Rosemary Crow
@rosemarycrow.bsky.social
Animal lover, retired person, formerly Giselle Finch on Facebook, wife of Exile Pots, music lover, bookworm, anti-fash socialist. (Btw I don't 'do' chat.)
Sorry Vita Molyneux, but your weird-shaped patty-tin Yorkshires don't function as wee gravy-cups, and nor do they have the soft, fluffy portion with risen, crunchy edge, of a rectangular slice cut from a pudding made the traditional way, in a large roasting pan.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sorry Vita Molyneux, but your weird-shaped patty-tin Yorkshires don't function as wee gravy-cups, and nor do they have the soft, fluffy portion with risen, crunchy edge, of a rectangular slice cut from a pudding made the traditional way, in a large roasting pan.
Caption: Do you rinse your beans before heating them?
Um, no, who would? There are pleny of canned legumes in water, brine, or vinaigrette available - why would anybody buy beans in tomato sauce and RINSE them?? A barmy idea, if ever there was one!😀😃
Um, no, who would? There are pleny of canned legumes in water, brine, or vinaigrette available - why would anybody buy beans in tomato sauce and RINSE them?? A barmy idea, if ever there was one!😀😃
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Caption: Do you rinse your beans before heating them?
Um, no, who would? There are pleny of canned legumes in water, brine, or vinaigrette available - why would anybody buy beans in tomato sauce and RINSE them?? A barmy idea, if ever there was one!😀😃
Um, no, who would? There are pleny of canned legumes in water, brine, or vinaigrette available - why would anybody buy beans in tomato sauce and RINSE them?? A barmy idea, if ever there was one!😀😃
...and what's this ffs, supposedly illustrating British chippies?? It appears to be American 'chips' (ie. crisps), drizzled with ketchup, on a magazine page lining a plastic basket. An abomination provided by someone who barely speaks English, let alone Brit cultural norms.
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
...and what's this ffs, supposedly illustrating British chippies?? It appears to be American 'chips' (ie. crisps), drizzled with ketchup, on a magazine page lining a plastic basket. An abomination provided by someone who barely speaks English, let alone Brit cultural norms.
Here's another one. A little piece about Jaffa cakes has a pic of an irrelevant drink, with digestives - not a Jaffa cake in sight!
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Here's another one. A little piece about Jaffa cakes has a pic of an irrelevant drink, with digestives - not a Jaffa cake in sight!
'Town’s Christmas lights ridiculed for looking like pants.'
Tbf, Tiverton, they do look like underpants/knickers. They were intended to look like Christmas puddings - HOW?😀😃
Tbf, Tiverton, they do look like underpants/knickers. They were intended to look like Christmas puddings - HOW?😀😃
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
'Town’s Christmas lights ridiculed for looking like pants.'
Tbf, Tiverton, they do look like underpants/knickers. They were intended to look like Christmas puddings - HOW?😀😃
Tbf, Tiverton, they do look like underpants/knickers. They were intended to look like Christmas puddings - HOW?😀😃
Another mistake, in a thing featuring Brits' weird-sounding food combos: 'Custard creams dunked in tea.' But clearly the pic is of malted milk biscuits, beside a mug of some sadly weak liquid...
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another mistake, in a thing featuring Brits' weird-sounding food combos: 'Custard creams dunked in tea.' But clearly the pic is of malted milk biscuits, beside a mug of some sadly weak liquid...
Btw, Brit chips are not, as I just saw them described, merely 'large French fries'. There's no comparison between 'fries' and our crispy-coated, fluffy-centred chunks of deep-fried spud, a butty of which is a meal in itself. At least the mushy peas shown are a believable colour!😀😆
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Btw, Brit chips are not, as I just saw them described, merely 'large French fries'. There's no comparison between 'fries' and our crispy-coated, fluffy-centred chunks of deep-fried spud, a butty of which is a meal in itself. At least the mushy peas shown are a believable colour!😀😆
😀😆👍We don't do 'Christmas dinner'. In fact we don't do veg at all, other than Able's roasties. Hey, at our age, if we die, we die.
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
😀😆👍We don't do 'Christmas dinner'. In fact we don't do veg at all, other than Able's roasties. Hey, at our age, if we die, we die.
In an item about 'old school UK sandwiches': cheese & pickled onion. Yet the pic is clearly of a cheese & PICKLE (eg Branston) sarnie - a different thing entirely. Shows how much the writer knows!
'Sweet Pickle with Mixed Vegetables and Spices.'
'Sweet Pickle with Mixed Vegetables and Spices.'
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In an item about 'old school UK sandwiches': cheese & pickled onion. Yet the pic is clearly of a cheese & PICKLE (eg Branston) sarnie - a different thing entirely. Shows how much the writer knows!
'Sweet Pickle with Mixed Vegetables and Spices.'
'Sweet Pickle with Mixed Vegetables and Spices.'
When I came here in 1989, that store was Kwiksave; later it became Netto, with its centre aisle of random bargains😀😍; now Asda. Each takeover included the same till workers. Now the familiar faces are gone. Asda likely can't wait to sell off the small store with its large car park and nuisance ATM.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
When I came here in 1989, that store was Kwiksave; later it became Netto, with its centre aisle of random bargains😀😍; now Asda. Each takeover included the same till workers. Now the familiar faces are gone. Asda likely can't wait to sell off the small store with its large car park and nuisance ATM.
Good pun there, Michael!😀 Able much prefers these roasties to chips. We haven't got an air-fryer, but if we did, I wouldn't burn the chips like that. Btw healthy eating isn't a thing for us, but a lot of foods we used to enjoy, make us bilious in our old age!
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Good pun there, Michael!😀 Able much prefers these roasties to chips. We haven't got an air-fryer, but if we did, I wouldn't burn the chips like that. Btw healthy eating isn't a thing for us, but a lot of foods we used to enjoy, make us bilious in our old age!
Ayla Clulee (popular cook?) recommends her air-fryer fish'n'chips. Sorry Ayla, but your fish looks like an ultra-processed shop-bought product, and those burnt twice-cooked chips would have been better once-cooked. A meal from a good chippy may have a little more fat, but surely would be nicer!
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ayla Clulee (popular cook?) recommends her air-fryer fish'n'chips. Sorry Ayla, but your fish looks like an ultra-processed shop-bought product, and those burnt twice-cooked chips would have been better once-cooked. A meal from a good chippy may have a little more fat, but surely would be nicer!
'Households urged to stockpile toilet roll on Friday.'
Why? Only because there are so-called Black Friday deals on 'everyday essentials', that are more genuine than those advertised on a lot of tech. But many now read only the headline, and will dash out to panic-buy. 'Ere we go again!<sigh>.
Why? Only because there are so-called Black Friday deals on 'everyday essentials', that are more genuine than those advertised on a lot of tech. But many now read only the headline, and will dash out to panic-buy. 'Ere we go again!<sigh>.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
'Households urged to stockpile toilet roll on Friday.'
Why? Only because there are so-called Black Friday deals on 'everyday essentials', that are more genuine than those advertised on a lot of tech. But many now read only the headline, and will dash out to panic-buy. 'Ere we go again!<sigh>.
Why? Only because there are so-called Black Friday deals on 'everyday essentials', that are more genuine than those advertised on a lot of tech. But many now read only the headline, and will dash out to panic-buy. 'Ere we go again!<sigh>.
In a list of 'retro sandwiches "we" don't want to see again', most do indeed look/sound horrible. But Sandwich Spread (chopped veg in salad cream) and tongue (pork or ox) are still available at Tesco. I was never a fan of tongue, but a tongue sarnie with Sandwich Spread added, might be quite nice.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In a list of 'retro sandwiches "we" don't want to see again', most do indeed look/sound horrible. But Sandwich Spread (chopped veg in salad cream) and tongue (pork or ox) are still available at Tesco. I was never a fan of tongue, but a tongue sarnie with Sandwich Spread added, might be quite nice.
Did I post yet about Mexico's axolotl bank notes, that Mexicans like so much, they're keeping, rather than spending, them? No wonder! They're lovely.
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Did I post yet about Mexico's axolotl bank notes, that Mexicans like so much, they're keeping, rather than spending, them? No wonder! They're lovely.
In a piece headed 'What Breakfast Looks Like in 10 Different Countries', this is the UK one. While this is certainly named 'the Full English' on eatery menus, and may occasionally be made in homes, especially as a weekend hangover cure, I can assure you it's very rarely a weekday thing!
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In a piece headed 'What Breakfast Looks Like in 10 Different Countries', this is the UK one. While this is certainly named 'the Full English' on eatery menus, and may occasionally be made in homes, especially as a weekend hangover cure, I can assure you it's very rarely a weekday thing!
Oh and yet again, British chips are not, as I see stated too often, what Americans call 'fries'. There's no comparison between our thick, chunky chips, crisp on the outside, soft and fluffy inside, and what are basically just heated Chipsticks.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh and yet again, British chips are not, as I see stated too often, what Americans call 'fries'. There's no comparison between our thick, chunky chips, crisp on the outside, soft and fluffy inside, and what are basically just heated Chipsticks.
Btw, this is not mushy peas as I know them! 'bright green, salty, mushed-up marrowfat peas' is a contradiction; unless colouring is added, marrowfat peas are a dull, pale green, and chip shop mushy peas are more fluid, salt being an optional extra you add yourself. Again, maybe a regional thing...
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Btw, this is not mushy peas as I know them! 'bright green, salty, mushed-up marrowfat peas' is a contradiction; unless colouring is added, marrowfat peas are a dull, pale green, and chip shop mushy peas are more fluid, salt being an optional extra you add yourself. Again, maybe a regional thing...
There's a pic of American 'biscuits and gravy'! It's a country mile from being either biscuits or gravy, in British understanding of the terms. Flippin' 'eck!
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There's a pic of American 'biscuits and gravy'! It's a country mile from being either biscuits or gravy, in British understanding of the terms. Flippin' 'eck!
In this list,
www.msn.com/en-gb/foodan...
I wish Findus Crispy Pancakes were still available; I'd buy them. Some of the other items ARE disgusting; some even unknown to me. But wtf is wrong with cup/mug soup? I use them all the time, albeit chosen carefully - mainly Tesco's own. Love them!
www.msn.com/en-gb/foodan...
I wish Findus Crispy Pancakes were still available; I'd buy them. Some of the other items ARE disgusting; some even unknown to me. But wtf is wrong with cup/mug soup? I use them all the time, albeit chosen carefully - mainly Tesco's own. Love them!
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In this list,
www.msn.com/en-gb/foodan...
I wish Findus Crispy Pancakes were still available; I'd buy them. Some of the other items ARE disgusting; some even unknown to me. But wtf is wrong with cup/mug soup? I use them all the time, albeit chosen carefully - mainly Tesco's own. Love them!
www.msn.com/en-gb/foodan...
I wish Findus Crispy Pancakes were still available; I'd buy them. Some of the other items ARE disgusting; some even unknown to me. But wtf is wrong with cup/mug soup? I use them all the time, albeit chosen carefully - mainly Tesco's own. Love them!
American 'gravy'. Whatever it is, it isn't gravy!
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
American 'gravy'. Whatever it is, it isn't gravy!
Still wondering about the tartare sauce with chippy fish'n'chips thing. I was never offered anything but curry sauce, mushy peas, or gravy, plus of course showers of salt and vinegar regardless. Is it a regional quirk, or am I just behind the times/out of touch, as usual?
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Still wondering about the tartare sauce with chippy fish'n'chips thing. I was never offered anything but curry sauce, mushy peas, or gravy, plus of course showers of salt and vinegar regardless. Is it a regional quirk, or am I just behind the times/out of touch, as usual?
Another list, this time of nostalgic childhood snacks. I recall regularly getting a Wagon Wheel for a reward (for going to weekly dance class!) when I was about 8, in 1955. At the time they were marketed by their huge size: 3.5 inches in diameter. Sadly, they have gradually shrunk over the years.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another list, this time of nostalgic childhood snacks. I recall regularly getting a Wagon Wheel for a reward (for going to weekly dance class!) when I was about 8, in 1955. At the time they were marketed by their huge size: 3.5 inches in diameter. Sadly, they have gradually shrunk over the years.
In one of those lists: 'Brit Food Rules Foreigners Don't Understand' - 'Don't Put Ketchup On A Sunday Roast'. Well, what sort of philistine would? I like ketchup; might put it on chips. But on roast meat with 2 veg?? Surely not! (Not that I'd really expect the gravy boat to be on my plate...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In one of those lists: 'Brit Food Rules Foreigners Don't Understand' - 'Don't Put Ketchup On A Sunday Roast'. Well, what sort of philistine would? I like ketchup; might put it on chips. But on roast meat with 2 veg?? Surely not! (Not that I'd really expect the gravy boat to be on my plate...)
In a list of Brit foods few Americans try more than once: Marmite. Well if they were to spread it as shown here, it would indeed be inedible. Spread thinly - a mere smear you can see the toast surface through - it's yum. Otherwise, definitely not!
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In a list of Brit foods few Americans try more than once: Marmite. Well if they were to spread it as shown here, it would indeed be inedible. Spread thinly - a mere smear you can see the toast surface through - it's yum. Otherwise, definitely not!