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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Lady McMoo Date: 22 Oct 99 - 05:29 AM Having moved to the Surreal Kingdom of Belgium from London I have to say (any any Belgian will lynch me for this!) I miss English beer. In my opinion, and I have tried nearly all 600 of them many times, Belgian beer for all its vaunted qualities does not compare with any good English bitter. Oh for a good pint of Fuller's London Pride, Youngs Ordinary, Marston's Pedigree, Breakspear's, etc. Oh yes...and the crusty roll, mature cheddar and Branston pickle to accompany it! mcmoo |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Melbert Date: 22 Oct 99 - 05:32 AM You're all WRONG!!!! Minnie Calwell's cat was called "Bobby". (and for Kat's benefit all of these refences are to Characters in British TV soaps) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: katlaughing Date: 22 Oct 99 - 07:49 AM Thanks, Mel, I'd pretty much figured that out, chuckling over such inventive names, though! I was mostly wanting to know what kindof food ya'll were talking about. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Rana Date: 22 Oct 99 - 07:58 AM Rick, You might want to try deep fried frozen pizza which one chippie in Scotland served to a person I know ("How do you know when it's done?" - "It floats to the top." Then you can master the art of deep fried Mars bars. We probably need the rousing chorus of "Cholesterol" that Tam Kearney of the Friends of Fiddlers Green sings (can't remember the name of the person who wrote it). Rana |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Mbo Date: 22 Oct 99 - 08:14 AM Having spent three years in Okinawa, Japan, the thing I miss the most is the beaches. Things that were great about Okinawa beaches:seashells(the BEST in the world), breadfruit trees, coral caves, snorkeling, cuttlefish backbones, and big sticks (don't ask). We used to go to the beach at least twice a week; it was so close you could walk there. On rather boring afternoons, my mother, sisters, and I would fill our back packs and walk the 2 miles to the beach. It was great! Now that we live here in Eastern North Carolina, the part of the coast termed "The Crystal Coast" which boasts the best beaches in the state, we have not been there much at all. In Okinawa, going to the beach was part of our weekly schedule, but we haven't been to the beach here since February of 1996 --going on 4 years! Trash Beach, I miss you! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Big Mick Date: 22 Oct 99 - 08:42 AM What do I miss from the old country?...........My Grandparents, God be good to them. All the best, Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Bert Date: 22 Oct 99 - 09:19 AM T in Oklahoma, damn you for mentioning apples. The selection here is so limited. I miss all the varieties of apples that we used to get in England. The apple season starts off with 'Beauty of Bath', now there's an apple, really small, crisp a flavor to die for. And all the others in between... Oh give me a Bramley, usually sold under ripe for cooking, but just get your hands on a ripe one, a great eating apple, a meal in itself. And Russet and Blenheim Orange and Charles Ross and Worcester and on and on.
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Rosebrook Date: 22 Oct 99 - 09:48 AM The "old country" for me would be the Philadelphia area, and now 20+ years later I really, really miss a good Philly cheesesteak. I miss them more often than I would care to. I miss a good Jewish deli where I can find a chub - smoked fish. MMmmmmmm!! I miss the occasional trip to Longwood Gardens, and I really miss weekly contradancing at the church on Greene Street. I miss the Philadelphia Art Museum (running up the steps with the tune to the movie Rocky in my head: )and driving along boathouse row. It would be nice for a visit, but I'm glad to be living in a low-crime, homespun-friendly, small coastal town. rose |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Melbert Date: 22 Oct 99 - 10:00 AM Here's a topical one - how about GUY FAWKES NIGHT (November 5th), with potatoes and chestnuts roasted in the bonfire, and toffee apples, and cinder toffee, and boxes of "Brocks" fireworks, (and ambulances, and hospitals.......) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: katlaughing Date: 22 Oct 99 - 10:42 AM Bert, didn't you ever have apples when you lived in Colorado? The Western slope was famous for them, although now i see a bunch of the orchards have been lost to "progress". Let me know what kinds you like from there and we'll pick some up next time we go to bet's. Luscious peaches, too! My great-grandmother's grandfather was a pioneer in Ohio and Illinois. He introduced peaches to the wilderness area of Illinois where he settled. kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Margo Date: 22 Oct 99 - 11:31 AM Dan, when you mentioned Tommy's Joynt I suddenly had a flood of memories come sweeping in. I went to college in San Francisco. I used to ride my bicycle all over the city! I remember leaving home in the sunset district, going over the Sutro hill in the fog, and coming down the other side of the hill, bursting out of the cloud into the sunny Noe valley. Tommy's joynt was the place to go after the symphony chorus rehersals. Most of all, I'd sure like to be able to hear chamber music as I heard at The Convent of the Sacred Heart. The Convent had a beautiful old building of stone, with hardwood floors and high cielings. They played chamber music in......a chamber! With an audience of maybe only 20 people, string or woodwind groups played the music designed for a room just that size. It must have been the best kept secret in the city. The concerts were free; they were conservatory students! Then there is the Cliff House. Land's End. Great restaurant, tourist shops, the magic camera (camera obscura)and the old fashioned arcade. All still there. Didn't mean to ramble.....Margo |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Penny S. Date: 22 Oct 99 - 11:42 AM I miss the sea, too. OK, it's not another country, just the other end of the county, 70 miles away, but I don't often get the time to go there. I miss knowing the tides without thinking about it, looking out of the window and seeing the grey line of the horizon beyond the houses, hearing the fog horns (hardly any on the Thames now), especially at New Year midnight, nipping down for a swim in the lunch hour, lazing on the beach reading between swims in August, watching the ships, hearing the seagulls (cancel that), walking on the beach in the evening and hearing the waves lapping, reciting Dover Beach out loud, paddling ..... Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Rick Fielding Date: 22 Oct 99 - 11:45 AM Oh all right darn it! I guess Quebec is "the old country" for me. And yes I REALLY miss "Montreal Smoked Meat"! I miss Ben's Deli. If I were Jewish, I'd make Ben's, Dunn's, and Schwartz's part of a religious pilgrimage. Maybe I will anyway! Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: JedMarum Date: 22 Oct 99 - 02:04 PM I spent my first 30 some years in Boston, then moved to Texas (where I found out I was a Yankee). It was culture shock - but I guess it's not the same as mving to a new country.
Still I miss seasons that change |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: JedMarum Date: 22 Oct 99 - 02:05 PM ... just kidding about the Yankees! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: M Date: 22 Oct 99 - 02:43 PM Ah, a Morris Minor…I had no idea what one was, until my dad, an "imported" car fiend, found and bought one recently, late 50s-early 60s. Boy, is it cute! (Not quite as cute as my 59 Nash Metropolitan, but…) Doesn't run at the moment, but any transplant longing for a "sit" in Memory Lane, if you're in the Charlottesville, VA vicinity, he'd be happy to oblige. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: roopoo Date: 23 Oct 99 - 04:08 AM I missed bonfire night too when we were overseas. I missed parkin (an oatmeal-not rolled oats-and black treacle based cake, kat, I'll let you have the recipe if you want). I missed throwing potatoes into the bonfire ashes and fighting through the black crusty skins to get at the lovely insides. I missed writing my name (Andrea, actually - outed at last!) in the air with sparklers. I spent 2 Christmases in the Southern Hemisphere and I really missed the bad weather, coming in from the cold to a roaring fire; real Christmas trees, not the sort that come out of a box; nipping across to the local pub before lunch (although that was the one day of the year they let us into the men's bar); hot mince pies, mulled wine and fresh brussels sprouts (not all at once). The first year we were so strapped for cash that I couldn't afford the extortionate price they were charging for frozen brussels sprouts and turkeys, so I will admit to going for roadkill on a pair of wandering guinea fowl. (I missed, thank goodness. We had a frozen duck instead). I missed the traditions of Boxing Day dance-outs and Mumming Plays, although they had only recently touched our lives. I too tried growing scarlet runners. You could watch them grow, they came on that fast! But the heat and hosepipe ban saw off the flowers and out of about 20 plants I got enough beans for one meal. The rains were not good while we were out there in S.Africa (Sept.1982- Nov. 1984) and we had quite tight water restrictions. When, two years later, we landed home in the back-end of a hard winter, in late February, after a 4 month trans-Africa journey in an old Land Rover, it was great! We spend the last but one night in a lay-by somewhere in the middle of France, and when the kids woke up the next day and saw snow (which they couldn't remember) I wished I had film in the camera. They did all but eat it! Two days later we landed in England, hassled the car through customs (2 hours) and headed up north. We arrived at my mum's with armfuls of real fish and chips, cooked probably in dripping! S*d cholesterol and fat: we were all underweight by then! Ah memories! mouldy |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 23 Oct 99 - 01:03 PM Bert, You should be able to find some good apples outside of Philadephia. Check out the private orchards and their roadside stands. There are many varieties beyond the three or four most grocery stores carry. I bet they aren't the same as the ones in England, but you may find some that are matches. A good apple, sweet but slightly tart, firm and crisp is hard to beat. Roger in Baltimore |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: McKnees Date: 23 Oct 99 - 07:11 PM Not thread creap, but thread inversion . I miss Rick and Duckboots. Mcknees |
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Subject: RE: BS: What do you miss from the old country? From: Rick Fielding Date: 23 Oct 99 - 08:57 PM Rick and Duckboots miss you, BUT I took the lovely Mrs. Boots to Len Duckworth's fish and Chip shop yesterday so she could sample some home cooking. Not only that, but I also bought a huge bag of something called "Indian Mix" for her. It's all sorts of tiny pretzel-like stuff impregnated with VERY hot curry. If that doesn't make her homesick for Glasgow, nothing will! MacRick |