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Re: A question for our American members
Toiletries is the right word, and the one I've always used (althought it is kind of a funny word!). That's hilarious about the TP!!
I have no idea what puff pastry is, but in my imagination it looks something like a yummy fluffy cream puff! Rene |
Re: A question for our American members
I think it depends on the local vernacular too. She may have known what the word meant but nobody really uses it so her brain just didn't compute. I was pulling my hair out trying to tell a woman in the grocery store to put all of the perishables is one bag for me because I wasn't going straight home and would need to take them inside with me. Judging from the look on her face you'd have thought I asked her to perform fellatio right then and there. :rolleyes:
It ended up like this: The food!! The food!! Put all of the food in one bag!! :frown: |
Re: A question for our American members
Oh yeah, puff pastry--look in the freezers. My Kiwi gal has been getting quantities at the local grocery/restaurant supply place to make her lovely sausage rolls...
Not every supermarket will have it. Check with the Food dept of your local paper .. they always help source this sort of thing (I mean look on their website, not call them). |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Leslie66
(Post 7761630)
I think it depends on the local vernacular too. She may have known what the word meant but nobody really uses it so her brain just didn't compute. I was pulling my hair out trying to tell a woman in the grocery store to put all of the perishables is one bag for me because I wasn't going straight home and would need to take them inside with me. Judging from the look on her face you'd have thought I asked her to perform fellatio right then and there. :rolleyes:
It ended up like this: The food!! The food!! Put all of the food in one bag!! :frown: We use that a lot in the summer since we have to take a cooler to the store or everything is melted by the time we get home. |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
(Post 7761639)
Around here we say "cold stuff".:rolleyes:
We use that a lot in the summer since we have to take a cooler to the store or everything is melted by the time we get home. |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by SpoogleDrummer
(Post 7761281)
Whilst we're on the subject what do you call puff pastry? I want to try making some sausage rolls but when asking my wife where she thinks puff pastry would be in the store she had no idea what it was and as she thinks cooking is whamming something in the microwave it was pointless trying to explain to her.
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Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by penguinsix
(Post 7760712)
You used the right word. She was just an idiot.
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Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Leslie66
(Post 7761655)
Look for frozen pie crusts. It will be in the same area.
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Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Moonshadow_Girl
(Post 7761370)
I use the word toiletries all the time. Well, all the time I go to Target that is. I always buy all my toiletries from Target. Maybe I'm just old... :)
What is a puff pastry? I'll have to ask the DH (the Brit) that one. :D |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Moonshadow_Girl
(Post 7761370)
I use the word toiletries all the time. Well, all the time I go to Target that is. I always buy all my toiletries from Target. Maybe I'm just old... :)
What is a puff pastry? I'll have to ask the DH (the Brit) that one. :D Puff pastry is usually sold in the frozen section of the market. It is made by Pepperidge Farms, I believe. It is similar to pie pastry crust but gets flakier when you bake it. I've not heard of doing susage rolls in it but them I'm a Yank what more can I say. When it is baked it normally fluffs up and the crust flakes a bit. I like using phyllo sheets for most of my baking that requires a crust. |
Re: A question for our American members
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Originally Posted by sunflwrgrl13
(Post 7761249)
Yep. That's my definition of toiletries. That word may not be part of one's everyday vocabulary but anyone with half a brain should be able to use a bit of deductive reasoning to figure it out.[/QUOTE
Agreed. I would have liked to known what what is the young lady's mind after JG made her request, :rofl::rofl::rofl: JG is luck she didn't give a bottle of Pepto with that paper.:zzz: |
Re: A question for our American members
I'm so glad that girl doesn't work at the hotel I work at.......
She would never have lived that one down ;) |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Rete
(Post 7762051)
Puff pastry is usually sold in the frozen section of the market. It is made by Pepperidge Farms, I believe. It is similar to pie pastry crust but gets flakier when you bake it. I've not heard of doing susage rolls in it but them I'm a Yank what more can I say.
When it is baked it normally fluffs up and the crust flakes a bit. I like using phyllo sheets for most of my baking that requires a crust. |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 7761521)
Thanks for all your replies...I'm pretty sure I've seen the word 'toiletries' on the aisle signs in supermarkets. The lady in question was probably around 40...so not too young.
Rete there was no product name, manufacturer's name, phone number or website address on any of the products...that's why I asked. ' I've done the same thing, tracking down products like this. Virgin had the most lovely BodyShop rosemary/mint hand soap.. wait, that wasn't Virgin.. Delta? Long ago now. And the NYNY hotel in vegas uses some yummy grapefruity stuff from their spa. mmmm, the lotion was divine... (and 40 is TOO young!) |
Re: A question for our American members
Originally Posted by SpoogleDrummer
(Post 7761281)
Whilst we're on the subject what do you call puff pastry?
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