The Reids

Following up to Padraig Breathnach

    >>10 out of 11 here - didn't know the thing with the spanish bar ;-)
    >I got that one right. It's something which I find very unsettling to
    >behold, as it seems so anti-social.

It works OK though, doesn't it? (I cant bring myself to do it)
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The Reids

Following up to Donna Evleth

    >Maybe our quizmaster had been only to Paris.

Perhpas the quiz tells more about the quizmaster and American
perceptions than about the world?
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The Reids

Following up to Carlus

    >as a French, I would say that it depends on the restaurant.

And nothing much to do with France, Gordon Ramsey would throw you
out here in London! More to do with type of restaurant and type
of food.
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Nitram

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:38:32 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:40:22 +0100, chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th'
    >barn wrote:
    >> nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:58:01 +0100, [email protected]
    >>> (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>> "Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> >http://www.fekids.com/kln/girls_guide/dining.html
    >>>>> >
    >>>>> >I got 8 out of 11
    >>>>> >
    >>>>> So did I. We must have dinner together sometime.
    >>>>I got 9 out of 11- the two I got wrong were Poland and, yup, Scotland. I
    >>>>think I knew what answer they _wanted_, but I certainly never called
    >>>>lunch dinner! (That's a common think in the NW of England too I've
    >>>>noticed.)
    >>>
    >>> English kids eat school dinners, not school lunches
    >>
    >> Well, we called them "school dinners" too, but said we were eating, and
    >> going to have, lunch. Dinner is what you had in the evening- some people
    >> called it tea, but most where I lived called it dinner.
    >School dinners, going to dinner...
    >Dinner at mid-day, tea in the evening. Berkshire born Berkshire bread....

Berkshire bread? Berkshire Lardy Cake surely?

Partly Berkshire bred.

Nitram

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:47:22 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to nitram
    >>English kids eat school dinners, not school lunches
    >because its the *main* meal of the day, that's what dinner is.

It's because what it is called.

Nitram

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:04:07 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to Donna Evleth
    >>Maybe our quizmaster had been only to Paris.
    >Perhpas the quiz tells more about the quizmaster and American
    >perceptions than about the world?

The quiz master tells us nothing except what he wishes us to believe
about himself. He is not typical of the large numbers of Americans I
have met and worked with.

Nitram

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:04:08 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to Carlus
    >>as a French, I would say that it depends on the restaurant.
    >And nothing much to do with France, Gordon Ramsey would throw you
    >out here in London! More to do with type of restaurant and type
    >of food.

and even more to do with Gordon Ramsey's attitude to his customers :-)

The Reids

Following up to Tim Challenger

    >Supper's just before you go to bed.
    >Breakfast - elevenses - dinner - tea - supper.

for me
Breakfast, lunch (12-2), dinner(8-9).

Might have afternoon tea at mother in laws, might have an 11s
snack with a cuppa.
At weekends often have brunch at 11-12. Supper might be a bit of
cheese late at night but dinner crashes into that..
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The Reids

Following up to Tim Challenger

    >School dinners, going to dinner...
    >Dinner at mid-day, tea in the evening. Berkshire born Berkshire bread....

when's a dinner party held? When's lunchtime? :-)
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The Reids

Following up to Tim Challenger

    >I don't remember the possible answers for the chicken thing, but if I've
    >got a plate of food with a chicken leg on it, I'll use the knife and fork.
    >I only use my fingers when there's no cutlery around, or it's a buffet.
    >I, like you, would regard anyone using their fingers (except perhaps at a
    >barbeque) as being a slob.

Debrett says picking up chops, legs is "theoretically
acceptable", whatever that means. In practice the US practice of
eating with fork only with raise eyebrows (and the slob answer)
from those who don't know that's considered OK there.
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Miss L. Toe

"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1112953247.eb77d6028c1cfc01934f73fd4c0453df@t eranews...
    > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:51:23 +0100, Miss L. Toe wrote:
    > > "chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn"
    > > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:1gumc4q.r5muw6qo9t7uN%this_address_is_for_spa [email protected]...
    > >> nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>
    > >>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:58:01 +0100, [email protected]
    > >>> (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
    > >>>
    > >>> >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>> >
    > >>> >> "Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>> >>
    > >>> >> >http://www.fekids.com/kln/girls_guide/dining.html
    > >>> >> >
    > >>> >> >I got 8 out of 11
    > >>> >> >
    > >>> >> So did I. We must have dinner together sometime.
    > >>> >
    > >>> >I got 9 out of 11- the two I got wrong were Poland and, yup,
Scotland.
    > > I
    > >>> >think I knew what answer they _wanted_, but I certainly never called
    > >>> >lunch dinner! (That's a common think in the NW of England too I've
    > >>> >noticed.)
    > >>>
    > >>> English kids eat school dinners, not school lunches
    > >>
    > >> Well, we called them "school dinners" too, but said we were eating, and
    > >> going to have, lunch. Dinner is what you had in the evening- some
people
    > >> called it tea, but most where I lived called it dinner.
    > >>
    > >
    > > Unless you have it at supper time.
    > Supper's just before you go to bed.
    > Breakfast - elevenses - dinner - tea - supper.

Is that Afternoon tea or High Tea ?

Frank F. Matthews

Miss L. Toe wrote:
    > "Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:1112953247.eb77d6028c1cfc01934f73fd4c0453df@t eranews...
    >
    >>On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:51:23 +0100, Miss L. Toe wrote:
    >>>"chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn"
    >>><[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>>news:1gumc4q.r5muw6qo9t7uN%this_address_is_for_ [email protected]...
    >>>>nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>>On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:58:01 +0100, [email protected]
    >>>>>(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
    >>>>>>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>>>>"Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>http://www.fekids.com/kln/girls_guide/dining.html
    >>>>>>>>I got 8 out of 11
    >>>>>>>So did I. We must have dinner together sometime.
    >>>>>>I got 9 out of 11- the two I got wrong were Poland and, yup,
    >
    > Scotland.
    >
    >>>I
    >>>>>>think I knew what answer they _wanted_, but I certainly never called
    >>>>>>lunch dinner! (That's a common think in the NW of England too I've
    >>>>>>noticed.)
    >>>>>English kids eat school dinners, not school lunches
    >>>>Well, we called them "school dinners" too, but said we were eating, and
    >>>>going to have, lunch. Dinner is what you had in the evening- some
    >
    > people
    >
    >>>>called it tea, but most where I lived called it dinner.
    >>>Unless you have it at supper time.
    >>Supper's just before you go to bed.
    >>Breakfast - elevenses - dinner - tea - supper.
    >
    >
    > Is that Afternoon tea or High Tea ?
    >
    >



High tea would usually run into supper. Unless, of course, you are
having a light supper after a play. In that case though you wouldn't be
into high tea much unless to keep the kiddies company.

Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn

Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:40:22 +0100, chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th'
    > barn wrote:
[]
    > > Well, we called them "school dinners" too, but said we were eating, and
    > > going to have, lunch. Dinner is what you had in the evening- some people
    > > called it tea, but most where I lived called it dinner.
    >
    > School dinners, going to dinner...
    > Dinner at mid-day, tea in the evening. Berkshire born Berkshire bread....

I'm sure you're right- a lot of people call it dinner (to my partner's
confusion) in the North West of England too. Thing is, the question I
got wrong (re dinner) was about Scotland, and I certainly feel qualified
to answer that one! There are surely places in Scotland where lunch is
called dinner, but not where I'm from.

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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn

The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Following up to nitram
    >
    > >English kids eat school dinners, not school lunches
    >
    > because its the *main* meal of the day, that's what dinner is.
    > It gets associated with social standing, because the affluent
    > tend to eat dinner in the evening, factory workers tend (tended?)
    > to eat main meal at lunchtime in the works canteen and correctly
    > call it dinner and have (high) tea in the evening.

Actually, that's certainly not the case here (NW). I've seen people call
sandwiches their dinner.

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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn

Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:47:21 +0100, The Reids wrote:
    >
    > > Following up to chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
    > >
    > >>I got 9 out of 11- the two I got wrong were Poland and, yup, Scotland. I
    > >>think I knew what answer they _wanted_, but I certainly never called
    > >>lunch dinner! (That's a common think in the NW of England too I've
    > >>noticed.)
    > >
    > > I got 8, never heard the Poland or German things, don't accept
    > > the lunch/dinner, that's to do with a working class factory
    > > canteen culture of the past, nothing to do with Scotland.
    > > Americans eating chicken with the hands is OK in UK? I sort of
    > > disagreed with answer. Do they think Brits don't eat fast food
    > > chicken with hands? Then again, I have noted Americans here in ng
    > > saying eating pizza with knife and fork is odd so I tend towards
    > > Brits seeing US eating with hands as "they are slobs" choosing
    > > from the available answers, I stress! In fact I think it didn't
    > > understand UK mores, so I wonder if it really understood the ones
    > > I know less about?
    >
    > I don't remember the possible answers for the chicken thing, but if I've
    > got a plate of food with a chicken leg on it, I'll use the knife and fork.
    > I only use my fingers when there's no cutlery around, or it's a buffet.
    > I, like you, would regard anyone using their fingers (except perhaps at a
    > barbeque) as being a slob.

I do it at home, because it is IMO the best way to eat it, and I like
the feel of it on my fingers- seriously. Over a business lunch with
someone I didn't know- probably wouldn't do it. II probably wouldn't
order it either, though.

I'm very fond of preparing cornish hen (poussin) at home, and it's
really _silly_ to try and eat the whole of it with a kniife and fork!

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