Somebody once told me that she got fed up being sent out for sandwiches whenever there was a meeting so one day she ordered sardine and banana sandwiches all round. I never thought to ask whether they had been buttered.
Somebody once told me that she got fed up being sent out for sandwiches whenever there was a meeting so one day she ordered sardine and banana sandwiches all round. I never thought to ask whether they had been buttered.
Quite likely no one else queried it either.
The two main things I remember about eating in America (California, Utah and Nevada) were stopping at a fast food place for a quick lunch and being utterly bewildered by the barrage of questions. And being baffled by having a choice of three sizes of soft drinks when refills are free - why would you ever pay for a 'large'? Just get a small and fill it twice?
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I went to the US many years ago with the kids to Florida. We were amazed at not only the portion sizes at breakfast, but the size of the people. There was I worried about being a little overweight, boy was I the slim one there.
We ate our breakfasts and took some fruit with us when we left from the all you can eat buffet. But observing the American guests at breakfast was fascinating. We would fill our plates and eat. The yanks would fill their plates so high and then go back again . I've never seen such an unhealthy group of people in my life and who the hell eats ice cream for breakfast.
The holiday was enjoyable , but Its not somewhere I would rush back to. Guns openly on display by law enforcement in parked police cars in racks was disturbing. The petrol station I used was robbed on the last day of our trip. Just glad I wasn't filling up at the time.
And no I don't butter my bread for a sandwich either.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Never been to The US,I can't even eat what is classed as a child's portion in this country! I've never eaten a 3 course meal in my life.surely you don't have mayo on the bread for a jam sandwich. You don't want to know how much butter/margarine hubby puts in his bread. I can't understand that he does it, for dipping bread in soup,yuck.
We had a few 'interesting' food experiences in the USA and Canada. In Florida I ordered ribs and chicken but didn't notice on the menu that it was half a chicken, full rack of ribs, mountain of fries, salad and lord knows what else. At a B&B in Canada, run by a lady who was closely related to a Space Hopper, she was shocked that I only wanted 2 waffles and maple syrup for breakfast. She said most people had at least 6.
One of the sweetest experiences was in a restaurant/diner in the middle of nowhere. I ordered gammon and pineapple. When it arrived the lovely lady who ran the place explained they had run out of pineapple so she'd used a substitute. I had gammon and tinned fruit salad. I didn't have the heart to say anything, was hungry anyway so I ate it.
We only experienced a buffet in Las Vegas once, and were disgusted by the way people stacked their plates and then just left half of it. The only item which was served by staff was the prawns, and that was to prevent people wasting those. As others have said, we had never seen so many grossly obese people in our lives. I'm no stick insect by any means but some of them could barely walk.
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The two main things I remember about eating in America (California, Utah and Nevada) were stopping at a fast food place for a quick lunch and being utterly bewildered by the barrage of questions. And being baffled by having a choice of three sizes of soft drinks when refills are free - why would you ever pay for a 'large'? Just get a small and fill it twice?
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Are calentita and farinata crispy like a cracker or soft and chewy?
We ate our breakfasts and took some fruit with us when we left from the all you can eat buffet. But observing the American guests at breakfast was fascinating. We would fill our plates and eat. The yanks would fill their plates so high and then go back again . I've never seen such an unhealthy group of people in my life and who the hell eats ice cream for breakfast.
The holiday was enjoyable , but Its not somewhere I would rush back to. Guns openly on display by law enforcement in parked police cars in racks was disturbing. The petrol station I used was robbed on the last day of our trip. Just glad I wasn't filling up at the time.
And no I don't butter my bread for a sandwich either.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
The size of the people at the all you can eat buffets in Las Vegas was horrifying
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”