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America!!!
Janson
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Well, we have had two (thoroughly abysmal) British threads lately, but not an American one. Now most of you fine forumers are American and so I guess threads about it are mostly either unnecessary or, you could say, most threads are already American. But the purpose of this thread is to be more all-encompassing, and to celebrate the every day mundane and thoroughly American things you may take for granted. Unlike the British threads, I'm not going to be negative in this OP or in any of my posts. Even if it's about raccoons, those bastards.
So, here are a list of fine American things that I like very much:
Sunshine! Okay, this is from the point of view of living in California and not a more northern state, but it is very lovely indeed to see so many blue skies in winter.
Portion sizes: Most of the time this could probably be considered a negative, especially when you're only shopping for one or two people and you need celery but then half the celery ends up wilting before you can use it all up because no matter how much you like celery you can't eat two whole celery hearts in a week and they don't sell celery in portion sizes smaller than two hearts, but when planning a party or feeding a large party it's a boon to be able to buy whole sacks of rice or 5 lb bags of flour at ridiculously low prices.
Trader Joe's: Not only do they do wonderful organic foods, but they package everything up so beautifully, and they encourage you to use your own bags, too!
Hummingbirds! Endemic to the Americas and just so adorable; it's a real treat to see them in people's gardens.
In'n'Out: If you have a craving for a fast food burger, you can't really do better than this.
[strike]Dead raccoons[/strike]
Eggnog: Mm, delicious. I mean, I sadly have to refrain from buying it because it's so terribly fattening, but it's nice to know it's there.
Sweet potatoes, squash, blueberries; all of my favourite fruit and vegetables are native to the Americas. (I am deliberately omitting the potato, because I am not really a fan. That's right; I prefer mash, roast, and chips made from sweet potato, carrot, beetroot, parsnip; anything but actual potato.)
Closets: It is so lovely having a large enough space in which to store all your clothes, towels, suitcases and boxes of personal papers even in such a tiny apartment as ours. In the UK they'd have probably tried to convert it into a bedroom or something.
So, here are a list of fine American things that I like very much:
Sunshine! Okay, this is from the point of view of living in California and not a more northern state, but it is very lovely indeed to see so many blue skies in winter.
Portion sizes: Most of the time this could probably be considered a negative, especially when you're only shopping for one or two people and you need celery but then half the celery ends up wilting before you can use it all up because no matter how much you like celery you can't eat two whole celery hearts in a week and they don't sell celery in portion sizes smaller than two hearts, but when planning a party or feeding a large party it's a boon to be able to buy whole sacks of rice or 5 lb bags of flour at ridiculously low prices.
Trader Joe's: Not only do they do wonderful organic foods, but they package everything up so beautifully, and they encourage you to use your own bags, too!
Hummingbirds! Endemic to the Americas and just so adorable; it's a real treat to see them in people's gardens.
In'n'Out: If you have a craving for a fast food burger, you can't really do better than this.
[strike]Dead raccoons[/strike]
Eggnog: Mm, delicious. I mean, I sadly have to refrain from buying it because it's so terribly fattening, but it's nice to know it's there.
Sweet potatoes, squash, blueberries; all of my favourite fruit and vegetables are native to the Americas. (I am deliberately omitting the potato, because I am not really a fan. That's right; I prefer mash, roast, and chips made from sweet potato, carrot, beetroot, parsnip; anything but actual potato.)
Closets: It is so lovely having a large enough space in which to store all your clothes, towels, suitcases and boxes of personal papers even in such a tiny apartment as ours. In the UK they'd have probably tried to convert it into a bedroom or something.
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buy us plane tickets
and pay for a hotel
and feed us
Sometime, like, seriously, we have to visit New York, so it's definitely on our list, but not right now
Mmmm I am grateful that we live close to Alex's parents
It means weekly invitations to meals for which his dad cooks the most delicious meats
Last winter I met a very lovely, sweet old couple who were flying out to see their son and grandchildren in Wisconsin and the airport staff saw fit to interrogate them for about forty five minutes I don't know maybe Wisconsin has more terrorists
And going "Whoops what was that tiny place I just crushed to death with my big red house?! Oh it was just England!"
The Apocalypse Has Never Been More Fun
Secret Satan Wishlist!! Thinkgeek Wish List
You pay for roadkill?
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come to West Virginia
to truelly appreciate the greatness of america, you have to see the worst...est
It's always horrible for you, but the best you'll ever have.
And the Wisconsin Dells
and cheese
and beer
and cows
and one of the safest towns in America (sheboygan I think)
Candy floss! I love that stuff.
PACKERS
England is GO actually. You have to pay 200 pounds to pass by us.
Actually, I kid.
I went to NYC last May and had some delicious "lamb" from a street vendor.
And, of course, I've also eaten at a taco truck here plenty of times.
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what? no
DEEP FRIED TWINKIES
i've never felt sick from new york street meat
but that may be my iron stomach
edit: oh yeah i don't even count halal as street meat, i have it very often at school (we have two carts) and it's so delicious always
PACKERS WON THE SUPERBOWL WOOOO
(man I hope someone gets that reference)
They used to have The Onion.
Then they up and moved to NYC.
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and all your tv times are messed up, silly 3 hour delay. what if a tv show gets spoiled?
Cotton candy, you mean.
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Hurrah for us!
I actually want to try those
the two things are so un-alike, there must be something to them
WHOOO PACKERS!!!
ahhh a giant spider!
I don't know if this is relevant but the Packers are inexorably tied to MST3k in my mind, due to every slow-motion shouting scene being dubbed over with:
GOOOOOOOOO
PAAAAACCCCKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS
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well i don't have to complain about taco bell
i can savor cheap and tasty fake mexican food with zero repercussions
hi5
lostwords even has his own deep fryer
you guys HAVE to come to one of our PAXes now
YER HITTIN' THE BOOZE AGAIN
Whenever we play we're always the bloody iron.
deep fried snickers bars. awm nawm nawm
i made a few this weekend (a few being 5)
That looks like half of fall.
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there was an article in the SF Weekly a few weeks back about unlicensed food vendors in the city
and they had a picture of what looked like a hot dog wrapped in bacon
and it looked delicious as all get out
any time there is a large crowd of people getting excited i start going "rabble rabble rabble PACKERS!! PACKERS!! rabble rabble rabble"
hollywood special effects, duh
I also like how most car parks have enough room between spaces to allow for the opening of doors