On 16/10/2021 at 15:51, bluehaze said:

I had a spam fritter a few years ago really horrible tasteless and greasy how we ate that crap back in the day. 😆 Crisps I liked as a kid I find repugnant now Frazzles are one but the worst in my opinion are Quavers which taste like cardboard that someone has rubbed their feet on.

The company may have decided to start saving on potatoes as they developed 🙂 But it's quite possible that your tastes have simply changed - that's normal. I, too, loved milk when I was a kid, but now I can't stand it.🤢

Edited October 22, 20214 yr by Pokitren

On 16/10/2021 at 13:51, bluehaze said:

Crisps I liked as a kid I find repugnant now Frazzles are one but the worst in my opinion are Quavers which taste like cardboard that someone has rubbed their feet on.

18 hours ago, CaitlinCFC said:

Saw this on Twitter each to their own but that American breakfast looks disgusting presumably they put maple syrup on those pancakes 🤔 and I have no idea what that on the left is. Bit heavy on the tomatoes.

Edited October 26, 20214 yr by bluehaze

The S in USA stands for Sugar right?

27 minutes ago, Scott said:

The cats vomited down the middle of the plate there Scott…

5 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Saw this on Twitter each to their own but that American breakfast looks disgusting presumably they put maple syrup on those pancakes 🤔 and I have no idea what that on the left is. Bit heavy on the tomatoes.

let me blow your mind

the dutch breakfast

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

The cats vomited down the middle of the plate there Scott…

 

8 hours ago, azpi28 said:

let me blow your mind

the dutch breakfast

Call the police 😁

 

17 hours ago, Scott said:

 

It doesn’t mention how you harvest the cat vomit though?

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

It doesn’t mention how you harvest the cat vomit though?

It's like a cross between wallpaper paste and something that comes out when you unblock a drain. Still not as bad as the hot dog I had outside Maine Road once the sausage looked and tasted like roadkill wrapped in a condom.

1 minute ago, bluehaze said:

It's like a cross between wallpaper paste and something that comes out when you unblock a drain. Still not as bad as the hot dog I had outside Maine Road once the sausage looked and tasted like roadkill wrapped in a condom.

Sounds like an upgrade on the sh*te served at The Bridge. Unless you’re a Westview c**t that is - same price as us scum but the food is a million times better. 

19 hours ago, azpi28 said:

let me blow your mind

the dutch breakfast

Breakfast and lunch rule: I first had to eat two slices of bread with a savoury topping before I was allowed one with a sweet topping like chocolate sprinkles ("hagelslag" or "vlokken") or peanut butter. For breakfast I usually didn't manage more than one slice, but occasionally for lunch I made it to the sugary part!

48 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

It's like a cross between wallpaper paste and something that comes out when you unblock a drain. Still not as bad as the hot dog I had outside Maine Road once the sausage looked and tasted like roadkill wrapped in a condom.

How do you know ?

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Breakfast and lunch rule: I first had to eat two slices of bread with a savoury topping before I was allowed one with a sweet topping like chocolate sprinkles ("hagelslag" or "vlokken") or peanut butter. For breakfast I usually didn't manage more than one slice, but occasionally for lunch I made it to the sugary part!

We use to have similar rules + drinking milk was mandatory 

2 hours ago, Valerie said:

How do you know ?

 Hedgehog in a bap is an undiscovered British delicacy 😆

 

9 hours ago, azpi28 said:

We use to have similar rules + drinking milk was mandatory 

Oh yes! When we got older, we got promoted to a cup of tea.

A glass of water next to our warm dinners, of course.

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Oh yes! When we got older, we got promoted to a cup of tea.

A glass of water next to our warm dinners, of course.

Dutch people all speak impeccable English is it taught at school and is it a subject you're made to study all through schooling ?.

2 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Dutch people all speak impeccable English is it taught at school and is it a subject you're made to study all through schooling ?.

For me (middle-aged 🤫 ) English was a mandatory subject during the first 3 years of secondary school. After that, a pupil could chose to drop it from their curriculum, but I took it for the next 3 years as well. I believe that nowadays English is now a subject in some primary schools, some start very early, some a bit later. Universities also offer courses fully taught in English.

English/American has pervaded Dutch society, that helps too. A lot of tv programmes are in English (with Dutch subtitles), films in cinemas are mostly in English, songs on the radio, etcetera. Catchphrases in adverts even are sometimes in English! 

I'm guessing here, but perhaps the same is going on in Scandinavian countries. 

9 minutes ago, Valerie said:

For me (middle-aged 🤫 ) English was a mandatory subject during the first 3 years of secondary school. After that, a pupil could chose to drop it from their curriculum, but I took it for the next 3 years as well. I believe that nowadays English is now a subject in some primary schools, some start very early, some a bit later. Universities also offer courses fully taught in English.

English/American has pervaded Dutch society, that helps too. A lot of tv programmes are in English (with Dutch subtitles), films in cinemas are mostly in English, songs on the radio, etcetera. Catchphrases in adverts even are sometimes in English! 

I'm guessing here, but perhaps the same is going on in Scandinavian countries. 

I think in Italy, Spain, Germany and France they dub all of those English speaking shows & movies. 
 

 

Just now, azpi28 said:

I think in Italy, Spain, Germany and France they dub all of those English speaking shows & movies. 
 

Dubbing is dreadful, totally cringeworthy, even when they try to throw in an English word now and again, heavily accented. "Hände hoch!"  "Nicht schiessen, zir..." 

36 minutes ago, Valerie said:

For me (middle-aged 🤫 ) English was a mandatory subject during the first 3 years of secondary school. After that, a pupil could chose to drop it from their curriculum, but I took it for the next 3 years as well. I believe that nowadays English is now a subject in some primary schools, some start very early, some a bit later. Universities also offer courses fully taught in English.

English/American has pervaded Dutch society, that helps too. A lot of tv programmes are in English (with Dutch subtitles), films in cinemas are mostly in English, songs on the radio, etcetera. Catchphrases in adverts even are sometimes in English! 

I'm guessing here, but perhaps the same is going on in Scandinavian countries. 

A guy I worked in London with many years ago told me about when he went to visit a couple in or near Amsterdam. One night the couple had a party to which my workmate and about twenty or so other people were invited. As my workmate spoke no Dutch the hosts asked that everyone at the party spoke English rather Dutch so he could join in the conversations. A wonderful gesture. Not sure that could happen in this country!

21 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

I think in Italy, Spain, Germany and France they dub all of those English speaking shows & movies. 
 

 

 

19 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Dubbing is dreadful, totally cringeworthy, even when they try to throw in an English word now and again, heavily accented. "Hände hoch!"  "Nicht schiessen, zir..." 

About forty years back ago there  was a wonderful TV series (there was also a shorter version released as a film) called Das Boot about a German submarine in WW2. The original was made in German and there was a version with English subtitles. However, the cast also did a version in English.

3 hours ago, azpi28 said:

I think in Italy, Spain, Germany and France they dub all of those English speaking shows & movies. 
 

 

Yep. And that nearly always looks strange to me. I remember watching an episode of Dr. House with German dubbing and I couldn't concentrate at all. It just doesn't feel right, maybe because us in the Balkans aren't used to it either.

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

Dubbing is dreadful, totally cringeworthy, even when they try to throw in an English word now and again, heavily accented. "Hände hoch!"  "Nicht schiessen, zir..." 

Speaking of the Netherlands, I've recently watched a Dutch film, and I was able to understand certain phrases because my German is okay-ish, and I already knew there were some similarities so I paid extra attention to that. Then I somewhere read that the most of Dutch people can understand German, but my impression is that the grammar is waaay different. How true is that?