Picking on Brits a Bit

[cosmicfolklore]

I understand that many folk here in UK put their eggs in the refrigerator, too, and some refrigerators come equipped with a shelf in the door specially designed to put them in securely. But Mrs. Badger insists that keeping eggs in such a cold environment means the yolks are more likely to break when you try and fry them. She asks: Don't Americans ever eat fried eggs? And I have to confess that it occurs to me that I have never seen an American actually eating a fried egg. Or, for that matter even trying to fry one. Have I perhaps stumbled upon the reason why?

Not only do we eat fried eggs, but my wife only likes them sunny side up. I have never had the yolks break, and have never heard that they would. For a lot of what we make, we have to separate the yolks, and has never been a problem.
In all honesty, I don't think it matters at all, one way or the other. It's like pineapple on a pizza, people just want to make up shit to be outraged over.

 

[MisterBadger]

[of warm beer] You can drink it all day long working outside and still be hydrated and refreshed. Definitely has it's place.

In my youth used to work in an iron foundry. At lunchtime, we would all go down the pub. There, the furnacemen would sink four pints and during the following afternoon would sweat it all out again, with no more effect on them than if they had been drinking tea. As a gopher/general labourer though, I would generally restrict myself to just one.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

So, Americans think that cooling their beer makes that horse piss taste better, and Brits just accept that it's still going to taste like horse piss warm or not.
I get it.

 

[mawnansmiff]

But I just don't get it when it comes to warm beer.

It's not so much 'warm beer', it's actually served at room temps. I prefer room temp beer but not so much in summer. This is why most responsible landlords keep their casks either in a chilled cellar or if propped on the bar, a chilling blanket in the warmer months.

What I detest more than warm beer is that super chilled muck that tastes like fizzy ice cold water.

Jay.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

is that super chilled muck that tastes like fizzy ice cold water.

I've tried cold beer. I don't believe you. Still taste like piss.

 

[MisterBadger]

What I detest more than warm beer is that super chilled muck that tastes like fizzy ice cold water.

Chilling beer at the point of delivery is a way of disguising the taste of an inferior brew (like Foster's), and of ruining that of a good one (like Guinness). And I'm sure it can't be good for the digestion.

 

[Hillcrest]

I understand that many folk here in UK put their eggs in the refrigerator, too, and some refrigerators come equipped with a shelf in the door specially designed to put them in securely. But Mrs. Badger insists that keeping eggs in such a cold environment means the yolks are more likely to break when you try and fry them. She asks: Don't Americans ever eat fried eggs? And I have to confess that it occurs to me that I have never seen an American actually eating a fried egg. Or, for that matter even trying to fry one. Have I perhaps stumbled upon the reason why?

FYI: Fried eggs and fried egg sandwiches (with bacon, sausage, or ham and cheese) are as ubiquitous here as hotdogs and hamburgers.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

FYI: Fried eggs and fried egg sandwiches (with bacon, sausage, or ham and cheese) are as ubiquitous here as hotdogs and hamburgers.
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Ohhh, you guys have a Waffle House? ha ha

 

[Hillcrest]

Ohhh, you guys have a Waffle House? ha ha

No, Denny's. I'm here they're there. I don't know what they have other than having read above about Mrs. Badger's

 

[dd57chevy]

I understand that many folk here in UK put their eggs in the refrigerator, too, and some refrigerators come equipped with a shelf in the door specially designed to put them in securely. But Mrs. Badger insists that keeping eggs in such a cold environment means the yolks are more likely to break when you try and fry them. She asks: Don't Americans ever eat fried eggs? And I have to confess that it occurs to me that I have never seen an American actually eating a fried egg. Or, for that matter even trying to fry one. Have I perhaps stumbled upon the reason why?

I have never actually seen a Brit eat anything .
Ok , sorry ........
My favorite breakfast is bacon & eggs . But there are 2 reasons I only occasionally eat them:

1. Eggs are currently @ about $4 a dozen .

2. It is much less work to throw a spicy chicken patty in the M-wave . Bun , lettuce & mayo in 2 minutes.....

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Guinness ain't bad if you get it cold enough that you can't taste it.

 

[sablebrush52]

I remember when I tried to watch the boxset of The Wire I kept hearing folk being greeted with something that sounded like "o-ite". It took me a while to realise that what they were trying to say was 'alright?'.

Maybe that's just a Baltimore thing as I never heard it any other time.

Jay.

Americans have their own regionalisms, like referring to a can of oil as a can of earl.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Guinness ain't bad of you get it cold enough that you can't taste it.

Have you ever had Guinness Foreign Extra Stout? It is 7.5% ABV and comes in 330cl bottles and tastes delightful, nothing at all like your typical draught Guinness.

Jay.

 

[Infantry23]

I like Guinness regardless of temperature. I also eat fried eggs straight from the refrigerator to the pan

 

[Infantry23]

Hell, even here in Maryland we say oil and earl and something akin to ol'. Water vs. Wooder. Wash vs. Warsh.

Just depends on whether you're from the mountainous western part of the state, the urban central part of the state with Baltimore and DC, or from the flat eastern shore.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Have you ever had Guinness Foreign Extra Stout? It is 7.5% ABV and comes in 330cl bottles and tastes delightful, nothing at all like your typical draught Guinness.

Jay.

I've had the Draught, and the Extra Stout. I like the Draught over the Extra Stout.

I'll check around and see if we have that Foreign Stout in my area.

Here in Alabama we don't have the luxury of ordering beer or whiskey online, like you do.

We also have some silly laws about what %abv we can have in our beers.

It used to be that there were different versions of beer for various states, I don't know if they still do that.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Here in Alabama we don't have the luxury of ordering beer or whiskey online, like you do.

We also have some silly laws about what %abv we can have in our beers.

Both of those laws have been gone for a while now. I buy and sell quite a bit of wine through the mail. Bourbons and such, I have delivered to the ABC store, and then they deliver it to me.

Have you not noticed that shelves full of IPA's now?

 

[woodsroad]

I understand that many folk here in UK put their eggs in the refrigerator, too, and some refrigerators come equipped with a shelf in the door specially designed to put them in securely. But Mrs. Badger insists that keeping eggs in such a cold environment means the yolks are more likely to break when you try and fry them. She asks: Don't Americans ever eat fried eggs? And I have to confess that it occurs to me that I have never seen an American actually eating a fried egg. Or, for that matter even trying to fry one. Have I perhaps stumbled upon the reason why?

And I've never seen a Brit put on underwear, or for that matter wash underwear. Do Brits even wear underwear? If so, do they wash them?

 

[karam]

I hated self check out at first. I watched a guy a little older than me NOT rescanning when the scanner didn't ding. Then the lady comes over and says, "Sir, you will need to rescan that" he was all, "HUH! What!" really loud and codgerly. "Speak up!" She just shrugged and walked away.
As we were walking out the door, he winked and whispered to me, "If I play deaf, they always let me get away with it."

While I do not condone theft, if a store is going to make us ring up our own stuff, then IDGAF if someone decides to rob them blind.... or deaf.

Yeah, codgers may get away with it. For some reason it's the older folks who seem to try these things. I don't want to be pulled up and embarrassed because I wanted to avoid paying a trivial amount.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeah, codgers may get away with it. For some reason it's the older folks who seem to try these things. I don't want to be pulled up and embarrassed because I wanted to avoid paying a trivial amount.

Yeh, like I'm going to fret over the price of groceries, haha. But, if people want to keep screwing over these companies until they decide to staff the checkouts... I can support that.


It just occurred to me that Brits probably like stout beers to cover up the taste of soap on their mugs.