Huge Strawberry

[interactive]

Went to the Grocery store today to do the usual. Picked out a package of strawberrys and could not believe what I saw:

http://www.iwgh.com/strawberry.jpg

(That's my little brother by the way)

http://www.iwgh.com/strawberry_2.jpg

That has to be the biggest strawberry I've ever seen.

[allan]

Damned, that's a big freaking strawberry :D

[Homeiss]

It's huge and "heart" shaped...Not like a real heart, you know...

Anyways, so did you eat it!?!? What are you going to do with it? :)

[interactive]

Gave it to the little guy to eat. Took a peice tasted like a normal strawberry.

[Chicken]

That is pretty big. Must be a good year, as I got a pretty big one the other day as well, though that one is bigger! I didn't take a picture of mine though *gulp* yum yum.

[interactive]

I love strawberrys. Especially when you dip them in sugar, yummmmmy!

[Homeiss]

I like brown sugar o a piece of bread with butter... :)

[ZummiBear]

Originally posted by interactive:

I love strawberrys. Especially when you dip them in sugar, yummmmmy!

I'm with you....:) Although strawberries are good in chocolate as well...:) That is one massive strawberry though....

[interactive]

Chocalate dipped strawberrys are the best. I remember when I was a "kid", my parents used to take us out to this "UPick farm", in North Idaho or Washington (near Spokane) (Carvar Farms I believe is waht it was called). We would be there for like 4 hours picking strawberrys, they even encouraged you to eat while you picked. Ahh it was heaven :D

[ZummiBear]

There is a farm like that by my parents house.....and they were reasonably priced as well....it was like $2 a box....we would pick a few boxes and then make strawberry pie and my sister made this awesome jam....its the best :)

[Jan]

Hey Tasha! Are you born and bred USAian? You said jam and not jelly :banana:

[Chicken]

I believe that in certain parts of the U.S., if you asked for 'jelly', no one would know what you are talking about.

[rockergrrl]

Holy huge strawberry!!

Most ppl (here in the US) use Jam and Jelly to mean the same thing.

There's a difference between Jam and Jelly, technically. Jelly is more gelatin-ized, and has no real fruit inside (at least noticable). And Jam is more fruit based - you can see it -- taste it (is there).

Jam is what most ppl make at home when they make -- well jam.

[Jan]

And jelly here is usually what you guys call jello, but also the jam without the fruity bits. :)

[Chicken]

Heh, so if we ordered an English muffin (no doubt not what you call an English muffin), and we asked for jelly on it, they'll put jello on it? Mmmm.... lime please.

[Jan]

Can you imagine what I visualised when I first heard about you guys have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches :p:

[Chicken]

LOL... a rather odd combination of peanut butter and jello. Now, I'm all for odd food combinations, but that would just be errrr... gross. :yuck:

[interactive]

LOL. That's kind of weird to think about it. No wonder they say American English and English English are basicly two seperate languages.

[allan]

Someone told me that the same problem exists with Biscuits and Crackers -- in England biscuits are American crackers.

[Jan]

Australian biscuits are American cookies. And crackers are well.....crackers :p:

[Chicken]

When we went to Canada some time ago, we ordered a hamburger. I forgot what it said on the menu (or what the guy asked us) in regards to a topping, but what we got was a hamburger with coleslaw on it. Could have been the worst burger I ever had. Anyone know the Canadian term for coleslaw? I want to be sure I don't get it again.

[Barbara]

In the South, barbecue (sp???) sandwiches are sometimes served with cole slaw on them. Of course, our version of barbecue is probably not what you think of when you think of barbecue.

[ZummiBear]

I'm extremely picky about food....so therefore I must know what will be on the food when I get it...=/

yep I'm born and bred in the USA :) Jelly and Jam are essentially the same thing to me.....except jam is more of the homemade variety....tastes a lot better :)

[suppleSupport]

Originally posted by Chicken:

LOL... a rather odd combination of peanut butter and jello. Now, I'm all for odd food combinations, but that would just be errrr... gross. :yuck:

:crazy: :yikes: :yuck:

[suppleSupport]

oh me gosh, that is one gigantic strawberry! :eek:

[allan]

Originally posted by Barbara:

In the South, barbecue (sp???) sandwiches are sometimes served with cole slaw on them. Of course, our version of barbecue is probably not what you think of when you think of barbecue.

YUMM!! The only way to serve a barbeque sandwich is with coleslaw...

[Barbara]

I totally agree, but now I'm hungry for one, and it's almost 1:00 am. :(

[Jan]

Okay, what's a barbeque sandwich? :confused:

[Chicken]

Are you referring to 'barbeque' as in ribs, or rib meat? (Or maybe it's beef, I can't be certain). I know that most of the teachers I work with are African-American, and (I'm trying to explain without offending anyone), they call a specific errrr... food or sandwich, "barbeque". As in, "I could really go for some barbeque right now." It's a noun, not a verb (as I'd use it), but not the noun which is another word for 'grill'.

[allan]

Well, in virginia barbeque is either shredded pork or shredded beef cooked in barbeque sauce (not the thick red stuff you see in the store, this one is red, but it is more vinegar based) or just served strait (I prefer it with the barbeque sauce).

Now, my wife's family is from NJ, and when they say barbeque they mean throwing some bland hamburgers, hot dogs or chicken on the grill (as if :D).

[Chicken]

Originally posted by allan:

Well, in virginia barbeque is either shredded pork or shredded beef cooked in barbeque sauce...
This is what I was thinking of (and meant above). This is, "barbeque". Though I don't think I'd want coleslaw on mine thank you. :yuck:

[allan]

Originally posted by Chicken:

This is what I was thinking of (and meant above). This is, "barbeque". Though I don't think I'd want coleslaw on mine thank you. :yuck:

You don't know what you are missing -- my in-laws felt the same way, must be a Yankee thing :D, until they tried it and loved it.

[Chicken]

OK, I'm willing to try anything once, though the Canadian burger incident left me with a twitch in one eye to this day. *twitch twitch*

[allan]

Originally posted by Chicken:

OK, I'm willing to try anything once, though the Canadian burger incident left me with a twitch in one eye to this day. *twitch twitch*

Canadian burger?

[Jan]

Scroll back a bit Allan ;)

These barbecue sandwiches sound a bit um...strange. :p: Now a *barbequed steak* sandwich, with onions and coleslaw, that's what I call a sanger :cool:

[allan]

Originally posted by Jan:

Scroll back a bit Allan ;)


Ahhh...missed it the first time :).


These barbecue sandwiches sound a bit um...strange. :p: Now a *barbequed steak* sandwich, with onions and coleslaw, that's what I call a sanger :cool:

Never tried that, raw onions and coleslaw, or fried onions?

[Jan]

Raw or fried, doesn't matter, although raw is more flavour :banana:

[Dapon]

I live in California and we have some good barbecue but when I am in the mood for great barbecue I have to fly out to Kansas City, Missouri and go to a little barbecue palce there and get Burnt Ends. It is some kind of pork cooked in a barbecue sauce. I love them. My sister works for Southwest Airlines so I can fly out about every other month for free. And I have a brother that lives there so it works out good for me. Now that I am talking about it I am getting hungry and will have to make a trip out there. LOL

[Debbie]

This is the world's largest strawberry. In Strawberry Point, Iowa. I have been there. Very impressive....

http://www.strawberrypt.com/cityhall.htm

[Chicken]

That ain't real...

[interactive]

Originally posted by Debbie:

This is the world's largest strawberry. In Strawberry Point, Iowa. I have been there. Very impressive....

http://www.strawberrypt.com/cityhall.htm


FAKE!

lol. That is kind of cool.

[Debbie]

Think it's fiberglass or plastic. Not sure. When you see it in person, the pits are interesting. It's also about the only thing to see there other than the doll museum. Gotta love little towns. :)

[Chicken]

Oooo, the doll museum! Something that every child's family would no doubt drag them to on a lazy Sunday afternoon, eh? I lived in a small town, but we were lucky, close by was an old copper mine and prison (mining in 1707, turned prison in 1773). It was used to house prisoners during the American Revolution, and later became the first state prison. I'm kinda an American Revolution and history buff, so I found it interesting. You can walk down into the mine to, which is pretty neato.

[Rewdog]

Barbara, what kind of base does alabama barbeque have? Here in SC its mustard base which is good, but I like NC's vinegar based the best.

Here's our local barbeque place, the dude has a huge 30 foot confederate flag waving in all his restaurants:
http://www.mauricesbbq.com/ (the stuff on the near blue blate is barbeque)

[Debbie]

Ewww! I really do NOT like that vinegar meat at ALL. Maybe it's one of those things you have to grow up with or something...

Little town sights can be good. My hometown is this heavily Norwegian place, so there is a whole museum for Norwegian stuff and even a huge "Nordic Fest" every year. We had a cave too, Wonder Cave. I used to be a tour guide through that. Those were the days...

[Barbara]

Originally posted by Rewdog:

Barbara, what kind of base does alabama barbeque have? Here in SC its mustard base which is good, but I like NC's vinegar based the best.

Here's our local barbeque place, the dude has a huge 30 foot confederate flag waving in all his restaurants:
http://www.mauricesbbq.com/ (the stuff on the near blue blate is barbeque)

To be honest, I'm not sure. I know it's not mustard or tomato based, so I guess that leaves vinegar, right? I'm not much of a cook (just ask my son, lol).

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Debbie:

Little town sights can be good. My hometown is this heavily Norwegian place, so there is a whole museum for Norwegian stuff and even a huge "Nordic Fest" every year. We had a cave too, Wonder Cave. I used to be a tour guide through that. Those were the days...
I dunno how long ago that was (that you were a tour guide through Wonder Cave, heh), but if it was quite a bit ago, doesn't it seem almost surreal that you ever did that? I used to bag groceries and sometimes when I go into a grocery store and see some 17 year baggin', I can't believe I did that for a couple of years. Seems like another life...

[thebyp2]

Its funny how you react to previous jobs. i find myself wanting to correct people when i see them doing / saying something wrong. especially in off licences. i get really involved in those places :)