what do american people call...

[distruktor]

... garden centres? you know the big place you buy plants from.... im doing a search on getty for some images to use in a job and it has no idea what a garden centre is


please help me before i throw my mac out of the window,

thanks

dis.

[John G]

greenhouses?
Nursery?

[distruktor]

nah dude.. they palce where you buy the plants from.

[PrintDriver]

Ya gotta spell it right.
Garden CentER

You Brits...

Nursery and Greenhouse are also right. We go there to buy plants too.

[distruktor]

oh yeah... sorry forgot about that. ha ha ha...

[Eraser Nubbin]

Walmart?
Isn't that where everyone goes to buy everything?

[Digital Redesign]

I've always called it a greenhouse...

[Jason Fraker]

Wal Mart is the devil, Bobby Boucher!

[distruktor]

sorted it now i spelt centre the american way and loads of images popped up....

us Brits hey... tsk, anyone would think we invented the english language

[PersonasBinar]

That's why they call it American over here....lol
'Hey, can't anyone speak American here?' Overheard while enjoying a coffee in Montreal, when tourists were faced with french speaking server. Almost blew hot coffee out my nose. Still don't get the different spellings though.

[Eraser Nubbin]

I past a painting van the other day, his company was called "Wall to Wall Color" and touted that it was 100% Canadian. Something didn't seem quite right to me.

[PersonasBinar]

All assets are Canadian but,we hired an American designer?

[distruktor]

ha ha ha... i would of spat hot tea out of my nose, can't stand coffee it tastes like two spoons of dirt in hot water...

i'd dont get the different spellings either, weird...

[Eraser Nubbin]

Haha ya, I wondered if I was a geek for noticing it. But if you are going to be bragging about being 100% anything you better do your homework, unless you are 100% ignorant.

[PrintDriver]

I was kidding Distruktor. I forgot the little emoticon thing.
:D

[D-Zine]

Wal Mart is the devil, Bobby Boucher!

Glad to know that I'm not the ONLY on that quotes the Waterboy's momma!

[morea]

bah, it's like this stuff:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002AHQO6.01-APVHH2YDL0QW1._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

^ what do you call that meat? American's call it Canadian bacon... don't Canadians call it "ham"? What do they call it in England? Or Australia?

[EC]

What I want to know is, why do the English call this breakfast?

http://ogme.pl/leo/obiad/english_breakfast-siwa.jpg

[PersonasBinar]

Most bacon consumed in the UK is back bacon (also called short back bacon). The cut comes from the loin in the middle of the back of the animal. It is a lean meaty cut of bacon, with relatively less fat compared to other cuts.
Back bacon is known as Canadian bacon in the United States but not in Canada, where it is simply called back bacon. In Canada it is traditionally unsmoked back bacon that has been sweet pickle cured and coated in yellow cornmeal. This variation is also known as peameal bacon, because in times past a mixture of ground yellow peas was used for coating to improve curing and shelf-life. The "Canadian" bacon sold in the United States is plain lean back bacon.

[D-Zine]

pork and beans for breakfast? :eek:

[EC]

yeah it looks NASTY. but it's actually quite tasty. lol

[PersonasBinar]

mmmm yum..... I don't eat eggs and will often have beans with my toast and bacon and home fries...tomato on the sides ....why not? Beans are a side dish in almost all Canadian breakfast places. Full of protein and won't leave you hungry in an hour.

[EC]

Americans just don't do that. lol I sometimes cook breakfast on Sunday morning for my parents and sister who come over for "coffee" and a visit -- since I visted England, I started including the beans and everyone loves it! A few strange looks at first, but now they're used to it.

[TheBluePanda]

This thread is seriously making me hungry..

*goes to the stupid vending machine in the office*

[PersonasBinar]

I will eat tomorrow morning....or......hey fries and gravy.
Why do I equate beans for breakfast being a cowboy kinda thing, and not particularily British. Mind you I have nothing to back this up with, more a mental image I suppose, from childhood?

[uncle carbunkle]

brits eat 'american' bacon all the time, they just call it 'streaky bacon'.

[JPnyc]

Nurseries, they're called in NY.

[cjoe]

bah, it's like this stuff:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002AHQO6.01-APVHH2YDL0QW1._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

^ what do you call that meat? American's call it Canadian bacon... don't Canadians call it "ham"? What do they call it in England? Or Australia?

looks like back bacon to me. I prefer streaky bacon. mmmm fat.

[cjoe]

Do you guys eat eggs benedict?

[morea]

I **love** eggs benedict!

[cjoe]

I **love** eggs benedict!

me too. I was just wondering because my dad was away on a business trip and stayed at the Hilton, and they didn't have eggs benedict!

They DID have fried jellyfish though.

[morea]

there are only a few places around here where you can get them... but here is a recipe!

http://www.digsmagazine.com/images/nourisharticles/poachedeggs/eggsbenedic.jpg

eggs benedict:

4 poached eggs, warmed
4 slices Canadian bacon
2 English muffins, split in half
hollandaise sauce

hollandaise sauce
5 Tbsp. butter
2 egg yolks
2 tsps. lemon juice
good dash of cayenne pepper

yields 4 eggs Benedict, enough for 2 people with good appetites

1 Make the hollandaise sauce while your eggs are poaching, or while you're boiling the water to warm up pre-poached eggs. Melt the butter over low heat on the stove, or in the microwave. Meanwhile, combine the egg yolks, lemon juice and cayenne in a blender or food processor. Blend it all up on low speed, then, with the machine still running, slowly drizzle in the melted butter. When the mixture's thickened, transfer to a metal bowl and add more lemon juice plus salt to taste. Keep the sauce warm by popping the metal bowl into a larger bowl filled with hot water. Do not reheat the sauce on the stove -- you'll only end up curdling it.

2 Toast the English muffins. Heat up a dry skillet, and pan-fry the Canadian bacon slices on both sides until heated-through.

3 Assemble the Eggs Benedict by topping each English muffin half with a slice of Canadian bacon, followed by a poached egg. Drizzle the whole shebang with hollandaise sauce, and enjoy!

Quickie variation: Skip the sauce and top with a slice of cheese instead. Just pop the assembled concoction in a toaster oven to melt the cheese, and you're ready to serve.

[cjoe]

don't forget to season with cracked pepper!

[EC]

that's not how I make hollandaise, I wonder if that works. I always marry the eggs and butter while cooking -- which means LOTS OF careful attention not to curdle.

[jimintn]

you marry the eggs and butter but don't cuddle? that's just not right.

oh, I think I read something wrong.

whoops, sorry!

[EC]

Baaaaahaha

[distruktor]

Americans just don't do that. lol I sometimes cook breakfast on Sunday morning for my parents and sister who come over for "coffee" and a visit -- since I visted England, I started including the beans and everyone loves it! A few strange looks at first, but now they're used to it.


yeah beans with breakfast are the best, you need a cup of tea too not coffe.... you cant beat a mug of tea with a full english (bacon, sausage, beans, egg, mushrooms, fried bread, tinned tomato and half a fried tomato, some people have black pudding to but personally i think its horrid!)

You need heinz baked beans though... when i lived in LA for a bit i could find proper beans only refried and/or pork and beans, refried beans make you fart real bad! :eek:

[Logo-Mechanix]

I thought that Candian bacon was called fatback.

[EC]

yeah beans with breakfast are the best, you need a cup of tea too not coffe.... you cant beat a mug of tea with a full english (bacon, sausage, beans, egg, mushrooms, fried bread, tinned tomato and half a fried tomato, some people have black pudding to but personally i think its horrid!)

You need heinz baked beans though... when i lived in LA for a bit i could find proper beans only refried and/or pork and beans, refried beans make you fart real bad! :eek:

I don't mind the black pudding, I just don't want to be reminded what it is. lol

Good tip on the beans thing, I always use the pork and beans -- let's face it, they don't put any pork in there anyway. But I'll look for heinz.

Now the tea thing, I still haven't aquired a taste. I've got a whole cupboard full of different teas and I can never find one I like. What do you recommend?

And don't say PG Tips.

[distruktor]

I don't mind the black pudding, I just don't want to be reminded what it is. lol

Good tip on the beans thing, I always use the pork and beans -- let's face it, they don't put any pork in there anyway. But I'll look for heinz.

Now the tea thing, I still haven't aquired a taste. I've got a whole cupboard full of different teas and I can never find one I like. What do you recommend?

And don't say PG Tips.


yeah you deffinately need Heinz beans... anything else is just rubbish!

err... on the tea front i'd go for Tetley, Yorkshire Tea (the bees knees dude), Typhoo...

if you cant make up your mind about it try it with sugar, i hate tea without sugar blaaaAAaagh! its disgusting, Brown or white although i preffer it with brown sugar as its kinda caramelly tasting.

also with tea its how your brew it... buy a tea pot.

if you cant be arsed to use a tea pot, using boiling (not hot) water, let the tea sit in the hot water in the mug for a bit on its own (ie no milk or sugar) then when its been in for a bit give it a good stir and squash the tea bag up the side of the mug with the spoon to get all the good stuff out (this is very important) then add milk and sugar... experiment with different amounts of milk too i like mine milky where as you could stand a spoon up in my girlfriends tea!


can't believe i just typed a post about making a cup of tea on a design forum board... ha ha ha

dis.

[EC]

Awesome. No, I do have a tea pot and I'm totally willing to prepare it the proper way. But you know, I don't like sugar, so that might be what I'm doing wrong. I wonder if splenda would work, hmmm.

Thanks for the lesson! I'm going to give it another try. :)

[PersonasBinar]

Now... an 8.5 x11 hand international handout on GOOD tea making...there's design for ya...lol

[distruktor]

anymore tea questions just send 'em my way :D

oh and yeah EC i guess sweetners would work just as good

[PersonasBinar]

Honey's not bad for tea. Those sweetners scare me....
I buy rock sugar and grind it down.

[Skyler]

As for spellng--blame Noah Webster. As for bacon... blame the Confederates. :p

[Mitch Wood]

some people have black pudding to but personally i think its horrid!

http://www.golevelup.com/food_recipe/images/british_ingredients_black_pudding_image1.jpg

Mmmm Black pudding, the crowning beauty on a full fry up. I love it and have converted quite a few too.

[distruktor]

http://www.golevelup.com/food_recipe/images/british_ingredients_black_pudding_image1.jpg

Mmmm Black pudding, the crowning beauty on a full fry up. I love it and have converted quite a few too.



seriously dude, that is just the wrongest stuff ever!..... makes me shudder just looking at it. :eek:

[Mitch Wood]

Don't look at it, just taste the goodness Dis.

Could be worse...
http://mcmuffin.co.uk/mr_and_mrs_mcmuffin/2005/10/andouillette.html

[PersonasBinar]

^^^^ooooh Tripe...eeewww^^^^^
Dude there's a Philipino dish called dinuguan(sp?)....Erm? ***I did spell it right, pretty pleased with my Tagalog skills :) ****
It's the nastiest lookin' dish.

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/173/949/320/dinuguan.1.jpg

[EC]

What is tripe? I had never heard of it before I played Harry Potter on xbox. lol (Bernie Botts every flavor beans)

As a rule, I love French food, but that looked nasty.

I will say this -- you brits have some STRANGE food in the canned section of your grocery store. I had to buy a few selections to peel off the labels and bring home so people would believe me. (things like beans, french fries, scrambled eggs -- all together and living in one can!)

[EC]

Dude there's a Philipino dish called dinuguan(sp?)....Erm? ***I did spell it right, pretty pleased with my Tagalog skills :) ****
It's the nastiest lookin' dish.

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/173/949/320/dinuguan.1.jpg

That looks like poop.

[PersonasBinar]

Lining of the stomach=Tripe

Yea I've never been able to bring myself to eat it.. :eek:

[morea]

*faints*

[distruktor]

Don't look at it, just taste the goodness Dis.

Could be worse...
http://mcmuffin.co.uk/mr_and_mrs_mcmuffin/2005/10/andouillette.html


nah i know what it is... its never passing my lips, so worng its untrue.

[Mitch Wood]

Actually the dinuguan seems like it would taste OK, from reading the preparation on a reciepe site.

Not sure I like the look of it at all though, reminds me of my last encounter with Sipson Tandoori!!!

BTW it was messy morning that ghastly day, I wished I had shares in Andrex. ;)

[greyghost]

Walmart?
Isn't that where everyone goes to buy everything?

Don't you mean MaoMart?



also with tea its how your brew it... buy a tea pot.

dis.

Absolutely!
I also find I prefer using a teakettle to heat the water in. Something much more nostalgic and proper about a teakettle as opposed to a microwave.

Honey's not bad for tea. Those sweetners scare me....
I buy rock sugar and grind it down.

Honey is most excellent - specially with a sore throat.
And yes, sweeteners scare me too. There was an article in Newsweek a few weeks ago about Splenda, how they say it is made from sugar. No, it isn't, it's chemically derived from Chlorine to act a little like sugar. Nothing natural about it. Eeewwwww.

[distruktor]

Honey is most excellent - specially with a sore throat.



totally...2 spoons of honey, juice of a lemon, a couple of cloves, a decent splash of whiskey and top up with hot water...

that'll sort a cold out