It's not Marmite, it's not Nutella, it's....

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y...,
catherine at c... wrote:
> Confession time.  I have, on
occasion (and not due to pregnancy 
> either) indulged in eating
Branston pickle out of the jar.
(We're 
> back to snacks of doom here).
It's actually very nice.  It isn't 
> like a paste - more small chunks
of pickled vegetables in a brown 
> sauce (similar consistency to HP
I think). I'm not sure what turns
it 
> brown, but it's like a richer,
less spicy version of Piccallili -
do 
> you have that in the States?  It
is best served with good cheese, or
> ham.
> 
> Can any of other English members
of the group please confirm that
I'm 
> not mad, and that it's a least
preferable to eating marmite that
way?!
> Help!
> Catherine
>
 
>
OK, so I'm replying to this several
weeks late - but, yes, Branston is
the King of Pickles (or, as it's
HP, the Dumbledore of the condiment
world.
Have we established who the 80s
singer is yet??
 
> Who's the eighties singer?
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y...,
"Rachel Bray" <bray.262 at o...>
wrote:
> > Yuck!  If that was a jar of
pickles, it was the most rancid
looking 
> > pickles I have ever seen.
Because it looked like black/brown 
> > paste!  Euw!
> > 
> > As for Colin Firth, he is
INDEED one of my top 5 Englishmen 
> > hotties.  Colin, Hugh Grant,
Joseph Fiennes, Rupert Everett and
a 
> > certain 80's singer that still
has my heart....my five favorite 
> Brits.
> > 
> > And YES, any of those four
would have my vote as one of the 
> > threesome (not as Peter, of
course).
> > 
> > Pickles....hmmm....I'm
beginning to wonder if there was a
separate 
> > version shot for the US that
changed the jars......
> > 
> > 
> > Rachel Bray
> > The Ohio State University
> > Fees, Deposits and
Disbursements
> > 
> > Oh, the thrill of the chase as
I soar through the air
> > With the Snitch up ahead and
the wind in my hair
> > As I draw ever closer, the
crowd gives a shout
> > But then comes a Bludger and I
am knocked out.