Right! Let's put the Jaffa "cake" saga to bed, once and for all. It's definitive, cakes go hard when stale, biscuits go soft. Ergo, Jaffa " cakes" are CAKES! 🇱🇷🇬🇧💜👴
@@matthill3293 I'd agree with you apart from rocks aren't the same as rock candy so just because something has the same name doesn't make it the same thing
The thief one is true, it happened to me just today. I was in Tesco's and ended up not buying anything, I felt nervous walking past the security guard on the way out.
This is a minefield. I find it particularly awkward, as someone hard of seeing, when I need to use my glasses to read a lebel. Getting them out is fine, but returning them to my inside pocket - oh dear - what if someone thinks I'm stealing an item? I find myself over compensating to any passing store Detective, security camera, or shop owner, by making a grand display of openly placing my glasses back in my case and returning them to my pocket. In fact I make such a big deal of it, the only thing missing are opening and closing credits.
Ah, the old 'how long long do I keep a door open' debate. This is considered by some to be the ultimate manifestation of a British etiquette problem, riddled with anxiety, apology, indecision, not wanting to be considered impolite etc. In fact the problem has become so bad, that there have now been several recorded cases of fatalities caused by starvation or permanent damage to the effected arm, of individuals caught holding the door open at busy venues only to find themselves caught in an overly lengthy period of not knowing when to let go.
I love how every now and then you're slipping in some real Brit style words. I heard during the samples you said "I'd just leg it" - you're becoming one of us!!
I done the classic yesterday. Was in a shop with about 4 items queuing to pay when a woman with a full trolley said I could go in front of her. I said are you sure? That's what we do! Unbelievable. Embarrassed by sometime being kind. 😃
A decent person , what ever happened to that ? now its all virtual signalling by people on line who in real life are the biggest C word you could have the displeasure to meet . strange that .
when i was a kid in the 70s , an old lady we would visit would use loose tea in a pot , always put milk first , but when using tea bags milk last , as she said with pot you knew the strength as you always left it for 5mins to brew , so she add milk first , with bag it was a guessing game 😅😅😅
Don't mock it until you've tried it! I've driven in the English winter on sunny days with the top down on an old TR4, back in the late 70s. Decent heater, nice and warm, plus fresh air. I still do it here in NZ, although it is a tad warmer, I admit, and it's now a '99 MX5 (Miata to you, Amanda). Again, good heater so nice and warm with fresh air to breathe, not recycled A/C air. Lovely.
The milk thing depends on how you are making the tea. In a mug, you add the milk last. If using a pot, as you should, milk goes into the cup before the tea. There is no jam/cream debate. Jam goes first, because it's not possible to put jam on top of cream unless you are very mean with the cream.
Then you have never had proper clotted cream you can slice. If it’s stiffer than the jam, put it on first. If it’s mass-produced thick jam with runny cream, put the jam on first. The debate is meaningless.
Great vid. 'Its a biscuit'. I am old enough to remember the drought of 1976, it was so dry two fires in my village alone. Free samples i have never been pestered afterwards. Look forward to your next episode. Best Wishes.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if these were the only problems we had. You're really turning into one us. Regarding the summer clothes, try a night out in Newcastle ,the women think it's summer all year-round. X
@@stillirise9705 Liverpool , Manchester and Leeds are alongside Newcastle in that respect..not sure about tonight though ( Storm Eunice) ,that said there will be revellers down New Brighton promenade tonight...already seen some posts...
They missed one of the biggest problems: the crowded bus/train scenario. If every window seat is taken, who do you sit next to? How do you choose? Also, if you are by the window, at what point do you ask the person in the aisle seat to move so you can get off? What happens if they've fallen asleep? Life can be so trying!
@@jaysmith2858 This is easy to resolve... if it's someone elderly, or disabled in some fashion (crutches/moonboot, etc), let them have the seat for the bags. Otherwise, it's horribly rude to take up a seat on a crowded bus or train, because you're too lazy to put the bags in front of you. As for choosing... just pick a seat. That often happens on crowded trains/buses, and if someone else can't understand that you're picking one of a limited number of seats to sit in, because you need to sit down, that really is their problem.
@@VerilyVerbatim I'm disabled (but don't look it) so I can get funny looks if I take up one of the 'special seats'. If I see someone who I think needs the seat (any seat not just the 'special' ones) I'll give it up for them e.g. on a recent journey a blind man and his partner or carer got on the bus and the blind man sat next to me, so I went to where the lady was sitting and told her she could have my seat so she could sit next to him.
This has happened to me in shops a lot recently ! I expect them to have something in stock and it's often hard to walk out, manoeuvring past the queue or trying to go out the entrance. There's always a sentence that prepares itself in my head in case I'm stopped - "You didn't have what I wanted". 😃 And I'm not carrying a bag and my arms could be wider than usual, like a defender showing the ref he's not touching anyone in the penalty area. 😄 Also, I'm embarrassed to say that despite drinking thousands of cups of tea, I haven't analysed the milk first or last thing, as long as it's not much milk I feel that any debate will delay me just being able to glug it whern I'm desperate with my toast and Marmite.
@@LADYRAEUK You're too generous ! You've made me realise how important it is to get the cup of tea right and I will spend a lot of time tomorrow analysing it.
I always do this thing where I don't walk out of the shop quickly and stop suddenly near the door to look at a display quizzically, even if it's nothing I'm interested in. I know I'm not the only one who does that, I've seen it lots of times.
Amanda Rae, 1. Love your use of Leg it.... Fun fact, its origin is on the canals. When going through a long tunnel and there was no tow path for the horse, the barge drivers would lie on their back on the roof of the boat and stick their legs on the tunnel ceiling and walk through the long dark tunnel... Legging It. 2. Tea - Absolutely always is Bag, Water, Bag out then additions. 3. Jaffa Cakes are BISCUITS!!! 4. Yes, if you go in a shop and you don't buy anything, absolutely feel like everyone thinks you're a thief. 5. Doors or generally letting people through/standing aside is fraught with danger. Its actually fine if you're holding doors or making people run, what is not fine is when people don't say thanks for it or for your getting out their way to let them through. 6. SO SO SO difficult for us to send funny emails that do not come over as you being a total nob. 7. Doors again, well, the worst is if 2 people are holding doors for the other as happens occasionally or when you both insist on being polite.... We call it a CANADIAN STANDOFF. As Canadians are the only people as polite as brits.
Amanda, I was agreeing with you on everything, ice cream at any age: good, Jaffa cakes: good, tea making order: correct, but then you went and got the jam first thing all wrong!!🙈 Have a word with yourself🤣. I think the biggest shorts wearing crime is committed by builders still wearing them in late October/ November on a cold windy day. They’re like last man standing is the hardest! Same as the postmen.
I was reliably informed it was about getting wet , where trousers hold the water and are covering your legs, ugh. Shorts mean your legs are open to the atmosphere and dry off quicker, so more comfortable. The jam or cream first is more of a Devon and Cornwall thing rather than the whole country
Yes I was told the same thing by a postman. They wear shorts all year round as trousers get wet meaning they end up walking around with cold wet legs. You need to be hardy to work outdoors in the UK.
It's incomprehensible to me how people can walk through a door that is being held open and not acknowledge the gesture. This rarely happens in the UK, however, put a Brit in certain foreign countries, they will continue to hold doors open but be aghast when the beneficiaries of the act do nothing but just walk on through.
Perhaps there is an assumption, that the person holding the door open, is being paid to do so? I haven't been in England for several decades, but even back then, the general 'concept' was that you hold the door for the next person behind - or hold the door if someone exiting is carrying something heavy. In any event, the concept of standing there for an hour, holding a door open when others are perfectly capable of doing so, is so very confusing. That's an hour lost, which cannot be regained, in which you could be doing something to benefit you...?
@@VerilyVerbatim For clarity, the situations that I am referring to would make it highly unlikely that the beneficiary would assume that the person holding the door open is being paid to do so. I'm referring to situations where the beneficiary would clearly see that the person is just ahead of them in approaching the door and would be there for a matter of seconds whilst opening the door. There is definitely no suggestion that the person would be there for an hour, not even one minute.
Hey beautiful! Looking stunning as always little lady. I love the shirt you're wearing too. I'm so glad you're learning how to make tea correctly, lol! Something i've been trying to explain to other American friends of mine while she tells me how she's making improper tea, lol! I hear you fluffing your words again hun, it makes me laugh every time i hear you doing that, lol! I believe it's because you're getting the English accent which i can hear a little more each time i listen to you, lol! Anyway, a wonderful video as always. I agree with you, Jam before cream!, lol! Oh and Jaffer Cakes are a biscuit!, lol! ;) Until next time, take care Amanda!
Sun’s out, gun’s out Amanda, you’ve been here long enough now to know that is the unspoken rule! Also bonus points for tripping over your words again, it’s my absolute favourite affectation of yours.
Great video again, Amanda, and the door thing, only if they are right behind me and if they don't say anything, then the next door is a no, no. As for tea/coffee, milk 1st, as it doesn't scald the coffee. Ice creams, Always, no matter what time of year.
There is only one way to correctly make tea. First warm the POT. Then add leaf tea to taste, then add boiling water. Milk in cup then pour the precious brew normally through a strainer.
My favourite "disturbing" ice cream van moment is the one in Maximum Overdrive along with the psychotic soft drink machine, influenced by the AC/DC soundtrack, Freddo ? personally I miss 2 for a penny white mice and coke cans for 5p, jam on one half, cream on the other and open wide
Howdee Amanda! In the realms of Britishness anfd how we perceive things differently from Americans, you may still enjoy this. I am British but was briefly living with 2nd cousins in Yonkers, NY, all third gen. Americans. It was late July and a barbecue had been arranged one Sunday for up in Bethel Ct. About 30 of us piled into various spectacular cars - this was the mid 1980s when American cars were still opulent, all went to the beer distributor on Maclean Avenue Yonkers and bought our $9.99+ state tax freezing 'suitcases' of Budweiser, then drove up to my cousin's house in Bethel. As we were driving there the sun went in - akin to a natural disaster in much of America. People were outraged, up in arms about the effrontery of it all. Everyone became miserable and were saying how it "sucked" and despite the fact that it was very comfortably warm at around 85f (30c) outside they all morosely slumped into the house and tried to find entertainment indoors, watching wedding videos etc. I still am not sure I can quite believe what I heard and saw, everyone so utterly dejected that the sun went in. The pool was still wonderful and it wasn't so scorching outside that you had to sit under an umbrella, which to my simple mind was a double win. The weather in GB that day would probably have been 72f (22c) and partly cloudy, not too bad for July here. It now reminds me of The Fast Show's weather lady Poula Fisch who gives the daily forecast during a banana republic's Channel Nine news bulletin. She is going through her normal Latin American junta weather forecast - always 45c (113f) and "scorchio", when suddenly a disaster occurs. I wont ruin it for you, although actually I probably have done, and Fast Show fans will remember clearly the disaster as Poula placed the unspeakable 'cloudy' weather symbol over the Costa area of this tinpot military dictatorship, and the news report suddenly changed tone from upbeat and interesting to a public outcry and an immediate high level investigation. Enjoy!!!! ruclips.net/video/8gjLBLgQFkg/видео.html Amanda, if you haven't seen The Fast Show then you may enjoy a clip or two of it. It was well made, beautifully acted and well produced for a comedy sketch programme, and starred people like phenomenal Paul Whitehouse. The 'Dirty Tailors' skit at one point had a visit from actor Johnny Depp, who adored The Fast Show and asked to appear with The Dirty Tailors. My pro tip is not to watch anything from The Last Fast Show Ever because digging it up again just didn't work. Well, not for me anyway. Try to watch the programmes from the other series that weren't 'The Last...' episode.
I don’t wear summer clothes until it’s over 18-20 Celsius +holidays for me don’t start till Iv landed/got to the country if I’m flying somewhere. I don’t feel like a thief for not buying anything. I often look round shops without buying stuff.
One thing that wasn't mentioned.... for breakfast, bacon and eggs should always be served on toast. What is the point of having bacon and eggs with toast, when you just have to go through the (often) messy procedure of trying to then put the toast under the eggs and/or bacon. Serve the toast under the bacon, with the eggs on top..... so much more convenient and practical.
I always take the free sample and ask a bunch of questions about how it's made, how much it is, how long it's around for etc just to make it look like I'm interested in buying it even when I'm not.
Jaffa Cakes!!! If you open a packet, you have to scoff the lot! It's the LAW!😂 Some maniac thought selling a pack of three Jaffa Cakes was a good idea....seriously? 3 just ain't gonna do it. Great reactions as always Amanda. Thanks ☺
I’ve never forgiven them for reducing the packet size from 12 to 10. I can eat a whole packet of Jaffa cakes within minutes without giving it a second thought. We can always buy the cheaper brand alternatives, but they’re not as nice as McVities Jaffa Cakes. Shrinkflation has a LOT to answer for.
The thieve one is true. I was browsing sweets for my mum, checking sugar, and I put it back. They accused me of stealing said product. It only when they checked cctv I was telling the truth. I see it often in supermarkets; someone got taken aside as the manager thought someone stole a product when they didn't.
@@LADYRAEUK lazy stereotypes up here on Merseyside, thieving happens everywhere, Mrs C was hassled by security staff at TK Max ,escorted back in ,showing her receipt and the shop assistant remembered serving her ,not been back since .. outrageous really...
Jam or cream is putting the cart before the horse. You have to decide whether you say scon or scone (like it is spelt and obviously meant to sound) before you start on the jam/cream thing. I've solved it by cutting the scones in half, piling cream on one half and heaping jam on the other then slapping the two halves back together sandwich style.
Most biscuits can be divided into 2 categories lol. One dunk or subs! They either fall to pieces the moment they touch your brew or soak up the entire contents of the cup/mug 😆
Although I love a chocolate Freddo, I wasn't aware that it was used as an economic indicator, I use Mars bars for that. They have been around for much longer. I seem to recall a study which used Mars bars as a unit of currency to measure the value of a new average family car for each decade from the 1930s and it stayed roughly the same. However, I don't think it took account of the varying size of said Mars.
ah, now, you see the jaffa cake forms the same function for us dieters, its like an SI unit such as the Kcalorie. There are 46 calories in a jaffa cake. It takes about 1 second to eat, yet to burn off those calories, one must jog for 3 minutes. Doesnt seem fair really, does it?
I laughed SO hard at the beginning where the guy said "no, thank YOU" about holding the doors! I do something like that! I've lived in the suburbs my whole life where 99.9% of the time, people will say thank you when you hold the door for them but after I moved to the city (I live in Chicago), that number went down to about 70%. For those who don't say thank you, I just say "YOU'RE WELCOME!" Some look at me with disgust, others sarcastically say thank you.
I once found myself in a queue at the ice cream van behind my neighbours 10 year old daughter - she was barefoot and wrapped in a towel. She looked round and said "I was just out of the bath and none of the meanies would come and get me a cone".
Love Jaffa Cakes and van ice cream. Ice cream is best out of a van. Not felt I was shoplifting in a shop and it's jam then cream followed by teabag, sugar, water milk and then bag out
Hi Amanda , I was once told water first then milk only gives you a mix . Milk first then water gives you an amalgam as the hot water on the milk alters the taste of the milk .
The door thing depends on the weight of the door - mostly I'll let the door go if nobody is close to going through it, but I worked somewhere with really heavy doors so I'd often wait a few seconds if it would save a someone from maybe have it swing back in to them. The jam/cream thing is not a problem - if you have either, it's all good! The one they missed is the "After you", "No, after you" thing in places other than doors - that always feel awkward!
Yes I do hold the door for anyone who is just behind me but if I see someone that is say obviously going into the Post Office carrying a big parcel but they are still some distance away and there is no one else around I do wait for them.
Agreed a Jaffa is a cake lol. Hi Amanda just come across your channel, it is very interesting to watch and hear about cultural differences and comparisons keep up the great work. I have a couple of ideas you may have or not thought of for comedy reactions, one is Morecambe & Wise and the other is Black Country culture/comedy. As you may know the area of the UK known as the Black Country has its own unique comedy, language/dialect and way of life especially during and since the industrial revolution and its where I come from, I would love to hear your reactions on this one day. All the very best.
Amanda your observation on tea is spot on, top marks my dear. Tea bag in, hot water in, brew, tea bag out, milk in, perfection! AND while the tea is brewing, cut a scone, optional butter, JAM first, then clotted cream. As a Cornish, British European of long vintage I enjoy tea breaks a great deal, a tradition that lasts a lifetime. Bless you.
I suppose the thing about having to buy something or people assume you are a shoplifter dates back to when supermarkets started to fit barriers so you could only leave via a working checkout. To escape you are obliged to squeeze past customers and trolleys with many "Excuse me" and other such requests. The tea debate dates back to the change from loose tea to bags. With loose tea it was normal practice to put the milk in the cup first as the tea was made in a teapot and it was something you could do while waiting for it to brew. I still use a tea strainer but that is to remove the limescale bits as I live in a very hard water area.
i can relate to the 5am pint, the very first time i went on a plane i got airside @ Newcastle airport, and being slightly nervous i consumed 2 large vodka & diet cokes to steady my nerves after that first flight i was ok but hey ho why not have a tipple before your flight, its not like your going to pulled over for drink driving is it(unless your the pilot of course) :) :)
Very true British problems here - I'm a Brit who doesn't enjoy Summer heat, I prefer milder Spring time temperatures (I rarely go abroad for my annual holiday as I prefer the milder climate). Jaffa Cakes - I always use 'Full moon, half moon, total eclipse' when eating them... what nutter doesn't!? I don't bother with Ice cream vans these days as there is always Ice cream in my freezer - today I had a delicious white chocolate and caramel cone. Freddos, who really cares about the price (10p-25p) each bar, is a solid Cadbury's chocolate hit. My one absolute must as a true Brit is that I add milk AFTER I've let my teabag stew for a few minutes in hot water - I like strong tea. x
Loved the ice cream van when I was a kid in the 70s.... Rossi ice cream, the rush to mum ( never Dad ) to get the money, out the door and over to the van to buy a Screwball, which had a round chewy sweet at the bottom which was hard enough to crack your teeth and could probably break a diamond in half...🤪
An off note here, (65, Canadian), I had that same shirt as a teen, loved it & yesterday a guy at the coffee shop had it as well LOL Agree w door opening, if they're not close, don't do it :)
Great reaction! The airport, Christmas day and your birthday, the 3 days you're aloud to drink with no time restrictions.. love getting a McDonald's breakfast at Gatwick airport south, sausage & egg mcmuffin and a beer...it's on the menu! ( f**k the coffee)) You definitely feel like a shoplifter in a shop if you're not buying something... You always have to justify yourself to the security guard when leaving... Hmm you haven't got what I want, whilst tutting and rolling your eyes.
1. Teabag in (leave in) 2. Hot water. 3. Milk. 4. Stir. BTW, I try to buy something, anything before leaving the shop, ideally something I might need. Yes, this is a thing!
When it comes to free samples I only taste it if I think I’ll like it or I’m in the mood for it and I’ll only buy it if I really love it. I’m same as you when holding doors. I’m a jam then creme. Easier to spread the jam on.
Hi Amanda, if using a tea bag, it's tea bag in, hot water, milk in then teabag out so you get the right strength. If you are using tea leaf's in a pot (the proper way) then it's milk first then poor from the pot using a tea strainer. For the scones I have the jam first then cream on top the Cornish way not the Devon way!
Wait a minute!! You might be onto something there? I always go cream first, I believe that is the Devon way but I'm thinking you dorsetonians.. or whatever you are may be ending this debate once and for all?? I'm trying it next time!
Slightly OT , in a restaurant one evening and after the meal we all voted for Irish coffee (You know, black coffee with a tot of whiskey in it then cream floating on the top achieved by the waiter CAREFULLY pouring it over the back of a spoon so it doesn't mix ) anyway when it arrived one of the guys I was with thanked the waitress then got a teaspoon and stirred it all up! Oh man the waitress hit the roof!
Definitely jam before cream on my scone (pronounced without the e) and water before milk in tea! There are also strange people who put their milk into instant coffee before the water but they probably also find pineapple acceptable on a pizza!
Regarding Tea, it is always preferential to use a tea pot and the water must be just boiled before it hits the tea. Then you get consistent flavour of the tea over more than one cup. Only out of necessity would you put a tea bag in the cup in England, if you dont own a tea pot. It's also more economic to use a tea pot as you can have multiple cups , and a tea cosy to keep the tea pot from cooling too quickly.
When I went to MEXICO 3 years ago, every shop i went into the owners would watch and follow me around! after discussing this with my holiday tour rep, he said yep it is common and the best way to avoid it is to greet them 1st and they will leave you alone, the rest of my visits to shops were fine once after I greeted/said hello to them before going browsing their shop lol.
On a visit to the Atlanta area I went for a wander round a general store there just to see what it was like. I could see the staff behind the counter positioning themselves to keep an eye on me. When I went up to the counter and explained I was visiting from the UK and just curious about what they sold in the shop I got loaded up with all sorts of stuff that they insisted I had to try and also refused to let me pay for anything. I went back the next day with a big bunch of flowers as a thank you for being so nice to a visitor.
Paul, I have been a Swiss resident for over 30 years. When I return to the UK, I do as in Switzerland: when entering a shop, I say "Good morning" scanning the nearest assistants and nearest shoppers (here we would say "hello everyone") because now, not to do so feels rather impolite. I know other European people who also can't understand our silent entry into shops or other establishments.
Oh Amanda! Teabag, water then milk. Remove teabag when colour is correct. 🤦♂ The door one is true. If you are following someone through a series of doors, you start with a hearty 'thanks', then a happy 'cheers', then a 'ta', then a wan smile with a mumble then it's a sort of grunting beyond that. The jam/cream thing is dependent on where you live.
Cheers / slainte...staying in tonight...a certain storm Eunice, preventing any forays out...best wishes from a very wet and windy wirral peninsula....E
for tea adding the milk first sis sometimes to alleviate some of the bitterness (meant to be max 60c for the heat of the water or it bitters the tea probably the difference between bitters and tisanes pre tea as we know it) also to stop cross contamination i cream one half jam the other with different spoons ... i take it you mean for scones, that way you dont contaminate the jam/cream with eachother
Regarding the shoplifting thing, yes if you don't buy something, you will feel like you're being judged as a shoplifter. However, this only really counts if it's a grocery store. Clothes shops etc, it's fine.
Prefect cup of tea ALWAYS WATER FIRST Milk first is literally only for thin bone China to pendent the heat from breaking it. Perfect cup of tea Is a little cold water first (when tea is boiling you release excess tannins and make the tea bitter) tea, hot water (should be slightly off boiling but boiling is OK is you added a splash of cold water at the start, then milk. Milk to finish.
The chimes of the ice cream van is the first signs of summer. As for doors. I hold it just open enough for the person following to get through if they grab it for themselves. So it's not shut but I'm not obliged to hold on to it for ever.
Right! Let's put the Jaffa "cake" saga to bed, once and for all. It's definitive, cakes go hard when stale, biscuits go soft. Ergo, Jaffa " cakes" are CAKES! 🇱🇷🇬🇧💜👴
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No debate about it clearly they're cakes if they were biscuits they would be called "Jaffa biscuits"....
With that logic a apple pie isnt a dessert
@@TheScarletKnightUK pies and tarts can be desserts. That's just daft.
Love that little snort when you laugh, so cute.
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Your correct, the Jaffa cake thing is no longer a debate as it got settled in court by the company baking a giant one proving that it's a cake 🍰
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Gahhh...beat me to it!! 🤨🤣 They wanted it to be called a cake because you pay less tax on cakes than biscuits.
@@matthill3293 I'd agree with you apart from rocks aren't the same as rock candy so just because something has the same name doesn't make it the same thing
@@stephendavis5530 I don't think you pay any tax on cakes
The thief one is true, it happened to me just today. I was in Tesco's and ended up not buying anything, I felt nervous walking past the security guard on the way out.
lol I never picked up on it
It's never bothered me but I get that some people will get a bit nervous in that situation.
This is a minefield. I find it particularly awkward, as someone hard of seeing, when I need to use my glasses to read a lebel. Getting them out is fine, but returning them to my inside pocket - oh dear - what if someone thinks I'm stealing an item? I find myself over compensating to any passing store Detective, security camera, or shop owner, by making a grand display of openly placing my glasses back in my case and returning them to my pocket. In fact I make such a big deal of it, the only thing missing are opening and closing credits.
Ah, the old 'how long long do I keep a door open' debate. This is considered by some to be the ultimate manifestation of a British etiquette problem, riddled with anxiety, apology, indecision, not wanting to be considered impolite etc. In fact the problem has become so bad, that there have now been several recorded cases of fatalities caused by starvation or permanent damage to the effected arm, of individuals caught holding the door open at busy venues only to find themselves caught in an overly lengthy period of not knowing when to let go.
I love how every now and then you're slipping in some real Brit style words. I heard during the samples you said "I'd just leg it" - you're becoming one of us!!
I done the classic yesterday. Was in a shop with about 4 items queuing to pay when a woman with a full trolley said I could go in front of her. I said are you sure? That's what we do! Unbelievable. Embarrassed by sometime being kind. 😃
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A decent person , what ever happened to that ? now its all virtual signalling by people on line who in real life are the biggest C word you could have the displeasure to meet . strange that .
Amanda is so cute. She dresses well, she’s humorous and her fella is a really lucky guy 😊
Thank you 😊
@@LADYRAEUK you must have been or are a model?
@@LADYRAEUK you’re welcome baber 😊
She also has probably the most soothing voice I have ever heard.
Lovely isn't she, lovely smile too, very easy on the eye and a nice warm personality.
when i was a kid in the 70s , an old lady we would visit would use loose tea in a pot , always put milk first , but when using tea bags milk last , as she said with pot you knew the strength as you always left it for 5mins to brew , so she add milk first , with bag it was a guessing game 😅😅😅
So true....
Putting the milk in first cut down the number of 'floaters' meaning you didn't have to use your teeth as a strainer.
Something that makes me chuckle to myself is seeing people driving their cabriolets with the top down Midwinter😊
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Behind the smile there’s hypothermic shivering going on but they think they look too cool to put the lid on!
Don't mock it until you've tried it! I've driven in the English winter on sunny days with the top down on an old TR4, back in the late 70s. Decent heater, nice and warm, plus fresh air. I still do it here in NZ, although it is a tad warmer, I admit, and it's now a '99 MX5 (Miata to you, Amanda). Again, good heater so nice and warm with fresh air to breathe, not recycled A/C air. Lovely.
@@martinwest8374 I can understand why but it just looks odd my friend.
Your tea making is EEXACTLY perfect and I have never heard it made otherwise x
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Brilliant, Amanda, a perfect antidote to Storm Eunice sweeping in from the Irish sea, best wishes from a very wet and windy wirral peninsula....E
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I hope you and Mrs C Stay safe and dry! 😊
@@LADYRAEUK many thanks....we,re staying in...
The milk thing depends on how you are making the tea. In a mug, you add the milk last. If using a pot, as you should, milk goes into the cup before the tea. There is no jam/cream debate. Jam goes first, because it's not possible to put jam on top of cream unless you are very mean with the cream.
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Then you have never had proper clotted cream you can slice. If it’s stiffer than the jam, put it on first. If it’s mass-produced thick jam with runny cream, put the jam on first. The debate is meaningless.
It depends which side of the Tamar you are.
Or just put the jam and cream on the two different sides of the scone and stick them together...
Great vid. 'Its a biscuit'. I am old enough to remember the drought of 1976, it was so dry two fires in my village alone.
Free samples i have never been pestered afterwards. Look forward to your next episode. Best Wishes.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if these were the only problems we had. You're really turning into one us. Regarding the summer clothes, try a night out in Newcastle ,the women think it's summer all year-round. X
Us northern women are made of strong stuff lol
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@@stillirise9705 Liverpool , Manchester and Leeds are alongside Newcastle in that respect..not sure about tonight though ( Storm Eunice) ,that said there will be revellers down New Brighton promenade tonight...already seen some posts...
Everytime i nip into Tesco and i buy a couple of items without a bag i always think i look dodgy just walking out with the items in my hand 🤣
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When using a self service till in a supermarket, I ALWAYS print out the receipt to prove I've paid and hold it in my hand until leaving the premises.
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Summer, spot on 😂😂. Keep up with the great reactions Amanda. 👍
Even at my age I love to get a 99 from ice cream van.But only the Mr. Whippy sort. Just love it! Oh and raspberry sauce on top.
Yum!
They missed one of the biggest problems: the crowded bus/train scenario. If every window seat is taken, who do you sit next to? How do you choose? Also, if you are by the window, at what point do you ask the person in the aisle seat to move so you can get off? What happens if they've fallen asleep? Life can be so trying!
How/When to ask the person who is taking up a seat with their bag(s) if they can move them so you can sit down.
Yes ,and why does the loony always sit next to me .
@@jaysmith2858 This is easy to resolve... if it's someone elderly, or disabled in some fashion (crutches/moonboot, etc), let them have the seat for the bags. Otherwise, it's horribly rude to take up a seat on a crowded bus or train, because you're too lazy to put the bags in front of you. As for choosing... just pick a seat. That often happens on crowded trains/buses, and if someone else can't understand that you're picking one of a limited number of seats to sit in, because you need to sit down, that really is their problem.
@@keithwilkins1437 Yep. It's like you have a sign stuck your head that says "Nutters welcome".
@@VerilyVerbatim I'm disabled (but don't look it) so I can get funny looks if I take up one of the 'special seats'.
If I see someone who I think needs the seat (any seat not just the 'special' ones) I'll give it up for them e.g. on a recent journey a blind man and his partner or carer got on the bus and the blind man sat next to me, so I went to where the lady was sitting and told her she could have my seat so she could sit next to him.
Is it just me, or has Amanda got a gorgeous voice? (TBH the rest is pretty good, too). I could listen to her for hours.
Thanks very much 😊
@@LADYRAEUK Yes, if she can un-drop those Ts, she’d make an excellent voice artist. Absolutely beautiful voice!
Our Rae Rae should definitely read e-books, or do voiceovers.
Love your content. Very enjoyable x
Thanks so much 😊
Always fun listening to you're point of views.😁😁
Amanda, yours is the best channel by a long way, keep up the good work!!!
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You are correct about tea and scones.
I roar with laughter with a lot of your posts...
I love the way you've picked up the 'leg it' saying.
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4:35 - yep - Ice cream van pulled up on our street yesterday around 2. That's a Saturday in February at 2pm to sell ice cream!
This has happened to me in shops a lot recently !
I expect them to have something in stock and it's often hard to walk out, manoeuvring past the queue or trying to go out the entrance. There's always a sentence that prepares itself in my head in case I'm stopped - "You didn't have what I wanted". 😃
And I'm not carrying a bag and my arms could be wider than usual, like a defender showing the ref he's not touching anyone in the penalty area. 😄
Also, I'm embarrassed to say that despite drinking thousands of cups of tea, I haven't analysed the milk first or last thing, as long as it's not much milk I feel that any debate will delay me just being able to glug it whern I'm desperate with my toast and Marmite.
Lol that’s fair enough
@@LADYRAEUK You're too generous ! You've made me realise how important it is to get the cup of tea right and I will spend a lot of time tomorrow analysing it.
totes true.
I always do this thing where I don't walk out of the shop quickly and stop suddenly near the door to look at a display quizzically, even if it's nothing I'm interested in. I know I'm not the only one who does that, I've seen it lots of times.
Amanda Rae,
1. Love your use of Leg it.... Fun fact, its origin is on the canals. When going through a long tunnel and there was no tow path for the horse, the barge drivers would lie on their back on the roof of the boat and stick their legs on the tunnel ceiling and walk through the long dark tunnel... Legging It.
2. Tea - Absolutely always is Bag, Water, Bag out then additions.
3. Jaffa Cakes are BISCUITS!!!
4. Yes, if you go in a shop and you don't buy anything, absolutely feel like everyone thinks you're a thief.
5. Doors or generally letting people through/standing aside is fraught with danger. Its actually fine if you're holding doors or making people run, what is not fine is when people don't say thanks for it or for your getting out their way to let them through.
6. SO SO SO difficult for us to send funny emails that do not come over as you being a total nob.
7. Doors again, well, the worst is if 2 people are holding doors for the other as happens occasionally or when you both insist on being polite.... We call it a CANADIAN STANDOFF. As Canadians are the only people as polite as brits.
Jaffas are cakes man lol biscuits are hard
Amanda, I was agreeing with you on everything, ice cream at any age: good, Jaffa cakes: good, tea making order: correct, but then you went and got the jam first thing all wrong!!🙈 Have a word with yourself🤣. I think the biggest shorts wearing crime is committed by builders still wearing them in late October/ November on a cold windy day. They’re like last man standing is the hardest! Same as the postmen.
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I was reliably informed it was about getting wet , where trousers hold the water and are covering your legs, ugh. Shorts mean your legs are open to the atmosphere and dry off quicker, so more comfortable. The jam or cream first is more of a Devon and Cornwall thing rather than the whole country
Yes I was told the same thing by a postman. They wear shorts all year round as trousers get wet meaning they end up walking around with cold wet legs. You need to be hardy to work outdoors in the UK.
if your making a sarnie would you put the butter on last?
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It's incomprehensible to me how people can walk through a door that is being held open and not acknowledge the gesture. This rarely happens in the UK, however, put a Brit in certain foreign countries, they will continue to hold doors open but be aghast when the beneficiaries of the act do nothing but just walk on through.
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Maybe youngsters don’t but the rest of us do
Perhaps there is an assumption, that the person holding the door open, is being paid to do so? I haven't been in England for several decades, but even back then, the general 'concept' was that you hold the door for the next person behind - or hold the door if someone exiting is carrying something heavy. In any event, the concept of standing there for an hour, holding a door open when others are perfectly capable of doing so, is so very confusing. That's an hour lost, which cannot be regained, in which you could be doing something to benefit you...?
@@VerilyVerbatim For clarity, the situations that I am referring to would make it highly unlikely that the beneficiary would assume that the person holding the door open is being paid to do so. I'm referring to situations where the beneficiary would clearly see that the person is just ahead of them in approaching the door and would be there for a matter of seconds whilst opening the door. There is definitely no suggestion that the person would be there for an hour, not even one minute.
Never try holding the door open for someone in China.. you'll be there all day and not one person will even look at you!
Hey beautiful!
Looking stunning as always little lady.
I love the shirt you're wearing too.
I'm so glad you're learning how to make tea correctly, lol!
Something i've been trying to explain to other American friends of mine while she tells me how she's making improper tea, lol!
I hear you fluffing your words again hun, it makes me laugh every time i hear you doing that, lol!
I believe it's because you're getting the English accent which i can hear a little more each time i listen to you, lol!
Anyway, a wonderful video as always.
I agree with you, Jam before cream!, lol!
Oh and Jaffer Cakes are a biscuit!, lol! ;)
Until next time, take care Amanda!
Amanda, luv your facial reactions and comments. Welcome to England
Thank you 😊
Sun’s out, gun’s out Amanda, you’ve been here long enough now to know that is the unspoken rule!
Also bonus points for tripping over your words again, it’s my absolute favourite affectation of yours.
Suns out, guns out 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I haven’t heard that in ages
Great video again, Amanda, and the door thing, only if they are right behind me and if they don't say anything, then the next door is a no, no. As for tea/coffee, milk 1st, as it doesn't scald the coffee. Ice creams, Always, no matter what time of year.
There is only one way to correctly make tea. First warm the POT. Then add leaf tea to taste, then add boiling water. Milk in cup then pour the precious brew normally through a strainer.
Lol great vid hun ,Andy from Morecambe up northwest ✌x
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@@LADYRAEUK welcome xx
It was proven jaffa cakes are cakes cuz they go stale instead of soft, thats why they don't get the biscuit tax (fact of the day)
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You got the tea spot on. One of us, one of us.....
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I don't even bother to watch these before I hit the like button anymore.
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My favourite "disturbing" ice cream van moment is the one in Maximum Overdrive along with the psychotic soft drink machine, influenced by the AC/DC soundtrack, Freddo ? personally I miss 2 for a penny white mice and coke cans for 5p, jam on one half, cream on the other and open wide
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Howdee Amanda! In the realms of Britishness anfd how we perceive things differently from Americans, you may still enjoy this.
I am British but was briefly living with 2nd cousins in Yonkers, NY, all third gen. Americans. It was late July and a barbecue had been arranged one Sunday for up in Bethel Ct. About 30 of us piled into various spectacular cars - this was the mid 1980s when American cars were still opulent, all went to the beer distributor on Maclean Avenue Yonkers and bought our $9.99+ state tax freezing 'suitcases' of Budweiser, then drove up to my cousin's house in Bethel.
As we were driving there the sun went in - akin to a natural disaster in much of America. People were outraged, up in arms about the effrontery of it all. Everyone became miserable and were saying how it "sucked" and despite the fact that it was very comfortably warm at around 85f (30c) outside they all morosely slumped into the house and tried to find entertainment indoors, watching wedding videos etc. I still am not sure I can quite believe what I heard and saw, everyone so utterly dejected that the sun went in. The pool was still wonderful and it wasn't so scorching outside that you had to sit under an umbrella, which to my simple mind was a double win. The weather in GB that day would probably have been 72f (22c) and partly cloudy, not too bad for July here.
It now reminds me of The Fast Show's weather lady Poula Fisch who gives the daily forecast during a banana republic's Channel Nine news bulletin. She is going through her normal Latin American junta weather forecast - always 45c (113f) and "scorchio", when suddenly a disaster occurs. I wont ruin it for you, although actually I probably have done, and Fast Show fans will remember clearly the disaster as Poula placed the unspeakable 'cloudy' weather symbol over the Costa area of this tinpot military dictatorship, and the news report suddenly changed tone from upbeat and interesting to a public outcry and an immediate high level investigation. Enjoy!!!! ruclips.net/video/8gjLBLgQFkg/видео.html
Amanda, if you haven't seen The Fast Show then you may enjoy a clip or two of it. It was well made, beautifully acted and well produced for a comedy sketch programme, and starred people like phenomenal Paul Whitehouse. The 'Dirty Tailors' skit at one point had a visit from actor Johnny Depp, who adored The Fast Show and asked to appear with The Dirty Tailors. My pro tip is not to watch anything from The Last Fast Show Ever because digging it up again just didn't work. Well, not for me anyway. Try to watch the programmes from the other series that weren't 'The Last...' episode.
I don’t wear summer clothes until it’s over 18-20 Celsius +holidays for me don’t start till Iv landed/got to the country if I’m flying somewhere.
I don’t feel like a thief for not buying anything. I often look round shops without buying stuff.
Yeah I was surprised about the cream/jam debate or pronounced scon or scone!?!
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One thing that wasn't mentioned.... for breakfast, bacon and eggs should always be served on toast. What is the point of having bacon and eggs with toast, when you just have to go through the (often) messy procedure of trying to then put the toast under the eggs and/or bacon. Serve the toast under the bacon, with the eggs on top..... so much more convenient and practical.
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I always take the free sample and ask a bunch of questions about how it's made, how much it is, how long it's around for etc just to make it look like I'm interested in buying it even when I'm not.
Jaffa Cakes!!! If you open a packet, you have to scoff the lot! It's the LAW!😂 Some maniac thought selling a pack of three Jaffa Cakes was a good idea....seriously? 3 just ain't gonna do it.
Great reactions as always Amanda. Thanks ☺
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I’ve never forgiven them for reducing the packet size from 12 to 10. I can eat a whole packet of Jaffa cakes within minutes without giving it a second thought. We can always buy the cheaper brand alternatives, but they’re not as nice as McVities Jaffa Cakes. Shrinkflation has a LOT to answer for.
@@holydiver73 absolutely! It was bad enough when Curlywurlies were put in the shrink ray but Jaffa Cakes? That's just wrong....😂
The thieve one is true. I was browsing sweets for my mum, checking sugar, and I put it back. They accused me of stealing said product. It only when they checked cctv I was telling the truth. I see it often in supermarkets; someone got taken aside as the manager thought someone stole a product when they didn't.
That would be embarrassing lol
@@LADYRAEUK lazy stereotypes up here on Merseyside, thieving happens everywhere, Mrs C was hassled by security staff at TK Max ,escorted back in ,showing her receipt and the shop assistant remembered serving her ,not been back since .. outrageous really...
Your appreciatve grins are so pleasing, please keep posting😉💚😘
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Jam or cream is putting the cart before the horse. You have to decide whether you say scon or scone (like it is spelt and obviously meant to sound) before you start on the jam/cream thing.
I've solved it by cutting the scones in half, piling cream on one half and heaping jam on the other then slapping the two halves back together sandwich style.
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Good evening Amanda 😀 I agree with you about the cup of tea, how many times have you ever tired the biscuit dunking & how long it takes to break 😀
Haha I’ve lost a few 🤣🤣
Foxes have the best dunk ability factor in Biscuit history...totally biased personal taste...E
Most biscuits can be divided into 2 categories lol. One dunk or subs! They either fall to pieces the moment they touch your brew or soak up the entire contents of the cup/mug 😆
@@mctaz2043 so true...
Although I love a chocolate Freddo, I wasn't aware that it was used as an economic indicator, I use Mars bars for that. They have been around for much longer. I seem to recall a study which used Mars bars as a unit of currency to measure the value of a new average family car for each decade from the 1930s and it stayed roughly the same. However, I don't think it took account of the varying size of said Mars.
ah, now, you see the jaffa cake forms the same function for us dieters, its like an SI unit such as the Kcalorie. There are 46 calories in a jaffa cake. It takes about 1 second to eat, yet to burn off those calories, one must jog for 3 minutes. Doesnt seem fair really, does it?
My nephew and niece absolutely adore Freddo bars!😁
Freddo bars are £1 for a packet of six
I laughed SO hard at the beginning where the guy said "no, thank YOU" about holding the doors! I do something like that! I've lived in the suburbs my whole life where 99.9% of the time, people will say thank you when you hold the door for them but after I moved to the city (I live in Chicago), that number went down to about 70%. For those who don't say thank you, I just say "YOU'RE WELCOME!" Some look at me with disgust, others sarcastically say thank you.
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I agree with you about tea making Amanda another fantastic and interesting video 🤗🤗
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Rreference jaffa Cakes. If it goes soft when stale it's a biscuit (cookie), if it goes hard it's a cake.
I once found myself in a queue at the ice cream van behind my neighbours 10 year old daughter - she was barefoot and wrapped in a towel. She looked round and said "I was just out of the bath and none of the meanies would come and get me a cone".
Love Jaffa Cakes and van ice cream. Ice cream is best out of a van. Not felt I was shoplifting in a shop and it's jam then cream followed by teabag, sugar, water milk and then bag out
The jam/cream question has one simple answer. Whichever way you like it's still delicious.
Love your combination of American accent and British glottal stop!
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Hi Amanda , I was once told water first then milk only gives you a mix . Milk first then water gives you an amalgam as the hot water on the milk alters the taste of the milk .
The door thing depends on the weight of the door - mostly I'll let the door go if nobody is close to going through it, but I worked somewhere with really heavy doors so I'd often wait a few seconds if it would save a someone from maybe have it swing back in to them.
The jam/cream thing is not a problem - if you have either, it's all good!
The one they missed is the "After you", "No, after you" thing in places other than doors - that always feel awkward!
I'll agree the Weight of the Door depends on even IF I'll hold it... My Mind; if I need to Workout to Hold it open... You're Getting it yourself, 🤣🤣🤣
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Yes I do hold the door for anyone who is just behind me but if I see someone that is say obviously going into the Post Office carrying a big parcel but they are still some distance away and there is no one else around I do wait for them.
Warm mug and teapot first with boiling water then pour out, refill teapot with teabags and water, put tea in mug, then sugar and finally milk.
Agreed a Jaffa is a cake lol. Hi Amanda just come across your channel, it is very interesting to watch and hear about cultural differences and comparisons keep up the great work. I have a couple of ideas you may have or not thought of for comedy reactions, one is Morecambe & Wise and the other is Black Country culture/comedy. As you may know the area of the UK known as the Black Country has its own unique comedy, language/dialect and way of life especially during and since the industrial revolution and its where I come from, I would love to hear your reactions on this one day. All the very best.
Amanda your observation on tea is spot on, top marks my dear. Tea bag in, hot water in, brew, tea bag out, milk in, perfection! AND while the tea is brewing, cut a scone, optional butter, JAM first, then clotted cream. As a Cornish, British European of long vintage I enjoy tea breaks a great deal, a tradition that lasts a lifetime. Bless you.
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mcvities made a full sized jaffa cake to prove it was a cake not a biscuit. They did it to get out of paying the tax on biscuits.
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Your tea etiquette is of course perfect😁👍
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I suppose the thing about having to buy something or people assume you are a shoplifter dates back to when supermarkets started to fit barriers so you could only leave via a working checkout. To escape you are obliged to squeeze past customers and trolleys with many "Excuse me" and other such requests. The tea debate dates back to the change from loose tea to bags. With loose tea it was normal practice to put the milk in the cup first as the tea was made in a teapot and it was something you could do while waiting for it to brew. I still use a tea strainer but that is to remove the limescale bits as I live in a very hard water area.
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DEFINITELY jam first, then cream. The opposite is pure madness!! 🤣🤣🤣
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i can relate to the 5am pint, the very first time i went on a plane i got airside @ Newcastle airport, and being slightly nervous i consumed 2 large vodka & diet cokes to steady my nerves after that first flight i was ok but hey ho why not have a tipple before your flight, its not like your going to pulled over for drink driving is it(unless your the pilot of course) :) :)
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if someone doesnt say thank you when i hold a door open for them i say "no worries mate. i live to serve you."
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Very true British problems here - I'm a Brit who doesn't enjoy Summer heat, I prefer milder Spring time temperatures (I rarely go abroad for my annual holiday as I prefer the milder climate). Jaffa Cakes - I always use 'Full moon, half moon, total eclipse' when eating them... what nutter doesn't!? I don't bother with Ice cream vans these days as there is always Ice cream in my freezer - today I had a delicious white chocolate and caramel cone. Freddos, who really cares about the price (10p-25p) each bar, is a solid Cadbury's chocolate hit. My one absolute must as a true Brit is that I add milk AFTER I've let my teabag stew for a few minutes in hot water - I like strong tea. x
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Mrs C and my daughter like a strong brew, my son is a big Freddo devotee, hard to find though....Toblerone and coffee for me....
Loved the ice cream van when I was a kid in the 70s.... Rossi ice cream, the rush to mum ( never Dad ) to get the money, out the door and over to the van to buy a Screwball, which had a round chewy sweet at the bottom which was hard enough to crack your teeth and could probably break a diamond in half...🤪
Jam before cream, milk in last, loves a Jaffa cake, definitely my kind of girl 👍
An off note here, (65, Canadian), I had that same shirt as a teen, loved it & yesterday a guy at the coffee shop had it as well LOL Agree w door opening, if they're not close, don't do it :)
Great reaction! The airport, Christmas day and your birthday, the 3 days you're aloud to drink with no time restrictions.. love getting a McDonald's breakfast at Gatwick airport south, sausage & egg mcmuffin and a beer...it's on the menu! ( f**k the coffee))
You definitely feel like a shoplifter in a shop if you're not buying something... You always have to justify yourself to the security guard when leaving... Hmm you haven't got what I want, whilst tutting and rolling your eyes.
lol I’ve never picked up on that
My forts? Well, I had a toy fort when I was little, and a blanket fort sometimes. Now I'm all grown up, I can't afford to live in a fort. 😄😄❤
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Definitely Jam first. The amount of cream being dolloped on, you can't spread the jam onto, much easier spooning cream on top of spreaded jam.
1. Teabag in (leave in)
2. Hot water.
3. Milk.
4. Stir.
BTW, I try to buy something, anything before leaving the shop, ideally something I might need. Yes, this is a thing!
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When it comes to free samples I only taste it if I think I’ll like it or I’m in the mood for it and I’ll only buy it if I really love it.
I’m same as you when holding doors.
I’m a jam then creme. Easier to spread the jam on.
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Depends if you're in Devon or Cornwall. For me it's jam then cream.
Also, tried you mustard with scotch eggs suggestion. Colemans naturally. thanks for the tip
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@@LADYRAEUK yes. Cut in half. Remove the egg. Put Mustard in the indent. Replace the egg.
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Warm the pot, put in the tea bag, pour in boiling water pop on the cosy! Lol
Hi Amanda, if using a tea bag, it's tea bag in, hot water, milk in then teabag out so you get the right strength. If you are using tea leaf's in a pot (the proper way) then it's milk first then poor from the pot using a tea strainer. For the scones I have the jam first then cream on top the Cornish way not the Devon way!
Real butter then jam then clotted cream ... ( as much of each as physically possible ! ) ... great video Amanda
Thanks ! 😊 hope you’re well
Burn the heretic!
Living in Dorset I generally confuse everyone by mixing the Jam and cream together then spread it on - fantastic! Solves the problem in one!
Wait a minute!! You might be onto something there? I always go cream first, I believe that is the Devon way but I'm thinking you dorsetonians.. or whatever you are may be ending this debate once and for all?? I'm trying it next time!
Slightly OT , in a restaurant one evening and after the meal we all voted for Irish coffee (You know, black coffee with a tot of whiskey in it then cream floating on the top achieved by the waiter CAREFULLY pouring it over the back of a spoon so it doesn't mix ) anyway when it arrived one of the guys I was with thanked the waitress then got a teaspoon and stirred it all up! Oh man the waitress hit the roof!
An excellent solution, tea anyone...??
Jam first then the cream Tea from a pot milk first in the cup then tea Teabag first water next take bag out add milk
Just a "fought". But for us at airports it always "beer o'clock". That's when the holidays start:)
Definitely jam before cream on my scone (pronounced without the e) and water before milk in tea! There are also strange people who put their milk into instant coffee before the water but they probably also find pineapple acceptable on a pizza!
Regarding Tea, it is always preferential to use a tea pot and the water must be just boiled before it hits the tea. Then you get consistent flavour of the tea over more than one cup. Only out of necessity would you put a tea bag in the cup in England, if you dont own a tea pot. It's also more economic to use a tea pot as you can have multiple cups , and a tea cosy to keep the tea pot from cooling too quickly.
All Cadbury chocolate bars are smaller since being bought out by kraft... bloody yanks 😆
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When I went to MEXICO 3 years ago, every shop i went into the owners would watch and follow me around! after discussing this with my holiday tour rep, he said yep it is common and the best way to avoid it is to greet them 1st and they will leave you alone, the rest of my visits to shops were fine once after I greeted/said hello to them before going browsing their shop lol.
Similar problems encountered on 7TH Avenue in NYC...decided to be extra nice and engaging with the shop staff , made for a much better experience...E
I never picked up on this but i can see how it would feel uncomfortable
On a visit to the Atlanta area I went for a wander round a general store there just to see what it was like. I could see the staff behind the counter positioning themselves to keep an eye on me. When I went up to the counter and explained I was visiting from the UK and just curious about what they sold in the shop I got loaded up with all sorts of stuff that they insisted I had to try and also refused to let me pay for anything. I went back the next day with a big bunch of flowers as a thank you for being so nice to a visitor.
Paul, I have been a Swiss resident for over 30 years. When I return to the UK, I do as in Switzerland: when entering a shop, I say "Good morning" scanning the nearest assistants and nearest shoppers (here we would say "hello everyone") because now, not to do so feels rather impolite. I know other European people who also can't understand our silent entry into shops or other establishments.
@@daveturnbull7221 good for you sir...
Oh Amanda! Teabag, water then milk. Remove teabag when colour is correct. 🤦♂
The door one is true. If you are following someone through a series of doors, you start with a hearty 'thanks', then a happy 'cheers', then a 'ta', then a wan smile with a mumble then it's a sort of grunting beyond that.
The jam/cream thing is dependent on where you live.
No , the milk drops the temperature of the water and stops the tbag working properly
That drink at the airport is known as Beer O clock, where time goes out of the window once you're on your holidays! 🍺 🥂 🏖️ ☀️ ✈️
Cheers / slainte...staying in tonight...a certain storm Eunice, preventing any forays out...best wishes from a very wet and windy wirral peninsula....E
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@@eamonnclabby7067 Yes stay safe from a wild Lancashire coastline too!!
@@susanashcroft2674 as Peter Kaye is wont to say...the kind of rain that gets you wet...!!!
@@eamonnclabby7067 ooh same! Has it started yet?! I've got to nip out the Co-ey! 😅🤣
for tea adding the milk first sis sometimes to alleviate some of the bitterness (meant to be max 60c for the heat of the water or it bitters the tea probably the difference between bitters and tisanes pre tea as we know it)
also to stop cross contamination i cream one half jam the other with different spoons ... i take it you mean for scones, that way you dont contaminate the jam/cream with eachother
Regarding the shoplifting thing, yes if you don't buy something, you will feel like you're being judged as a shoplifter. However, this only really counts if it's a grocery store. Clothes shops etc, it's fine.
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Well Amanda.When it comes to scones what I do is put jam then cream on one half then cream then jam on the other half!!😀
Prefect cup of tea
ALWAYS WATER FIRST
Milk first is literally only for thin bone China to pendent the heat from breaking it.
Perfect cup of tea
Is a little cold water first (when tea is boiling you release excess tannins and make the tea bitter) tea, hot water (should be slightly off boiling but boiling is OK is you added a splash of cold water at the start, then milk. Milk to finish.
The chimes of the ice cream van is the first signs of summer. As for doors. I hold it just open enough for the person following to get through if they grab it for themselves. So it's not shut but I'm not obliged to hold on to it for ever.
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Love your shirt.
Thank you 😊