Ellie Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 a friend is making a recipe for a gluten-free shepherd's pie. It calls for 1lb of "mince." Not "minced potatoes," but "mince." Do you know what that is?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 a friend is making a recipe for a gluten-free shepherd's pie. It calls for 1lb of "mince." Not "minced potatoes," but "mince." Do you know what that is?? Hamburger meat. Ground beef. Whatever the heck you call it. :glare: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hamburger meat. Ground beef. Whatever the heck you call it. :glare: :D Why didn't it just say that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Crazy Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Yep, Mince Meat is Hamburger Meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Why didn't it just say that??? They don't call it that. (I learned this on this board, btw. Go figure, huh?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Crazy Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Why didn't it just say that??? Becuase we Brits like to have different names for things. :D Trousers - Pants Biscuits - Cookies Lorry - Truck Indicator - Turn Signal Chips - Fries Crisps - Chips It make for an interesting comverstion sometimes, one person talking British English, another American English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Why didn't it just say that??? it's just what we call it. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Dh & I have a Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary. It came in real handy early on in our marriage. Now we have 3 bi-lingual dc (NZ English / US English) who can help out when we run into language difficulties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Becuase we Brits like to have different names for things. :D Trousers - Pants Biscuits - Cookies Lorry - Truck Indicator - Turn Signal Chips - Fries Crisps - Chips It make for an interesting comverstion sometimes, one person talking British English, another American English. Yes, and the problems that causes! A "safe" example would be "quite". We "Yanks" use it as a positive adjective or for empahasis, and I'm afraid our British friends were "quite" put out when we "quite" enjoyed their food. The "unsafe" example. . .well, I have a blog post on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Lol, we call it mince here in Australia too. The biggest surprise to me about these local terms was 'chooks'. I answered a thread and referred to our chooks, not realising at all that American don't use that word so don't know what it is. We call KFC, Kentucky Fried Chook. We have backyard chooks. Chooks are just chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Yes, and the problems that causes! A "safe" example would be "quite". We "Yanks" use it as a positive adjective or for empahasis, and I'm afraid our British friends were "quite" put out when we "quite" enjoyed their food. [/url]on that one. When he described a dish I had made as 'Quite good.' Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Mom Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Becuase we Brits like to have different names for things. :D Trousers - Pants Biscuits - Cookies Lorry - Truck Indicator - Turn Signal Chips - Fries Crisps - Chips It make for an interesting comverstion sometimes, one person talking British English, another American English. Yes, one example is asking for "black pants for my dd" in a store in Scotland. You won't be shown 'trousers', and your 14yo dd will be mortified. My friend knows better now.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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