Americanisation of your diet??
#136571 - 01/09/05 02:33 PM
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cailin
Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 3563
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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I was just wondering this morning as I spread maple syrup on my toast, do any non-Americans find that their diet has become more american since joining the boards? Mine certainly has, I eat peanut butter now! I love American style pancakes, always have, but never made them before until I joined the boards. (Our pancakes are very thin and don't have baking powder in them- like french crepes)
Also I use maple syrup and crave brownies, none of these things would be typically Irish. I also eat more bagels! I am a person who loves her food so I suppose when I hear people talking about food then I want it...maybe I should hang out on a Japanese board for a while and my sushi cravings will come back!
Any thoughts anyone?
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Im exactly like you....was never really an american food style eater before...and now just like you I crave anti depressant brownies...and I mean CRAVE!! I also spread maple syrup on my toast, and pretty much will eat the stuff with anything...and....ask any of my housemates...I have become the queen of peanut butter...I actually cant get enough of the stuff...including the famous peanut butter and ''jelly'' sandwiches!! Next I'll be saying awesome!! lol! Maybe we should start spreading some British things around here and see if any of the americans start catching on!!
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Natalie
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No worries, since I spent a year in England there are all kinds of weird English foods I love (rarely IBS safe though): pasties, welsh rarebit, Quorn, ooh and I really miss the Mr. Whipple van. And paprika pringles. So tasty. I still am not a huge fan of the idea of baked beans on toast or Marmite.
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Natalie
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Quote:
Maybe we should start spreading some British things around here and see if any of the americans start catching on!!
Hey, I'm up for that.
Actually, I've been browsing the BBC site for new recipes to try... what I really should be doing is making a list of foods I've never heard of, so you guys can help me find either an equivalent or a good substitute. I know that's kind of off-topic, but you made me think of it just now.
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Is Vegemite the same as Marmite? I like it.
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Natalie
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Anyone know?? Im guessing its the same thing...not sure though...I always used to wonder what vegemite was or if it was just marmite...they market marmite here as...'you either love it or you hate it' ....sound familiar??
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Natalie
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Hi Natalie! They sell both here in Australia and while they're similar in ingredients they actually taste very different! Oh and my vote goes to vegemite (is that too patriotic of me? ). But it's definately a love it or hate it food!
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Marmite is very much a British thing, we are not fans of it over here at all. I love baked beans though.
A real Irish dinner would be boiled bacon or ham with mashed potatoes, turnips and dark green cabbage *YUMMY. You call turnips something else..they are like swedes.
Irish food is boring, meat potatoes and two veg. Modern Irish cuisine is very asian fusion influenced, yummy! We don't do meatloaf at all. My family at home eat spaghetti bolognese, chicken stirfry, tikka masala, pasta with bacon and mushrooms, chicken and potatoes, pork chops, all normal foods.
Our baking is a lot different. Scones are just yummy. Also our apple tart (pie) is much thinner pastry and much shallower than american apple pie. I will think of more.
Casey the BBC Food website is such a fantastic resource, I search it all the time. feel free to post any questions you might have about our foods, you were very helpful to us when we started out. From a baking perspective I think the biggest difference is we use margarine instead of oil. Also our cooking vessels and utensils are called different things, eg skillet etc.
Mr Whippie is yum! Do you not have whipped icecream in the US? (not that its safe anyway!)
When I was in the US I missed lucozade (fizzy drink) cheese and onion crisps, sliced bread that didn't taste sweet, cheddar cheese, Irish bacon (rashers) and sausage. I think so much US food tastes sweet, even the ham!
Its been a while though, and I would murder the home fries they made at the diner near us on Queens Boulevard right now!
I am making myself hungry here!
-------------------- S.
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