What I Call Things

Cakes (since moving to the UK, I have adapted to this covering muffins, cakes, slices and other such things that involve anything that might be vaguely cake-ish)
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4034/4...7a32e47955.jpg
http://www.tastesdeli.co.uk/shop/ima...um/4635_MD.JPG
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee...7c1ae3.jpg_256

Muffin
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e...d17aeb.jpg_256

English Muffin (often referred to as simply a muffin when in the UK, the difference is still acknowledged with this title)
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/wp-conte...5967XSmall.jpg

Scone
http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.bakin...jpg?1290523246

Crumpet
http://noorosha.com/wp-content/uploa...s1-300x224.png

Biscuit
http://pimg.tradeindia.com/01478762/...e-Biscuits.jpg
http://www.britishshopabroad.com/pro...96642_zoom.jpg

Cookie
http://ukcdn.ar-cdn.com/recipes/orig...8a7a4cbdff.jpg

Cracker
http://stationery.auspost.com.au/med...-2173611_1.jpg

Sandwich
http://www.grotecompany.com/wp-conte...production.jpg

Roll
http://stylishcuisine.com/wp-content...oll-single.jpg

Morning Roll
http://www.thelunchboxhereford.co.uk...bacon-roll.jpg

Burger
http://www.bk.com/sites/default/file...rger_thumb.png

Patty
http://www.mushtaqsfoodmachinery.com...50/burger1.jpg

Crisps
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...crisps-001.jpg

Chips
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...-chips-006.jpg

Fries Rarely used, but generally expected to be thin chips
http://files.gamebanana.com/img/ico/...64776eeaa7.png

Juice - all walks of fizzy drink. Put fruit in front to designate still fruit juice. Put diluting in front to designate whether its designed to be diluted (known to plebs as squash).

Just Scotland things.

Isn't a morning roll just simply a roll? I don't really see the need to put 'morning' in front of it. :p

Funnily enough, despite being English I still call them 'English muffins'; mainly to distinguish from the cake muffin. Also, people get really confused if you say they'll be eating muffin pizzas, so I stick the English on the front to make it more obvious.

I also feel as if there should be a distinction between soft and hard cookies. If only because soft cookies are far more superior to the hardened variety and to prevent me from confusing the two and ruining my day.

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Originally Posted by Formalhaut

Isn't a morning roll just simply a roll? I don't really see the need to put 'morning' in front of it. :p

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Actually the image I used for roll is probably a bad representation because you really have to feel the texture of the roll, but if you've ever had a Warburtons roll then you'll know it's very different from the kind of roll one traditionally throws bacon and egg into. Morning rolls tend to have more, uh... air? I guess? While a regular roll is much more filling due to being quite dense.

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I also feel as if there should be a distinction between soft and hard cookies. If only because soft cookies are far more superior to the hardened variety and to prevent me from confusing the two and ruining my day.

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I tend to refer to what you call 'hard cookies' as 'biscuits'. If it's not soft, it's not a cookie, dammit. Or at least, it's an overcooked cookie.

You ever tried Maryland's cookies? If you haven't good.

http://ukcdn.ar-cdn.com/recipes/xlar...1f34e629f8.jpg

Look at that. It says cookie on the packet, but you bite into it - it's hard! And dry! Not chewy! Not yummy! Bleh!

As for the rolls, I suppose there are several types. Warbourton's rolls I agree are softer, more pillow-y. My favourite rolls however are the rolls with a lovely crust, now they are delicious.

I think morning rolls are sometimes called breakfast rolls, and they are identified as such in any place I've bought them. Honestly, they're pretty crap, but good if you don't want to overdo it on the bread.

I don't mind Marynland biscuits, but they definitely tread the line between biscuit and cookie very narrowly. I would call them biscuits, though. Cookies tend to be larger and more... home baked-y. I buy cookies from bakeries and they come in bags with a short shelf life. Biscuits have a longer shelf life and come in packets like the one you linked.

What's confusing about crumpets? :tumble:

We need to get Face in here so he and I can fight over the term "chicken burger."

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

What's confusing about crumpets? :tumble:

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What is it?

Isn't it an English Muffin?

Yeah, the crumpet looks like an English muffin.

That scone also looks like what we here call a biscuit.

This is a more familiar scone, to me,

http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/up...ry-Scones1.jpg

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

Isn't it an English Muffin?

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They have a similar look, but a totally different texture. Hard to explain though! This shows the internals of a crumpet, and helps show why people like to melt butter (or other things) over the top of them after they toast them up.

cake

http://www.mytartelette.com/wp-conte...e-Cake.jpg.jpg

pie

http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/1bf250e2...fcbe6baa10.jpg

chips

http://home.eyesonff.com/image/jpeg;...BAEAQBAEAQH//Z

potato chips

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...crisps-001.jpg

cookie

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...TiebtsC_0v3JYB

Fizzy Drink

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...01_541969f.jpg

...and now I'm craving a steak and cheese pie

:quina:

oh man I miss NZ meat pies. Steak and cheese, mince and cheese, potato top, nom nom nom nom nom.

It's cute you Brits are so particular with what you call your quasi-food to convince yourself they have something resembling unique flavors.

In all seriousness, I pretty much use standard names for things.

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

We need to get Face in here so he and I can fight over the term "chicken burger."

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You know, the only reason you Americans don't call chicken burgers chicken burgers is because the beef industry lobbied to have only beef burgers legally recognised as burgers. Before that, you called chicken burgers chicken burgers, just like us.

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Originally Posted by Laddy

It's cute you Brits are so particular with what you call your quasi-food to convince yourself they have something resembling unique flavors.

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Oh, this makes me mad! :hot: As if OUR food is the quasi-food and not those pink abominations you Americans like to call hot dogs. :p

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a "Split".

That's what I and all fellow St Helens (North West England) people call them, because we're weird but its my absolute favourite.

We even made a song about it

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Originally Posted by Laddy

It's cute you Brits are so particular with what you call your quasi-food to convince yourself they have something resembling unique flavors.

In all seriousness, I pretty much use standard names for things.

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Flavour has very little to do with it, really. You can have chicken, tomato and "banana" flavoured almost-anything, but the texture and ingredients are what make them different.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

Isn't it an English Muffin?

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They have a similar look, but a totally different texture. Hard to explain though! This shows the internals of a crumpet, and helps show why people like to melt butter (or other things) over the top of them after they toast them up.

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That looks like what I would call an Engliah muffin

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

We need to get Face in here so he and I can fight over the term "chicken burger."

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You know, the only reason you Americans don't call chicken burgers chicken burgers is because the beef industry lobbied to have only beef burgers legally recognised as burgers. Before that, you called chicken burgers chicken burgers, just like us.

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Originally Posted by Laddy

It's cute you Brits are so particular with what you call your quasi-food to convince yourself they have something resembling unique flavors.

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Oh, this makes me mad! :hot: As if OUR food is the quasi-food and not those pink abominations you Americans like to call hot dogs. :p

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No! A burger can be any minced or ground meat. A chicken burger would be made of ground chicken, not a whole chicken breast. If you have a chicken breast on a roll, that is a chicken sandwich.

It isn't beef that makes a burger, the the ground consistency. Turkey burger! Pork burger! Veggie burger! A slab or portobello isn't a mushroom burger! It's... Well an abomination for starters, but it's a mushroom sandwich!

Portabello mushroom is great for a sandwich! :colbert:

But yes, it's not a burger until it's ground up, and put in a patty. Bread plays a part too, but not as strongly.

sharky knows!

Also mushrooms are evidence that there is evil in this world. But this oneuahroom soup I forced myself to eat once because I was at a wedding and it actually wasn't bad is evidence that evil can be redeemed!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

We need to get Face in here so he and I can fight over the term "chicken burger."

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You know, the only reason you Americans don't call chicken burgers chicken burgers is because the beef industry lobbied to have only beef burgers legally recognised as burgers. Before that, you called chicken burgers chicken burgers, just like us.

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No! A burger can be any minced or ground meat. A chicken burger would be made of ground chicken, not a whole chicken breast. If you have a chicken breast on a roll, that is a chicken sandwich.

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I'll have you know that Michael Mosley taught me that fact on the BBC documentary Should I Eat Meat?.

Would this man lie to you?

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Cakes
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4034/4...7a32e47955.jpg

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BOB, THIS IS A MILLEFEUILLE. It is a pastry not a cake. It is pastry cream/curd and puff pastry! Note the total lack of batter.

THIS CAKE IS A LIE.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I know it's not technically a cake (I used to work in a cake shop!). But since arriving in the UK I have adapted to accommodate them into what counts when saying "I'll bring cakes to work." When someone says this in the UK, they don't just mean a couple of massive cakes, they mean all kinds of things.

This is a "Cat Pie":

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And this is "Baked Cat":

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

We need to get Face in here so he and I can fight over the term "chicken burger."

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You know, the only reason you Americans don't call chicken burgers chicken burgers is because the beef industry lobbied to have only beef burgers legally recognised as burgers. Before that, you called chicken burgers chicken burgers, just like us.

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No! A burger can be any minced or ground meat. A chicken burger would be made of ground chicken, not a whole chicken breast. If you have a chicken breast on a roll, that is a chicken sandwich.

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I'll have you know that Michael Mosley taught me that fact on the BBC documentary Should I Eat Meat?.

Would this man lie to you?

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Hell, he might! I don't know him!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

Would this man lie to you?

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Hell, he might! I don't know him!

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It's a guy in a pink shirt! He's completely trustworthy!

uh

http://i.imgur.com/rPP0Mta.jpg

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Originally Posted by Chris

And this is "Baked Cat":

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Actually, that's un unbaked cat. But if you put it in the oven at 250 degrees for a length of time, it will become a baked cat eventually.

Disclaimer: I do not condone the baking of cats.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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Originally Posted by Chris

And this is "Baked Cat":

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Actually, that's un unbaked cat. But if you put it in the oven at 250 degrees for a length of time, it will become a baked cat eventually.

Disclaimer: I do not condone the baking of cats.

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Firstly, proof that cats will sit anywhere.

Secondly, glad to hear that you don't condone baking cats.

Thirdly, how do you know the temperature needed to bake a cat if you have never tried it??:erm:

250 degrees is a temperature that will bake pretty much anything. I don't know if it's the ideal temperature, but it'll bake, that's for sure.

I call dairy milk baby calf pus juice and eggs chicken period. Because thats what it is lol.