Originally posted by Varghmm-vodka jelly? is there anything that you can't have with vodka???
I think the confusion stems from the fact that in North America packet jelly comes in a powdered form to which you add water. Apparently it's no good for vodka jelly either which is why I had to bring a load of good old British cube stuff over here for a friend.
Any flavour jelly is good, though I particularly like citrus flavours. Strawberry jelly is good as part of a trifle. Mmm, trifle 😀
I use pudding and dessert to mean the same thing, though I can see bidge90's line of reasoning. I imagine in France 'le pudding', along with various other words of English origin relating to food, is pejorative because the French (rightly) mock us for our lack of culinary skills.
Why do Americans call jam (the mashed-up fruit stuff you put on toast) jelly? Or do you seriously put the wobbly stuff in sandwiches? 😕
On a distantly related subject, I find individually wrapped and glistening slices of cheese extremely disturbing. Are these squares of cheese a common sight in the US or elsewhere? Oh, who am I to comment; I eat 'crabsticks' (if you don't know what these are, it's probably for the best 😳)
Roughly speaking, vodka is just alcohol plus water. No, there isn't anything you can't have vodka with 😉
Originally posted by AcolyteFunnily enough, it was with Two Americans that I had the most confusion over the word pudding. Could have been because they come from Louisiana ... I haven't even bothered broaching puddings with the French as their perception of English food is unshakable. They seem to think that we have sausages and bacon for breakfast every day (NB their ignorance on the real composition of a traditional English breakfast - where are the baked beans and fried toast?), and that whisky is teh only thing we drink. Ho - hummm.
... imagine in France 'le pudding' ...
... I find individually wrapped and glistening slices of cheese extremely disturbing ...
Yes, on the individually wrapped cheese front, I too am disturbed. I recently had an equally disturbing cheese lollipop. In the same manner as ice creams, you eat the cheese to find the joke on the stick.
Does anyone find food advertising worrying? One case would be Nutella, which flaunts the fact that it's made from skimmed milk and is therefore somehow "good" for you. HMMM.