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The US tablespoon is also a little bigger than ours, for recipe conversion purposes. And 'confectioner's sugar' is icing sugar. There are other terminology differences which have all dribbled out of my head now... apart from cilantro/coriander. That took me months to work out. I'm quite slow on the uptake. :)
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From there it would take a matter of seconds to launch a completely successful incapacitation and rescue.
Hee! Keyboard vigilantism is just about my favourite thing on the tubes.
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Is sleet snow mixed with rain, or ice mixed with rain? Either way: sexy!
It's not 'people', it's just Grant.
'People? I ain't people!' - Lina Lamont
(I don't need much of an excuse to quote lines from Singin' in the Rain .)
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What, has she time-travelled to 1947 England?
My mother used to get oranges for Christmas. In the 50s! It was in Invercargill though. (AKA Scurvytown. ;) )
I've only ever found canned tomatillos, Carol... but if you're going to do that, you might as well just buy the salsa verde in a tin from the same place and save yourself the bother.
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There's a wealth of good material in this thread at the moment (the More Pernicious Still! Pre-shrunk! Do not tumble dry!), but let's face it: I'm just bummed I somehow missed Sam's Carly Simon joke for two days. I feel like I could have worked an apricot scarf into the conversation if I'd caught it in time. 'Regrets, I've had a few.'
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Amy - a drop scone, from my brief research, seems to be a pikelet.
While we're on this subject (well, sort of: obscure baked goods, anyway): why did the Edmonds Cookbook get rid of the ginger gems recipe? Is it that no one has gem irons any more? I know there's Google for my recipe needs, but I feel something has been lost...
Seconding or thirding the 'cheese rolls rock' sentiment.
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Remember Tze Ming's Thread That Wouldn't Die? How long was that - 20 pages? We were mere *amateurs* at keeping a thread going then, Sacha. ;)
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if petrol were as cheap here as it is in the US, and we had the effective subsidy on small truck chassis vehicles that the original SUVs had, and our roads were as wide as US suburban roads and freeways, I think we'd love SUVs just as much
Yes! I was going to say something about the massive interstate highway system and the US' 'road trip'-oriented culture since the 1920s, but I got interrupted...
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Read the article I linked with "enormous, wallowing, dangerous beasts" and you'll get it. I consider it a completely valid point, but YMMV.
I read the article. It doesn't argue that Americans like SUVs because they eat and drink all the time, though; it argues that there is a 'reptilian' brain-association between being high and comfortable (including access to drinks, etc) with 'safety'. That's not really what you were saying.
Just for the record, I'm pretty stoked if there are cup-holders in my car, too, but perhaps that's just because I'm dopey, credulous and insecure. :)
As for "othering" Americans, assuming I'm understanding the term correctly, I'm hardly alone. Possibly more vocal, but definitely not alone.
Of course you're not alone. I find it a bit annoying when anyone else does it as well.
the evidence points to Kiwis being somewhat more cerebral, as opposed to instinctual, when it comes to buying automobiles.
I think that's a strange leap in logic to make. Is it 'cerebral' that we buy sedans and station wagons, or is it just that most people in NZ buy sedans, so the, erm, hivemind is attuned to them? Is boyracer culture 'cerebral'?
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Dopey US consumers - with insecurity complexes and an inability to go more than 30 seconds without eating/drinking -
I stand corrected: you didn't call them dumb and insecure. You called them *dopey* and insecure. I'm also not quite sure why the eating and drinking thing is at all relevant to your point, but whatevs. You tend to be a bit 'othering' about Americans, sometimes, and since I'm half-American and married to an American, I find it a little off-putting. No biggie, really.