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1. How do you insert images into a post without using photobucket? I tried using flicker and it did not work. The only thing that worked is photobucket and apparently I can't use that any longer.

2. Is there a British version of an American Biscuit and what is it called? Note the American version of a British Biscuit is called a cookie and the reason we call it a cookie, is well, because our biscuit isn't a cookie.

I was pondering this while watching the Great British Bake-Off...in which they were doing savory biscuits and I thought, I don't like those..then realized their idea of a biscuit is not what I'm thinking of at all.

I have a craving for bread, but can't eat bread...I blame the Great British Bake-Off. Going to try an almond flax roll.

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From:

jesuswasbatman

US pudding is known as custard or blancmange in Britain.

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shadowkat

Interesting, while custard over here is ...sort of similar to what you might find in flan or a key lime pie or pie. Pudding is more wobbly, it doesn't hold its shape enough to be in a pie, and can only be served in a bowl or glass. I have a friend who doesn't like the texture of custard, but loves pudding, for example. Do you have a word for something that is thicker than a sauce, not gravy, sweet, and too watery to be in a pie or won't hold it's shape? Would that be blancmange?

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ex_peasant441

Hang on - what does 'gravy' mean in this context? In Britain 'gravy' is a savoury sauce made from thickened meat or vegetable stock, you would never mention it in the same course as pudding!

From:

conuly

That's mostly what gravy means in the US too, except some Italian-Americans say "gravy" when they mean "red sauce", aka "tomato sauce".

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cactuswatcher

It's kind of how you see things. I always saw custard as a kind of pudding and flan, when I learned about it, seems the same to me. Even mousse, I see as a kind of pudding. The formless, more liquid pudding as you describe, for me is just one kind of pudding, and some of those are put in the little glass holder to set well before serving, which makes them not all that different in texture from custard. Not arguing with your definition. Just saying some of us see it differently.

If I remember correctly ordinary Jell-o brand pudding (if they even make it anymore) also calls itself pie filling on the box! It's only their 'instant pudding' that stays liquid!

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shadowkat

Eh, just trying to figure out if they had a word for tapioca pudding, that wasn't the same as the word used for desert or Christmas pudding. Struggling to explain what I mean. LOL!

Ah, the problematic nature of language...in the attempt to parse out the meaning of words, one inadvertently gets caught up in a debate over whether a mousse qualifies as a pudding and pudding can be used in a pie or not. LOL!

The English language is tricky because depending on the country, region, etc we use the same word to mean many things. And in some regions or dialects, we'll use a different word such as pudding to mean a dessert in general, or custard to mean a variety of pudding, while tapioca pudding is just tapioca pudding. It is important to know what word is being used and why, when reading a recipe or ordering a desert. Particularly if you don't like the texture of say a custard, but love the texture of mousse or plain pudding.