Originally Posted by DDL

I've learned something tonight: I thought everyone in England called them crumpets!

We love toasted crumpets - and only with butter on them, nothing else. Perfection on a plate together with a bracing cuppa.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

In Yorkshire we called crumpets...piklets. I like mine grilled both sides...topped with White Cheshire Cheese and grilled till the cheese is golden brown.

A barm cake is a bread roll.

Originally Posted by jasper123

jerseygirl now I simply must try a crumpet with grilled melted cheese on it --- it sounds really tasty

Originally Posted by jasper123

I love toasted crumpets with butter and jam on them, when I was a wee lad growing up in Portsmouth the whole family would be sitting around the open coal fire and toasting our crumpets on an actual crumpet metal poker type thing, I think we toasted our bread the same way, well for all you youngens on here I think that was either before pop up toasters were invented or maybe cause we just couldn't afford one, we used to use fountain pens in those days too or a pencil, ball point pens were not invented yet either

Originally Posted by J.J

Pikelets maybe?, that's what we called them in Lincs.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

I used to love roasting chestnuts on the fire. Ah happy days.

Originally Posted by jasper123

about the light bulb thing, I went to B&O a few months ago and I went to the lighting section to buy a small lamp for my bedside table, well if there were a Walmart here I would have just popped in and chose a suitable one and would have been out of there in 10 or 15 minutes, I spent one compleat hour looking at lamps, and after I chose a lamp I then had to go to the separate light bulb isle to try and select a light bulb to fit in the darn thing, this is where it got quite complicated, OMG there are a multitude of different kind of light bulbs here ----- some that screw in like in the states (nice and easy right) and they will fit in just about all lamps in U.S. right,
not so here ---- the lamp I bought dont take the screw in bulb, so then I look at all of the bulbs and then you read the box and it says this bulb will fit but is not safe to use in a lamp that has this or has that ---- way too complicated for me Im afraid, I ended up after one hour and a half in this store just completely bewildered and physically drained that I just put the lamp back on the shelf and just walked out the store and went home, ----- the very next day I am walking up the high street and I walk into one of our many thrift stores and there I find siting on the shelf the most perfect little lamp you ever did see, and I swear I saw it wink at me and say buy me buy me ----- with a bulb already in it ---- and it worked too,
so now all I need to do when it burns out is buy a bulb just like that one and yes they do sell that type still
And yes cheers your right the word cookies are starting to appear on certain types of biscuits over here, ---- since I have been away England has followed America in sooooo many things and especially food products like for instance years ago you would never hear chips being called french fries,

and you would never see so many different american type food products in supermarkets in the U.K. like ----- pre - packaged cole slaw/potato salad/ jars of mayonnaise/tarter sauce/tabasco type hot sauce/relish/hot dogs & buns/peanut butter/rotisserie cooked whole chickens going around before your eyes, tomato sauce is now called ketchup by most people, and BBQ'S, and just too many products to mention, sooo many,
Not quite sure when all this American influence ---- change came about but I bet it was about the time when all the U.S. fast food chains came to the U.K. like Mcdonald's/burger king/KFC/etc etc etc, when was that around the mid 1980's I think.
But unfortunately you still cant go into your local supermarket like morrisons or lidle and pick up your stationary or drugs, no pharmacy inside the store, or a toaster, or kitchen stuff like pots & pans ---- or some shoe polish, ------ but you CAN buy wine and booze in the supermarkets here in U.K. thats progress for ya
Take care pal,
Rodney.

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Asda in Runcorn has a pharmacy inside plus stationery and kitchen stuff, it may be a case of shopping around to find the bigger stores.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

Hubby is from Runcorn. Yeah many of the large UK supermarkets have pharmacies and sell stationery, kitchen equipment, household goods, electroncis and clothes...have done for years.

Originally Posted by jasper123

about the light bulb thing, I went to B&O a few
But unfortunately you still cant go into your local supermarket like morrisons or lidle and pick up your stationary or drugs, no pharmacy inside the store, or a toaster, or kitchen stuff like pots & pans ---- or some shoe polish, ------ but you CAN buy wine and booze in the supermarkets here in U.K. thats progress for ya
Take care pal,
Rodney.

Originally Posted by jasper123

I love toasted crumpets with butter and jam on them, when I was a wee lad growing up in Portsmouth the whole family would be sitting around the open coal fire and toasting our crumpets on an actual crumpet metal poker type thing, I think we toasted our bread the same way, well for all you youngens on here I think that was either before pop up toasters were invented or maybe cause we just couldn't afford one, we used to use fountain pens in those days too or a pencil, ball point pens were not invented yet either

Originally Posted by dontheturner

Hi Rod! Now that is strange - ALL the things you have mentioned, are on sale in Wellington, here at Morrisons. - Even got a Pharmacy. ( Chemists) same as Tesco. Toasters, Yes, Shoe Polish - yes - Stationery Yes, All Kitchen pots, Pans and Ovenware. Are you sure, you are not missing some parts of the store in your haste to eat their lovely Ham etc.,? Take Care. Don