English food revisited

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Lee Storm \(God Is The Healing Force\)" <n2fgc at ...> wrote:

[Lee]:
> I know we've had this discussion before; I found lots of it in my saved
> messages. <Grin>
> 
> Okay, "Jelly" is the transparent gelatinous-type stuff used as a spread for
> toast, etc.; jelly doesn't have fruit bits or peels or anything one can chew
> on.

Geoff: 
Just to clarify...

jelly noun (pl.jellies) 1. chiefly Brit. a dessert consisting of a sweet fruit-flavoured 
liquid set with gelatin to form a semi-solid mass. 
2. A small sweet made with gelatin.
3. A similar preparation or a substance of a similar semi-solid 
consistency.
4. Brit. informal term for gelignite.

Lee:
> "Jam" and "Preserve" spreads have fruit bits and/or peels.

Geoff;
Yes, but as I remarked yesterday, you can get"seedless" jams.