Tad late, but I'm bored, and better late than never, eh? I always love topics like this...
Hockey is hockey; it was created in Canada, so I think we should get to decide what it's called. It is a game in English, but "un match" en francais... And it is the best sport going - a perfect combination of skill, grace, brutality and plain toughness.
Other Canadianisms:
- tuque is a wool hat that keeps your head warm;
- we call coloured pencils "pencil crayons" because we have English and French on all of our packaging (so it reads "coloured pencils crayons de couleur"
- two-four is a case of twenty-four beer
hehe! Created in Canada hey? Ice hockey right?
The others are cool. Very cool.
We call wool hats beanies.
Coloured pencils are coloured pencils and crayons are crayons
and a two-four case or 24 case is called a slab.
Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them comes in the form that the fruit takes.
* In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.
* In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).
* In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.
Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber). It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly and preserves their thickness.
Jell-O is entirely different. It is made from gelatin, which is a protein made from animal skins and bones.
ha! No, here shrimp are teeny little things that look like fat maggots :eek: and they add absolutely nothing to pizza. Actually what we call shrimp here I simply cannot for the life of me work out why anybody would want to eat them in the first place. That's why whenever I hear people say shrimp I think of them ugly, teeny, pasty little maggot type things and ewwwwww!!!!
In WA state, you find us referring to shrimp when they are maggot sized and when they are just under prawn sized. Good luck figuring it all out.
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Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them comes in the form that the fruit takes.
* In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.
* In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).
* In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.
Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber). It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly and preserves their thickness.
Jell-O is entirely different. It is made from gelatin, which is a protein made from animal skins and bones.
I eat jelly and jam but no Jell-O!
me either! :eek: when i found out in grade school that it was made from animal bones......i haven't been able to eat jell-o since! yuck!
No need to be void, or save up on life...
You got to spend it all
Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them comes in the form that the fruit takes.
* In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.
* In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).
* In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.
Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber). It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly and preserves their thickness.
Jell-O is entirely different. It is made from gelatin, which is a protein made from animal skins and bones.
I eat jelly and jam but no Jell-O!
I am aware of the difference love, but thanks though. I just find it interesting that for a few years there Americans would say jelly, referring to a type of preserved fruit instead of jam. We don't use the word jelly here really for anything other than the wobbly stuff that goes good with ice cream or for mint jelly on your lamb roast.
Oh and there is a vegetable derived gelatin with no animal products, if you're looking.
In WA state, you find us referring to shrimp when they are maggot sized and when they are just under prawn sized. Good luck figuring it all out.
Yeah, you guys in WA state sound normal!
Not gonna matter too much what they're called, I'm just going to ask what size they are before I order and then I couldn't care less if they are called space monkeys!
Not gonna matter too much what they're called, I'm just going to ask what size they are before I order and then I couldn't care less if they are called space monkeys!
We sent all of the weird people to Oregon, mostly Portland and Eugene.
Walking can be a real trip
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
Not gonna matter too much what they're called, I'm just going to ask what size they are before I order and then I couldn't care less if they are called space monkeys!
I don't think I could bring myself to eat something called space monkeys, even if they were just shrump by another name. I'd just keep thinking some excellent monkeys (not that any monkeys aren't excellent) floating around space in astronaut suits, picking at the surface of the moon, and doing hilarious monkey stuff. And there's no way I could eat those guys. :(
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
I don't think I could bring myself to eat something called space monkeys, even if they were just shrump by another name. I'd just keep thinking some excellent monkeys (not that any monkeys aren't excellent) floating around space in astronaut suits, picking at the surface of the moon, and doing hilarious monkey stuff. And there's no way I could eat those guys. :(
haha! The ONLY time that I struggled to eat something based on it's name was when I was at Dracula's, a theatre restaurant here, and the first course of the meal was a potato and leek soup they called Puppy Vomit. :eek:
It still makes me shudder now just thinking about it!!! :eek:
my mum is now my mom
my jumper is now my sweater
fuel is now gas
prawns are now shrimps
the date is back to front
and where i used to spell a word with an 's' in it, more than often i now i use a 'z'
but, it's all good
My MUM will ALWAYS be MUM! I have friends over here who flatly refuse to ever be called Mom.
As for the others, I've been brain washed... errrr... programmed... errr... talk around to the NA way of saying things...
Jumper now sounds so weird to me, cause I actually start picturing what people in NA picture and then I giggle.
Prawns will always be prawns... this jumbo shrimp thing is just ludicrous! It's a king bloody prawn mate!
And some others:
Note is now a bill (money)
Footpath is now sidewalk
Hire is now rent
Ring is now call (for phones)
Mobile is now cell
Lift is now elevator
Engaged is now busy (phones)
Bonnet is now hood (car)
Boot is now trunk (car)
Toilet/dunny/loo/bog/shitter/crapper/lavvy etc became washroom (Canada)
Washroom became restroom (US)
I'm still battling the whole "replacing 's' with a 'z'" thing but the one I have the most problem with is removing the 'u'! And, 4.5 years later the date thing still confounds me! I have a good English friend here and I witnessed her berating an American about it one day... "days go into months, months go into years just as seconds go into minutes and minutes go into hours... IT BUILDS IN A LOGICAL WAY!!!" LOL.
OH! The other thing I've noticed over here... they remove the second "L" in words like "travelling" but then they add an extra one to the end of words like "enrol". I laughed one day and said: "It's like they have these excess "L's" and they don't know what to do with them, so they shove them at the end of words like 'enrol'", it makes me giggle.
BTW, after 3.5 years in Canada... "hockey" is very definitely played on ice. Baseball, however, is cricket on valium but still fun
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haha! The ONLY time that I struggled to eat something based on it's name was when I was at Dracula's, a theatre restaurant here, and the first course of the meal was a potato and leek soup they called Puppy Vomit. :eek:
It still makes me shudder now just thinking about it!!! :eek:
Otherwise, I'm good to go!!!
I struggled to drink a shot called the "Cowboy Hand Job", but that's about it. I should stop going to that gay bar.
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
That's not a chocolate donut with crispy bacon on top is it???????? :eek:
It is a maple donut with bacon on top. Anthony Bourdain became addicted to those during his trip there.
Walking can be a real trip
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
I struggled to drink a shot called the "Cowboy Hand Job", but that's about it. I should stop going to that gay bar.
I thought drinking a 'Duck Fart' was bad.
I'm near the 'gay' neighborhood of town. I wonder what I'll get if I ask for a 'Cowboy Hand Job'.
I'm so going to be giving that a try.
Walking can be a real trip
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
I struggled to drink a shot called the "Cowboy Hand Job", but that's about it. I should stop going to that gay bar.
haha!! I once got very excited about trying something called a Diamantina Cocktail because it sounded so pretty. Then I read the ingredients. :eek:
Won't be having one of those anytime soon.
You gotta keep living it up large. Gay bars are awesome fun!!
haha!! I once got very excited about trying something called a Diamantina Cocktail because it sounded so pretty. Then I read the ingredients. :eek:
Won't be having one of those anytime soon.
You gotta keep living it up large. Gay bars are awesome fun!!
Well, what was in it?
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
Amusingly, I made one part of that story up, and it wasn't the name of the drink. I got that in a regular nightclub.
Damn, It's just like a politician to lie about being in a gay bar.
Walking can be a real trip
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"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
I just don't get how you guys come up with this stuff!!!! :eek:
That would probably explain why he looks like he's about to have a coronary occlusion.
It's a conspiracy spread by a country with for profit health care. We are determined to make the most unhealthy foods the most delicious and sought after.
Walking can be a real trip
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
It's a conspiracy spread by a country with for profit health care. We are determined to make the most unhealthy foods the most delicious and sought after.
Well that makes sense.
I just ....well some stuff.... the combinations....they leave me flabbergasted. Slack jawed, confused, horrified and strangely curious!
Damn, It's just like a politician to lie about being in a gay bar.
Except usually, they'd be lying about not being in a gay bar. Just like Obama, I'm changing the way politics work in the most ineffectual manner possible.
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
My MUM will ALWAYS be MUM! I have friends over here who flatly refuse to ever be called Mom.
As for the others, I've been brain washed... errrr... programmed... errr... talk around to the NA way of saying things...
Jumper now sounds so weird to me, cause I actually start picturing what people in NA picture and then I giggle.
Prawns will always be prawns... this jumbo shrimp thing is just ludicrous! [/b]It's a king bloody prawn mate![/b]
And some others:
Note is now a bill (money)
Footpath is now sidewalk
Hire is now rent
Ring is now call (for phones)
Mobile is now cell
Lift is now elevator
Engaged is now busy (phones)
Bonnet is now hood (car)
Boot is now trunk (car)
Toilet/dunny/loo/bog/shitter/crapper/lavvy etc became washroom (Canada)
Washroom became restroom (US)
I'm still battling the whole "replacing 's' with a 'z'" thing but the one I have the most problem with is removing the 'u'! And, 4.5 years later the date thing still confounds me! I have a good English friend here and I witnessed her berating an American about it one day... "days go into months, months go into years just as seconds go into minutes and minutes go into hours... IT BUILDS IN A LOGICAL WAY!!!" LOL.
OH! The other thing I've noticed over here... they remove the second "L" in words like "travelling" but then they add an extra one to the end of words like "enrol". I laughed one day and said: "It's like they have these excess "L's" and they don't know what to do with them, so they shove them at the end of words like 'enrol'", it makes me giggle.
BTW, after 3.5 years in Canada... "hockey" is very definitely played on ice. Baseball, however, is cricket on valium but still fun
Good one tone!! There's some beauties there.
Glad I can count on someone to see sense when it comes to PRAWNS!
Good one tone!! There's some beauties there.
Glad I can count on someone to see sense when it comes to PRAWNS!
Oh yeah, I'll back you up on the prawn business any day! It's funny how it's one thing Australians flatly refuse to conform to over here... we'll say "cell" and "sweater" and change the way we spell words, but don't ask us to call a prawn a shrimp! LOL
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The others are cool. Very cool.
We call wool hats beanies.
Coloured pencils are coloured pencils and crayons are crayons
and a two-four case or 24 case is called a slab.
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not jello
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Are you British or something?
TAKE A SIDE!
Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them comes in the form that the fruit takes.
* In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.
* In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).
* In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.
Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber). It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly and preserves their thickness.
Jell-O is entirely different. It is made from gelatin, which is a protein made from animal skins and bones.
I eat jelly and jam but no Jell-O!
In WA state, you find us referring to shrimp when they are maggot sized and when they are just under prawn sized. Good luck figuring it all out.
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
me either! :eek: when i found out in grade school that it was made from animal bones......i haven't been able to eat jell-o since! yuck!
You got to spend it all
Oh and there is a vegetable derived gelatin with no animal products, if you're looking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar
http://www.thefoodcoach.com.au/food.asp?Action=View&FoodID=444
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Not gonna matter too much what they're called, I'm just going to ask what size they are before I order and then I couldn't care less if they are called space monkeys!
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We sent all of the weird people to Oregon, mostly Portland and Eugene.
Check out this donut shop in Portland: http://voodoodoughnut.com/menu.html
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"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
:eek: The third pic down on the left????????
That's not a chocolate donut with crispy bacon on top is it???????? :eek:
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haha!
It still makes me shudder now just thinking about it!!! :eek:
Otherwise, I'm good to go!!!
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
My MUM will ALWAYS be MUM!
As for the others, I've been brain washed... errrr... programmed... errr... talk around to the NA way of saying things...
Jumper now sounds so weird to me, cause I actually start picturing what people in NA picture and then I giggle.
Prawns will always be prawns... this jumbo shrimp thing is just ludicrous! It's a king bloody prawn mate!
And some others:
Note is now a bill (money)
Footpath is now sidewalk
Hire is now rent
Ring is now call (for phones)
Mobile is now cell
Lift is now elevator
Engaged is now busy (phones)
Bonnet is now hood (car)
Boot is now trunk (car)
Toilet/dunny/loo/bog/shitter/crapper/lavvy etc became washroom (Canada)
Washroom became restroom (US)
I'm still battling the whole "replacing 's' with a 'z'" thing but the one I have the most problem with is removing the 'u'! And, 4.5 years later the date thing still confounds me! I have a good English friend here and I witnessed her berating an American about it one day... "days go into months, months go into years just as seconds go into minutes and minutes go into hours... IT BUILDS IN A LOGICAL WAY!!!" LOL.
OH! The other thing I've noticed over here... they remove the second "L" in words like "travelling" but then they add an extra one to the end of words like "enrol". I laughed one day and said: "It's like they have these excess "L's" and they don't know what to do with them, so they shove them at the end of words like 'enrol'", it makes me giggle.
BTW, after 3.5 years in Canada... "hockey" is very definitely played on ice. Baseball, however, is cricket on valium but still fun
It is a maple donut with bacon on top. Anthony Bourdain became addicted to those during his trip there.
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
I thought drinking a 'Duck Fart' was bad.
I'm near the 'gay' neighborhood of town. I wonder what I'll get if I ask for a 'Cowboy Hand Job'.
I'm so going to be giving that a try.
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
haha!! I once got very excited about trying something called a Diamantina Cocktail because it sounded so pretty. Then I read the ingredients. :eek:
Won't be having one of those anytime soon.
You gotta keep living it up large. Gay bars are awesome fun!!
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
OMG!!!! :eek: OMG!!!!!! :eek:
I just don't get how you guys come up with this stuff!!!! :eek:
That would probably explain why he looks like he's about to have a coronary occlusion.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
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Damn, It's just like a politician to lie about being in a gay bar.
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
It's a conspiracy spread by a country with for profit health care. We are determined to make the most unhealthy foods the most delicious and sought after.
***********************
"We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
***********************
Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
http://www.cocktailmaking.co.uk/displaycocktail.php/4202-Diamantina-Cocktail
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I just ....well some stuff.... the combinations....they leave me flabbergasted. Slack jawed, confused, horrified and strangely curious!
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What self-respecting cocktail enthusiast doesn't have a stash of emu eggs lying around?
Glad I can count on someone to see sense when it comes to PRAWNS!
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Oh yeah, I'll back you up on the prawn business any day! It's funny how it's one thing Australians flatly refuse to conform to over here... we'll say "cell" and "sweater" and change the way we spell words, but don't ask us to call a prawn a shrimp! LOL
Emu eggs, man you'd be lucky to crack one they're that hard, let alone eat it!!! :eek: I'd rather eat the emu!
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