I read a meme the other day that got me curious...

[Michie]

Whats a meme..?

It's those funny pics with something said on them. I wish I could find it. It was a british person saying American tea is weird. It just got me curious.

 

[Michie]

Example of a meme.

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

Whats a meme..?

I take it you don't look at various funny memes while at work like the rest of us?

 

[Anhelyna]

Poor soul is on a 4 week training course for his new job

He doesn't get a chance to look at anything

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

wooah wooah wooah!

I thought you were Scottish? I'm joking about the English? Please, please don't tell me the Scottish consider themselves English now! Lord have mercy! That would be a sign of the apocalypse!

I mean, it's not like we Americans sticking up for Canadians, we're talking a self-respecting Scottish lass sticking up for the English as if she were one! Ok, now I won't be able to sleep wrapping me ole mind around this conundrum! Yikeees!

Quite finished ?

OH and Gurney if by tele you mean TV ie television the common abbreviation is spelt 'telly'

We don't take cream in tea - the stuff you add is milk .

Cream is for coffee , pouring on fruit like raspberries and strawberries and apple pie

Carry on making fun of us - we don't mind.

In our favour - we get paid holidays from work - it's legally mandated - do you ?

 

[Anhelyna]

Well - it has to be admitted < hangs head in shame > I was born in England and lived my first 24 years there

 

[MKJ]

American are coffee freaks, not tea people anyway, so it's little surprise it's not our specialty LOL....

I mean, take wrestling. The best the Brits had was Lord Alfred Hayes and the British Bulldogs. We have Ric Flair, the Road Warriors, and six zillion others.

They pretty much beat us on secret agents with Bond. Bourne just doesn't have what Bond has.

They have some pretty dang solid guitarists with Page, Clapton, Steve Howe, George Harrison, Iomi, etc. etc. But we do have Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Lukather, etc. I'd give the edge to the Union Jack.

We really beat the Brits on teeth.

They have better ruins with Stonehenge, but we have Mesa Verde and such. They have castles. Dang, gotta award the belt to them on that.

We have ALL the superheroes, they have jack squat there, so we smoke them in that department. Although British people play all of our superheroes. Oh well, we still win that one

Our sports teams are WAY more interesting. Win there.

They beat us in political entertainment. Watching the parliament scream and yell and the PM's questions stuff is the bomb to view. They're crazy. Decision: England

Television? British tv is pretty awful with the exception of the national treasure of Benny Hill plus Absolutely Fabulous, Keeping up Appearances, and Monty Python stuff. The Avengers was pretty classic. But Americans have fifty times better shows. We have Walking Dead and Lost, done deal. We win

Movies? We win easily

Accent? The English win. Even their dumbest people sound intelligent

Weather? Bah, we have California. Win.

Poetry? They have Bill Shakespeare. Over and out.

Music? Well, since they have the Beatles, the Who, Zeppelin, just those bands alone seal the deal

cars? except for Aston Martin, we kick butt there, plus we don't have jelly bean gas-getters. We have high-horsepower gas hogs

taxes? we win. They have like 98% income taxes and gas taxes that make driving miserable

Prisoners. WE WIN, oh yeah, baby! We can out-incarcerate the English any day. Take that!

Bad leadership. WE WIN without a question. Yep.

Health care. DUH. Zimbabwe has better health insurance than we have

Tans. We win.

Authors? They have Tolkien and Lewis as well as Chesterton. We lose big time....

Detectives? They have Sherlock Holmes. But we have Columbo. I say we win! LOL

Houses? Ours are newer.

Police siren: theirs is more annoying, but kind of cool. I give it to England

Education? Duh. We're hosed there.

Bible Translations? Have to go with England. Like it or not, KJV kicks but to listen to. Gotta love the Elizabethans!

Warfare? Us. We blow things up better. And we invade countries at the drop of a dime.

Conquering countries and keeping them: England. For some insane reason, Scotland and Northern Ireland still submit to their yoke, and Australia and others keep the Union Jack on their flags. We only kept Puerto Rico and Guam. Pretty thin....LOL

Size of country: duh

Monsters: they have the Loch Ness Monster, we have Bigfoot. Tie

Badguys in history: Just watch Braveheart alone and the Brits were pretty awful, oh yeah, and the Patriot! Wait a minute, both Mel Gibson movies....never mind They have Longshanks, we have George W. Bush. Tie.....

Terminology: knickers, tele, lift (for elevator), and using "s" instead of z. I realize it was their language first, but I'm going with us. Pure prejudice. I hate hearing "whilst" instead of while. Judgement: US of A

Wasting Money: Americans blow tons of money on welfare and giving other countries $$$ and paying for the Pentagon to buy $200 toilet seats, but the English blow ten times that on that royal family nonsense. Judgment: England

Food: no-brainer. Americans. British food? wow....ay yay yay!

I have to disagree on a few.

I much prefer British tv to American. Blackadder, Prime Suspect, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dr Who, Luther.... And to prove my point, just consider the atrocious failed attempts to translate great British shows to American shows - like Cracker, House of Cards, or Life On Mars. Usually the problem is that the Hollywood versions are unwilling to take risks with really smart writing, or really great actors who dont have Hollywood looks. (Cracker probably being the best example - not much point in a show about a profoundly flawed but brilliant man if you make him likeable so the viewers aren't offended.)

As far as the cost of the Royal family, it is about a fourth of the cost of the First family despite including more people, and they actually inject more money into the economy than they cost. So they are a net gain for the nation.

Also, I am pretty keen on British food. Which is not to say it cant be gross if it is badly cooked, but that happens everywhere. A great joint of beef with horseradish and yorkshire pudding, pies made of beef and ale, toad in the whole, eton mess, fish and chips with mushy peas, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]-a-leekie soup, chicken tikka.... Even the French have some gross foods, like pork intestines stuffed with pork intestines, which taste like what you would expect an intestine to taste like. (That is, the stuff that comes out of intestines.)

 

[MKJ]

wooah wooah wooah!

I thought you were Scottish? I'm joking about the English? Please, please don't tell me the Scottish consider themselves English now! Lord have mercy! That would be a sign of the apocalypse!

I mean, it's not like we Americans sticking up for Canadians, we're talking a self-respecting Scottish lass sticking up for the English as if she were one! Ok, now I won't be able to sleep wrapping me ole mind around this conundrum! Yikeees!

Well, I think the subject was the British, which includes the Scots. Although that is hard on the Americans for a comparison, taking on the English, Scots, and Welsh all at once.

 

[Fantine]

My Mom and Grandma always liked tea served the Irish way, with milk and sugar.

I'm one of those herbal tea people. Right now I'm into peach oolong. I also have some Kava Kava and Passionflower teas in my desk drawer.

If my choice were black tea, I'd probably opt for coffee.

 

[S.ilvio]

Poor soul is on a 4 week training course for his new job

He doesn't get a chance to look at anything

Aye. She speaks the truth...

 

[S.ilvio]

I have to disagree on a few.

I much prefer British tv to American. Blackadder, Prime Suspect, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dr Who, Luther.... And to prove my point, just consider the atrocious failed attempts to translate great British shows to American shows - like Cracker, House of Cards, or Life On Mars. Usually the problem is that the Hollywood versions are unwilling to take risks with really smart writing, or really great actors who dont have Hollywood looks. (Cracker probably being the best example - not much point in a show about a profoundly flawed but brilliant man if you make him likeable so the viewers aren't offended.)

As far as the cost of the Royal family, it is about a fourth of the cost of the First family despite including more people, and they actually inject more money into the economy than they cost. So they are a net gain for the nation.

Also, I am pretty keen on British food. Which is not to say it cant be gross if it is badly cooked, but that happens everywhere. A great joint of beef with horseradish and yorkshire pudding, pies made of beef and ale, toad in the whole, eton mess, fish and chips with mushy peas, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]-a-leekie soup, chicken tikka.... Even the French have some gross foods, like pork intestines stuffed with pork intestines, which taste like what you would expect an intestine to taste like. (That is, the stuff that comes out of intestines.)

I agree with you on British TV. On many level a cut above a lot of stuff from other countries. Did you ever watch Morse? Fantastic. Also The (UK) Office. So, so funny and the bloopers on YT are even funnier...

However pigs intestines are delish... Especially pigs blood (Black Pudding)...

 

[WarriorAngel]

Tea plants can be grown anywhere...
Grind it up and seep it with a filter.

How can it be different? Strengths.
If you like super duper power - use 2 bags.

There are a variety of black and green and white teas. Otherwise they are all from the plants... and strength is the only difference.

I like most teas. [coffee in the morning tho]

 

[S.ilvio]

Tea plants can be grown anywhere...
Grind it up and seep it with a filter.

How can it be different? Strengths.
If you like super duper power - use 2 bags.

There are a variety of black and green and white teas. Otherwise they are all from the plants... and strength is the only difference.

I like most teas. [coffee in the morning tho]

The longer the teabag is in the cup/mug the stronger the tea is...

 

[Michie]

Ok, so I guess what I am asking is what the difference between American tea & British tea?

And why do British think our tea is weird?

 

[Dylan Michael]

However pigs intestines are delish... Especially pigs blood (Black Pudding)...

I love black pudding.
Much to the demise of my friends when I explain what black pudding is and why anyone in their right mind would order it in a restaurant, much less eat it.

A few friends and I went to an Irish Pub/Restaurant once and much to my surprise, they actually had Real Irish food. (Or as close to Irish food that one can get)
I ordered the full Irish breakfast which came with a good sized serving of Black and White Pudding.

 

[Davidnic]

Stash tea is not a bad American company

 

[Michie]

Ok, now I'm just assuming there is no difference except the preparation since nobody seems to have any answers!

 

[S.ilvio]

I love black pudding.
Much to the demise of my friends when I explain what black pudding is and why anyone in their right mind would order it in a restaurant, much less eat it.

A few friends and I went to an Irish Pub/Restaurant once and much to my surprise, they actually had Real Irish food. (Or as close to Irish food that one can get)
I ordered the full Irish breakfast which came with a good sized serving of Black and White Pudding.

You're man after my own heart...

 

[Davidnic]

Ok, now I'm just assuming there is no difference except the preparation since nobody seems to have any answers!

There is a quality difference but prep is a big part. I warm the teapot with boiling water first, most Americans do not. But I was also taught by a grandmother who was one step from her mother who had come over from England. So most of my tea habits are not American.

In many ways British companies use higher quality to start...but that is not a given. We have a larger base of low grade tea here in the States. So the overall result is low quality, quick prep and cut corners on what is essentially a culinary art.

My wife will almost never make tea for herself. She loves it and has me make it and says I will be the one teaching the children

 

[MKJ]

I agree with you on British TV. On many level a cut above a lot of stuff from other countries. Did you ever watch Morse? Fantastic. Also The (UK) Office. So, so funny and the bloopers on YT are even funnier...

However pigs intestines are delish... Especially pigs blood (Black Pudding)...

yes, I love Morse. I have never been keen on The Office, though I can see why others like it - I find with that sort of comedy I just feel mortified for the characters the whole time.

The use of intestine I am talking about is not like in sausages, where they are scraped out and filled. I like sausages, though these days I cannot always eat them unless they are low fat.

This dish actually includes the linings and such. It tastes like excrement.