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Jill, Hurling is primarily an Irish sport, played on a grass pitch with a ball and the players carrying sticks. It's similar to field hockey although in Hurling the ball can be caught, carried for a maximum of four steps, struck in the air, kicked and slapped with an open hand. It's probably the fastest field sport and isn't for the faint hearted as the players wear no protection other than a face mask, the ball is very hard and the game is an extremely physical contact sport.
I always wanted to play Rugby (I don't know if they have female Rugby teams). Do you know the differences between Rugby and American Football? Aside from the lack of padding
In Australia,I would play rugby with the neighbor-hood kids and my brother.... They tried to teach me, but I couldn't really understand the rules, so i would just lean in the huddle and help push to reach the ball when the game started...after that the guys took over!
i would deffinately say Rugby is alot harder than american football. and much faster!!
"THINK SOCCOR ON CRACK!"
but it has the same contact (probably more) and without pads and helmets.....
Now that Ithink about it, the guys my brother played with just liked have me there to throw onto the ground...and the fact that i would play shocked the heck out of them the first couple of times....aussie women didn't do that!!
The differences between American football (as we Brits call it) and rugby are many and varied. There are also two different types of rugby - rugby league and rugby union - which have different rules and a different number of players in the team.
Stauri I don't know. I wasn't aware boys existed until high school. I was a late bloomer to hormones.
As far as American Football, I think that name is a misnomer because they barely use their feet for the ball at all. I much prefer the real football (only exception is the Giants). But this just me.
Jill....I could if they got me mad, or i didn't like who was playing!! I was a tomboy! (big time!)...but that didn't stop me from playing the naive girl, when someone caught my fancy!!
What is beans on toast? In a few British movies I have just seen they mentioned eating this more than once. I know what it sounds like but is that actually what it is?
Bean on toast? Well, it's a fine example of traditional English fast food and consists of baked beans (out of a can), served up on slices of toast.
By the way, did you know that the Heinz Baked Beans that are sold in the UK have a taste that is quite different to those sold in North America and that I have to hunt out stores that import English baked beans so I can satisfy my cravings for beans on toast.
Dave I had just a thought. We eat pinto beans cooked in a crock pot all day with butter sandwichs. In fact I usually eat a bean sandwich. The beans themselves don't have a particular flavor though.
Are your beans made with a hint of ketchup or something?
I like the idea of a Pub Crawl. Sounds like a fun evening.
The baked beans are in a tomato sauce, but then, so are the ones here and although I can't quite explain the difference in taste, there is a very definite and noticable difference.
As for missing staples - I can get most of the things that I miss the most - Marmite is sold here, I can get British baked beans from a specialist store, along with Walkers Crisps (or chips as they're known here and which are the best chips anywhere on Earth - in an amazing rage of flavours like... cheese & onion, Worcester sauce, prawn cocktail and the sadly discontinued lamb & mint sauce, which has been replaced by steak & onion - http://www.walkers-crisps.co.uk/ ). There are also Jaffa Cakes, Birds custard and a whole host of other goodies.
In fact, if you live in the US it's even easier since there is a mail order website where you can buy all of these things, and more, online.
Dave...Iknow the PUBLIX here in florida will special order something if you are looking for it...I have had them find a few things I loved in australia (like PAVLOVA MIX)they actually have a whole shelf f things from England and Dutch products now that they started doing this. You might try going to the manager of the local store you shop at most and see if they will do that for you!!!
Jill, Bird's Custard is just a brand name for a form of custard powder available in the UK - it differs from traditional custard in that it's free of eggs and requires only the addition of milk to make it up.
Custard doesn't seem to be as popular here as it is in the UK so I'm really just playing safe with Bird's as a brand that I know tastes good and is the perfect addition to a sponge pudding, or a bowl of rhubarb and... Well, you can find out for yourself - and make sure you press the TV icon.
Actually I really mean that. I like this thread. It is giving me a sense different cultures. Sometimes I will hear things or read things and have no idea what they are talking about. Like "Beans on Toast". It's nice to have someone explain it me. Especially in a way where I don't feel like an idiot when I ask the question. And as you notice I ask just a few questions
I'll have to look up "garret room" but I saw your earlier post...and it didn't post in order for some reason. Strange... I wonder who is messing with this thread
A "garret room" is the space or rooms just below the roof of a house, especially a sloping roof...it can be like an attic, tower, loft, dormer, belfry or other rooms such as that. (From Your Dictionary.com)
I had heard the term before also. Vocabulary word of the day!
Dave you are messing with us again. It says Lynsay on your post.
Oh quick question, I love watching Torchwood and it takes place in Cardiff. Where is that located? The coast of England - I saw the beach at one point I think.
Jill, you have just made yourself unpopular with a large section of the British population
Cardiff is in Wales. Yes I know it's confusing with all of this UK, Britain and England business, so here's a quick explanation of how it all fits together.
The United Kingdom is made up of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain is the combination of England, Scotland and Wales.
The Republic of Ireland (that is, all of Ireland except the six counties that make up Northern Ireland) is a separate country which is entirely independant of the UK.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have their own legislative bodies who can can, within certain limits, create their own laws and make decisions pertaining to their own nations. For some unexplained reason, England doesn't have it's own governing body.
The UK Government, based in London, is the overall law making body for the combined nations and works in a similar way to the way the Federal Government lawmaking in the US relates to each individual State's own legislative powers.
The people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have their own regional and cultural identities and are very pround of this, so, whenever anyone says that Cardiff, or Belfast or Glasgow may be places in England you will be able to hear the collective sharp intake of breath and bristling of neck hair from a very long way away.
Okay I hope everyone has recoverd from my earlier faux pas. I have another question. I heard the expression "Working like a Trojan". What does that mean and where does that expression originate from?
Here is the explanation according to the Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins
Trojan originally referred to the inhabitants of Troy, the ancient city besieged by the Greeks in their efforts to retrieve their queen, Helen, who had been abducted by the son of the King of Troy.
According to legend, as recorded in both Vergil's 'Aeneid' and Homer's 'Illiad,' the Trojans were a hard-working, determined, industrious people. Hence: 'He worked like a Trojan'
Thanks for explaining about the United Kingdom and Great Britain. It helps to know how everything fits together.
I thought that all of Ireland was part of the UK and never understood why it was often mentioned separately, but now I know.
This thread is wonderful. On the new forum, we will need a questions thread like this one. This one isn't really just about Scottish terminology anymore.
I just finished Lynsay's "The Chase" and the meal Seonaid asked for was Colcannon, Black Bun, and Haggis. It was nice to know what those were when I was reading. The book was fantastic...but I knew it would be!