Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I only drink black tea, sometimes with a splash of mushy peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Next time any body is in a London pub, ask for a 'Thames' and see what you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Next time any body is in a London pub, ask for a 'Thames' and see what you get. I have images of Del Boy in my head when you say that. Its funny how foreign people and countries build up an idea of what a country is like. With me its Irish pubs, no matter where I go in the world people invite me to Irish pubs, they are nothing like at home, for one they don't Galway girl on repeat! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Jim, you should know by now ... to try to not speak in 'absolutes,' particularly on this board? Dear boy. When one is speaking of England and tea there ARE absolutes... The only real debate is whether to put the milk into the cup before pouring the tea (up North) or after (the South). :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I only drink black tea, sometimes with a splash of mushy peas. Obviously a man born north of Watford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 You got that right Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Pip pip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I presume by mayonnaise, you mean salad cream. Two great nations divided by a common language. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Their idea of bacon in the UK and the US idea of bacon are drastically different, which I found interesting. Also, no root beer over there...at least that I could find in restaurants. I will bring root beer to Europe if it's the last thing I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Mayonnaise and salad cream are very different things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Mayonnaise and salad cream are very different things! Not really. Salad Cream... 25-50 percent of oil in water, emulsified by egg yolk and acidified by spirit vinegar Mayonnaise... It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice The water makes Salad Cream pourable. Although Hellmann's/Best Food's Mayonnaise is less "tangy" than Heinz Salad Cream, variations of both are basically the same sort of thing. And neither should go anywhere near hot dogs or French fries!! Or on salad!! As for tea, I never liked milk or sugar on mine, although my granny would put both in everyone's tea, regardless of what they actually wanted. I don't recall which went in first, but my dad always pours his milk in afterwards. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Salad cream has about 10 times more vinegar, Heinz Salad Cream has about 30% vinegar, whereas Helmans mayonnaise has about 3%. They're both emulsions, true enough, but the vinegar content of salad cream gives it a very different taste and a pourable consistency. (You've hit on my specialist subject!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Salad cream has about 10 times more vinegar, they're both emulsions, true enough, but the vinegar content of salad cream gives it a very different taste and a pourable consistency. Ok. True. But still disgusting on salads :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Oh I wouldn't argue with that! Though Helmans on chips, or whatever you lot call them is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henchman Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 That's what I said. It doesn't matter which one you put first. They purchased london bridge thinking they were getting tower bridge. thats actually not true if you look it up. They did know what they were getting. I will say, it's almost impossible to find good tea here. There's a tea lounge in Pasadena that has great tea though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 thats actually not true if you look it up. They did know what they were getting. Well, I haven't looked it up. I just took everyone's word over there that told me the story, which was several people. They could be wrong. All I know is that I walked across Tower Bridge and it was a piece of engineering mastery considering the era it was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 ...no root beer over there But they do have Ginger Beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Anderson Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 it was at some cafe in london. it could have been "half & half" or something like that, if they have that there. the tea was made for me and "milk" was added at some point by the waitress so she may have either grabbed the wrong pitcher of dairy or she thought it would be a nice joke, but I had 10 minutes to eat and read meeting prep notes and so the amount of jetlag that was affecting me then was sufficient that I had no choice but to drink it either way, and my toast was drowned in butter and burned, with burned beans and burned bacon on it. a weird gastrointestinal experience for sure, but I was starving, and then I didn't have a chance to eat until late that evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 it was at some cafe in london. it could have been "half & half" or something like that, if they have that there. the tea was made for me and "milk" was added at some point by the waitress so she may have either grabbed the wrong pitcher of dairy or she thought it would be a nice joke, but I had 10 minutes to eat and read meeting prep notes and so the amount of jetlag that was affecting me then was sufficient that I had no choice but to drink it either way, and my toast was drowned in butter and burned, with burned beans and burned bacon on it. a weird gastrointestinal experience for sure, but I was starving, and then I didn't have a chance to eat until late that evening. You wus lucky! You could still recognize the ingredients ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arnold Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Jim, you should know by now ... to try to not speak in 'absolutes,' particularly on this board? May I suggest, that while you are in (at least an urban part of) Oregon, or other more cosmopolitan areas of the Northwest ..that you might ask around, if ... Anyone can make you a "London Fog?" (Earl Grey, w/ steamed milk , and typically a flavoring - like vanilla.) Now, I know that this may not sit well w/ some of the folks, across the pond ... But, as they all well know ... we have always been a bit rebellious over here, especially when it comes to 'tea.' Actually I rather like my Earl Grey (or Lady Grey) with milk in, but strictly speaking it should be milkless - just a slice of lemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arnold Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Their idea of bacon in the UK and the US idea of bacon are drastically different, which I found interesting. Also, no root beer over there...at least that I could find in restaurants. I will bring root beer to Europe if it's the last thing I do. True dat. We English favour our bacon to be reasonably thick cut, fatty and still have a 'meaty' consistency. US bacon (in my experience) tends to be thin strips and cooked to an absolute crunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Davies Amps CAS Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 … and cream in your tea instead of milk. What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 mmmmm, bacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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