bickster Posted April 20, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2021 Never that Sheeran track. In fact couldn't name a single song by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 hours ago, mjmooney said: Never that Sheeran track. In fact couldn't name a single song by him. I'm the same Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 14/03/2021 at 09:30, mjmooney said: I think I've asked this before, but how do Americans pronounce "Worcester, Massachussetts"? I think they pronounce "Greenwich Village" the British way ("Grennitch"), which slightly surprised me. Us Massholes pronounce it the proper way, but people from outside the northeast get it wrong sometimes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 04:05, Xela said: Legalised crack! People can't get enough of it. The queues at the ones around here can be insane. When I was a yoot I was hooked on Big Macs. Glad that I had a high metabolism back then. I'm glad I mapped out an alternative diet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, bickster said: Erm... yes. Most people live near their place of work. Some people (particularly in the south-east) have a longer commute. Am I missing something? Edited April 22, 2021 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 They spelt Billingshurst wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 22, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 22, 2021 10 hours ago, mjmooney said: Erm... yes. Most people live near their place of work. Some people (particularly in the south-east) have a longer commute. Am I missing something? Not really, I just thought it was a nice presentation of data 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, bickster said: Not really, I just thought it was a nice presentation of data Oh, OK. Yes, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) On 19/04/2021 at 14:52, HanoiVillan said: The Cantonese food we eat in the UK has next-to-no relationship to the food eaten in Hong Kong or Guangzhou either. Cantonese people had either the good fortune or misfortune (depending how you consider it) to generally be among the first waves of immigrants from Asia to the UK, and as such were met by a British public who were much less adventurous in their food than they are today, less tolerant of spice and strong flavours. Which is why Cantonese food from 'Chinese takeaways' is near-universal chicken-dippers-in-jam shite. In my experience there are very few decent Chinese restaurants in this country - I'm lucky to live close to one of the few I've found, the Ruby Cantonese in Stourbridge - and having worked with a man of Cantonese parentage who grew up with parents in the takeaway trade, and talking about this with him extensively, there is not really any pretense that anything we eat in this country is even particularly close to real Cantonese food. I've also been to Hong Kong a few times and food there is approximately a million times better than the crap we have here. In our family we always said “going for a Ruby” rather than a Chinese. (Hanoi and I have already established that I come from the proper Black Country and he grew up picking his nose with a knife and fork.) I’m a huge fan of Szechuan. First time I had that spice I thought I was having an allergic reaction! Lucky over here in the US to have great Chinese in the majority of major cities. (See maps OT) Edited April 22, 2021 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: I’m a huge fan of Szechuan. First time I had that spice I thought I was having an allergic reaction! Lucky over here in the US to have great Chinese in the majority of major cities. (See maps OT) Ah yeah I've loved the Szechuan cuisine I've had. One of many parts of China I want to go to. Remember when we used to travel places? That was fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 20/04/2021 at 10:32, bickster said: I wonder if it's the the same for all the one's in South Wales? Isn't there a huge tradition of Italian ice-cream parlours in South Wales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: Isn't there a huge tradition of Italian ice-cream parlours in South Wales? And Glasgow. Lots of WWII Italian POWs didn't bother going home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 21:52, HanoiVillan said: The Cantonese food we eat in the UK has next-to-no relationship to the food eaten in Hong Kong or Guangzhou either. Cantonese people had either the good fortune or misfortune (depending how you consider it) to generally be among the first waves of immigrants from Asia to the UK, and as such were met by a British public who were much less adventurous in their food than they are today, less tolerant of spice and strong flavours. Which is why Cantonese food from 'Chinese takeaways' is near-universal chicken-dippers-in-jam shite. In my experience there are very few decent Chinese restaurants in this country - I'm lucky to live close to one of the few I've found, the Ruby Cantonese in Stourbridge - and having worked with a man of Cantonese parentage who grew up with parents in the takeaway trade, and talking about this with him extensively, there is not really any pretense that anything we eat in this country is even particularly close to real Cantonese food. I've also been to Hong Kong a few times and food there is approximately a million times better than the crap we have here. A few from the menu from my last trip to China 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 56 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: A few from the menu from my last trip to China I'm envious! We can only get frozen sheep's penis where I live. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted April 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, sidcow said: Isn't there a huge tradition of Italian ice-cream parlours in South Wales? Yep, Fulgonis and Sidolis are the ones that spring to mind but that again, ties in with the bracchi culture. Where my family are from, the local bakery was Ferraris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, bickster said: Yep, Fulgonis and Sidolis are the ones that spring to mind but that again, ties in with the bracchi culture. Where my family are from, the local bakery was Ferraris Here is me thinking Sidolis was a brand that was limited to Shropshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Here is me thinking Sidolis was a brand that was limited to Shropshire. Probably a different company. Different members of the same family generations ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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