A good day to have Lucky Charms for tea then...amar wrote:looking at your avatar i'd say evil has touched you already.Ro3b wrote:Hey, I had biscuits and sausage gravy for breakfast this morning! And a pot of really good strong black coffee. No evil can touch me today.
English image of Biscuits & Gravy
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and them peanut butter and fried 'nana sandwiches, thankyouverymuch.
BTW Martin you brits have a few culinary treasures of your own...for instance, what in God's name is "Toad in the Hole"? "Lancashire Pudding"? "Bubble and Squeak"? Last but not least, is "Jellied Eel" exactly what it sounds like? Inquiring minds want to know.
BTW Martin you brits have a few culinary treasures of your own...for instance, what in God's name is "Toad in the Hole"? "Lancashire Pudding"? "Bubble and Squeak"? Last but not least, is "Jellied Eel" exactly what it sounds like? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Toad in the Hole - Sausages baked in a pan surrounded by batter (yorkshire pudding style batter) yum!Pat Cannady wrote:and them peanut butter and fried 'nana sandwiches, thankyouverymuch.
BTW Martin you brits have a few culinary treasures of your own...for instance, what in God's name is "Toad in the Hole"? "Lancashire Pudding"? "Bubble and Squeak"? Last but not least, is "Jellied Eel" exactly what it sounds like? Inquiring minds want to know.
Lancashire Pudding - hmm, never heard of that!
Bubble & Squeek - mashed potato & cabbage (I think). I know it sounded mre interesting than it was.
Jellied Eel - yup, eels in jelly. Not lime jelly, but some savoury sort.
btw, I wasn't taking the rise, this was just the image the name conjured up for me! I've eaten REAL Amerival biscuits & gravy (once was enough), though maybe IHOP wasn't the best place to try it.
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Thanks. You're right about IHOP not being the best place to try American biscuits and gravy...or much of anything else. I may be spoiled by the relative abundance of quality, family-owned 24-hr diners in my neck of the woods; in other parts of the country the IHOPs may be quite a bit better than the ones around here.
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Sounds a bit like Colcannon, which uses mashed potatoes and cabbage as it's two basic ingredients.Martin Milner wrote:Bubble & Squeek - mashed potato & cabbage (I think). I know it sounded mre interesting than it was.
Ewwww...no way. You just can't get the real thing at some fast food breakfast type place. Gross! My grandmother made the BEST biscuits and gravy this side of the Mississippi (and no one had better even try to challenge that! ). I wouldn't dream of even alluding to her's being the same as the ones found at IHOP of Denny's.I've eaten REAL Amerival biscuits & gravy (once was enough), though maybe IHOP wasn't the best place to try it.
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Well,I live in Wiltshire, just down the road from a place called 'The Lock Inn', it is now very famous for it's Boatmans Breakfast. I have never seen anybody eat a whole one! It's something like Sausages, Smoked sausage, Baked Beans, Fried Tomatoes, Black Pudding, Bacon, Fried Potatoes, Fried Bread, egg and stands about a foot above the plate! Good for Sunday Mornings with the Newspaper, and before you say anything about furred arteries. .....you can Canoe, Row, Cycle, Run or just enjoy a good long canalside walk from there, providing you can still move that is.
Talking of fried bread, my father used to eat his smothered in black treacle! He is 70 now, and yes, he has had an angioplasty!
Talking of fried bread, my father used to eat his smothered in black treacle! He is 70 now, and yes, he has had an angioplasty!
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Hereabouts you can actually buy vegetarian red-eye gravy mix. I don't know how good it is, not being a huge gravy eater (other than brown gravy on my cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving), but for veggies who miss biscuits and gravy, it's probably worth a try.
I LOVE good old baking powder biscuits...especially with a good, big dollop of honey or raspberry jam.
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I LOVE good old baking powder biscuits...especially with a good, big dollop of honey or raspberry jam.
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Because I am now concerned about things that translate transatlantically (if that is a word) Jelly is not Jam, Americans for Jelly think 'Jello' .Jellied Eel - yup, eels in jelly. Not lime jelly, but some savoury sort.
Either way, Jellied Eels are disgusting. Pie and Mash is better. In our house, bubble and squeak is ALL the left over veggies, mixed into patties with mashed potato, and fried, not just cabbage. Then, I do come from a generation who had parents who grew up in war time, and nothing was wasted. My mother dines out on Turkey rissoles for months after Christmas, and my aunties Turkey Pasties get frozen and produced at summertime picnics!!!!!!
P.S. Do you have corned beef hash in the states? Oh gastronomical treat, especially with a fried egg on the top!
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In American usage, jam has bits of fruit in it.kga26 wrote:Because I am now concerned about things that translate transatlantically (if that is a word) Jelly is not Jam,Jellied Eel - yup, eels in jelly. Not lime jelly, but some savoury sort.
Gelatine?Americans for Jelly think 'Jello' .
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Not quite. Here in the mountains of North Carolina, these are the meanings:kga26 wrote:Because I am now concerned about things that translate transatlantically (if that is a word) Jelly is not Jam, Americans for Jelly think 'Jello' .Jellied Eel - yup, eels in jelly. Not lime jelly, but some savoury sort.
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P.S. Do you have corned beef hash in the states? Oh gastronomical treat, especially with a fried egg on the top!
Jello is made from flavored gelatin (my dad called it "nervous pudding")
Jelly is made from fruit juice. Jelly is clear and firm enough to hold its shape when turned out of its container.
Jam is made from a blend of crushed pieces of fruit and fruit puree.
Preserves (my favorite, why waste any of the fruit?) contain whole or large pieces of fruit, making them thicker and more fruit-filled than jams or jellies. Think lumpy jam.
Marmalade means the same in the UK as in the US.
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Yes, we do have corned beef hash. It is made from the pickled brisket of the beef.