Ask the UK of the Day
Ask the UK of the Day
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- Ramanisky22
looks delicious .. but a couple of questions
is this really a brekky for 1 ??
and is this a regular everyday brekky ??
damn the eggs and sausage alone and I’m good.
- Yes & absolutely not.Wolfboy
- It's like a treat breakfast, but some folk will have that every single day.PhanLo
- ^ Pheeeeew... thank you.
Fuck, now I’m hungry.Ramanisky2 - What exactly is that burnt toast looking thing?Ramanisky2
- Black pudding
https://en.wikipedia…PhanLo - tomatoes are not breakfast.
one third of that is not food.imbecile - Love black pudding_niko
- This is a pretty excessive example and +1 for a treat. A couple of unexpected items in the bagging area for me, but black pudding is not one of them!MrT
- Drool! Fuggin love black pudding!sab
- Pass on the black pudding. What the frig are those circular things at the bottom?kalkal
- 1 - yes, 2 - no, 3 - I think this was your main meal till tea, if you worked in the field. Lunch was a snack on the go, as people relied on natural lightmaikel
- Oh my... I usually have juice and water for breakfast until 11am, I see this and it makes me want to puke!OBBTKN
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- that's not a proper english breakfast - there's no fried bread ffs.
no idea what those two small discs at the front are. hash browns are a us import.hans_glib - its the - get cancer and a heartattack as fast as possible - breakfast.neverscared
- @hans, US import or not, you can't deny some sort of fried potato is an excellent breakfast addition.Continuity
- Never ate a real english breakfast, only the vegetarian version. fucking love it. sometimes I do it for the family with meat as well.oey_oey
- for me since I'm vegan I pass the egg but recently I saw a recipe for vegan fried egg so I will have to try it.oey_oey
- "vegan fried egg"
Do tell us more!palimpsest - -1 needs to use the sausage as a breakwater for the beanskingsteven
- I get this when I’m in full England but at home in America it’s bacon and eggs, home fries and toast at a dinernb
- Tomatoes are not breakfast? Ever heard of BLT's?jagara
- MDRpalimpsest
- @continuity, you've clearly never tasted the pure unaldulterated joy that is fried bread, or you'd never have said that.hans_glib
- hash browns are lovely, but not in a full english. they belong in the yank version, with that sad excuse for bacon they have over there, and eggs over easyhans_glib
- toast and jelly.hans_glib
- ulster version of this is usually the same with more bread. agree with the hash browns, this one is particularly huge too, latke territorykingsteven
- i do love a full english, but there's a lot of shitty versions. Decent quality sausages and bacon make it extra special. Fried bread I've never gotten into thoIanbolton
- I still wanna know about the vegan fried egg.palimpsest
- I got my answer: https://www.qbn.com/…palimpsest
- Goodness, hans - I figured you'd know those were white pudding at the bottom there.Nairn
- ^ oh yeah, didn't spot that. What the hell's white pudding?Ianbolton
- ^ Not-black pudding, obvs.Continuity
- Only thing that looks shit on this plate is that undercooked bacon. Fuck sake.
But still want to try a bit of everything else.Ramanisky2 - you have to be american. that's how proper bacon should look. tbh it should be collar not back but no-one eats collar any more :(hans_glib
- @detritus, doh, of course! it looked suspiciously industrial so i mistook it for some sort of oaty biscuit horrorhans_glib
- I want to try some of this collar bacon. Provided it isn't normally smoked, and just cured, one could probably easily make it at home, too.Continuity
- Collar is good, but less common (in AU anyway). Proper bacon for me is streaky.MrT
- Typical 'Scottish Breakfast' if you go to a decent B&B. You'd get cereal, then some toast and jam, then you'd be asked what you want for your fry-up.microkorg
- Sets you up for the day if you're going to be out all day hiking in the highlands ;)microkorg
- So does cold-soaked instant mash.palimpsest
- I ate this almost daily in Wales for over a month when I was there. It was the only noteworthy food I ate in the UK. The mushrooms are missing from ur pic,cherub
- the sausage is heavenly, the hashbrowns don't belong, and the black pudding is delicious. Beans are filler, if u are a large lad.cherub
- That's a bowl cloggerstoplying
- scarabin0
The narrator’s accent in the beginning... he sounds like danger mouse. Where is that from?
- It's Eddie Izzard, back when he was a man.zardoz
- izzard was born in aden (british colony in yemen), raised in northern ireland and then rural wales. a mad combo of lesser heard british accentskingsteven
- Wow, i didn’t recognize izzard at allscarabin
- cherub0
Anyone in Cardiff today?
He's at the castle, above city centre. The crowds (queues) won't be as bad as London.
- Hold on, I'm wrong. Currently the king is at Senedd (welsh parliament) down by Cardiff Baycherub
- No one cares about the King, it's the lacquer of the the coffin everyone is queuing up for, the buff on that thing is outstanding.shapesalad
- misterhow0
Is this the end?
Following further evaluation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision.
The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.
- Followup question: Do any of you have sarcastic Queen Mum impressions?garbage
- The fact that Charles and William are on there way to Balmoral doesn't suggest the most positive of outcomes.Morning_star
- *theirMorning_star
- never thought i'd see the day..zardoz
- She lived a really long and great life.utopian
- She's just fucking with the breakaway Sussex's Grand Tour.Nairn
- Couple of babies and she'll be fine. Get them blended up nicely.PhanLo
- SoonYakuZoku
- utopian0
Will the monarchy continue and survive?
- Yeah, there are still enough people who can't think critically.Chimp
- Probably not. The Queen was actually respected some what, the rest of the royal muppets not so muchgrafician
- We will enter a 'bear market' in terms of the Royals while 'sausage fingers' Charles is in the seat, until Will takes over...shapesalad
- and thusly Kate is Queen.. then expect a 'bull run'. That will be the glory days. Then it'll die... but at the last moment Megan will take the throne in a coup.shapesalad
- You know it's super good for tourism, but that's largely as we had granny queen which was charming.shapesalad
- scarabin3
I got one of these in a trade. I wanna try it. What’s the best way?
- Trade it in again for Marmite!
On toast is the traditional Aussie way I believe, but I'll let an actual Aussie confirm that...MrT - I like Veg/Marmite with peanut butter but that's not universal.MrT
- ^ wow!oey_oey
- On toast or a cracker.Chimp
- On toast, with peanut butter is a delight. In a stock certainly adds richnessIanbolton
- Buttered toast, spread it thin.
I need to try it with peanut butter, that sounds fucked up.sausages - on toast, with butter, and only use a tiny bit per slice, like half a teaspoon even if that...inteliboy
- https://www.196flavo…inteliboy
- Wat a sec, why are you asking UK about vagina mite?sausages
- Make suet pastry with proper beef kidney fat. Roll out thin. Spread veggie/marmite on 1/2 of it. Grate cheddar cheese on it. Fold in half. Roll, fold. Cut intoshapesalad
- Cut into 2cm stripes. Bake. Enjoy.shapesalad
- Lightly spread over buttered toast. Get fancy and put an avocado on top of that. That’s my go to breakfast when avos are in season.thumb_screws
- Vegemite > marmite. Anyone disagrees I’ll meet your in Woolies car park and fight you.thumb_screws
- spread on toast, place strong cheddar on top, melt with one of those chef's blowtorches.Fax_Benson
- Put in a cheese toastie.slappy
- Put it in bin, go out and treat yourself to a hot dog from a gas station.Nairn
- Anallybezoar
- Nairn the only honest mf herenb
- wash it down with some bleach..and after that ... bleach.neverscared
- On a cracker between two steamed bunsfuturefood
- Lol @NaimKrassy
- I love how y’all are suggesting taking this intense (nasty) stuff and basically saying to eat it straight (on toast). :)monospaced
- Yeah, sorry i confused this stuff with marmite. Gonna try it on some buttered toast and some pb’d toast whenever my stomach wakes up and i get hungryscarabin
- Thanks all!scarabin
- Marmite is the original and best, Vegemite is simply the copy. Let's hope I get the right Woolies car park...MrT
- Had it on toast w/ good butter. I can dig it. Honestly i think it could be used to help lend a meaty umami flavor to seitan. I sprinkled shallots on at the endscarabin
- I specifically remember vegemite tasting like burnt crap, and marmite only tasting marginally better. Avoid both.cherub
- Miso on buttered toast. Then a B12 supplement. Just as good.shapesalad
- Trade it in again for Marmite!
- drgs-1
I thought it was a joke?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo…
- i_was0
To the Scots: Is it common for men to wear skirts in Scotland?
- At weddings and (national team) football/rugby very common.Brabo_Brabo
- (where skirt=kilt)Brabo_Brabo
- Yes for tourist areas and also at events where alcohol is consumed in great amounts.PhanLo
- I want to wear a skirt, but whatever day, I'm not gay by the way. This one: https://www.zalando.…i_was
- The Scotch dont like it when foik call kilts skirts. Akin to saying the wearer is a tranny. It could get violent.Brabo_Brabo
- Ay i_was i support youscarabin
- i_was you kept telling us your not gay. are you trying to tell us something?pango
- what's the different between skirt and kilt?pango
- To the English: Do you wax your vaginas before or after you Morris Dance?mrAtor
- scarabin10
Why can’t i get through a single episode of Doctor Who?
- loldopepope
- lolgarbage
- LOL!oey_oey
- Each post gets funnier.monospaced
- The old or new Doctor Who ? the old is the shiti_was
- The new. Last i heard was some nonsense about flying space dragons laying magical eggs and now the doctor is a woman?scarabin
- What series of the old stuff should i start on?scarabin
- Fucking lolmaquito
- Oh I don't remember, was looong time ago, start with first episode? Yep and new looks so fucking dumb.i_was
- the new one? cuz its shittrooperbill
- The Tom Baker run is God-tier. Production is wobbly, but the writing is excellent. And Tom just revels in the character, a joy to watch.face_melter
- https://66.media.tum…Gardener
- John Pertwee and Tom Baker era have some great episode arcsPhrenological
- Davidson, McCoy not so great. The newer 'woke' stuff is shite.Phrenological
- Noted, thanksscarabin
- Dr Who has always been shitemrAtor
- cherub0
So I'm listening to a live debate by parliament on the gender recognition act.
This question is for you scots.
I once asked where the toughest men in the uk were, geographically, and was told by someone on this very forum... "the toughest men in the uk are from the extreme north (Scotland)" ...further down south you go toward Brighton the more LGBT culture you see. So I took that to mean perhaps Scotland is more traditional with respect to gender.
Two scottish MP's that stood up to speak in this debate. One lesbian, one gay. If we broke this down into percentages, that's an LGBTQ representation of 100% by Scotland.
If parliamentary representation is based on the populace, are 100% of Scottish people gay and lesbian? If no, why are 100% of your politicians in this debate from the LGBT community?
Scottish Muslim population is no larger than 2% and Scottish Jewish population is currently less than .5%
What would be the outcry, if suddenly your parliament became ENTIRELY (100%) Muslim? Or Jewish?
Wouldn't it go something like... "wtf, how did this happen?" "Muslims taking over Scotland ffs!!!"
Explain yourself, Scotland. Is LGBT the minority or the majority? If it is the minority, why do you elect LGBT politicians as if it is the majority?
click the link to watch, can't embed live video directly
- These are the questions we really to be asking ourselves.palimpsest
- there are 59 Scottish constituencies in parliament. 2 gay MPs. 2% of Scotland identifies as LGBT. Most gay men are obsessed with masculinity,kingsteven
- most gay women are tough as fuck.kingsteven
- You should smoke either more or less crack.Nairn
- Perhaps the voters aren’t idiots who assume an LGBT candidate could only know how to represent LGBT citizens and no one else.nb
- Unfortunately the LGBT politicians in this video didn't do what you just claimed they could do.cherub
- You can't even get them to say "Heterosexual rights" much less defend it.cherub
- you really don't understand how parliament works. this is an e-petition debate (when a publicly submitted petition gets 100k votes there is a debate)kingsteven
- it's compulsory then. that explains why it wasn't held in the normal place.cherub
- The Scottish parliament supported reform in 2017 as did a public consultation in 2020 conducted by the UK parliament and the EU (the current act was judgedkingsteven
- behind human rights standards) so the petition is to stop the gov't dragging their feet and pass the reform that already has supportkingsteven
- because only 7 of the 59 Scottish MPs in the UK parliament are Conservatives it would be a good chance to stick it to them even if they weren't gaykingsteven
- so representational in that the vast majority of scots dislike the gov't - even if you weren't entirely wrong about everything elsekingsteven
- cherub0
I know who Ian Blackford is, I've been listening to him speak for years. But I don't *really know who he is.
So he is the leader of the Scottish National Party(SNP). But so is Nicola Sturgeon. How can they both be the leader? Does the SNP have a devolved branch and a union branch? Or do they co-rule it?
Nicola Sturgeon, as 1st minister of Scotland outranks Ian Blackford or the other way around?
Does a low level position in House of Commons outrank a higher position in a devolved government?
- He's and MP and the leader of the other SNP MPs at Westminster.Brabo_Brabo
- Sturgeon is a MSP (member of the Scottish Parliament). She's also the leader of the whole SNP (and therefore outranks Blackford)Brabo_Brabo
- I wish her would replace Boris and lead the country he's great.shapesalad
- cherub0
Does scotland have a rugby team? If so do you play teams mostly from mainland europe or UK only?
Are there nice beaches in Scotland or is it too cold?
- Some of the best beaches on the world are in Scotland and the north east coast of England (Bamburgh, for example
Not so bam, sadly). Cold though, yesNairn - They do indeed have a rugby team over there. They play in the 5 Nations and against Southern Hemisphere teams regularly.Brabo_Brabo
- 6 Nations eh. https://www.scottish…Brabo_Brabo
- Yep they do. So does Wales, England and Ireland. They play against teams like, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Argentina, Italy and France. Soma have team too.Chimp
- Some of the best beaches on the world are in Scotland and the north east coast of England (Bamburgh, for example
- cherub0
What is a 'speccy bam' mean literally?
How close did this man come to getting smacked?
- Hahahah
Speccy = bespectacled
Bam = nutter (I think?)Nairn - so, a spectacle wearing weird person/freak?cherub
- I have to be honest I don't know what nutter means.cherub
- Madman. Crazy fucker. Bam is derogatory, but not overly so.Nairn
- Like, if a friend did something stupid you might get call them a 'daft bam' or somethingNairn
- It's short for 'bampot' https://stooryduster…Brabo_Brabo
- "ya prrrrrrrick"Hayzilla
- Hahahah
- scarabin0
Do you really give trick-or-treaters money on halloween?
How big a deal is halloween where you are?
- It's become a whore of a holiday that sucks the biggest commercial dick. All shops have Halloween themed bullshit. Gone are the days of a ghost story and...Morning_star
- ...bobbing for apples. I prefer to stay in with my kids, take drugs and perform a black mass.Morning_star
- yeah, fuck the amerikisation of halloween and all its shitty ripoffs. i have no part in it, preferring to wait a few days for some propah british pyromania.hans_glib
- +1 for the pyromania. Outside the US Halloween is a retail celebration. I miss fireworks, can't understand what Aus has against them and bonfires ... ...MrT
- It's popularity kind of plateaued in about 2005. Only people with kids under 10 trick or treat. Although since COVID it has pretty much stopped.Hayzilla
- And No... We never give out cash. Ever.Hayzilla
- PhanLo-2
Quite liked this
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- grafician-2
How can you let this happen?!
"Boris Johnson admits he has six children"
- Top shaggerPhanLo
- The Johnson family spreads like cancer.face_melter
- scarabin0
Is it true you put barbecue sauce on french toast?
- And you call it “eggy bread”???scarabin
- no and no :|kingsteven
- Phewscarabin
- nofadein11
- WOAH Kingsteven! I think you'll find the answer is no and yes. And Scarabin, you may be thinking the sauce is BBQ, but it is actually Brown Sauce or HP Sauce.Wolfboy
- HP Sauce
https://www.hpsauce.…Wolfboy - What is the best thing to put HP sauce on?scarabin
- Food. It's that good I don't need to round it down. But if you insist, a bacon butty.Wolfboy
- Cool, coolscarabin
- sausagesfadein11
- I went to school right next to the main HP factory (no longer there). The smell at break times was sometimes unbearable.fadein11
- https://i2-prod.birm…fadein11
- I can imagine it was a bit much; like when you drive into a brewery town.Wolfboy
- Hah, i have heard it called eggy bread as a colloquialism, but they would know what its actually called. right? People put HP on it? i have not lived.kingsteven
- sauce?sarahfailin
- The best thing to put HP on is the shelf.Nairn
- ^ pretty much. actual tamarind sauce is great though.kingsteven
- I keep meaning to give that a try. K, i'm buying a bottle from one of the SE Asian food shops I'm blessed with near home.
Thanks for the recommend!Nairn - HAGGIS! Haggis is the best thing to have with 'brown (HP) sauce'.microkorg
- kingsteven0
real talk
what is your regional chip shop speciality?
- chips in a soft bread bun. Nether understood it myself. Chip butty the call it.shapesalad
- Does that have butter on it? Does that make it a “butty”?scarabin
- yup, slang for sandwich coming from the constant ingredients of bread and butter.Wolfboy
- we have chip butties here too, generally not buttered. there are a few things like saveloys that are unique to england and seem to become less common up northkingsteven
- or pea fritters (i've only seen them in the south). here you wouldn't get a half chicken or a pickled egg in a chippy and if you ask for a pastie you'll get akingsteven
- deep fried burger made of potato and pork. scotland has pizza crunch and various other glorious deep fried monstrosities. feel like im only scratching thekingsteven
- surface though. i've heard mince meat in a bap is a thing in certain parts of scotland. i dont think i've ever been in a chippy in wales but they must be up tokingsteven
- some mad shite. i need an infographic :Dkingsteven
- I'd say, as a rule of thumb, the further north you go, the more things they batter and stick in the fryer.Wolfboy
- that makes for an easy infographic https://i.imgur.com/…kingsteven
- chats. small new potatoes cut in half then deep friedtrooperbill
- A fad in the early 2000s of sticking chocolate bars in the deep fat fryer up here in Scotland. Best was Biscuit Boost!microkorg
