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! 🇱🇷🇬🇧💜👴
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!!
@@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 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 .
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.
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 😅😅😅
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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!!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8gjLBLgQFkg.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 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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
Cheers / slainte...staying in tonight...a certain storm Eunice, preventing any forays out...best wishes from a very wet and windy wirral peninsula....E
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.
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.
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.
two things for me: being bumped into with a shopping trolley, and me saying "sorry" for getting hurt. German comedy ambassador Henning Wehn states that this is the true test to being British. When you bang in to someone with a shopping trolley and THEY say sorry! That shows that they are truly English.
The "taps aff" is a very real issue up here in Dundee, and it's usually the folk who are undressing for the body they want and not the body they have 😂😂😂
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...
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.
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?
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!
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.
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 .
Adults loved our ice cream man unfortunately he died a few months ago. He was a legend and incredibly popular with adults, he was around when my dad was a kid, he was their ice cream man and became mine when I was a kid. Going to be a sad summer not seeing his bright yellow van.
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...🤪
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.
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
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.
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.
I don't go to the shop thinking that people think I'm a thief, but I do go to the shop, thinking everyone else is! XD, that's what working in security for too long does to you :)
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 :)
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.
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!
Hoary for Amanda, yes Jaffa Cakes are Cakes! And the way to prove this is as McVitie's states "Biscuits go soft when stale, Cakes go hard when stale, Jaffa Cakes go hard, they're Cakes!"
