things i've learned today

[boogieshoes]

'a tin of flapjacks' != a little can of pre-cooked pancakes about the size of a vienna sausage can...

i thought that might be a british-ism... but wow, was i off the mark!

we now return you to your regular reading.

-bs

Comments

[slavelabour.livejournal.com]

Teeny pancakes, hee! Did that come up in a story?

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

Gil Hale's 'Runners' - which remains an excellent story. you have to look to actually catch a lot of the British phrasings, which is nice for a change, but 'tin of flapjacks' is so unusual in the States that it sort of jumps out at you. and if you're not used to that particular item of British gourmet, you're stuck with all sorts of interesting mental pictures!

-bs

[ororo.livejournal.com]

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/British-FlapJacks-357510

I may have to make some of these sometime, but not while Nexx is doing low-carb

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

yeah, we found those last night, and it sure does look yummy! :)

-bs