My built in dictionary (result of many many years in US hotels, and other public and private places) tells me:
Key: USA=UK and colonies 'Subway'=underground or tube; 'elevator'=lift; 'jelly'=jam; 'jello'=jelly; 'cookie'=biscuit; 'biscuit'=flapjack or thick small pancake; 'candy'=sweet; 'soda'=any kind of aerated drink; 'coke'=coke; 'short stack'=small pile of thick pancakes for breakfast; 'over easy'=egg turned over in the pan for a short time; 'over'=egg fried on both sides; 'up'=fried egg not turned over; 'fanny'=backside, bottom or rump; and so on ... And 'toast' in a Holiday Inn is a slice of warmed white bread with the crusts removed, buttered and served inside a folded napkin. It becomes a slightly glutinous soft mess that is only fit to be used as compost. But the coffee, made with the addition of a pinch of salt, is some of the best I've ever come across. And the finest early morning US breakfast I've ever had, was eaten in the company of my wife and small daughter in a pancake house in Disney Land (LA) in the summer of 1990. Incredibly good. I can also tell you where to find the finest clam chowder and other sea-food in San Francisco. And Marmite is far superior in every respect to Vegemite. Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!' Updated: August 15, 2003 "Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:32 AM Subject: Re: OT-Totally OT but... > Jelly = gelatinized fruit juice. > Jam = gelatinized pureed fruit. > Preserves = gelatinized fruit. > Jello = a name brand for kid stuff (gelatinzed Kool Aid?). > :) > > > Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > see, Shel, the way i always understood it is that what you guys call "jello" > > is what we in Oz call "jelly", so if someone says "pb and j" sandwich, that > > to me is peanut butter and flavoured gelatine (you know, the stuff that you > > put in a mould and wobbles on the plate, not an ounce of fruit in sight)! > > jam/preserves always have fruit in them don't they, and that is what we > > generally eat on toast? at least in australia they do - which leaves me > > with one question, if what we call jam/preserves is just that, and what you > > call "jello" is what we call "jelly", then what the heck is the stuff that > > YOU call "jelly"....?!? lol... > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > >
