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2ladies · 02-24-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty

only salt n vinegar(sarsons) on fish and chips. o.k. what about MUSHY PEAS?

And what ABOUT mushy peas? Yuckety yuck!!

Marks & Sparks in America? Gracious me!! Things are improving in the good ol' US of A

. Are you sure the Walkers Shortbread is the English version and not the Canadian? Not the same unfortunately.

Nealberk - nice to hear that you get hot water in your home - about time too - hehehe!!!

smitty · 02-24-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ladies

And what ABOUT mushy peas? Yuckety yuck!!

Marks & Sparks in America? Gracious me!! Things are improving in the good ol' US of A

. Are you sure the Walkers Shortbread is the English version and not the Canadian? Not the same unfortunately.

Nealberk - nice to hear that you get hot water in your home - about time too - hehehe!!!

obviously not a lancastrian!!!!! along with hollands meat pies and puddings

nicegal · 02-24-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty

only salt n vinegar(sarsons) on fish and chips. o.k. what about MUSHY PEAS?

and pickled eggs?

smitty · 02-24-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nicegal

and pickled eggs?

nah... don't do pickled eggs, gherkins ON THE OTHER HAND..............

Mystery Gal · 02-24-2008, 07:18 PM

I don't like my peas mushy. I like the frozen petite peas not canned ones. Fresh would be better right off the vine.

I am not a pudding lover so I would skip any of those type of dishes.

Pickled eggs just don't sound good to me at all.

How about Dr Pepper. Can you get that over there?

smitty · 02-24-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mystery Gal

I don't like my peas mushy. I like the frozen petite peas not canned ones. Fresh would be better right off the vine.

I am not a pudding lover so I would skip any of those type of dishes.

Pickled eggs just don't sound good to me at all.

How about Dr Pepper. Can you get that over there?

yes we get dr pepper. the puddings i'm refering to are savoury, filled with steak and kidney wrapped in suet pastry. the're a northern speciality.

nealberk · 02-24-2008, 10:57 PM

Mushy peas were interesting. Haven't decided if I like them or not.......

Mystery Gal · 02-25-2008, 12:10 PM

My husband would try anything. I would taste it. But that may be as far as I would go.

nicegal · 02-25-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mystery Gal

I don't like my peas mushy. I like the frozen petite peas not canned ones. Fresh would be better right off the vine..Pickled eggs just don't sound good to me at all.

I eat fresh peas in the pod in summer, buy 'em in big packs and chomp my way through them. Reminds me of podding peas for my mother when I was little.

Pickled eggs are tasty, but I have to concede may be an acquired taste.

Do you have Scotch eggs in the States? These are hardboiled eggs wrapped in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. Very healthy.

scotcheggrecipe

Oh and warning to strangers to Scotland's customs - never refer to anything from that fair land being 'Scotch'. It's 'Scottish'. Unless you're pouring scorn on an idea, of course, or pouring whisky from a bottle.

And by the bye, if you're in Ireland you'll be after drinking whisky with an extra 'e', as in 'whiskey'!

Confused? Don't be!

Mystery Gal · 02-25-2008, 04:12 PM

I don't like anything pickled. I don't like vinegar.

And the Scotch eggs that is the first I have heard of them.