7 British things foreigners don't understand 

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Because they've been brought up properly.

That truly made me laugh! My British husband said the same thing to me! (I'm an American) I worried about no screens and then marveled at the lack of bugs with the windows open. :D

And there's no flies on us!!

lmao

Made me laugh 😂

Probably one of the insects from the housing estates.

Apart from hover flies, that lurk about and chip into your conversation.

@@delroydemontagnac5242 Rubber boat

I knew some very rich Canadians who lived in the UK for a while, then moved to the USA. I was going to visit them and asked if they missed any British items that I could bring? Yes, they said, salad cream! So I stuffed several bottles of the stuff into my luggage and set off. It is not as easy to explain salad cream to US customs officers as it is to Canadians but I was saved by the word "Heinz". Fortunately for me that debate took so long they got bored and sent me on my way before I had to explain what Bisto was and why I had two pounds of it!

As a Canadian I'd never heard of salad cream before watching Fawlty Towers.

Marmite might also work for this.

That's gold. I'm impressed

Cool story.

Exactly. Nobody in Europe has window screens, for example.

Aye I've lived in multiple European countries, and eggs being refrigerated, air-conditioning, above ground fire hydrants, stop signs and the date format are all not a thing for the rest of Europe either... And with regards to eggs if you refrigerate after you bring them home they need to remain refrigerated until you use them, but if you store out they will be fine until you use them also

The same for Australia. So many of the issues supposedly 'different' in the UK are the same in Australia - even Marmite except we have Vegemite. But we DO have fly screens on the windows and doors.

@@johngarbett3022 You have fly screens in Oz because you need them. If us Poms needed them, we'd have them... Simples

Especially when the N. Americans have electrical wires strung all over the place in their towns and cities.

yep - English mustard will knock your socks off!

I’m British and worked on cruise ships in North America for a few years, on my first night, before I joined my first ship I was in a hotel bar( in Vancouver )and asked for a whiskey and lemonade ( the bar tender was a Brit) he smirked and gave me a jack and TRADIONAL, flat, bitter home made lemonade when he KNEW that I wanted a sprite or seven up. As I drank it he said” let that be a lesson to you” still don’t know whether I should have chinned him for being smug or thanked him for the lesson.

Having lived in North America. I can certainly say it never gets warm enough. I wear thermals even when it's in the 80's

Eggs in the UK have a "best before" date, too, but you can usually ignore it. Eggs will usually be fine for a week or two longer than this date. If I'm unsure I'll just drop them into a glass of water and you can tell if they're fine from that (If they sink: they're fine. If they sink but stand upright then they're starting to go off. If they float, they are bad.) We have spaces for eggs in our fridge but in my house we don't use them.

I know neighbors like that they are prick also.

Also in North America... you should question what they wash their eggs in. Europe we believe in using eggs own natural protection rather than using dubious chemicals to cleanse eggs.

Well, I'm not from NA and eggs in my and neighbour countries are not washed AND ARE refrigerated everywhere. So British way of storing them confuses us too

In the UK it is not legal to wash fresh eggs intended for sale as Grade A. In the US it is not legal to sell eggs that have not been washed. A, perhaps non-intuitive, consequence of this difference is that commercial chicken houses in the UK are quite clean, so that the eggs are also clean without being washed (otherwise supermarkets wouldn't stock them). If memory serves me the "don't wash" law was one of the measures introduced after the 1988 salmonella in eggs scare caused by an ill-advised statement made by Edwina Currie, a health minister in the Conservative government. That, and the required vaccination of British hens against salmonella, also introduced after 1988, mean that salmonella is no longer a concern in the UK. Washing eggs before sale may seem like a good idea, but it turns out it's not. North America didn't get the memo. You can still refrigerate British eggs if you want to, they will stay fresh longer.

So true! 😂

I find the hydrants very cluttering, also I think our walk ways (paths) are narrower and thus have less room for things on them.

Fire engines carry standpipes that are connected to the hydrant and then the hoses are connected to the standpipe. Also, construction companies can hire metered standpipes so they can access a water supply when other sources aren't available.

Oldest city in Australia adopted underground hydrants - more recent towns adopted hydrants.Retrofit hydrants now required related to number of people work/reside.Now in bushfire zones, residents have connections, hoses & training to use equipment.Underground hydrant location marked at roadside & blue catseyes embedded in middle of road to reflect car headlights at night

@@kathrynnordstrom5604 The blue catseyes is a good idea I've not heard of before.

Thank you and at last. It’s about salmonella and the British flock. That is it.

You know we used to have them in Australia at Xmas time back in the sixties. Then they disappeared.

oh, no, you wouldn't.

Lol

Punch and Judy,uncomortable scary.

@@grahamhansford2055 Oh, yes he would!

What you did there...I sees it.

Ingenious!

@@Forest_Fifer are you Steve Wright?

You missed out the several trillion types of chutney!

Yorkshire Relish anyone?

Except they joined Europe. And left Europe

@@zapkvr u can’t join Europe & leave Europe, we can’t move the island like lost tv show did

@@zapkvr we left the European Union, not Europe.

Quite right! lol

Well played Sir.

Can't say I've noticed a difference in how they cook when they are cold or room temperature, so I guess it's a moot point if both are safe…

@@rowesk salmonella can still form on the uk unwashed eggs which is why they shouldnt be refridgerated.

I have chickens the eggs never go in the fridge never suffered from them

to the point of being utterly obscene lol

An advantage of British banter, is that we can insult someone, while leaving them wondering if we meant it. If they then get upset, we can apologise, declaring it to be banter, and then they are embarressed. A double win.

Correct 😊😎

spot on

Although when we get home...we put them....in the 'fridge....🤯

@@edmonddesbiens Colonials...nearly 250 years on and they still haven't learned 🤣🤣. Vote George W., vote Trump 🤒

This.

Eggs in the uk should be stored in a cool dry place trouble is a lot.of us do not have a pantry so as the uk food standards agency suggest put them in the fridge. I do as my kitchen is way to warm and above 15c.

@@petermatthews4714 Me too...they keep for longer too.

Did you know that by not washing eggs it makes them cheaper to transport and retail in the UK

Thank you for this answer saved me going to great length.

Hen and duck eggs have what's called a pellical over the outside of the egg. They routinely have salmonella or other nasty germs that can make us sick. That's why European chefs never crack an egg on the side of the bowl as it can get parts of the outside of the shell inside the which contaminates it. Here in the USA we wash the eggs in a mild chlorine solution that kills all the germs but also removes that outside protective layer. That's why American eggs have to be refrigerated. If you happen to have chickens then those eggs don't have to be refrigerated.

That is exactly it and what I was going to say

Which is half true: "Store eggs at a constant temperature below 20°C - this maintains freshness and quality. The fridge is the best place to keep them in domestic kitchens" from the British Lion website. They're not in a fridge in a shop because they can keep a constant temperature. At home with central heating it's less likely, so you should keep them in the fridge even in the UK if you want them to stay fresh longer.

Which is half true: "Store eggs at a constant temperature below 20°C - this maintains freshness and quality. The fridge is the best place to keep them in domestic kitchens" from the British Lion website. They're not in a fridge in a shop because they can keep a constant temperature. At home with central heating it's less likely, so you should keep them in the fridge even in the UK if you want them to stay fresh longer.

Same goes for Germany. Perhaps the rest of Europe too. Not refrigerated.

It's called hen poo.

Try living in Geelong in February. Now THAT IS a heat wave. I've a friend who lives in the desert in Nevada. During the summer it can get to 55c for days on end.

Also Brits: Waaaaah Waaaaah, mask hurt facey

@@zapkvr Temperature alone doesn't make a heatwave. The temperature has to peak at 5C over the average maximum for the time of year for 5 consecutive days to be a heatwave.

Like the song "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun".

How often does our temperature get > 30 C ?

I do have a fridge, but I leave my eggs out. If it's a hot time of the year I will put them into the fridge. However, I never have eggs that long to matter; especially duck eggs. From the farm to the shops it is against the law to store eggs in a fridge. It's up to you whether you put them into your fridge or not. A cold egg taken out of a shop fridge will start to get condensation forming on the shell, and this can be a potential problem with bacteria entering the egg. If someone does not have a fridge at home, not everyone does, this can cause problems if the shop stores them in the fridge. This non-cleaning of eggs by the producer also has the benefit of the chickens being kept in sanitary conditions to keep the eggs cleaner. Some recipes also state that the eggs need to be at room temperature before using them, and it can take 15 minutes for that to happen with all the condensation problems as well. My hand is up for eggs out of the fridge.

Eggs in the UK are clean. Eggs are not allowed to be sold if there are any signs of poop on the egg, these will be sold industrially

Eggs in the USA (I don't know about Canada) are washed and therefore must be refrigerated. Eggs in Britain are not washed and do not need refrigeration. Australia and New Zealand are the same as Britain. Eggs in the USA cannot be sold unless they are washed; eggs in Britain cannot be sold if they are washed. British eggs are safer and healthier.

In addition to the washing differences. The more crucial point is the condition the hens are kept in. The UK has strict laws around disease, the hens have to be tested regulary. If disease is found those eggs will never be allowed into the food chain. In the states (unsure about Canada), hens are allowed to have much more disease- which will pass to the eggs. As the eggs essentially have disease within them, they must be refrigerated in order to prevent the small amount of disease increasing on shelf to much larger concentration. Literally the refrigeration requirement is due to the eggs being allowed to harbour disease to begin with!!

@@derekwright2388 That's incorrect. I get plenty of shit covered eggs. As I don't eat egg shell, it's not a problem.

Tell them to turn it down! 😂🥶

Im really skinny and im not really tolerant to cold. I live in South India, where temperature can vary from 20-38, and i could still wear hoodies in summer. I'm the only one among my friends who hates air-conditioning

@@AdventuresAndNaps haha that’s another fight everyone will loose… trust me 🤣

@@AdventuresAndNaps Or, as I've seen done, tape some pieces of paper to the vent in order to redirect (not block)the air flow.

Have had colleagues who instead of getting the air con to oscillate would wack the temperature down, no good for the poor icicle sat in the path of it

What Alana might not know if the sign tells them how far away it is and how deep it is.

@@riceuteneuer2678 Where I live the local fire brigade also keep note of where they are and sometimes go round to check they are still functional and can be accessed and that the signs are still clear and visible from the road.

@@martinconnelly1473 They're on the GPS maps they have in the cabs of the trucks as well.

A group of people who use these hydrants unofficially and keep them in good order are steam traction engine drivers. They just drive up and fill the water tank sometimes having to put in five minutes work getting the thing freed up and working.

@@martinconnelly1473 They have maps indicating where they are plus surface water supplies like small and larger lakes rivers etc.

Except those very rude flies who have no manners x

Even then, what’s the point of going in if there’s no air conditioning? 😉😁

@@DMGamanda and Spiders!

DMG wasps too. Very badly brought up, no manners at all.

Southern England has fewer bugs but if you go to Northern Scotland (eg Sutherland) there are bugs aplenty. You need a head mask just to walk to the pub.

I dunno, my Merkin keeps my eggs nice and warm…

@@rowesk lol....can we call you Wiggy?

To be fair, the way North American eggs are produced practically demands they be washed first.

@@docostler Cover them with infectious crud, then scrub it off. Great.

An amazing Creator gave us both Chickens and eggs, for which I am thankful, as I'm not clever enough to design or produce either. And as I undestand it, He didn't take nearly so long to do so.

I knew someone concerned that a grasshopper was WATCHING her. She trapped it in a bottle and I released it on a patch of grass.

I always say: "if eggs aren't meant for the fridge, why do fridges have egg trays?"

ok

@@gamingtonight1526 Because fridges aren't only sold in the UK!

Exactly my reason. They get in the way.

@@gamingtonight1526 That's because the fridge follows the american way.

Otherwise known as a back handed compliment.

Thank so much for watching!

One of the main reasons for the eggs things in N. America is that a lot of eggs over there are washed and chlorinated. The idea being to kill salmonella but it also strips off the protective layers on the egg meaning they need to be refrigerated otherwise they'd go bad super quick. We don't do that in the UK and you frequently get egg boxes with feathers in. However loads of people still keep their eggs in the fridge as they last longer that way.

I’d get checked over at the doctors, sounds like you’ve caught Britishness 😉

Lol love your response 😆

Greetings, honorary British person! 😃

Even in the summer months of Australia our eggs are kept in the cupboard or a wire basket. Dependant on the supermarket, sometimes they are in the refrigerated section, or sometimes on the shelves. Strangely though is the fact that 1 supermarket I shop at has them in the "miscellaneous" section with light bulbs, batteries, socks and other random things that can't be eaten. LOL

We still have spiders though 👍👍

I'm lived in England (and in general) for 36 years. I haven't noticed much of a change. I grew up in the countryside. I do notice a lack of insects now that I live in a city, but whenever I visit my mum in the summer, the house is still full of flies, moths, gnats and craneflies. Oh and spiders, but I get spiders in the city, too.

I noticed that about Daddy Long Legs in the last few years

Daddy long legs only live for a few days a year. But when they are about, they let you know.

And moths, in the 60s and 70s there would be loads flying around every light, every night in the Autumn. You see them nowadays, yes, but nothing like the amount of a few decades back.

Thanks for watching!

A friend sent me a link to your channel and now I'm hooked, I love the different perspective and the way you have embraced the culture.. speaking as a Brit living in Spain, married to a Spaniard, I can appreciate how confusing and challenging it can be. Great stuff.

@@AdventuresAndNaps As a Canadian is it easy for you to tell that someone is not Canadian but from the USA - especially if they are from the other side of the Great Lakes?

Me too, I kept wondering what was special about the 9th of November...

My bugs always knock first and politely go away if I don’t answer.

I saw that two. Good points raised.

Excellent idea. Building energy standards have historically been very lax in Australia. Housing energy standards are worse than commercial. I've noticed a lot of new builds now have full insulation in the walls though. Building standards here used to be state based which caused huge problems for suppliers.

Agreed, it’s a great vid

Awesome! Thank you!

And some times you may even get a small feather. 😆

Kent innit they don't stop for no one !

Also the British fire engines carry enough water and foam to put out most average fires.

@@kevanparker908They do carry a massive amount of water, the foam additives don’t need much when diluted with water, they just require a special nozzle to whip the foam up so even for a large fire they only need 10-20 litres of the foam additive

The connection in the pavement or road is still called a fire hydrant.

Where I am in Canada, our fire hydrants have tall poles on them so they can be found in the snow banks.

Not quite true. You are supposed to come to a complete stop for a STOP sign and you could be fined if you don't (like if you break the speed limit); for a Give Way sign you don't need to come to a complete stop if your way is clear.

@@artyonehundred "Give Way" is equivalent to the US "Yield" sign.

Thanks for watching!!

That’s a great call.

I'm going to test this. Not that I don't believe you ;)

Oh yeh gotta have them soldiers ! No matter your age eh, ummmm

It's just a matter of timing it right. I keep my eggs in the fridge for convenience (tiny kitchen) and find boiling the eggs for about 5 minutes works for me. If you like it softer and more runny 4 and a half minutes will probably work for you. Get a timer and experiment to find your own perfect time for your eggs.

@@stevebarlow3154 an old gran trick I was taught by my gran was when you lift the egg out of the water see how fast the water evaporates. If it’s almost instant then hard boiled and then obviously all the way done to forever and completely raw. I think a couple of secs is a reasonable runny egg.

You can sop the yolk up from eggs fried sunny side up or over easy, too.

Yes, this!

This is absolutely true. If you've ever had a boiled egg and struggled to avoid the little snotty puddle somewhere near the yolk, try leaving your eggs at room temperature for a couple of hours before cooking them.

I broadly agree with this list from Raymond but would like to add a few suggestions, including a few 'imports' Branston pickle (or similar e.g Heinz) - cheese & biscuits or Ploughmans Lunch Peri peri sauce - chicken, although son-in-law has it with anything Cranberry jelly - turkey or chicken Mayonnaise (preferable to salad cream) - spoon or squeeze on salads or frites (I know that chips means something else in NA English) Curry sauce - also good on frites Lingonberry jam - meatballs Gravy - any roast dinner ------ A couple of bizarre personal favourites Aubergine pickle - useful for making anything interesting & palatable Marmalade - breakfast sausages ------ I would add that tomato ketchup is also very good with burgers and 'fish and chips', brown sauce is regarded in some circles as infra dig, and wholegrain and especially brown french mustard are milder alternatives to yellow English mustard. Mint jelly is also an alternative to mint sauce. There are also a number of sauces that are just for fish such as parsley sauce and in restaurants a suite of pretentious sauces called 'jus'.

Mint sauce gravy over roast potatoes for me… pregnancy craving 😂

Plus our eggs aren’t washed liked they are in America.

If you didn't put eggs in the fridge in America you'd get very sick, food standards in America aren't that strict

Although eggs don't need to be refrigerated, they last a lot longer in the fridge - as you'd probably expect. If you're using them quickly, keep them wherever's convenient. If you take a while, put them in the fridge.

@@MathewWalls you have to put American eggs in the fridge though as they wash their natural protection off , plus their chickens aren't vaccinated which is another reason they need to go in fridge , however funny enough washed eggs in the fridge don't last as long as UK eggs out of the fridge

All eggs have the potential for salmonella...That's like saying British chicken is salmonella free. Edwina Currie found this out the hard way.

I remember we had signs on buildings saying "FP" Fire point, 20 yds etc.

That's interesting- I was wondering what happens if the yellow fire hydrant cover is hidden under a layer of snow. I always wonder that about lane markings painted on the road too. I know most of the UK doesn't get much snow, but they must be covered occasionally.

Not true. They rot if they are not in the fridge. You can get salmonella.

@@fredmila not from british eggs you cant. british eggs are not american eggs, they do not rot if they are outside the fridge. (unless you do wait a crazy amount of time of course, even a twinkie 'rots' eventually......

Hmm interesting, I'll try bringing my eggs to room temperature before cooking next time.

Yes, i also think of mayo as a tasteless thing.

Have you seen the ones where she tastes different alcoholic drinks? The nap is what comes next. ;-)

She has explained this before, but it's about the exciting bits (the adventures) and the boring bits (which may cause the odd nap, as in theory at least they could be boring).

It's not that, it's because her cameras battery would run out watching her nap

There was a episode on Seinfeld where George started to refer to randomites as "bastard". Happens here in Australia too.

As a Brit I have always struggled with our banter culture. People always misjudging where the lines are, or hiding behind "it's just banter" to be horrible.

Eggs does not need an apostrophe as it is just plural.

Cows does not need an apostrophe either.

@@fionagregory9376 I'll hand my license in to the grammar police, ok officer?

Sooooo.....eggs are in the baking section there because, um, they're grown like wheat or sugar cane or sugar beets?

@@xqqqme because theyre used in baking? quite vital in fact.

Yup!

and the plate often gives the distance to the hydrant so you know which car to move.

@@johnclements6614 The plate gives the distance away, in metres, and the hose connection diameter required, in millimetres. So outside my home is a 2 over 75, which tells the fire service where to look and which hose to grab.

😂

the better you know someone the more brutal your banter is, if they dont know you, then thats an insult

I agree

I never bother refrigerating shop bought mayo as it's made with pasteurised egg. I know the directions on the jar say to fridge it after opening but in 40 years I've never bothered and never suffered any adverse effects.

@@malcolmross8427 So do i.

@Alcogod 😁 I think censorship by the ‘fun police’ is becoming more common now. Bosses in particular are very politically correct 😕. I cracked a Scouse joke on a channel, which being a Scouser I feel I’m entitled to do, and I upset just one person. I looked at his channel, and he’s a Toffee… that’ll be why he doesn’t have a sense of humour 🤣!

Banter isn’t an excuse to take the piss out of anyone. It needs active participation of the subject. I.e. both parties need to implicitly agree it’s banter. If one doesn’t it’s not banter!

@@juliusdavies2005 If you say so! I usually poke fun at myself. If others can’t see the fun in that, then so be it 🤣

@@h.bsfaithfulservant4136 Yes, but do you approve of doing that to yourself?

@@Isleofskye Absolutely not… I think it’s a darn cheek of myself! 🤪

lol

@@gert8439 And spider season.

Someone has been watching Al Murray.

Quite right too🙏

@@billtaylor7070 There are few things more beautiful than a meadow full of funnel spider webs catching the light around dawn. You get more flies when you have livestock, but we still don't have screens. They would not keep them out anyway

Same here

Fat based condiments ?

I think in the 'old days' many sauces could be kept safely in the cupboard because they were so packed with preservatives. As recipes changed so did the storage instructions (refrigerate after opening and use within 6 weeks). These instructions are probably overkill, but I have had the experience of taking an oldish bottle of tomato ketchup out of the cupboard, shaking it all to the top of the bottle and then loosening the lid, only to discover that it was fermented and under pressure. Ketchup shower! I follow the storage instructions now; though I admit to being perplexed by the instruction 'refrigerate after opening and consume within 6 weeks' on jars of pickled onions. SURELY the point of pickling is to preserve food??!

Owwwwwww!!!(good one!)

Air con is so expensive to run. Some people struggle to pay their heating bills in winter, so they could definitely not afford air con.

a lot of american houses are built to cope with the heat, the uk they are built to cope with the cold

Have to agree. We live in Michigan and our July electric cost was about $300, 90% of which I'd guess was down to AC. However in 2017 I lived on Long Island in a house without AC and it was complete torture in the summer months.

I'm guessing electric bills in the US are cheaper than the UK. When I watch American TV shows, every room has lamps everywhere, switched on!

@@MoviesNGames007uk Gas and electricity both cost a fortune in the UK. No way could I afford air con.

They have a high sugar content, which preserves them.

@@jonb3311 Sugar and Vinegar are both preservatives in sauces. Pickles do not need to be in the fridge either.