bizzie@herdesk

NC Penguin...

i'm a terrible cook.. i usually have to use it to thicken up the gravy i made...

when I get to Portland.. the first thing i'll have to do is put all the take-aways (takeouts???) on speed dial...

the second thing is sign up for a cookery course...

Bee
UK to USA

mark19964

ok so who turned on me then, as if I care.
I was just making the point that life here (UK)shouldnt be seen through rose tinted glasses. We,ve now got legislation going through to raise the retirement age to 70 also

Exactly the same as you and others on this thread are telling me what its like there.

The difference is I dont call people "assholes" and throw my toys out the pram like you do, when someone comesback with a comment you dont like. Look at the comments you made to Ranjini, steveandlisa, darren"B" and you got the front to tell me I upset people.

As for "brown nosing" not at all, the guy made exactly the point Im trying to make and the differences between the two countries as in living and quality ,which I can see quite clearly.

As for forigners, no problem there as long as there legal and contribute to the economy - here in the UK we have lots that dont and sponge off the state at my and others expence - that was my point. I dont have a problem with any race, colour or creed. Im half Mauritian through my father.

I worked in Seattle with Hispanic / Latinos, poles, russians etc and on "boxing day" out there was sweeping snow off rose bush roots to stop them freezing in -2 c with them and having a blast.

Where as you have a fixation with "assholes" hey if thats your ticket I aint gonna punch it for you.

And social standing - your obviously old school tie brigade, didums thought you had the right to a job because mummy and daddy paid for your degree - who the hell gave you the right to a good paid job.

I shall simply sum up my feelings to you in the words of "Ace Ventura" Pet detective "LOOOOOOSSSSEEEERRRRR".

If Paul Revere had your attitude to life and liberty there wouldnt be a USA - Oh shit I cant ride this horse anymore my Ass hurts says patrick but hey screw the colonists I'll just sit here and wait !!

Goodbye Patrick you are the saddest link.

Ranjini

Nah! You can become an expert cook by watching the Food network. Oh Wondra flour works better than cornflour. No lumps. Btw don't say cornflour in the US. They won't know what you are talking about It's corn starch. My husband would look blankly at me when when I said cornflour or minced meat. Until he found I was talking about ground meat
One more question. How can you bear to leave Plymouth??? I have been scouring the web looking at pics of Devon and Cornwall planning my dream trip to the region. Big fan of
Rosamunde Pilcher now and Daphne DuMaurier during my school days

MrsLondon

Be careful. US Customs can be very iffy about allowing foodstuffs into the country.

MrsLondon

Surely more than 83,000!?

RoB1833

Eggs and flour?? I'm a bloke and I need the packet mix!!

RoB1833

I've checked the labelling on everything.... I presume you mean meat products??
Marmite is okay and bacon flavoured crisps contain....... BACON FLAVOURING!!

smartiegirl88

Well I thought I would come on here and catch up on the gossip...what a thread! Why is everyone so mad at one another?!

Anyhoo, just thought I would share with everyone that my culture shock is now into the 'settling in' phase. I went through the 'I want to go home' stage, the 'I can't find a damn job' stage, the 'where the hell is the public transportation' stage, the 'can't find any UK food' stage...

Now I have reached a point in my life where I feel like I can call South Carolina my home. I can drive anywhere I want, I found a good job (after a very long time as some of you may know), I get UK faves shipped every once in a while.....

I am feeling alright for the first time in 3 years of being over here. It's a really good feeling and I can finally relax! I can finally settle, and not feel like I'm just settling, if you get me

Love feeling happy! It's been a long time coming!

NC Penguin

I'm a pretty inventive cook and have discovered a kind of flour that is a both a thickening agent and provider of the gravy colour (brown for those who don't know the colour of British gravy). It's quite easy to find in the US but not so widely available in the US.

As for Food Network, most of the shows are entertainment and quite low in the educational element about learning about cooking and associated topics. Especially Emeril!




NC Penguin

Patrick

There is one person being the camels toe in the tight pants of this NG. All the rest of us our friends!

Ranjini

Definitely not Emeril Sarah Moulton's shows are educational. She's on three times everyday. Alton Brown's Good Eats. And Martha Stewart for the absolute beginner. I have learned a lot over the four year I've been in the US....

NC Penguin

A

Actually, having watched many of the "cooking" shows on the Food Network and the kind of ingredients that go into recipes, I understand better why Americans are overweight, have diabetes, heart disease, high cholestrol, have a lack of fibre in the diet ...



NC Penguin

Patrick

If you have read any those other threads you will see I have never called anyone a name, I don't beleive in it as it achieves nothing - I said "you will still be the same arsehole.." semetics I know but I never called you an arse/asshole.

Did I mention foreigners, have you been smoking something

Not that its any of your business but Papa is a bus driver and Mata works in Etams. I left school at 16 and put myself through uni at 28 while supporting a wife. I worked as a chambermaid as one of the jobs I did to help me through so I am not adverse to cleaning up crap, I don't like taking it from people with superiority complexes though.

All this from a guy who can't get the year of his birth right in his monicker.

Patrick

NC Penguin

I can't get hold of Wondra Flour in the Triangle (I have a friend who's been looking for it for ages). To avoid lumps when making gravy, you need to get hold of one of those tiny whisks (about 7" long. Whisk diameter at tip is less than 1/2"). I've never had lumpy gravy using such a whisk.



NC Penguin

TimEh?

Hi,

I know only too well that feeling of not knowing where you truly belong anymore. Going back to the UK to live for awhile is good advice but it will also contribute to the unsettled feeling in the long run. At best, it may make you realise that there is more you like about day to day living in Florida than you will experience (or have experienced) in the UK.

But as has also been advised, don't sell up as if you never intended to return. I've done it twice and it's a hard slog to get re-established. Rent your home out or something.

Some come over and never look back; some only look back; the rest of us are looking for that mythical land that has the best of both countries.