in the Americas, fuggetaboutit!

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:15:07 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> over half the grocery stores have a section -
> averaging about 2.5 feet wide - devoted to UK "foods".

I call BULLSHIT, you ain't no real Texan!

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:24:19 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> It's fruitcake in a can.

Damn straight you are!

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:38:09 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> On 2014-01-17 20:21:53 +0000, sf said:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:58:42 -0800 (PST), Helpful person
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:54:51 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> >>> On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:
> >>>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
> >>>
> >>>> As you know China is a very big country, with the
> >>>> food from the various provinces being very
> >>>> different. It varies from no spice to searingly
> >>>> hot.
> >>>
> >>> As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".
> >>
> >> Food in some areas of China is made with very few spices and in others
> >> with many.
> >
> > I thought he acknowledged that in his OP.
>
> Maybe in China spices vary from none to searingly hot.

I wouldn't say "none", but regional cuisines are certainly varied. As
with England and their so called "united" kingdom, not everyone is
happy to be considered part of China either. China suppresses as much
of news of the unrest, but it happens regularly. That's why they
wouldn't let Google in unless they played by China's rules.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/16/2014 9:11 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I can't really say that I don't like any ethnic brand of food. There
>>> are dishes that I won't try again like Japanese Natto and I think it
>>> is a good thing to be cautious about some general things. Chinese and
>>> Indian foods often contain much more grease than you would think;
>>> Indian vegetarian restaurants are a big offender in that respect. I've
>>> eaten and enjoyed West African and Ethiopian food.
>>
>> I just can't get myself to like Japanese food other than the rice. Sad
>> because we know the owner of a Japanese restaurant and we'd love to dine
>> there but I just know I wouldn't like it. I don't really like most
>> Chinese food either. There is just something about the seasonings and
>> many of the vegetables that they use that don't appeal to me.
>
> Around here, central Missouri, there is a Mongolian restaurant called
> HuHot. Apparently it's like other Mongolian grills in that you pick the
> food you want then watch them grill it right in front of you. There is a
> huge selection of meet, veggie, and sauces that make 'personalized' dishes
> a snap. I've never been to HuHot with anyone that disliked it, including
> my DH who hates anything that's not ground beef.
>
> It's definitely worth your time. Give a restaurant like that a try!

I know I wouldn't like it. Not a meat lover. Do not like grilled foods.
Not a sauce lover and prefer my veggies raw. Plus many of the vegetables
they would have there would not appeal to me. I would probably only eat the
rice.

We have lots of Mongolian grills around here. My friend who likes Chinese
and Japanese food food not like those.

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> pickled cucumbers
>
> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?

Uh no. It can refer to all kinds of food. Not just cucumbers and of the
pickled cucumbers that there are, I only like few kinds.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>> pickled cucumbers
>>
>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>
>
>
> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would say
> they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta know
> that she does this on purpose.

That is not what I said. I said overall I am not a fan of pickles but I do
like pickled beets and there are *some* forms of pickled cucumbers that I
like. Only some. As in some brands and some specific types. You do know
that all manner of vegetables can be pickled. Right?

But pickles as a whole? Not a fan.

As for Bessie Bee aka Dreadful Bitch, she has been picking at me ever since
she waltzed into asd. Doesn't surprise me that she'd do it here. She and I
have extreme personality differences.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>>> pickled cucumbers
>>>
>>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
>> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
>> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
>> say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
>> know that she does this on purpose.
>
> Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do
> like .... She didn't say she hated them all.
>
> I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win can
> she???
>
> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do like
> some Canadians!! How does that sound?

Heh.

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:56:47 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
> >> pickled cucumbers
> >
> > Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>
> I expect she does. Just because she likes those, does she HAVE to like all
> pickles???
>
> Do you love ALL fruit or ALL veg??? What if you only like some... ????
> but not all ...
>
> This is getting ridiculous!

We don't seem to have as many different pickled vegetables as you
apparently do.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>>>> pickled cucumbers
>>>>
>>>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
>>> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
>>> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
>>> say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
>>> know that she does this on purpose.
>>
>> Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do
>> like .... She didn't say she hated them all.
>
> Apparently you don't have her filtered, but I was going by was someone
> else quoted her as saying. Are you suggesting that Julie's words were
> misquoted? I read it again.... she doesn't like pickles but she likes some
> pickled cucumbers. I don't know about Scotland, or the English living in
> Scotland ;-) .... but she is in the US, where "pickles" are pickled
> cucumbers.
>
>
>> I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
>> can she???
> Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
> to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that she
> doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
> cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!
>
>>
>> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do
>> like some Canadians!! How does that sound?
>>
>
> Whatever floats your boat ;-)

Dave, I am sorry that you have a reading comprehension problem. Here's a
suggestion for ya via Angela's English teacher. Try to read no more than
three paragraphs at a time. Then stop and take pertinent notes on what you
read. Then keep breaking it down like that. Then go back and read it over
again all the way through. Then refer to your notes. Then read it again.

And here's a new little tidbit for ya. Although I eat popcorn several times
a week and like it, I do not like all popcorn. I prefer the yellow and the
white. The blue/purple/black and red are pretty but they do no bring me the
eating pleasure of the yellow and white. Also not a fan of *most* sweet
popcorn. But I have a recipe for caramel popcorn that I do like. I also
only like it to be freshly popped.

I'm sorry that I can't be all black and white for ya. That's just not how I
roll here in picky eating land.

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:05:35 -0000, Yellow > wrote:

> You know that what Americans call chips are called crisps in the UK,
> right?

Do Americans care? No.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 5:50 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> NO! She said "Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled
>> beets and some pickled cucumbers"
>>
>> What the hell is wrong with that???
>
>
> No?? I included her comment as quoted in the post that I responding to,
> and you have echoed the same comment. She doesn't like pickles (pickled
> cucumbers), but she does like some some pickled cucumbers.
>
Again Dave, not what I said. Not gonna quote it because it is above for ya.
>
>
>>
>> Are you saying the only pickles you have are beets and cucumber. You
>> don't have any other pickles???? We have all manner of pickles in UK
>> are you saying you don't????
>
> You do have lots of pickled stuff in the UK, but as I pointed out, in the
> US "pickles" are pickled cucumber. There are lots of other pickled
> vegetables, but they are always specified as such... pickled beets,
> pickled pigs' feet, pickled beans.... "pickles" are pickled cucumbers.

But we were not talking of American pickles were we? Even though we do have
all kinds of pickles here including watermelon pickles. Oh and I finally
saw those jars of Farman's that I had a coupon for a few months back.
Although the label just says pickles, there are many other vegetables in
there besides just cucumbers. I can't find a link to the product and I
can't remember the exact name but I want to say Farm Stand Pickles.

I also know in doing extensive searching for the Farman's pickles that my
bro wanted awhile back but could not find, clicking on a link for pickles
will bring up all manner of pickled foods.

Again... We were talking of Indian food pickles and that could be all
manner of things.
>
>>
>> Overall I don't like nuts but I do like pecans!
>>
>> Am I nuts??? Don't you dare ....!!!
>
> Pickled pecans?
> ;-)
>
>>
>> Come on, give her a break. At least don't jump before you read it
>> yourself.
>>
>
> No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the word.
> She is constantly saying idiotic things.

Perhaps but at least not as many as you do.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 6:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the
>>> word. She is constantly saying idiotic things.
>>
>> So Mr Perfect. Why does it bother you so much. And don't blame her if
>> others respond. that isn't her fault you know.
>
> What bothers me so much?.... that she is such an idiot. Look at her
> history of complaining about things and asking for advice, and then
> dumping on all the reasonable suggestions she gets. If you had any
> training or education in Psychology you would realize that she is
> exhibiting symptoms of psychological issues. She has an insatiable
> appetite for attention and, for the life of me, I do not understand why
> you indulge her and defend her. I am quite convinced that she posts the
> crap she does just for the attention. She doesn't even mind if people
> pick on her because she would rather have people dumping on her than nor
> getting any attention at all.

Dave... *I* have a psychology background as does my mom who was a
counselor. What is your background? And if I really had such an insatiable
appetite like you say... Then wouldn't I respond to every post and make
more new posts?

I recently asked about cream cheese and said that we could not use seafood.
And yet many of the responses for for things with seafood. Were those
reasonable suggestions? If so how?

On 2014-01-18 04:00:34 +0000, sf said:

> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:38:09 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-17 20:21:53 +0000, sf said:
>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:58:42 -0800 (PST), Helpful person
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:54:51 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:
>>>>>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>>>>>
>>>>>> As you know China is a very big country, with the
>>>>>> food from the various provinces being very
>>>>>> different. It varies from no spice to searingly
>>>>>> hot.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".
>>>>
>>>> Food in some areas of China is made with very few spices and in others
>>>> with many.
>>>
>>> I thought he acknowledged that in his OP.
>>
>> Maybe in China spices vary from none to searingly hot.
>
> I wouldn't say "none", but regional cuisines are certainly varied. As
> with England and their so called "united" kingdom, not everyone is
> happy to be considered part of China either. China suppresses as much
> of news of the unrest, but it happens regularly. That's why they
> wouldn't let Google in unless they played by China's rules.

Well whatever the scale is from [insert something] to "searingly hot",
we still have somebody's perspective of what the word "spice" means.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:56:47 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> >> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> >> pickled cucumbers
>> >
>> > Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>
>> I expect she does. Just because she likes those, does she HAVE to like
>> all
>> pickles???
>>
>> Do you love ALL fruit or ALL veg??? What if you only like some... ????
>> but not all ...
>>
>> This is getting ridiculous!
>
> We don't seem to have as many different pickled vegetables as you
> apparently do.

Yes we do!

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:31:30 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> Well whatever the scale is from [insert something] to "searingly hot",
> we still have somebody's perspective of what the word "spice" means.

Spice, to me, is the spice part of herbs and spices. Hot is hot.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>>>>> pickled cucumbers
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
>>>> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
>>>> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
>>>> say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
>>>> know that she does this on purpose.
>>>
>>> Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do
>>> like .... She didn't say she hated them all.
>>
>> Apparently you don't have her filtered, but I was going by was someone
>> else quoted her as saying. Are you suggesting that Julie's words were
>> misquoted? I read it again.... she doesn't like pickles but she likes some
>> pickled cucumbers. I don't know about Scotland, or the English living in
>> Scotland ;-) .... but she is in the US, where "pickles" are pickled
>> cucumbers.
>>
>>
>>> I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
>>> can she???
>> Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
>> to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that she
>> doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
>> cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!
>>
>>>
>>> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do
>>> like some Canadians!! How does that sound?
>>>
>>
>> Whatever floats your boat ;-)
>
> Dave, I am sorry that you have a reading comprehension problem. Here's a
> suggestion for ya via Angela's English teacher. Try to read no more than
> three paragraphs at a time. Then stop and take pertinent notes on what you
> read. Then keep breaking it down like that. Then go back and read it over
> again all the way through. Then refer to your notes. Then read it again.
>
> And here's a new little tidbit for ya. Although I eat popcorn several times
> a week and like it, I do not like all popcorn. I prefer the yellow and the
> white. The blue/purple/black and red are pretty but they do no bring me the
> eating pleasure of the yellow and white. Also not a fan of *most* sweet
> popcorn. But I have a recipe for caramel popcorn that I do like. I also
> only like it to be freshly popped.
>
> I'm sorry that I can't be all black and white for ya. That's just not how I
> roll here in picky eating land.


none of this is important

the really important thing is ... what do you think of Harry Conick Jr?

On 1/17/2014 10:05 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> As for Bessie Bee aka Dreadful Bitch,

Your sometimes lack of reading comprehension is showing here. There is
not, and never has been, a space between Bessie & Bee or Dreadful &
Bitch. All you've ever read on usenet is BessieBee and what's in this
signature. Please don't feel you can change my name, real or not.

--
DreadfulBitch

I intend to live forever....so far, so good.
......Steven Wright

"Julian Vrieslander" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.
>
> Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
> devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
> they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
> need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
> can. I don't want to know.

There are three that I shop at and I don't think they have that section but
one of the Albertsons does.

"Big Trig" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:15:07 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> over half the grocery stores have a section -
>> averaging about 2.5 feet wide - devoted to UK "foods".
>
> I call BULLSHIT, you ain't no real Texan!

He's probably Scottish!

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2014 10:05 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> As for Bessie Bee aka Dreadful Bitch,
>
> Your sometimes lack of reading comprehension is showing here. There is
> not, and never has been, a space between Bessie & Bee or Dreadful & Bitch.
> All you've ever read on usenet is BessieBee and what's in this signature.
> Please don't feel you can change my name, real or not.

Now you're being extremely picky.

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>>>>>> pickled cucumbers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
>>>>> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
>>>>> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
>>>>> say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
>>>>> know that she does this on purpose.
>>>>
>>>> Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do
>>>> like .... She didn't say she hated them all.
>>>
>>> Apparently you don't have her filtered, but I was going by was someone
>>> else quoted her as saying. Are you suggesting that Julie's words were
>>> misquoted? I read it again.... she doesn't like pickles but she likes
>>> some
>>> pickled cucumbers. I don't know about Scotland, or the English living in
>>> Scotland ;-) .... but she is in the US, where "pickles" are pickled
>>> cucumbers.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
>>>> can she???
>>> Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
>>> to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that
>>> she
>>> doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
>>> cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do
>>>> like some Canadians!! How does that sound?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Whatever floats your boat ;-)
>>
>> Dave, I am sorry that you have a reading comprehension problem. Here's a
>> suggestion for ya via Angela's English teacher. Try to read no more than
>> three paragraphs at a time. Then stop and take pertinent notes on what
>> you
>> read. Then keep breaking it down like that. Then go back and read it
>> over
>> again all the way through. Then refer to your notes. Then read it
>> again.
>>
>> And here's a new little tidbit for ya. Although I eat popcorn several
>> times
>> a week and like it, I do not like all popcorn. I prefer the yellow and
>> the
>> white. The blue/purple/black and red are pretty but they do no bring me
>> the
>> eating pleasure of the yellow and white. Also not a fan of *most* sweet
>> popcorn. But I have a recipe for caramel popcorn that I do like. I also
>> only like it to be freshly popped.
>>
>> I'm sorry that I can't be all black and white for ya. That's just not
>> how I
>> roll here in picky eating land.
>
>
> none of this is important
>
> the really important thing is ... what do you think of Harry Conick Jr?

I guess he's okay but that's not really my kind of music. I do like
Macklemore and 2 of my 4 ringtones are his. Other two are Robin Thicke and
Michael Jackson.

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2014011717012427320-xxx@yyyzzz...

> So what about you? Why is it that you feel compelled to be the great
> defender of Julie under attack. Almost nobody comes to anybody else's
> defense around here when the vendettistas (my own word) swarm. Why do
> you? Can't Julie speak defend or counter-attack for herself?

Because it just becomes overwhelming. I doubt I could have survived that.
Not too long ago, the only topic was Julie when she was here, when she was
not here. I don't see that happening to anyone else. When I say mob
bullying I say it advisedly. As you say earlier, those who refuse to
killfile her obviously don't want to and get their kicks out of putting her
down. She is a human being you know. I agree with much you say about her
but I would never lower myself to constantly attack someone who never does
that anyone else. Even when she is badly vilified, she still responds
normally and never retaliates. Does that not tell you 'anything'??? It
is only recently that she has started to give a little back, but never in
the same vicious way she has to put up with.

I believe she has Asperger's Syndrome. Everything points to it and even she
doubts she does not have it. You are one of the more intelligent here and
I am always shocked when you join the mob!

--
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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:21:46 -0000, Yellow > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>> >
>> > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:07:49 -0800 (PST),
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Isn't Scotland agitating for more autonomy?
>> >
>> > I'm sure Wales would like to break away too, but what would England do
>> > if they couldn't declare the heir apparent "Prince of Wales"?
>>
>> A common American mistake - she is not the "Queen of England" but Queen
>> of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
>> Pakistan, Ceylon, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New
>> Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
>> Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
>>
>> She is also the head of the Commonwealth.
>>
>
> We said absolutely nothing that was incorrect. You're making a
> kitchen sink argument because you can't win by staying with the topic
> and don't think I can't figure out who you are.

I don't know her either but she is a well respected poster in other groups.



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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:56:47 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> >> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> >> pickled cucumbers
>> >
>> > Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>
>> I expect she does. Just because she likes those, does she HAVE to like
>> all
>> pickles???
>>
>> Do you love ALL fruit or ALL veg??? What if you only like some... ????
>> but not all ...
>>
>> This is getting ridiculous!
>
> We don't seem to have as many different pickled vegetables as you
> apparently do.

Maybe so, I don't know, but I suspect you have more than two?

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"John J" > wrote in message
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> But if the Scottish would vote for independence, would they get it or
> would the UK army be sent in for some good old suppression?

No. As it happens the polls say they won't get it. It is mostly Alex
Salmond who wants it. Many many Scots don't. I don't believe he even wants
it. He knows he will be offered devo max, which means he gets more money
and power but not the responsibility. He has been caught out in too many
lies for the populace to believe him. For example he said that Scotland
would still be in the EU on UK terms and that he had consulted a lawyer! In
the end he had to give way that he lied. He said that The Bank of England
would be the lender of last resort and would always bail out Scotland. Not
true. He does it with a lot of things. Scotland gets more money per
capita than England and if the English were given a vote, they would get
their independence no problem because a lot of people in England are sick of
it. There is a big thing called the West Lothian Question. (Google it)
It came from the MP for West Lothian. The Scots have members of Parliament
in Westminster and can vote on English only matters which they do. They
can change what the Government want for the country at their whim voting
with the opposition who do things for spite. English MPs have no place in
the Scottish Government. Many times in the past, the opposition have got
laws through using Scots MPs even though these things will never affect
Scotland.

Enough now of politics. This is a cooking group. I would be grateful if
posters would stop denigrating UK!!! I don't do it about the US and I would
hope for similar courtesy.


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"John J" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:26:24 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"John J" > wrote in message
. ..
>>
>>> But if the Scottish would vote for independence, would they get it or
>>> would the UK army be sent in for some good old suppression?
>>
>>No. As it happens the polls say they won't get it. It is mostly Alex
>>Salmond who wants it. Many many Scots don't. I don't believe he even
>>wants
>>it. He knows he will be offered devo max, which means he gets more money
>>and power but not the responsibility. He has been caught out in too many
>>lies for the populace to believe him. For example he said that Scotland
>>would still be in the EU on UK terms and that he had consulted a lawyer!
>>In
>>the end he had to give way that he lied. He said that The Bank of England
>>would be the lender of last resort and would always bail out Scotland. Not
>>true. He does it with a lot of things. Scotland gets more money per
>>capita than England and if the English were given a vote, they would get
>>their independence no problem because a lot of people in England are sick
>>of
>>it. There is a big thing called the West Lothian Question. (Google it)
>>It came from the MP for West Lothian. The Scots have members of
>>Parliament
>>in Westminster and can vote on English only matters which they do. They
>>can change what the Government want for the country at their whim voting
>>with the opposition who do things for spite. English MPs have no place
>>in
>>the Scottish Government. Many times in the past, the opposition have got
>>laws through using Scots MPs even though these things will never affect
>>Scotland.
>>
>>Enough now of politics. This is a cooking group. I would be grateful if
>>posters would stop denigrating UK!!! I don't do it about the US and I
>>would
>>hope for similar courtesy.
>
> I wasn't denigrating the UK. I meant to point out the difference
> between China and the UK. Being that in the UK the Scottish can vote
> on their independence, if I understand correctly, whereas the Chinese
> would send the army in.

Understood
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"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 1/17/2014 5:00 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>> In article >,
>> sf > wrote:
>>
>>> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.
>>
>> Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
>> devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
>> they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
>> need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
>> can. I don't want to know.
>>
>
> One really has to be gonzo to open a can labeled Spotted Dick. If I was in
> the UK, there might be some chance of me actually doing so but here in the
> Americas, fuggetaboutit!

I don't use canned puddings either but many people must - hence the empty
shelves in that section)

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
news
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:06:29 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> One really has to be gonzo to open a can labeled Spotted Dick. If I was
>> in the UK, there might be some chance of me actually doing so but here
>> in the Americas, fuggetaboutit!
>
> It's fruitcake in a can. With all the people here to purportedly
> claim to go gaga over fruitcake, you'd think it would be more popular.

Not fruitcake as we know it!

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"John J" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:00:48 -0800, Julian Vrieslander
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> sf > wrote:
>>
>>> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.
>>
>>Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
>>devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
>>they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
>>need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
>>can. I don't want to know.
>
> Are you suggesting they miss their boarding schools?

lol could be)

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On 1/17/2014 11:13 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:05:35 -0000, Yellow > wrote:
>
>> You know that what Americans call chips are called crisps in the UK,
>> right?
>
> Do Americans care? No.
>
>
Except when it comes to fish & chips... are they crisps or what
Americans call french fries?

Jill

On 1/17/2014 11:33 AM, gtr wrote:
> On 2014-01-17 14:34:21 +0000, sf said:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:54:30 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> It's hard to keep up with the PCness of it all. Apparently it is no
>>>> longer appropriate to refer to Chinese people are Chinese.
>
> Quite wrong. It's *still* no applicable to call non-Chinese Chinese,
> though.
>
>>>> They are Asian,
>
> Not true. It's always fine to call Chinese people Chinese if they are
> from China. It's not acceptable to call Americans of Chinese dissent
(snip)

Chinese dissent? Freudian slip?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2014 11:13 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:05:35 -0000, Yellow > wrote:
>>
>>> You know that what Americans call chips are called crisps in the UK,
>>> right?
>>
>> Do Americans care? No.
>>
>>
> Except when it comes to fish & chips... are they crisps or what Americans
> call french fries?

You will have to ask those cooks who forgot your chips/fries


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Julie Bove wrote:
>
> And here's a new little tidbit for ya. Although I eat popcorn several times
> a week and like it, I do not like all popcorn. I prefer the yellow and the
> white. The blue/purple/black and red are pretty but they do no bring me the
> eating pleasure of the yellow and white.

Never heard of blue/purple/black popcorn. It must be made from
"indian corn?"

G.

sf wrote:
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:05:35 -0000, Yellow > wrote:
>
> > You know that what Americans call chips are called crisps in the UK,
> > right?
>
> Do Americans care? No.

No need to be mean here, sf.

G.

On 1/17/2014 3:25 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:38:21 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
> snip
>>>>
>>> I love the Settlement Cookbook. In it you can find the beginnings of
>>> many of the foods we all know.
>>
>> No matter which ethnicity they all need only three cookbooks:
>> http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Cookb...oklyn+cookbook
>> http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Cookb...ref=pd_sim_b_3
>> http://www.amazon.com/Love-New-York-...ref=pd_sim_b_2
>
> The Settlement Cookbook was first published in 1901 from the classes
> given to immigrants. That is what makes the book of interest.
> Janet US
>
Not to mention, not all immigrants came through Ellis Island nor did
they all settle in New York. The Settlement Cookbook was Wisconsin, no?

Jill

On 1/17/2014 5:58 PM, Yellow wrote:
> I don't that that covers how people will consider themselves - for
> example think about how many Americans see themselves, even many
> generations on from a birth in that particular country, as African-
> American or Irish-American.

So what am I? A third generation Scottish-American? Or could I be
part German-American since my paternal grandmother was second generation
German? I'm pretty sure I'm just an American.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2014 5:58 PM, Yellow wrote:
>> I don't that that covers how people will consider themselves - for
>> example think about how many Americans see themselves, even many
>> generations on from a birth in that particular country, as African-
>> American or Irish-American.
>
> So what am I? A third generation Scottish-American? Or could I be
> part German-American since my paternal grandmother was second generation
> German? I'm pretty sure I'm just an American.

Interesting question given the nationality of your grandparents


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On 1/17/2014 10:24 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:06:29 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> One really has to be gonzo to open a can labeled Spotted Dick. If I was
>> in the UK, there might be some chance of me actually doing so but here
>> in the Americas, fuggetaboutit!
>
> It's fruitcake in a can. With all the people here to purportedly
> claim to go gaga over fruitcake, you'd think it would be more popular.
>
> -sw
>

The one I had was only raisins. Very tasty, better than typical
fruitcake I'd buy it more often if more convenient to find around here.