#496432 - Sun Sep 13 2009 11:17 AM
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I always think it somewhat strange when people refer to a hot-dog cookout as a weenie roast. Having two younger brothers has given me a different mindset about weenies. I don't think of hotdogs when I hear that word.
Coffee cake. I don't like the taste of coffee, so whenever someone would offer me coffee cake, I'd always decline with thanks. It was only in recent years that I learnt coffee cake doesn't contain coffee. Silly me thinking it was along the same lines as carrot cake, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies...
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#496433 - Sun Sep 13 2009 11:21 AM
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Spooted Dick? Actually, I'm surprised we can type that word here.
People only started sniggering about that one in fairly recent years, it always used to be more of a US than a UK slang word.
Richard Littlejohn actually pointed out that 'Richard' is cockney rhyming slang for something even less appetising, as in Richard the Third!
I'm sure the good citizens of Flintshire are relieve to know that their local council has its priorities right.
I suppose Toad in the Hole is wrong on all sorts of levels, but I never think of toads when presented with it, only calories.
I say hands off our puddings!
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#496435 - Sun Sep 13 2009 04:56 PM
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The excuse given was because of inappropriate remarks from a small minority of customers.
Seems to me that the name change only draws attention to the name; I'll bet they got even more comments after that!
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#496436 - Sun Sep 13 2009 05:08 PM
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LOL from over here, I can only think that "spotted dick" sounds like a reason to go see a dermatologist.
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#496440 - Mon Sep 14 2009 05:05 AM
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When I was in the RAF every now and again the cooks prepared individual tinned steak and kidney puddings that were issued in field ration packs.The contents were cooked by standing the tins in boiling water for about 15 minutes. The result was what were usually called 'babies heads'.
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#496441 - Mon Sep 14 2009 06:56 AM
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Yes, I have heard them called that too.
My reference to slimy is for just about any steamed suet dish, it is that outside, yewk.
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#496442 - Mon Sep 14 2009 08:41 AM
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"Blood" anything... no thank you.
Butt-, rump- or "fatback" anything is somewhat unappealing as well.
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#496443 - Mon Sep 14 2009 10:54 AM
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What about Blood Pudding? Misleading as it is not even Pudding. Blech!
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#496444 - Mon Sep 14 2009 12:29 PM
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Blancmange! White, gelatinous, tasteless, lumpy pudding. Every time I hear the word I laugh. "The Blancmanges from planet Skyron - they MEAN to WIN Wimbledon!" That will only make sense to Monty Python fans. I think "Blandmange" would be a more appropriate name for this dish. Pigs in a Blanket! An off putting name for an obscene appetizer. This dish should carry a Mature Audiences only rating. 
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#496446 - Mon Sep 14 2009 12:34 PM
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Ah, another of those language differences, your pigs in blankets are not our pigs in blankets! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_in_blankets
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#496448 - Mon Sep 14 2009 12:45 PM
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Sorry about that. Yes, I forgot that they are served differently on your side of the pond.  When I lived in England, I grew accustomed to calling foods by their "proper" names, but it took me quite some time. Navigating the produce aisle was especially difficult.
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#496452 - Tue Sep 15 2009 03:55 AM
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Reading Ren33's opening comment in the 'Bitten,Stung,Pecked And Clawed' chain has reminded me of one of our British delicacies which is 'Toad in the Hole'. This I fear has put many people off from sampling one of my favourite dishes.
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#496454 - Tue Sep 15 2009 04:16 AM
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What about Blood Pudding? Misleading as it is not even Pudding. Blech!
It's called black pudding here. At least "blood pudding" and "blood sausage" give you a bit of a clue as to what it's about.
If we delete angels on horseback, and substitute oysters wrapped in bacon and grilled till the oyster is cooked and the bacon is crispy, are we striking a blow for clarity, or losing yet another picturesque and economic expression?
And would anybody, anybody at all, have eaten a Prairie Oyster if they'd known what it was first? That's the American Prairie Oyster, by the way, the one that needs to be eaten: not the hangover cure with hair-of-the-dog and raw eggs, which needs to be drunk or, better still, not.
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#496455 - Tue Sep 15 2009 07:09 AM
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Is the Prairie Oyster anything like the Rocky Mountain Oyster? (which, by the way, is not at all bad tasting. I quite liked it)
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You know, a grey titmouse and a spotted dick. Yep, definitely birds.
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