Re: differences in our common language-

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

When we visited the American Museum in Bath Simon's parents picked up a

fun dictionary of US to UK terms, and it made the drive home fun. When

we visit the US, I think before every question to make sure I will be

understood. By the end of a holiday I am referring to prams as

strollers and bathrooms as rest rooms - which I even started doing back

home in a TGI Fridays (I guess I just re-programmed myself :-)

Which brings me to your email - I am wondering where in the UK you

lived. I am in Southampton (south coast) and I am wondering if your

language problems were in another area of the country, and you are

showing area differences. To me a napkin is a serviette and nothing

else. I ask for a napkin when I want a serviette. A feminine napkin I

call a towel or sanitary towel or pad. And, out of politeness I

enquire where the bathroom is at a restaurant (but I have never not

been understood and everyone I know asks for the bathroom). Failing

that I would ask " where are the toilets? " , or " where are the ladies? " ,

but never " where is the loo? " (My Mum would have a heart attack if she

thought I asked for the loo in public!). Of course, you could just be

picking up on class differences in the UK :-)

BTW - Can you get s Salt and Vinegar crisps in the US? I couldn't

live without them! Oh well, you have stuff we cannot get like Graham

Crackers for S'mores and Twix Flavour Smuckers! Things are improving

though, as our local supermarket Asda (now part of the " Wallmart

family " ) stocks Hershey Kisses and Reeses Cups, so Simon is really

happy!

Love,

Fay.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We lived in Lytham St Annes - Lancashire. Just south of Blackpool.

I know, the language differences change in England when you cross the street!

hehe

No, we can't get s. But, Our Lays potato chips make a salt and vinegar.

The s are better.

We do miss all those varieties. My husband really liked the prawn cocktail.

I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45 minutes drive.

They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the kids the sweets they miss.

Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch of others. I still haven't found a Lion

bar - my husband's favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most

wonderful chocolate.

The 2 things we miss the most are Heinze beans - which I can find in some

specialty shops - but they cost about $2.00 a can. I usually buy a case of them

at a time.

And, it's hard to find the Chicken Tikka Masala cooking sauce here. We love the

Patkas kind. I can find it sometimes though, and it's a big treat when I do.

I always pick up some sausage rolls at the British Pantry too!

I can get bacon there, but it is outrageously expensive. Your bacon is the

best.

Nothing better than an all day breakfast, if you ask my husband and son.

If I can add some heinze beans to breakfast, then they are happy.

My kids have introduced beans on toast to all their friends, and they all love

it. I've even given some of their friends some cans.

I'm thinking about writing a letter to heinze, cause they should sell them here

in all the stores. Everyone who tries them, loves them. You can't get any

beans here that are as good as yours. They are the best. I can't even eat any

others!

When I first moved there, I thought the food was horrible. Then, I discovered

the good things. I can't beleive I miss a lot of it. I never thought I would.

Boy - I would love a bacon sandwich right now. I actually have a bottle of

brown sauce - but it doesn't taste good without your bacon!

Hugs,

Reeses peanut butter cups are my favorite!!!!!

But, all our other chocolate (hershey's kisses included) doesn't even compaire

to your chocotale! Yours is so much better!

[Guest guest]

Your bacon is the best. Nothing better than an all day breakfast, if

you ask my husband and son.

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I know what you mean.

When I cashed freguent flyer miles to go to Scotland last November,

I really splurged (partly for screwing up earlier in the year and

not taking the family to Hawaii on miles as I had promised). In

short, I cashed enough so the wife and I were able to fly from

Seattle to London, non-stop, on British Airways ... in First Class.

That was something that has to be experienced to be believed,

absolutely incredible. It made any domestic First Class ticket feel

like steerage.

At any rate, part of the menu selection was the All Day Breakfast.

Ignorant tourist that I was, I just thought it meant that breakfast

was offered at any time during the flight and not an actual menu

entree. But when breakfast time rolled around, that was what I

ordered, except I told the stewardess " no bacon - I hate bacon. "

Well, both of us ordered the same breakfast except Darlene LOVES

bacon. I took one look at her plate and said " gimme some of that. "

About my second bite, the stewardess walks by and says " I thought

you didn't like bacon? "

I still feel that the British custom of drinking warm beer is

utterly barbaric ... but boy do they know how to make bacon.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Mint Aero????? Is that the chocolate with a thin layer of milk

chocolate outside and the airy green stuff inside? Just like in those

airy milk chocolates, but it is bright green??? I got those when I

visited my sister when she lived in South Africa, and I loved the

stuff... I have not been able to forget about it. Actually I thought

about it the other day, I am going to South Africa in September, and

I sure will have to go look for it then...

Can't you get Lion bars in the US??? Now we can even get Lion cereal

here... Maybe I need to go buy some Lion bars and send them to you???

Aase Marit

>I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

>minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the

>kids the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch

>of others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's

>favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most wonderful

>chocolate.

[Guest guest]

Aase.. You want Mint Aero's? I can bring them to Buffalo. I love them too! How

much can you carry back home? Cindylouwho

Re: differences in our common language-

Hi ,

Mint Aero????? Is that the chocolate with a thin layer of milk

chocolate outside and the airy green stuff inside? Just like in those

airy milk chocolates, but it is bright green??? I got those when I

visited my sister when she lived in South Africa, and I loved the

stuff... I have not been able to forget about it. Actually I thought

about it the other day, I am going to South Africa in September, and

I sure will have to go look for it then...

Can't you get Lion bars in the US??? Now we can even get Lion cereal

here... Maybe I need to go buy some Lion bars and send them to you???

Aase Marit

>I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

>minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the

>kids the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch

>of others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's

>favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most wonderful

>chocolate.

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[Guest guest]

I too love baked beans and ONLY eat Heinz. They are BIG here in OZ

and you can buy them EVERYWHERE. But I am odd in my liking in that I

HATE them when they are heated or have been heated. I eat them COLD

preferably out of the can from the fridge. I do eat them on toast but

again they have to be cold. You can also add them to other things

stews and stuff too.

If I was you I would write to Heinz and see about them getting them

into local stores or at least to see if they will allow you to import

them.

Sharon

> Hi,

> We lived in Lytham St Annes - Lancashire. Just south of Blackpool.

> I know, the language differences change in England when you cross

the street! hehe

>

> No, we can't get s. But, Our Lays potato chips make a salt

and vinegar. The s are better.

> We do miss all those varieties. My husband really liked the prawn

cocktail.

>

> I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the kids

the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch of

others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's favorite.

You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most wonderful chocolate.

>

> The 2 things we miss the most are Heinze beans - which I can find

in some specialty shops - but they cost about $2.00 a can. I usually

buy a case of them at a time.

> And, it's hard to find the Chicken Tikka Masala cooking sauce

here. We love the Patkas kind. I can find it sometimes though, and

it's a big treat when I do.

>

> I always pick up some sausage rolls at the British Pantry too!

> I can get bacon there, but it is outrageously expensive. Your

bacon is the best.

> Nothing better than an all day breakfast, if you ask my husband and

son.

> If I can add some heinze beans to breakfast, then they are happy.

>

> My kids have introduced beans on toast to all their friends, and

they all love it. I've even given some of their friends some cans.

> I'm thinking about writing a letter to heinze, cause they should

sell them here in all the stores. Everyone who tries them, loves

them. You can't get any beans here that are as good as yours. They

are the best. I can't even eat any others!

>

> When I first moved there, I thought the food was horrible. Then, I

discovered the good things. I can't beleive I miss a lot of it. I

never thought I would. Boy - I would love a bacon sandwich right

now. I actually have a bottle of brown sauce - but it doesn't taste

good without your bacon!

> Hugs,

>

>

> Reeses peanut butter cups are my favorite!!!!!

> But, all our other chocolate (hershey's kisses included) doesn't

even compaire to your chocotale! Yours is so much better!

>

>

[Guest guest]

I too love baked beans and ONLY eat Heinz. They are BIG here in OZ

and you can buy them EVERYWHERE. But I am odd in my liking in that I

HATE them when they are heated or have been heated. I eat them COLD

preferably out of the can from the fridge. I do eat them on toast but

again they have to be cold. You can also add them to other things

stews and stuff too.

If I was you I would write to Heinz and see about them getting them

into local stores or at least to see if they will allow you to import

them.

Sharon

> Hi,

> We lived in Lytham St Annes - Lancashire. Just south of Blackpool.

> I know, the language differences change in England when you cross

the street! hehe

>

> No, we can't get s. But, Our Lays potato chips make a salt

and vinegar. The s are better.

> We do miss all those varieties. My husband really liked the prawn

cocktail.

>

> I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the kids

the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch of

others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's favorite.

You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most wonderful chocolate.

>

> The 2 things we miss the most are Heinze beans - which I can find

in some specialty shops - but they cost about $2.00 a can. I usually

buy a case of them at a time.

> And, it's hard to find the Chicken Tikka Masala cooking sauce

here. We love the Patkas kind. I can find it sometimes though, and

it's a big treat when I do.

>

> I always pick up some sausage rolls at the British Pantry too!

> I can get bacon there, but it is outrageously expensive. Your

bacon is the best.

> Nothing better than an all day breakfast, if you ask my husband and

son.

> If I can add some heinze beans to breakfast, then they are happy.

>

> My kids have introduced beans on toast to all their friends, and

they all love it. I've even given some of their friends some cans.

> I'm thinking about writing a letter to heinze, cause they should

sell them here in all the stores. Everyone who tries them, loves

them. You can't get any beans here that are as good as yours. They

are the best. I can't even eat any others!

>

> When I first moved there, I thought the food was horrible. Then, I

discovered the good things. I can't beleive I miss a lot of it. I

never thought I would. Boy - I would love a bacon sandwich right

now. I actually have a bottle of brown sauce - but it doesn't taste

good without your bacon!

> Hugs,

>

>

> Reeses peanut butter cups are my favorite!!!!!

> But, all our other chocolate (hershey's kisses included) doesn't

even compaire to your chocotale! Yours is so much better!

>

>

[Guest guest]

I too love baked beans and ONLY eat Heinz. They are BIG here in OZ

and you can buy them EVERYWHERE. But I am odd in my liking in that I

HATE them when they are heated or have been heated. I eat them COLD

preferably out of the can from the fridge. I do eat them on toast but

again they have to be cold. You can also add them to other things

stews and stuff too.

If I was you I would write to Heinz and see about them getting them

into local stores or at least to see if they will allow you to import

them.

Sharon

> Hi,

> We lived in Lytham St Annes - Lancashire. Just south of Blackpool.

> I know, the language differences change in England when you cross

the street! hehe

>

> No, we can't get s. But, Our Lays potato chips make a salt

and vinegar. The s are better.

> We do miss all those varieties. My husband really liked the prawn

cocktail.

>

> I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the kids

the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch of

others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's favorite.

You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most wonderful chocolate.

>

> The 2 things we miss the most are Heinze beans - which I can find

in some specialty shops - but they cost about $2.00 a can. I usually

buy a case of them at a time.

> And, it's hard to find the Chicken Tikka Masala cooking sauce

here. We love the Patkas kind. I can find it sometimes though, and

it's a big treat when I do.

>

> I always pick up some sausage rolls at the British Pantry too!

> I can get bacon there, but it is outrageously expensive. Your

bacon is the best.

> Nothing better than an all day breakfast, if you ask my husband and

son.

> If I can add some heinze beans to breakfast, then they are happy.

>

> My kids have introduced beans on toast to all their friends, and

they all love it. I've even given some of their friends some cans.

> I'm thinking about writing a letter to heinze, cause they should

sell them here in all the stores. Everyone who tries them, loves

them. You can't get any beans here that are as good as yours. They

are the best. I can't even eat any others!

>

> When I first moved there, I thought the food was horrible. Then, I

discovered the good things. I can't beleive I miss a lot of it. I

never thought I would. Boy - I would love a bacon sandwich right

now. I actually have a bottle of brown sauce - but it doesn't taste

good without your bacon!

> Hugs,

>

>

> Reeses peanut butter cups are my favorite!!!!!

> But, all our other chocolate (hershey's kisses included) doesn't

even compaire to your chocotale! Yours is so much better!

>

>

[Guest guest]

YEs Aero is the chocolate with the bright green chocolate with air

bubbles in it inside and here in Australia it is mad emy Nestle and

you can buy it in like 200-250g blocks as well and it is VERY yummy

and you can get Peppermint Aero and alos Chocolate Aero where the

inside is plain chocolate with air bubbles.

Sharon

> Hi ,

>

> Mint Aero????? Is that the chocolate with a thin layer of milk

> chocolate outside and the airy green stuff inside? Just like in

those

> airy milk chocolates, but it is bright green??? I got those when I

> visited my sister when she lived in South Africa, and I loved the

> stuff... I have not been able to forget about it. Actually I

thought

> about it the other day, I am going to South Africa in September,

and

> I sure will have to go look for it then...

>

> Can't you get Lion bars in the US??? Now we can even get Lion

cereal

> here... Maybe I need to go buy some Lion bars and send them to

you???

>

>

>

> Aase Marit

>

> >I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

> >minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the

> >kids the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch

> >of others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's

> >favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most

wonderful

> >chocolate.

[Guest guest]

YEs Aero is the chocolate with the bright green chocolate with air

bubbles in it inside and here in Australia it is mad emy Nestle and

you can buy it in like 200-250g blocks as well and it is VERY yummy

and you can get Peppermint Aero and alos Chocolate Aero where the

inside is plain chocolate with air bubbles.

Sharon

> Hi ,

>

> Mint Aero????? Is that the chocolate with a thin layer of milk

> chocolate outside and the airy green stuff inside? Just like in

those

> airy milk chocolates, but it is bright green??? I got those when I

> visited my sister when she lived in South Africa, and I loved the

> stuff... I have not been able to forget about it. Actually I

thought

> about it the other day, I am going to South Africa in September,

and

> I sure will have to go look for it then...

>

> Can't you get Lion bars in the US??? Now we can even get Lion

cereal

> here... Maybe I need to go buy some Lion bars and send them to

you???

>

>

>

> Aase Marit

>

> >I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

> >minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the

> >kids the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch

> >of others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's

> >favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most

wonderful

> >chocolate.

[Guest guest]

YEs Aero is the chocolate with the bright green chocolate with air

bubbles in it inside and here in Australia it is mad emy Nestle and

you can buy it in like 200-250g blocks as well and it is VERY yummy

and you can get Peppermint Aero and alos Chocolate Aero where the

inside is plain chocolate with air bubbles.

Sharon

> Hi ,

>

> Mint Aero????? Is that the chocolate with a thin layer of milk

> chocolate outside and the airy green stuff inside? Just like in

those

> airy milk chocolates, but it is bright green??? I got those when I

> visited my sister when she lived in South Africa, and I loved the

> stuff... I have not been able to forget about it. Actually I

thought

> about it the other day, I am going to South Africa in September,

and

> I sure will have to go look for it then...

>

> Can't you get Lion bars in the US??? Now we can even get Lion

cereal

> here... Maybe I need to go buy some Lion bars and send them to

you???

>

>

>

> Aase Marit

>

> >I go to a store here called the British Pantry. It's about 45

> >minutes drive. They have a lot of British stuff - and I get the

> >kids the sweets they miss. Mint Aero, Cadbury Flakes, and a bunch

> >of others. I still haven't found a Lion bar - my husband's

> >favorite. You know - it's hard toffee covered in the most

wonderful

> >chocolate.

[Guest guest]

haha!

I don't like the warmer beer either. Gives me a stomach ache.

We flew first class on SAS when we moved to England, courtesy of Boeing. It was

amazing!

And, they flew us home first class on SAS when we moved back. Much better going

to Europe than to the US.

That flight was so great, and the food was fantastic! I never imagined a plane

flight could be so splendid.

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

haha!

I don't like the warmer beer either. Gives me a stomach ache.

We flew first class on SAS when we moved to England, courtesy of Boeing. It was

amazing!

And, they flew us home first class on SAS when we moved back. Much better going

to Europe than to the US.

That flight was so great, and the food was fantastic! I never imagined a plane

flight could be so splendid.

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

haha!

I don't like the warmer beer either. Gives me a stomach ache.

We flew first class on SAS when we moved to England, courtesy of Boeing. It was

amazing!

And, they flew us home first class on SAS when we moved back. Much better going

to Europe than to the US.

That flight was so great, and the food was fantastic! I never imagined a plane

flight could be so splendid.

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

Yea, that's right about the mint Aero's. I found them in Canada though, so just

a couple hours drive from here, and I can get some.

Hummmmm........

I'll have to ask Tom just how much he'd like some! I even have some British

money left over that I could send you!

I'll let you know!

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

Yea, that's right about the mint Aero's. I found them in Canada though, so just

a couple hours drive from here, and I can get some.

Hummmmm........

I'll have to ask Tom just how much he'd like some! I even have some British

money left over that I could send you!

I'll let you know!

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

Yea, that's right about the mint Aero's. I found them in Canada though, so just

a couple hours drive from here, and I can get some.

Hummmmm........

I'll have to ask Tom just how much he'd like some! I even have some British

money left over that I could send you!

I'll let you know!

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

No, it just has hard toffee and a coating of chocolate. Maybe I've got the

wrong name, cause now I'm thinking that the lion bar is what you described.

I'll have to ask Tom what the name of it is.

Yea, I think I've got the wrong name.