Great British websites
Oct 16th 2008, 1:34 am
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Forget HP - you want the slightly runnier generic "brown" that comes in the brown plastic squeezy bottle in the caff... perfectly juxtaposed against its close neighbour, "red"...
Oct 16th 2008, 1:37 am
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A brilliantly generous EBCB, it has a feeling of plenitude, of milk and honey, abundance. Almost like some sort of genie (or djinn) has invented a bottomless plate that keeps disgorging food into the middle of the plate. Brilliant. Look at all those beans, you could lose yourself in there..
Oct 16th 2008, 1:52 am
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But strangely, when in the UK, I'll squeeze the brown bottle and not question what comes out of it. I even wipe the crusty bits off the top. I don't do "red" with anything that even resembles breakfast.
Now you have me missing the Motorway, and that's a first!
Oct 16th 2008, 3:04 am
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From; Jack's, Lavender Hill
Heaven.
Heaven.
Oct 16th 2008, 5:41 am
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Last edited by surly; Oct 16th 2008 at 5:43 am.
Oct 16th 2008, 5:52 am
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That was funny. Do it again.
Oct 16th 2008, 10:24 am
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Oct 16th 2008, 11:55 am
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Don't despair, expats! I'm still in the UK and finding it harder and harder to find fish 'n' chips! 
Oct 16th 2008, 11:58 am
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Oct 16th 2008, 12:12 pm
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Now and again I stumble upon a fantastic website that's so British in nature I can't help but feel a tad homesick.
Here's today's gem:
http://russelldavies.typepad.com/eggbaconchipsandbeans/
Red sauce, and piping hot tea.....
Does anyone else have their own examples?
Here's today's gem:
http://russelldavies.typepad.com/eggbaconchipsandbeans/
Red sauce, and piping hot tea.....
Does anyone else have their own examples?
Oct 16th 2008, 1:19 pm
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I don't think this place has a website but here's a page of reviews. This is where you get healthy English food - all you can eat for 3.95 pounds 
No need for brown or red sauce here!!
http://www.veggieplaces.co.uk/list_r...p?place_id=917
No need for brown or red sauce here!!http://www.veggieplaces.co.uk/list_r...p?place_id=917
Oct 16th 2008, 1:54 pm
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I don't think this place has a website but here's a page of reviews. This is where you get healthy English food - all you can eat for 3.95 pounds No need for brown or red sauce here!!
http://www.veggieplaces.co.uk/list_r...p?place_id=917
No need for brown or red sauce here!!http://www.veggieplaces.co.uk/list_r...p?place_id=917
Oct 16th 2008, 1:56 pm
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Oct 16th 2008, 2:21 pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Green
Oct 16th 2008, 2:39 pm
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Many of us remember Stanley Green and it has left an indelible impression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Green
How horrible.
"His own diet consisted of porridge, home-made bread, and barley water mixed with powdered milk."
