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In a message dated 11/20/05 7:31:24 AM, elainegh8@... writes:

This page, though... Doesn't indicate clearly which one the Twinkie is and
doesn't show it whole.
> http://www.twinkies.com/
>

Here:
http://isugamedev.sourceforge.net/data/images/twinkie.jpg

Shows one whole one and one broken in half.

Recently I was using google as I watched Little Britain, so I could get some
of the jokes. There's a character ordering all sorts of hoity fancy foods in
a restaurant, and at the end of each sketch he says, "And..." and throws in
some little-kid thing, like once Hubba Bubba. I knew Hubba Bubba, but I
didn't know Ribena or a Lyon Bar, and something else I looked up and don't remember
what.

Ribena's currant-flavored squash, I think, and squash isn't what it is here
(that's for sure!). It's a drink based on barley water. Barley water isn't
like anything we have here either. Squash (for American translation) tastes
like KoolAid, only it has a thickness and a texture to the water. It's not
really clear--kinda murky, but in a homogenous murky way. Some comes drinkable
as is (I'm guessing Ribena does) and other comes concentrated so you mix it
with water.

And the importance of ANY of this!?
To get jokes.

Best reason to know Shakespeare, too--to get jokes.
There are other reasons, but how much humor goes right by if one doesn't know
Hamlet!

Sandra





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elainegh8

Hi
Hubba Bubba here is a brand name of bubble gum. Squash is a fruit
based (not 100% juice,mostly chemical) liquid concentrate that you
dilute with water. Some high juice varieties of squash have up to
50% juice but the kind that was available when I was growing up and
the kind most people have is probably about 5% or 10 % fruit.

Orange flavour was the most common followed by lemon. Ribena is
blackcurrant based squash drink, but it is also now available in
ready to drink cartons and also other flavours. Everyone used to be
mad on Ribena (mad = crazy here). I guess Ribena was slightly more
posh than squash, it was always hideously expensive compared to
squash.

Robinson's barley water is a type of squash. It is as far as I know
the only one that is a barley water. It used to be only available in
lemon or orange flavour, now it comes in other flavours. Class wise
it was more 'posh' than squash.

There is a lot of snobbery and class prejudice attached to food in
the UK. Some of it is quite subtle. It can be hard to grasp for
people outside of the UK. especially as some traditional working
class food, that the working class no longer eat, becomes
fashionable with the middle classes.

A lot of the humour of Little Britain and Monty Python has class
based humour in it. The difference between the culture of the North,
South and the Midlands can sometimes mean the humour is
misinterpreted. I know a few people from the south and they just do
not get the northern/midlands cultural references in some shows.

Btw your chocolate covered Moon pies see very similar to a product
here called Waggon wheels. They have the marshmallow filling but
with a bit of jam in.

BWs Elaine






> some little-kid thing, like once Hubba Bubba. I knew Hubba
Bubba, but I
> didn't know Ribena or a Lyon Bar, and something else I looked up
and don't remember
> what.
>
> Ribena's currant-flavored squash, I think, and squash isn't what
it is here
> (that's for sure!). It's a drink based on barley water. Barley
water isn't
> like anything we have here either. Squash (for American
translation) tastes
> like KoolAid, only it has a thickness and a texture to the
water. It's not
> really clear--kinda murky, but in a homogenous murky way. Some
comes drinkable
> as is (I'm guessing Ribena does) and other comes concentrated so
you mix it
> with water.
>
> And the importance of ANY of this!?
> To get jokes.
>
> Best reason to know Shakespeare, too--to get jokes.
> There are other reasons, but how much humor goes right by if one
doesn't know
> Hamlet!
>
> Sandra
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Dawn Adams

>elaine wrote:
>There is a lot of snobbery and class prejudice attached to food in
>the UK. Some of it is quite subtle. It can be hard to grasp for
>people outside of the UK. especially as some traditional working
>class food, that the working class no longer eat, becomes
>fashionable with the middle classes.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
Here in Nova Scotia, lobster was something only the poorest ate. If you were relatively well off or wanted to pretend you were, you just did NOT eat lobster.
Several generations later and it's gold and the epitome of an expensive meal.

Dawn



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Joy

Thanks for explaining all this Elaine. You explained it all perfect! <g>

> Hubba Bubba here is a brand name of bubble gum.
It comes in a pack (not filled) or even individual juice filled pieces. My
dc used to buy them by the handful every time we went to the shop for at
least a month or two after we first arrived).

Squash is a fruit based (not 100% juice,mostly chemical) liquid
concentrate that you
dilute with water. Some high juice varieties of squash have up to
50% juice but the kind that was available when I was growing up and
the kind most people have is probably about 5% or 10 % fruit.

Sounds a bit like Kool-Aid but doesn't taste much like American Kool-Aid
imo, Not as sweet?. I've heard people here who have had Kool-Aid say how
much they adore it and have relatives send it to them because they like it
so much.

> Orange flavour was the most common followed by lemon. Ribena is
blackcurrant based squash drink, but it is also now available in
ready to drink cartons and also other flavours. Everyone used to be
mad on Ribena (mad = crazy here). I guess Ribena was slightly more
posh than squash, it was always hideously expensive compared to
squash.

I remember that and never understood why then as I thought the
blackcurrant
was even worse than regular squash drinks.


> Robinson's barley water is a type of squash. It is as far as I know
the only one that is a barley water. It used to be only available in
lemon or orange flavour, now it comes in other flavours. Class wise
it was more 'posh' than squash.

I got this impression that barley water was an old lady's drink
somehow. <g>
For myself I always liked the barley water better than the squash's
and the blackcurrant. Maybe because it made me think a bit of lemonade.


> There is a lot of snobbery and class prejudice attached to food in
the UK. Some of it is quite subtle. It can be hard to grasp for
people outside of the UK. especially as some traditional working
class food, that the working class no longer eat, becomes
fashionable with the middle classes.

A lot of the humour of Little Britain and Monty Python has class
based humour in it. The difference between the culture of the North,
South and the Midlands can sometimes mean the humour is
misinterpreted. I know a few people from the south and they just do
not get the northern/midlands cultural references in some shows.

Dh says the guys where he works have said how much they dislike that show.
A new series just started
last week so I guess it was part of the conversation last week. My favorite
character, of the few shows I've seen, is the homosexual Welshman. <g>

Btw your chocolate covered Moon pies see very similar to a product
here called Waggon wheels. They have the marshmallow filling but
with a bit of jam in.

>I bought one for my kids to try a couple of weeks ago. I remembered them
from living in Suffolk but
hadn't seen them here in Wales until I found them in a machine. I think I
might be one of the only ones
to have bought them because I've noticed there are always wagon wheels but
everything else disappears.
By the way, the company who make the ww's must be getting very sparing on
the jam because I
didn't see it. <g> No one has asked me to buy more ww's.

Joy
in Wales




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diana jenner

Joy wrote:

> I got this impression that barley water was an old lady's drink
>somehow. <g>
>
>
>
Mary Poppins! In the nanny song, "mustn't smell of barley water" ... I
thought it was beer they meant, *now* I know! <bg>

:) diana


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In a message dated 11/25/05 12:43:26 PM, hahamommy@... writes:


> Mary Poppins!  In the nanny song, "mustn't smell of barley water" ... I
> thought it was beer they meant, *now* I know! <bg>
>

In Little Britain there's a barley water scene (Season 2) where the
transvestites (who dress and try to act as Victorian ladies, though it's now) sign up
for tennis doubles but take a break right away for courtside barley water and
scones.

Now I can tie Little Britain to Mary Poppins but hey---would couldn't??
England is England, right? <bwg>

I'm watching Nell, in which England is... North Carolina. English director,
English actress (Natasha Richardson, doing a great American accent), Irish
actor (Liam Neeson, who's doing an Irishesque American accent, and said
he/character was from an Irish family), all doing an English play. Then there's
Jodie Foster, totally American, but said in the commentary that after living in
rural NC for months, the first thing she did was fly to France and eat French
food. She could've taken some Moon Pies to sell in France as oddities.

Sandra





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elainegh8

Robinson's Barley water sponsored tennis for years and years. They
sponsored Wimbledon.

BWs Elaine


>
> In Little Britain there's a barley water scene (Season 2) where
the
> transvestites (who dress and try to act as Victorian ladies,
though it's now) sign up
> for tennis doubles but take a break right away for courtside
barley water and
> scones.
>
> Now I can tie Little Britain to Mary Poppins but hey---would
couldn't??
> England is England, right? <bwg>
>
> I'm watching Nell, in which England is... North Carolina.
English director,
> English actress (Natasha Richardson, doing a great American
accent), Irish
> actor (Liam Neeson, who's doing an Irishesque American accent, and
said
> he/character was from an Irish family), all doing an English
play. Then there's
> Jodie Foster, totally American, but said in the commentary that
after living in
> rural NC for months, the first thing she did was fly to France and
eat French
> food. She could've taken some Moon Pies to sell in France as
oddities.
>
> Sandra