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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 21, 2016, 05:54:50 PM
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Since Walkie suggested a British sub-forum, I'll start this thread before too discuss it.
Also I just stumbled upon this video of Londoners lining up to get a taste of In-n-Out Burgers.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime/londoners-queue-for-more-than-a-mile-to-get-their-hands-on-a-burger/vi-BBwr7SL
http://www.refinery29.uk/2016/09/123763/in-n-out-burger-london?unique_id=entry_123763
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meh, it's not an ass-burger.
but anyways, thanks for the thread, scrappy :)
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
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meh, it's not an ass-burger.
:oneliner: If you ever get the chance to try In-n-Out Burger, I guarantee you'll love them!!
Every time my sister and brother come to visit my dad in Cali, the first place they go to eat is In-n-Out because they don't have them in Nebraska. I'm missing them here in central Oregon, we don't have one yet. :'(
but anyways, thanks for the thread, scrappy :)
I think a British forum might be interesting.
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
Uuuum, Fish & Chips?? :dunno:
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
Queue?
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
Uuuum, Fish & Chips?? :dunno:
Speaking of which, I have not had that in... well, about 8 years? :LOL: Hard to find a decent chippy these days, to be honest.
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
Queue?
That is one I could do without. I despise queues with an unfettered passion.
I usually go to the self checkouts, or, if there are queues there, give up and walk out muttering under my breath.
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Or we could discuss the weather. :poo:
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Or we could discuss the weather. :poo:
:GA: :hide:
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Are you sure you're british? :lol1:
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
we are going to say "You, first" to each other and re-invent the "excuse me dance" ofc
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
I thought the Brit's favorite pastime is avoiding people. :zoinks:
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
I thought the Brit's favorite pastime is avoiding people. :zoinks:
I don't need to avoid them, they run when they see me coming :LOL: It's that dark, 'don't approach me' look I have permanently glued on my face.
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*Peeks in nervously*
So... what British things are we going to do in here then ? :lol1:
Queue?
You could also bump into me so I could say sorry. :P
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Cross-posting from Smudge's thread, cos this is the place for discussing it now:
Hey! I just noticed that FourAceDeal is also a Brit. The estimated total number is rising.
I wonder if Odeon might give us a Brits sub-forum? Just a small one. Not to excude the others , but just so we can clump together a bit, identify each other more easily, and discuss a few peculiarly British issues all in same place. Like possible meet-ups, for a start (since you raised that). The Aussies and Americans can come in to point and laugh if they like. And the Swedes, ofc. (We need the Swedes to tell us what life is really like in the UK, cos we wouldn't know otherwise)
-Walkie
Do you actually need a British forum or is Pappy's shiny new thread enough?
I think it's actually needed , Odeon. Smudge here wants some meet-ups, for a start. Dunno if they will get off the ground, but surely more chance if arranged within a Brit sub-forum, which Brits will actually notice. A random meet-up thread in a random general forum will not be so salient , nor so easy to keep udated with relevant info. You know what would happen. It would get so spammed over that nobody can figure what the heck was said or when, so they don't bortther, even if they notice it. I've seen similar threads in other places. Unless they're actually posted in a UK forum, or UK subforum, they just don't work . You need to herd the Brits together first.
I've also noticed a few specifically British issues coming up on the board now and then, such as Brexit. I mean, we would surely more topics to fill it with, besides the meet-up thing.
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PS, Hope you don't mind me picking up on your WP name, Smudge? (since you disclosed it)
justcurious is such a non-commital sort of name. I shouldn't think you'll be keeping that name long , since you're hanging around.
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A subforum for Brits is not a guarantee for stopping unrelated spam, as witnessed pretty much all over this place. Also, quite frankly, I don't think there are enough related posts to justify one.
What do others think?
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justcurious is such a non-commital sort of name. I shouldn't think you'll be keeping that name long , since you're hanging around.
Yes. And you're right, it was a non-commital username, I wasn't planning to stay when I signed up, I was just curious to see what this place was about.
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I need a Dutch subforum. Just for me alone. And for Lutra, if he happens to visit and brings a nice meal. :M
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Not sure on the idea of a British Sub Forum, but a meetup for some of us Brits would be pretty cool.
I went to a few organised on... Ahem ... Wp, a long time ago, in London.
They were interesting, although I seemed to struggle more than any of the others there with communicating.
I seem to recall getting told off for flicking peas off the table when had lunch somewhere :LOL:
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^ You're not that user Chicken are you?
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A subforum for Brits is not a guarantee for stopping unrelated spam, as witnessed pretty much all over this place. Also, quite frankly, I don't think there are enough related posts to justify one.
What do others think?
I feared that would be your response. If I might explain further:
The meet-up idea is the main thing , really.
Britain is a small enough country that if you get just a few Brits gathered together on a forum, then meet-ups are a strong possibilty, if desired. I've taken part in such things in the past (Prolly couldn't realistically now, TBH on account of mobility issues, but that doesn't stop me thinking they're a great idea, and hoping that said good idea works out. And -ya never know- maybe my local pub might get chosen as a venue :D.)
The difficulty is gathering those few Brits together in the first placve, introducing them to each opther, and givining them the chance to get to know each other pretty well first. Always desirable.
On a board like this, the Brits tend to get lost in the crowd, to the point that some people thought there were only omne or two Brits here, right? Even the Brits thought that . A British sub-forum would very much help us to recognise each other.
I know the thing would get spammed, but if yer meet-up thread gets spammed , make another one , same forum. Re-using same thread for each meet-up doesn't work well anyway. It gets confusing (due to people almost never reading dates properly. You know it) , So ideally you want new thread for each meet up. But if you make a second thread about UK meet up on general notice board, you know what happens don't you? The wrong one gets bumped, and the right one vanishes .
So , OK, TBH the whole thing is basically exercise in trying to making Smudge's meet-up dreams come true. But I got to sell it on more than that basis I suppose, so I'm trying to come up with otther uses for it :rofl:
I should think an Aussie sub-forum, for example, would nott be in such demand, because the Aussies have to fork out loads of dosh in plane fares and hotel bills to meet, don't they? For us, it's more like a bus or train ride 50 miles dpwn the road., back in time fior bed. More doable. And it often does get done, if you can only get us all on the same forum.
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PS, Hope you don't mind me picking up on your WP name, Smudge? (since you disclosed it)
justcurious is such a non-commital sort of name. I shouldn't think you'll be keeping that name long , since you're hanging around.
Yes, call me smudge. And you're right, it was a non-commital username, I wasn't planning to stay when I signed up, I was just curious to see what this place was about.
It's possible to edit usernames in profile setting.
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Wouldn't pm-ing to multiple Brits, and answering to all make it work?
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A subforum for Brits is not a guarantee for stopping unrelated spam, as witnessed pretty much all over this place. Also, quite frankly, I don't think there are enough related posts to justify one.
What do others think?
I feared that would be your response. If I might explain further:
The meet-up idea is the main thing , really.
Britain is a small enough country that if you get just a few Brits gathered together on a forum, then meet-ups are a strong possibilty, if desired. I've taken part in such things in the past (Prolly couldn't realistically now, TBH on account of mobility issues, but that doesn't stop me thinking they're a great idea, and hoping that said good idea works out. And -ya never know- maybe my local pub might get chosen as a venue :D.)
The difficulty is gathering those few Brits together in the first placve, introducing them to each opther, and givining them the chance to get to know each other pretty well first. Always desirable.
On a board like this, the Brits tend to get lost in the crowd, to the point that some people thought there were only omne or two Brits here, right? Even the Brits thought that . A British sub-forum would very much help us to recognise each other.
I know the thing would get spammed, but if yer meet-up thread gets spammed , make another one , same forum. Re-using same thread for each meet-up doesn't work well anyway. It gets confusing (due to people almost never reading dates properly. You know it) , So ideally you want new thread for each meet up. But if you make a second thread about UK meet up on general notice board, you know what happens don't you? The wrong one gets bumped, and the right one vanishes .
So , OK, TBH the whole thing is basically exercise in trying to making Smudge's meet-up dreams come true. But I got to sell it on more than that basis I suppose, so I'm trying to come up with otther uses for it :rofl:
I should think an Aussie sub-forum, for example, would nott be in such demand, because the Aussies have to fork out loads of dosh in plane fares and hotel bills to meet, don't they? For us, it's more like a bus or train ride 50 miles dpwn the road., back in time fior bed. More doable. And it often does get done, if you can only get us all on the same forum.
If you need a new meet-up thread and there are old threads, the new one could easily be stickied by the admins. I don't think you need a subforum for that. Plus, if that really is your argument, then arrange a first meet-up and demonstrate the need.
I remain unconvinced but might consider attending the meet-up if I'm in the UK that week.
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^ You're not that user Chicken are you?
Not sure what you mean or who Chicken is.
I don't have any other usernames.
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^ You're not that user Chicken are you?
Not sure what you mean or who Chicken is.
I don't have any other usernames.
Yeh...I thought about it after posting it...she wouldn't post in a place like this anyway, thank God.
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Wouldn't pm-ing to multiple Brits, and answering to all make it work?
Actually I'm hoping to avoid having to organise the thing myself, due to my limited ability to participate. Also, ghastly PC crashes, followed by long-ish periods with no Pc at all, have become suich a frequently recurring feature of my life, these past 2 years , I have ceased to consider myself dependable. (There's no reason why it should happen again, but I've said that before, too many times. )
But even if I gave myself that job, I wouldn't like to pore through everybody's posts, looking for clues as to which of the members are Brits (ssems to be the only way, ATM) , And I expect I'd miss some, that way. And I definitely wouldn't have cheek to expect it if somebody else. So I'm looking for ways to make it easier than than that, One might reasonably hope that most of the Brits would pop into a Brit sub-forum to say Hi. So that simplifies that task immensely. Then again , maybe we just ask Odeomn to list 'em . he should know. But would be a violation of privacy :apondering:
I dunno, but PM-ing isn't possible, without first knowing who to PM. And besides , some people are touchy about PMs from people that they don't count amongst their friends . So I'd still like to find a way of making us comfy wuith each other , familiar to each other. PMs wouldn't help there. I've never been to a meet-up of random forum Aspies who hadn't already formed friendships with each other on the forum, in advance. Or enmities even, but better the devil you know, hmm?
Sub-forum is the ideal solution, IMO, addressing all those factors at oncce. But if it isn't justified it isn't justified. Done my best to sell that idea already, don't want to perseverate on it.
As most people know by now, , i've religiously avoided WP, right from it's beginning (cos I didn't like two-by-four's arrogant , businesslike attitude, not one bit. And I didn't like that he swiped the name of his site from Jipsy, either ) . So I don't really know how they did it on WP. So maybe the ex- WP people can fill us in there? No harm in borrowing some of Plank's ideas, since he stole everybody else's (not that anybody minded one bit, not , til he tried to claim the lot as his , all his)
err, WP rant over...
-Walkie
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Wouldn't pm-ing to multiple Brits, and answering to all make it work?
Actually I'm hoping to avoid having to organise the thing myself, due to my limited ability to participate. Also, ghastly PC crashes, followed by long-ish periods with no Pc at all, have become suich a frequently recurring feature of my life, these past 2 years , I have ceased to consider myself dependable. (There's no reason why it should happen again, but I've said that before, too many times. )
But even if I gave myself that job, I wouldn't like to pore through everybody's posts, looking for clues as to which of the members are Brits (ssems to be the only way, ATM) , And I expect I'd miss some, that way. And I definitely wouldn't have cheek to expect it if somebody else. So I'm looking for ways to make it easier than than that, One might reasonably hope that most of the Brits would pop into a Brit sub-forum to say Hi. So that simplifies that task immensely. Then again , maybe we just ask Odeomn to list 'em . he should know. But would be a violation of privacy :apondering:
I dunno, but PM-ing isn't possible, without first knowing who to PM. And besides , some people are touchy about PMs from people that they don't count amongst their friends . So I'd still like to find a way of making us comfy wuith each other , familiar to each other. PMs wouldn't help there. I've never been to a meet-up of random forum Aspies who hadn't already formed friendships with each other on the forum, in advance. Or enmities even, but better the devil you know, hmm?
Sub-forum is the ideal solution, IMO, addressing all those factors at oncce. But if it isn't justified it isn't justified. Done my best to sell that idea already, don't want to perseverate on it.
As most people know by now, , i've religiously avoided WP, right from it's beginning (cos I didn't like two-by-four's arrogant , businesslike attitude, not one bit. And I didn't like that he swiped the name of his site from Jipsy, either ) . So I don't really know how they did it on WP. So maybe the ex- WP people can fill us in there? No harm in borrowing some of Plank's ideas, since he stole everybody else's (not that anybody minded one bit, not , til he tried to claim the lot as his , all his)
err, WP rant over...
-Walkie
If I recall correctly, it was just posted in one of the general forums...and pinned I believe?
It was some years ago, mind you. I would pop back and check but I probably wont remember my password after so long :LOL: I found that place really boring when I last checked back. The familiar faces were gone and replaced my mostly new people do I never went back. Didn't have the energy to try and integrate with a whole new set of aspies.
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Actually, after much prevarication, I decided to PM a few people. A meet-up thread should follow soon-ish
-Walkie :)
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Wouldn't pm-ing to multiple Brits, and answering to all make it work?
But even if I gave myself that job, I wouldn't like to pore through everybody's posts, looking for clues as to which of the members are Brits (ssems to be the only way, ATM) , And I expect I'd miss some, that way. And I definitely wouldn't have cheek to expect it if somebody else. So I'm looking for ways to make it easier than than that, One might reasonably hope that most of the Brits would pop into a Brit sub-forum to say Hi. So that simplifies that task immensely.
-Walkie
Let's make a thread for you. (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,24022.0.html) :P
Maybe an admin can sticky it one day, if it happens to be handy or popular.
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Actually, after much prevarication, I decided to PM a few people. A meet-up thread should follow soon-ish
-Walkie :)
So, my efforts were not needed?
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Actually, after much prevarication, I decided to PM a few people. A meet-up thread should follow soon-ish
-Walkie :)
So, my efforts were not needed?
Ummm, didn't mean to cause offense. Check the timestamps. We were posting simultaneously *chuckle*
Ummm, on the other hand I was trying to forestall some other foreigner from trying to make it look like we Brits can't organise a piss-up in a brewery for ourselves :rofl:
Not that I'm ungrateful. i was fawningly grateful to Pappy already, see? But , weeelll, ya can see how it looks huh?
-Walkie :)
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Actually, after much prevarication, I decided to PM a few people. A meet-up thread should follow soon-ish
-Walkie :)
So, my efforts were not needed?
Ummm, didn't mean to cause offense. Check the timestamps. We were posting simultaneously *chuckle*
Ummm, on the other hand I was trying to forestall some other foreigner from trying to make it look like we Brits can't organise a piss-up in a brewery for ourselves :rofl:
Not that I'm ungrateful. i was fawningly grateful to Pappy already, see? But , weeelll, ya can see how it looks huh?
-Walkie :)
I was teasing you. Both in creating the thread, and in asking if I had made in in vain. Realised you posted while I was writing my post.
Do post pictures after the meetup. Pappy nor I will be able do that.
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I am going to plus you for this hyke, cos I don't do negs :angel:
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I am going to plus you for this hyke, cos I don't do negs :angel:
I do like to occasionally neg Jack, to get her back to her beloved balanced zero.
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Did you ever have a British meet-up?
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Sadly, no, Scrap.
People just coulsdn't manage the same times abnd places. Couldn't get so much as two, besides myself and TeddyBear., no matter how hard i tried to compromise and tweak things. It only resulted in a shedload of pointless PMs We were going to try again in the Spring (because I pretty much go into hibernation over winter) But then, TeddyBear died in the Spring.
I think somebody else will have to take over now. I won't get far without Teddy Bear , given my mobility issues, so now I probably have to count myself out , unless we meet up in my towm (I could stretch to taxi fares for that) . But that's surely not a reasonable thing to ask.
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PS Thanks for a surprisingly pointful necrobump, Scrap. I had meant to post an update about that, but it slipped my mind
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Sadly, no, Scrap.
People just coulsdn't manage the same times abnd places. Couldn't get so much as two, besides myself and TeddyBear., no matter how hard i tried to compromise and tweak things. It only resulted in a shedload of pointless PMs We were going to try again in the Spring (because I pretty much go into hibernation over winter) But then, TeddyBear died in the Spring.
I think somebody else will have to take over now. I won't get far without Teddy Bear , given my mobility issues, so now I probably have to count myself out , unless we meet up in my towm (I could stretch to taxi fares for that) . But that's surely not a reasonable thing to ask.
I'm in Worcestershire, about 15 miles south of Birmingham.
What town is your town?
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Sadly, no, Scrap.
People just coulsdn't manage the same times abnd places. Couldn't get so much as two, besides myself and TeddyBear., no matter how hard i tried to compromise and tweak things. It only resulted in a shedload of pointless PMs We were going to try again in the Spring (because I pretty much go into hibernation over winter) But then, TeddyBear died in the Spring.
I think somebody else will have to take over now. I won't get far without Teddy Bear , given my mobility issues, so now I probably have to count myself out , unless we meet up in my towm (I could stretch to taxi fares for that) . But that's surely not a reasonable thing to ask.
I'm in Worcestershire, about 15 miles south of Birmingham.
What town is your town?
we had this discussion by PM, last year (woot! my memory is better than yours)
I live in Coventry, not far from you at all , as the crow flies. I don't suppose you're planning on flying like a crow, though :LOL:
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PS, IIRC, we established that's too far North for half of the members, and too far South for the rest *sigh* And the cost of fucking trains was a big issue for everyone, wherever we stuck the pin in the map . Oh!" And I had a hard time persuading Teddybear to go anywwhere near a train station, because he hates cities, especialyl parking in cities (Yep he did live in the same City as myself, but he lived at the leafy end , and was constantly verging on moving to the country) And then two - count 'em two whole people, yippee - suddenly said that London's good for them - Aaargh.
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Too far outside my comfort zone.
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Twenty-something hours for me to get to England.
If my company sends me to Belgium for our next big project then it's likely I can do a stopover in London. But it's more likely that only the senior managers will fly over to hobnob and when it comes time to actually nut out the detailed requirements I will have to do it from here on some kind of Skype equivalent in the middle of the night. Full of red bull.
I fucking hate flying. Too tall and too wide.
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20+ hours is less than I would have thought.
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Singapore Airlines is the quickest, 22 hours 40 minutes.
Considering that even 6 or 7 hours feels like forever to me squished into an economy class seat, that is not exactly huge fun.
I've only done the return flight to London or Western Europe 3 times. If I can scrape together enough money for a family holiday I might have one more return flight left in me.
I've flown from Sydney to Washington DC a couple of times as well. That's 20 hours. If I can ever afford that holiday I think we'll do the full loop, Sydney to London, then the US, then back to Sydney over the Pacific.
Christchurch to London is even worse, 28 hours is the quickest flight. Apparently it's about the same distance flying West or East from NZ.
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From here to DC is anything from 12 hours and up, even though it's much closer than what you'd have to face. The stopovers do it.
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Apparently, there's a difference between British and American style apple fritters.
The difference is that the American style chops the apples into small pieces where the British style uses large slices.
I can't find any donut shops or bakeries around here that do a British style fritter.
Could one of you Britons try one out and tell me what they're like?
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We do them the same way here but it's not all that common. Pineapple fritters are more common here and sometimes a fish and chip will have them for sale. Along with battered savs and potato scallops. You are more likely to find them for sale in small seaside town an hour or two up or down the coast.
The biggest difference with British apple fritters that you will notice is that British apples are not sweet. They are very sour by your standards or mine.
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Used to be able to get banana fritters from Red Rooster in their Hawaiian packs. Sadly, not any more.
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I was just thinking that banana fritters are almost unheard of now. My wife makes them sometimes but they are more Asian style.
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Once I went camping and someone there slit a banana down the middle, stuffed it with milk chocolate pieces, wrapped it in aluminium foil and put it on the campfire to cook. I was lucky enough to have one of these, omg delicious.
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The 1984 World's Fair here had a pastry kiosk that served a banana split eclair. It was to die for. Banana sliced lengthwise, custard, chocolate, starawberry and pineapple jams, and 3 cherries on top in a choux dough "boat."
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Once I went camping and someone there slit a banana down the middle, stuffed it with milk chocolate pieces, wrapped it in aluminium foil and put it on the campfire to cook. I was lucky enough to have one of these, omg delicious.
Banana and Nutella jaffles are great too. Sounds like a similar flavour combo.
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The 1984 World's Fair here had a pastry kiosk that served a banana split eclair. It was to die for. Banana sliced lengthwise, custard, chocolate, starawberry and pineapple jams, and 3 cherries on top in a choux dough "boat."
That sounds excellent. Is pineapple jam widely available there? Here I've only seen it in Indonesian grocery stores.
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The 1984 World's Fair here had a pastry kiosk that served a banana split eclair. It was to die for. Banana sliced lengthwise, custard, chocolate, starawberry and pineapple jams, and 3 cherries on top in a choux dough "boat."
That sounds excellent. Is pineapple jam widely available there? Here I've only seen it in Indonesian grocery stores.
There's usually a small selection at most groceries. A local preserves company (BAMA) used to make some.