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Sounds like my idea of heaven Casey, I'll be coming round to your house for dinner next time I'm in the US!!! :lol:

Awesome trip Larry! I spend all my vacations doing American road trips (see my profile pic!) My last one was in April and I did: D.C. Charleston WV Nashville Asheville NC Greensborough NC Philadelphia Think I might do Texas for my next one!

Hi Everyone, I thought i would share with you, my first cheese cake. Once again, I had a little help from my mother (I really need to grow up!). Firstly, I bashed up 250g (8oz) of digestive biscuits and mixed it with 125g (4oz) of butter. I then flattened this all out in a flan dish and put...

Ah I see. Thanks Kayelle. Another example of the US/UK language divide! :lol:

ooh! that sounds amazing! Can I ask what 'AP flour' is please?

Hi Everyone, I thought I would share my first lemon drizzle cake attempt with you. Now, before I start, I must confess that, despite being in my 30's, I was actually supervised throughout by my mum!:lol:I did everything myself but in the interests of transparency, I must disclose that she...

We used to keep pigs on our farm when we were growing up and my mum would feed them doughnuts everyday. The pork chops they produced had more fat on them than meat! :lol:

I think we must have fatter pigs in the UK Andy!:pig: We specialise in obese livestock:lol:

I think it must be a British thing as butchers of do it like that. It tasted amazing Casey. I was careful not to over cook it as my friend was telling me that pork can go very dry, very quickly so i pulled it out of the oven when it was still a little pink, and let it rest for a few minutes...

Thanks Got, yes the butcher did it with a huge cleaver. he said it stops the chop from curling up when it's in the skillet

Thanks Kayelle, I have heard of the brine method but never tried it. I will definitely try it next time. :chef:

Hi everyone, This is the first recipe I have ever posted and it is a very, very simple one but I have to start somewhere! I went to the butchers and asked for the biggest, beast of a pork chop that they had. I'm sure it's small by American standards but this is what they gave me. I...

:ohmy: Wow! that is literally making my mouth water! As a new 'chef' with not much time in the evenings, I am currently tucking into a very unappetising meal of broccoli and shrimp.:mellow:

Well it actually tasted a lot better than it looked! I didn't really follow a recipe, my mum just told me how to make it over the phone. That was actually my second attempt because the first one was a bit hard and dry so I added a little milk to the mixture on the second go which made it turn...

I don't think gin has really taken off in the US like it has here in the UK. Everywhere you look in London, there seems to be a new gin bar popping up. It's all about the tonic though. When 90% of your gin and tonic is made up of tonic, it makes sense to use good tonic!

Ah, probably not a good idea to follow my recommendations then. I wouldn't want to be responsible for you having a reaction! :sad:

Hi everyone, I've been a gin lover for ages so I thought I would see if you have any recommendations. Here are mine: My number one gin which has stayed at my top spot for the last 5 years is Citadel Gin. It is from Spain and comes in a beautiful blue bottle. It's made with orange peel and...

If I ever take up wrestling, Turkish Meat Hammer would be my name !!:lol:

Grits One of my favourite things to eat when I visit the US is grits but we don't have it over here in the UK. On my last visit I came down for breakfast and piled a large scoop of grits onto my bacon, sausage, egg and hashbrown. It was only when I dipped my sausage into the grits and put it...

thanks very much, i'll give that one a go. I was driving through Virginia actually a few weeks ago. A very beautiful part of the country :smile:

Does anyone have a good recipe for vodka jelly/jello? We call it jelly in the UK but I think you call it jello in the US (please see below dedicated thread discussing the differences between British and American slang by Caseydog)...

I haven't read through the entire thread so i'm not sure if this has already been mentioned but in the uk, we often refer to cigarettes as 'fags', which i believe is an offensive word for gay people in the US so sorry if I have offended anyone but when my friend and I visited a bar in Texas, i...

Hey Casey, Sorry I am late to this party, especially as I seem to have inspired it! I think generally speaking, we brits are familiar with most of your slang because we hear it in movies all the time but I do sometimes think how strange our expressions must seem to you guys. I would love to...

thanks Addie and K, Looks like you both live near the cost so you obviously know what you are talking about! I won't shop there anymore. It's sometimes just too convenient to just grab something from a supermarket shelf.

not very long, maybe a couple minutes just to sear it. To be honest, it smelled really strong as soon as i opened the packet