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Botany

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10. my brother and his wife were in England and she was served boiled burger meat.

Sat Jan 22, 2022, 06:05 PM

Jan 2022

.... she hid most of it in her purse.

They did have really good pastries ... brought in overnight from France, good produce, coffee,
and clotted cream is awesome.

Milk into tea

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Let's make fun of England, I do say...shall we? [View all] underpants Jan 2022 OP

Ah, first generation here. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #1

Yep! K&R! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2022 #4

In 2005 we flew to England on British Air. We selected our meals ahead of time. Pobeka Jan 2022 #2

Bland for health reasons muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 #5

Now I'm hungry and dinnertime is aways away. RKP5637 Jan 2022 #3

Sorry! lisa58 Jan 2022 #6

An English Breafast ... puts the Gawd back into god awful Botany Jan 2022 #7

Don't the Brits boil their toast? underpants Jan 2022 #9

my brother and his wife were in England and she was served boiled burger meat. Botany Jan 2022 #10

😆 underpants Jan 2022 #11

Scones, jam and clotted cream are very nice. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #20

It has been years but there was a French restaurant close to the theater/canterberry district ... Botany Jan 2022 #38

Was taught to fry bacon and bangers, fry eggs, then fry the bread all in the same (greasy) pan. winstars Jan 2022 #31

Where are the kippers? ornotna Jan 2022 #12

30 years or so ago while traveling in the U.K. kskiska Jan 2022 #42

It can be a lot of fun trading insults with The Brits. But I'll always remember that when abqtommy Jan 2022 #8

Bingo! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #13

I like to tell them Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #25

well, yeah, but, except.... IcyPeas Jan 2022 #14

Yes! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #15

it's called a 99 and it has a Flake stuck in it. IcyPeas Jan 2022 #16

Flake,yes! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #18

Cadbury Flake! kskiska Jan 2022 #43

Oh Jesus, more Shakespeare crap underpants Jan 2022 #27

I drug home bags and bags of Malteasers from London airport over the years before I stopped MLAA Jan 2022 #29

What about Smarties?! flamingdem Jan 2022 #35

Bloody wankers DFW Jan 2022 #17

Lol, my dad and mum loved curry. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #19

I can only eat a curry dish if it's mild. Laffy Kat Jan 2022 #22

They might love curry wurst, kskiska Jan 2022 #45

Probably they would have. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #47

I thought it was an excuse to drink G & T LNM Jan 2022 #21

The one traditional English food I really do like is fish and chips. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #23

Cornish pasties edhopper Jan 2022 #24

Pasties are sold all over England now flamingdem Jan 2022 #37

Yep edhopper Jan 2022 #50

Just made 36 pasties last Sunday. My wife and I had 2 for dinner and I froze the rest. Kaleva Jan 2022 #49

Who knew? flamingdem Jan 2022 #51

Their teeth is an easy target. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #26

They seem to know what good food is... Wingus Dingus Jan 2022 #28

Filler. underpants Jan 2022 #30

An homage to Geoffrey Chaucer? Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #33

LOL, true, it's really starting your day off asking for trouble. Wingus Dingus Jan 2022 #34

The American company Heinz introduced baked beans in a tin to Britain in the 1890's... winstars Jan 2022 #36

Grandma Brown's update: Your baked bean prayers may have been answered ARPad95 Jan 2022 #40

You can buy veg. baked beans here iemanja Jan 2022 #46

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #48

Is the topic limited to food? Permissible to indulge in "Prince" Andrew recent news? UTUSN Jan 2022 #32

I do love a good Sunday roast though CanonRay Jan 2022 #39

Sunday roast is the best! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #41

their food has changed a lot in recent decades iemanja Jan 2022 #44