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On 23/11/05 05:54 -0800, candace wrote: > yes, i grew up with it, and the key words here are "Jimmy Dean". > the trick is lots of black pepper. lots. get some "maple" syrup and > make pancakes and scrambled eggs to go with it. mmmm mm. This underscores a weird difference between American and British "cuisines" (and given we're talking about the kind of breakfast crap which makes you gloriously fat, I use the word reservedly but affectionately). Anyway, there's a core subconscious part of me which can't quite reconcile itself to the "sweet stuff on savoury dishes" thing which Americans seem to take as a matter of course. And it's not just me - a quick survey of fellow expat Brits confirms that we're all equally weirded out. Sausage with maple syrup... Steak served with potatoes and, er, fruit salad right there on the plate... I was brought up always eating meals which were "savoury main course, followed by sweet stuff". I just can't bring myself to alternate mouthfuls of steak with pieces of melon and grapes.There's stuff above here
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