American cookery terms

CrazyNerd

we'd drive that for an ice cream!

Swan_2

jcr16 wrote: »

with the butter fingers wonder if i vould use maybe a snickers bar?

they're not really like snickers, they're kind of crisp but flaky inside, I love them, but there's nothing at all like them over here

you can buy them in shops that sell American goods or do a search online & you'll find retailers who stock them, Cybercandy is one

lostinrates

CrazyNerd wrote: »

we'd drive that for an ice cream!

LOL, I won't go 40 metres for icecream.....I make it myself

Oh, I'm missing lots of American things now thinking about it. I probably shouldn't admit that a recent ancestor of mine was a founding member of staff of one of those American packet food companies

lostinrates

cheeswright wrote: »

I'm gonna stick my head ot here - i found american food fantastic compared to what we get here - it took me a whole year after comming back to be able to gag down the brown stuff we call beef - its hard to belive that the animals are even related considering the taste and texture of beef bread to be eaten - not cast off dairy produce...

OK, now I'm going to defend UK.....you are buying the wrong beef. The best of British beef is equal to beef from ANYWHERE in the world...and British breeds if beef cattle were important to the foundings of many American beef lines.

Lobster....well......I can't afford it in uk!

CrazyNerd

Swan wrote: »

they're not really like snickers, they're kind of crisp but flaky inside, I love them, but there's nothing at all like them over here

you can buy them in shops that sell American goods or do a search online & you'll find retailers who stock them, Cybercandy is one

I think they are a bit like a cinder toffee/crunchie bar mix

Triker

I'm a big fan of american cookery, loved it when I lived out there, especially Southern Food, my fav cook is Paula Deen, utterly love her and her recipes.

I use the american cup sizes in baking, I also have the New Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book which is great, most of it is cooking from scratch recipes.

I'll have to look up the cooks mentioned earlier on.

CrazyNerd

Triker wrote: »

I'm a big fan of american cookery, loved it when I lived out there, especially Southern Food, my fav cook is Paula Deen, utterly love her and her recipes.

I use the american cup sizes in baking, I also have the New Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book which is great, most of it is cooking from scratch recipes.

I'll have to look up the cooks mentioned earlier on.

Every respectable cook in America has that cook book. I miss it!
I made Paula Deen's Jack Daniels sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving this year.
Jeff Smith is wonderful, loads of regional dishes. Try the Frugal Gourmet Cooks American. You must try the biscuits and gravy...:)

Swan_2

CrazyNerd wrote: »

I think they are a bit like a cinder toffee/crunchie bar mix

yes, & they have that same ability to stick to/between your teeth

actually, there used to be a sweet in the Quality Street (maybe Roses?) assortment, it was rectangular & in a red cellophane wrapper, I think it was called Peanut Cracknel, it was very similar to Butterfinger but they discontinued it

meritaten

the barefoot contessa made icecream sandwiches with vanilla icecream between two jumbo sized choc chip cookies.
I did think butter fingers were similar to our dime bars!
I once got a book out of the library entitled 'American Home Cooking' and couldnt make any of the recipes in it as they ALL called for a package of this and a can of that. even where you could use fresh ingredients the book preferred canned or preserved! wasnt impressed! I think it has taken watching Food Network to realise that Americans do actually cook from scratch! but !!!!!! - does everything have to have a pound of butter in it? its only the nutritionist or Giada de Laurentis who have recipes which are actually good for you?

Triker

CrazyNerd wrote: »

Every respectable cook in America has that cook book. I miss it!
I made Paula Deen's Jack Daniels sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving this year.
Jeff Smith is wonderful, loads of regional dishes. Try the Frugal Gourmet Cooks American. You must try the biscuits and gravy...:)

I found it in TK Maxx a few months ago, here in the UK, it was £8.00 I think, it's fantastic.;):D