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These have been bugging me. What is brown sauce? And what is Boxing Day?

Boxing day is the day after Christmas when people buy gift for their servants.

Boxing day is the day after Christmas when people buy gift for their servants.

I was pretty sure that Boxing day is the day when you start boxing things up and putting them away.

I was pretty sure that Boxing day is the day when you start boxing things up and putting them away.

Reading will help.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/boxing_e.cfm

I was pretty sure that Boxing day is the day when you start boxing things up and putting them away.
I took the term literally as a small kid and thought it was a day everyone in that country wore boxing gloves and duked it out in the streets.

It depends on what country your from, in Russia I believe Boxing Day is the day when they open their presents, some other country's, it's the day you open all the boxed presents and in other's it's a day to box up presents that you don't want and give them back, I'm not 100% on what i've said but I think that's what happens.

And I thought this was going to be another 'which is the best supermarket' thread :p ...because I could now join in on any discussion concerning that subject even though I've only been to England once in my life... ;)
So concerning Boxing day, without wiki (which I'm too lazy to open) I really couldn't help you, and brown sauce... well... i thought that was pretty obvious :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sauce

Brown sauce is a condiment popular in the United Kingdom. There exist a number of different brands and generic versions, of which HP Sauce is the best known. All feature a malt vinegar base blended with fruit and spices.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/boxing_e.cfm

The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.

Nowadays, we often see, in certain families, gifts (boxes) given to those who provide services throughout the year.

"Boxing Day" is listed in the Canada Labour Code as a holiday.

You know, there's this thing called google.com

Try Brown Sauce with sausages or bacon on a bun, tis lovely, im hungry now though.

I thought boxing day was somthing to do with the victorians and servants as well.

Question for the Americans, what is it with putting Ice Cream in Coke?
Sounds nasty

I was pretty sure that Boxing day is the day when you start boxing things up and putting them away.
It's when you put the left overs from xmas lunch into boxes for the poor.

Americans have no taste...just look att who came up with stuff like McDonalds, American Football and Soda with bacon and sausage-flavour...

Seriously tough... ICE-CREAM in COKE!?! :eek: :headbang:

well... i thought that was pretty obvious :p
Possibly British-English for diarrhea? Its not that obvious, but I thank the Swede for the linky.

Americans have no taste...just look att who came up with stuff like McDonalds, American Football and Soda with bacon and sausage-flavour...

Seriously tough... ICE-CREAM in COKE!?! :eek: :headbang:
First of all, that was awfully random.

Second, where the hell did you get this and why do I know nothing of this? I'll burn that motherfucker down. Bacon flavored soda...?

Seriously tough... ICE-CREAM in COKE!?! :eek: :headbang:

I was under the impression they mostly did that with this beverage called "root beer," which is not beer, and tastes a bit like I would imagine a diabetic's poop blended in his/her urine would taste. Aye, there is the true thing we need to be upset about, not the coke.

I was under the impression they mostly did that with this beverage called "root beer," which is not beer, and tastes a bit like I would imagine a diabetic's poop blended in his/her urine would taste. Aye, there is the true thing we need to be upset about, not the coke.
It's a non-alcoholic soda (Seriously...who expects alcohol in soda? That's depressing Fass) that actually tastes quite good.

First of all, that was awfully random.

Second, where the hell did you get this and why do I know nothing of this? I'll burn that motherfucker down. Bacon flavored soda...?

Not exactly bacon, but: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/11/24/offbeat.gravy.soda.reut/

Not exactly bacon, but: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/11/24/offbeat.gravy.soda.reut/
Ew,

I swear, who the hell has that kind of stomach? It probably goes through someone faster than a bullet.

$11 to drink crap? And not get drunk? :eek:

I was under the impression they mostly did that with this beverage called "root beer," which is not beer, and tastes a bit like I would imagine a diabetic's poop blended in his/her urine would taste. Aye, there is the true thing we need to be upset about, not the coke.
Fass, julmust with ice-cream is what it tastes like. Try it sometime.

Adn this link http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/11/24/off...avy.soda.reut/ is incredibly old...like over three years and everyone's just finding out about it now? Of course we have nasty tasting soda! Duh!

It's a non-alcoholic soda (Seriously...who expects alcohol in soda? That's depressing Fass) that actually tastes quite good.

As I said, it tastes of diabetic poop blended with urine: like saccharine excrement. And, oh, alcoholic soda is devious. It has a huge (black) market among teens over here called "alcopop." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcopop)

As I said, it tastes of diabetic poop blended with urine: like saccharine excrement. And, oh, alcoholic soda is devious. It has a huge (black) market among teens over here called "alcopop." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcopop)
Okay well I guess I just happen to like the taste of diabetic poop blended with urine.

Fass, julmust with ice-cream is what it tastes like. Try it sometime.

Julmust tastes nothing like root beer. Julmust tastes good, for one.

Adn this link http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/11/24/off...avy.soda.reut/ is incredibly old...like over three years and everyone's just finding out about it now? Of course we have nasty tasting soda! Duh!

It was the first result on Google. It is old news on teh internets, but it gained notoriety across the globe a year or so ago when some US company that made soda that tasted like all manners of "proper food" managed to get on the news.

As I said, it tastes of diabetic poop blended with urine: like saccharine excrement. And, oh, alcoholic soda is devious. It has a huge (black) market among teens over here called "alcopop." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcopop)

Idiots. Add cheap $10 or $15 vodka to any flavoured "soda". BINGO! Alcoholic soda. Why waste money on "alcopops"?

Idiots. Add cheap $10 or $15 vodka to any flavoured "soda". BINGO! Alcoholic soda. Why waste money on "alcopops"?

As you said: Idiots. It's hardly the first time someone directs marketing towards them...

Julmust tastes nothing like root beer. Julmust tastes good, for one.
Julmust is like a not-so-sugary Coca-Cola! I personally thought that root beer, especially Barques and other local brews from where I come from, taste almost identical. I like both, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd take root beer over julmust. Mainly due to availability in the summer, when I usually need a cold pop, seeing as some people don't like me downing beers every half-hour. :p

Boxing day is the day after Christmas when people buy gift for their servants.
Historically maybe, but few Brits have servants nowadays. Today us Brits use Boxing day to hang out like beached whales and get over the turkey. Those more energetic people will take a wall in the park or by the river. The Americans must have an equivalent day after thanksgiving?

Brown sauce is one of those things you either love or hate. A bit like liquidized Branston pickle I suppose. Would work well on a burger or fried sausage. H.P. is probably the most well known make. Try it, some people have it on everything.

The Americans must have an equivalent day after thanksgiving?Yes, Christmas Shopping Day One. We like to gather in masses, get some shopping carts, run over some people, and fight each other for crappy products. It gives one quite a rush.

Those more energetic people will take a wall in the park or by the river.
By taking a wall in the park do you mean breaking it down with a battering ram in an Anglo-Saxon fashion? Or do you mean scaling a wall, to get to the other side, and then going for a swim in the Thames? ;)

The Americans must have an equivalent day after Thanksgiving?
Not officially. However, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season ensures that American's sumo in the aisles of Wal-Mart over Timmy's stocking stuffers. The general orgy of violence is a testiment to the beauty of the free market and low, low prices. However, the taking of walls is not a common occurance, while I am assured that the various customers waiting outside various stores from 02.00 hundred wished they took one with them.

Try it [brown sauce], some people have it on everything.
So, its essentially British peanut butter or ketchup? I can't help but see it as slang for the runs...it needs a better name.

Yes, Christmas Shopping Day One. We like to gather in masses, get some shopping carts, run over some people, and fight each other for crappy products. It gives one quite a rush.

What'ya know, we do that too but the day after Boxing day.

[QUOTE=Mariehamn]By taking a wall in the park do you mean breaking it down with a battering ram in an Anglo-Saxon fashion? Or do you mean scaling a wall, to get to the other side, and then going for a swim in the Thames? ;)

Typo but it worked out quite well.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1222/p12s01-woeu.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1222/p12s01-woeu.html
I do this every time I have sauna. Unfortunately, its not in public parks.

Realised it was a typo, but I couldn't resist.

Brown Sauce is a generic term for a variety of spiced sauces that include Mango Anchovies etc,

Good Brands are
HP Sauce (Fantastic),
Daddies Sauce (Also quite good, unfortunate name)
Lea and Perrins (well you know that fermented bombay blaster),
Gentlemans Sauce (Exquisite Expensive and a rather unfortunate name)

Boxing Day for me is the same as christmas and any other holiday, I tend to be at work, because some twat decided that even though the company is shut they have to have IT support because not everyone celebrates christmas and therefore might want to work from home for the 14 day holiday period,
<rant>so where are the marketing, sales, purchasing, accounts, shipping, auditing support staff, and all the moslems I work with, oooh I know it is another HR PC bullshit, like why I had to get rid of 2 members of staff as my department didn't measure up to equal opportunities statistics, so I am going to drink and eat myself silly so I can become diabetic and class myself as disabled, and then get myself classed as a cat to count as a minority Grrrr </rant>
And relax.

Daddies Sauce
Gentlemans Sauce
I'm hung up on the many ways the phrase "brown sauce" and its varios producers can have dirty, possibly even erotic, uses.

[QUOTE=Mariehamn]By taking a wall in the park do you mean breaking it down with a battering ram in an Anglo-Saxon fashion? Or do you mean scaling a wall, to get to the other side, and then going for a swim in the Thames? ;)

Typo but it worked out quite well.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1222/p12s01-woeu.html


Sissies...there's not even any ice in that picture...try doing it when the air-temp is -20c...the best part is getting up and feeling your skin burn when your body is trying to counter the cold.

http://www.ing2.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=19688

big picture is me :cool: I'm soooo hot. :D

In New Zealand the best thing on Boxing Day used to be the 'Boxing Day Test', a Cricket game which used to be held in my home city. But they got rid of that. So now Boxing Day is just good for drinking.

Sissies...there's not even any ice in that picture...try doing it when the air-temp is -20c...the best part is getting up and feeling your skin burn when your body is trying to counter the cold.

http://www.ing2.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=19688

big picture is me :cool: I'm soooo hot. :D
Tee-hee...I haven't jumped into the ice bath, yet. I've been comfortable just rolling in the snow, -24c the coldest for me. I'll do it sometime before I leave Norden or go back home and do it, because we got alot of Finnish and Scandinavian descendants in Michigan that do the "polar bear" dips, but aren't quiet sure why. I'm not in too big of a hurry though! :D

Tee-hee...I haven't jumped into the ice bath, yet. I've been comfortable just rolling in the snow, -24c the coldest for me. I'll do it sometime before I leave Norden or go back home and do it, because we got alot of Finnish and Scandinavian descendants in Michigan that do the "polar bear" dips, but aren't quiet sure why. I'm not in too big of a hurry though! :D

It's wonderfull, you feel really alive...then you feel less alive when you have to dry all your clothes in a tent where the firewood is so wet you barely get +3 degrees celsius in it (as we had to)...sharing the space with 10 other guys and try to do it in just one night...

Anyway, Boxing day...isn't that Mike Tyson's birthday? :D :rolleyes:

"Don't take the brown sauce" is a traditional announcement at the Glastonbury Festival.

Boxing Day is the day that as a child you realise the boxes are more fun than the presents that came in them.

It's wonderfull, you feel really alive...then you feel less alive when you have to dry all your clothes in a tent where the firewood is so wet you barely get +3 degrees celsius in it (as we had to)...sharing the space with 10 other guys and try to do it in just one night...
Winter camping isn't all that fun unless "camping" is in the sauna/bastu with a occasional trips for snow and water, bathroom, and beer.

"Don't take the brown sauce" is a traditional announcement at the Glastonbury Festival.
With name's like Daddies Sauce on what looks like runny defecation, I think I will. All the more reason why to stick with fish and chips in Britain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sauce

Brown sauce is a condiment popular in the United Kingdom. There exist a number of different brands and generic versions, of which HP Sauce is the best known. All feature a malt vinegar base blended with fruit and spices.

nasty stuff if you ask me. what you really want is some good BBQ sauce
*sigh* *wishes he was american sometimes*
we found the best BBQ/ribs place just down the road from our hotel in bellflower, LA.... mmm so good... can at least forgive the ice cream coke

*is hungry and ranting about food*

I'll burn that motherfucker down. Bacon flavored soda...?Actually, such a thing would be considered entirely normal here (in Northern Ireland). Well, not bacon flavoured soda exactly, but soda with bacon accompaniment, or vice versa. Soda is a type of bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_bread) that you have in fries. Fries, by the way, are not skinny pieces of chipped potato courtesty of McDonalds, but are meals including bacon, eggs, sausages, potato bread and of course the soda bread (optional other things like vegetable roll, friend tomatoes et al). So-called, obviously, because you fry the ingredients. More specifically, this version of the fry is known as the Ulster Fry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_fry); Irish / English fries differ their ingredients somewhat.

Quick crash course in vernacular terms and local cuisine over.

nasty stuff if you ask me. what you really want is some good BBQ sauce
*sigh* *wishes he was american sometimes*
we found the best BBQ/ribs place just down the road from our hotel in bellflower, LA.... mmm so good... can at least forgive the ice cream coke

*is hungry and ranting about food*

Coke Float( what you had ) is disgusting, go for the Root Beer next time. * scratches the back of his head * No BBQ to be found in the U.K?... Yikes...:(

No BBQ to be found in the U.K?... Yikes...:(
yeah you can get BBQ sauce in supermarkets - often imported from america heh - but my real gripe was that there are so few BBQ/rib/steak restaurants here in the UK... and those we do have pale in comparison to what i've had in my brief stays in the states. no fair :(


and Coke Float? what a shitty name :p

Brown Sauce is a generic term for a variety of spiced sauces that include Mango Anchovies etc,

Lea and Perrins (well you know that fermented bombay blaster),
Is this the same as worchestershire sauce?

Is this the same as worchestershire sauce?
Yep, the very same. It's not vegetarian though, it has anchovies in. :(

but my real gripe was that there are so few BBQ/rib/steak restaurants here in the UK... and those we do have pale in comparison to what i've had in my brief stays in the states.This really annoys me too. Although I had a steak in a dingy little basement bar called the Empire in Belfast that rivalled the wonderful steak I had in a Las Vegas steakhouse (don't get this, that place v a professional steakhouse!!! Not that I'm complaining, though). They've also opened a Tony Roma's here - I'm not one for chains really, but it's pretty good for chargrilled steaks and ribs in my experience. So fingers crossed we're making some progress ;)

yeah you can get BBQ sauce in supermarkets - often imported from america heh - but my real gripe was that there are so few BBQ/rib/steak restaurants here in the UK...


and Coke Float? what a shitty name :p

Coke float = Ice cream floats, in coke; thus Coke Float, or ___ Float was born. Works for any soda, Root (beer) Float ext. You can get them pract. anywhere here.

and those we do have pale in comparison to what i've had in my brief stays in the states. no fair :(

Bullshit no fair. We have to deal with the rednecks that come with the good BBQ, while you guys can just pop in & out of the country.:p
Meant in good humor

This really annoys me too. Although I had a steak in a dingy little basement bar called the Empire in Belfast that rivalled the wonderful steak I had in a Las Vegas steakhouse (don't get this, that place v a professional steakhouse!!! Not that I'm complaining, though). They've also opened a Tony Roma's here - I'm not one for chains really, but it's pretty good for chargrilled steaks and ribs in my experience. So fingers crossed we're making some progress ;)
i think chains are the only real option cos its not food that people eat too much of normally - they really have to brand themselves "american" and give you an experience.
that said, steakhouses might be different (not really one for steak, myself... give me some ribs any day mmm :P), but thats how it seems to me. like Cattleman's restaurants (chain) popping up in places... they do decent bbq/steak stuff, but its really not the 'real deal' :(

we used to have a place here in southampton called the Rib Ranch. it was my favourite restaurant, ever - i did the eating challenge one time... cost £40 and you had to eat your way through a delicious selection of steaks, fillets, wings and lots and lots of ribs... left the coleslaw though :p
i got the t-shirt and i would have had my name up on the wall but they closed down just a month or so later :(

i put them out of business... mwuhahahaha :p :(

Is this the same as worchestershire sauce?

http://yoga.at.infoseek.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso_e.htm
(press "Start")
Kikkoman owns your worchestershire sauce!!!

These have been bugging me. What is brown sauce? And what is Boxing Day?
If you were to get some apples from god's own orchard, mash it into a paste and sprinkle the mush with perfection (worcestershire sauce), that my friend is HP sauce.

BBQ sauce is NOT HP sauce. Not by a long shot.

Coke float = Ice cream floats, in coke; thus Coke Float, or ___ Float was born. Works for any soda, Root (beer) Float ext. You can get them pract. anywhere here.
thats sick... really... its just gross.
like a milkshake but... wrong *winces*

as if coke wasn't bad for you enough

Bullshit no fair. We have to deal with the rednecks that come with the good BBQ, while you guys can just pop in & out of the country.:p
Meant in good humor
plane tickets at a mere 300 quid, it makes the average cost per head for going out for ribs a mere 400+ dollars :p

so fair :rolleyes:
but you can keep the rednecks ;) :D

plane tickets at a mere 300 quid, it makes the average cost per head for going out for ribs a mere 400+ dollars :p


:) Is it worth it though?

thats sick... really... its just gross.
like a milkshake but... wrong *winces*

If you use to much/bad ice cream of'course. However, a tiny chunk in a glass of root is frakkan awesome, very smooth.

Is this the same as worchestershire sauce?

Lea and Perrins Brown Sauce is Anchovy Mango Apple Plum etc sauce with Worcestershire Sauce added,

Brown Sauce is Indian in Origin as is Worcestershire sauce, Worcester Sauce was what happened when a barrel of Bombay Blaster Condiment (a Rather vile concoction apparantley made to order for someone) went unnoticed and fermented, whereupon it was discovered to have a Drastic improvement in Taste.

There have apparantley been a few deaths in the production of L&P Gold, when Barrels have Exploded under CO2 Pressure.

A lot of similar foodstuffs are in both sauces. which is why they share similar characteristics (brown sauce is fantastic in Gravys, mixed in with a little Brown Ale or Good Ale.(HP and Gentlemans are the greatest, not as much Malt Vinegar in those as other cheaper ones)

i tried dropping some ice cream into some coke once, i ended up with alot of froth at the top of my glass that reminded me of the foam you get at badly polluted beaches, smelled abit like it too. is this how it's like in the states or did i do it wrong? anyway at the moment i'm not a fan of the "float".

btw on the subject of alcoholic soda don't you guys have soda cans over there full of jack daniels and coke

i tried dropping some ice cream into some coke once, i ended up with alot of froth at the top of my glass that reminded me of the foam you get at badly polluted beaches, smelled abit like it too. is this how it's like in the states or did i do it wrong? anyway at the moment i'm not a fan of the "float".


Used to much. Some "diners" do what you did. The good places actually blend it, *yum*. For coke/soda use small amounts. Half a spoon minimium. Stir it in, you should get a slight foam and then it dissolves into the soda and becomes a smooth, creamy beverage.

for some reason or other, i could really go for a Chicken Tika Marsala now.

I was under the impression they mostly did that with this beverage called "root beer," which is not beer, and tastes a bit like I would imagine a diabetic's poop blended in his/her urine would taste. Aye, there is the true thing we need to be upset about, not the coke.

You, my friend, have not had proper root beer, then. True root beer is not that A&W or Barq's sweet crap. Personally, I prefer ginger beer, but a well made root beer is a thing of beauty. Of course, ginger is a root, so I suppose ginger beer *is* a root beer .... bah.

but my real gripe was that there are so few BBQ/rib/steak restaurants here in the UK...

Don't gripe too much ... what do you think it is that's made Americans so fat? ;)

This really annoys me too. Although I had a steak in a dingy little basement bar called the Empire in Belfast that rivalled the wonderful steak I had in a Las Vegas steakhouse (don't get this, that place v a professional steakhouse!!! Not that I'm complaining, though). They've also opened a Tony Roma's here - I'm not one for chains really, but it's pretty good for chargrilled steaks and ribs in my experience. So fingers crossed we're making some progress ;)
Tony Roma's makes really nice ribs. Didn't know the Empire did food.

Don't gripe too much ... what do you think it is that's made Americans so fat? ;)

What made the British have bad teeth?

;)

( I know obesity is getting alot of media coverage, but if your going to generalize, you'll get it right back )

What made the British have bad teeth?

;)

( I know obesity is getting alot of media coverage, but if your going to generalize, you'll get it right back )
The problem is....the generalisation of American's being fat has at least some basis in reality, even if it is a huge exaggeration.

Whereas Brits with bad teeth? No basis at all.


And Keru is an American. So if you're going to generalise back to him, then you need to bring up another American stereotype.

I think Root Beer is one of those things you need to really get accustomed to liking - when I went to the US and tried it, it was absolutely vile, tasted remarkably like cheap mouthwash. Ugh.

The problem is....the generalisation of American's being fat has at least some basis in reality, even if it is a huge exaggeration.




And Keru is an American. So if you're going to generalise back to him, then you need to bring up another American stereotype.

:eek: Sorry Keruv!
:p Stereotype:
We're all gun toting trolls who like to be quick on the trigger and quick to offense. Of course, its because were bred that way!:rolleyes:

:eek: Sorry Keruv!
:p Stereotype:
We're all gun toting trolls who like to be quick on the trigger and quick to offense. Of course, its because were bred that way!:rolleyes:
Good boy :p

;) *shrug* No-ones perfect.