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Christmas Turkeys & Christmas Dinners

December 14th 2007 00:05

In both the United Kingdom and the United States of America, turkeys are the currently the main choice for Christmas dinner.

In fact, before turkeys became popular in the UK, it was the custom to eat goose. Then during one particular Christmas, British monarch Henry VIII decided to try a turkey dinner.

Now, approximately 93 per cent of the population in the UK will eat turkey on Christmas Day which results in about 11 million turkeys being cooked! The percentage for the US is also very similar.

Of course in Australia, the only turkey provided is usually eaten cold due to the hot summer weather, and not much turkey is eaten at that. Usually cold meats such as ham and pork are the more favoured traditional meats, along with prawns and barbecued meats.

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Food Definitions and Differences UK-USA-Australia!

September 26th 2007 10:51

You might think the English language to be the same world over in English speaking countries, but not so.

The range of variations is quite wide between say Australian English, British English and American English.
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FAIRY BREAD - A Cultural DELICACY???

September 19th 2007 10:14

OK, so here's the story..... something that I, like may other Aussies have grown up with is the simple idea of taking buttered bread and sprinkling it with either multi-coloured Hundreds & Thousands, or multi-coloured Sprinkles.

So we move to the UK, are in temporary accommodation and Miss 5-almost-6 is about to have a birthday. Hmmm, we need something simple and easy for her classmates to share with her on this auspicious occasion that requires no cooking due to lack of cooking equipment, and won't cost a fortune, especially with the conversion rate.

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High Flying Facts on AIRLINES

July 12th 2007 00:25

AMERICAN AIRLINES spent about $425 million on food for domestic passengers in 2001.

In 2001, DUBAI DUTY FREE sold 1,570,214 cartons of cigarettes, 2,003,151 bottles of liquor, 2,909 kilograms of gold, 101,824 watches, 690,502 bottles of perfume, 52,119 mobile phones ... and the list goes on
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