Quiz/Coke, Branston etc

[Neil Ward]

MATCHING QUIZ

I can't find my results now, but IIRC, I had Albus Dumbledore and Remus Lupin as my top two in that matching quiz.  Apart from the fact that they boast an excess of hair, and I don't, that was a pretty good match.

I haven't taken a sorting test yet that put me in anything but Gryffindor (that one did, also), but I am an adopted Weasley, despite that fact that I'm now doing a 'Grizzly Adams' in the Forbidden Forest, so this is my fate.

Jamieson - re your matching results, I think that's the highest position I've seen for Gilderoy Lockhart.  You aren't wearing a hairnet, are you, dear?

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COKE,  BRANSTON ETC.

Carole, I'm sorry I didn't respond to your plea for Britspeak info, earlier (I had fallen behind a bit with this list), but I see Catherine answered your questions.  I do want to throw in my tuppence ha'penny though...

As far as I know, in the UK, coke is not used as a generic term for *all* soda-type drinks, only for the Coca Cola/Pepsi/nondescript brown fizzy beverage ones.  I'd call most other things by other generic or brand names, e.g. Lemonade, Orangeade, Ginger Beer, Tonic Water, Dr Pepper, Seven Up, Irn Bru.  I would call these things "fizzy drinks" or "pop" or even "soft drinks" (although covers fruit juice and water as well, obviously).  As Catherine said, we'd say 'barbecue' rather than 'grill', so Penny was right about that bit.  Margaritas are fairly common here since the influx of Tex/Mex restaurants in the 90s, and would probably be more in trend than, say, Pina Coladas, which have a slight dated, 'last year's thing' feel.  :-)

Crosse & Blackwell Branston Pickle:  I haven't seen the Bridget Jones film, but am certain Catherine is right about the Branston. Marmite is in *no way* the sort of thing you would want to scoop out of a jar, no matter how mad or pregnant you happened to be at the time.  I have to say that I wouldn't fancy eating neat Branston pickle either, but I can imagine someone eating it on its own.  C&B do a very nice Branston Sandwich Pickle, which is minced up, rather than having chunks of diced pickle in it, so that may have been what BJ was eating (pickle completists see ingredients list at the end of this post).  In general, "cheese and pickle" is a popular sandwich filling over here, and the pickle will always be something like Branston, unless you are in a burger bar, when you'll get the American-style dill pickle (you know, the one that looks like a gift from Loreena Bobbit?).

Do any Brits here remember those old ads in which people going about their daily chores would stop for lunch and chant the phrase "Bring out the Branston!!" and sit their drooling, like they expected Ambrosia?  I used to *hate* them.  I quite like the current Marmite ads, which play on the fact that some people can't stand it ("You either love it or hate it"); this acknowledgement of reality is highly unusual for advertising agencies...

Jacket potatoes:  My mother has this cute habit of calling them "potatoes in their jackets" to make them sound rather exotic.  I'm surprised she doesn't ask them to wear a tie as well.


********Ingredients for Branston Sandwich Pickle:

I'm not sure why I'm doing this, but here goes...

"Vegetables in variable proportion: (Carrots, Cauliflower, Gherkin, Marrows, Onions, Rutabaga, Tomatoes), Sugar, Vinegar, Dates, Salt, Apple, Modified Starch, Lemon Juice, Colour E150d, Spices, Garlic Extract"

[Neil moves away from the keyboard to begin retching over a bucket]

Rutabaga?  That's a US term for a swede (turnip), I think.  Clearly, this product isn't sold in the US, so I wonder why they called it that? Curious...

Neil

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