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Love the Royal tradition
Her majesty has more loyalty than & dedication than any world leader
@@bestnational8427 working class will have different manners from the rest.
US has gravy! Sausage biscuits & gravy, meatloaf & mash potato with gravy, open face roast beef & gravy sandwich, chicken fried steak & gravy, and my favorite thanksgiving turkey gravy on stuffing from the turkey.
If you decide to the US again, may I suggest visiting Northern New England. Visiting establishments like The Travelin Lobster in Bar Harbor Maine, who have the best lobster rolls and clam chowder, I've had in years. There are great foods & activities all across New Hampshire, Maine & Vermont.
You've gotta try real maple syrup ice cream with real bacon bits.
Snapping your fingers at a waiter is rude in America also. Wave and call out for them as necessary (that’s why they’re supposed to wear name tags), but don’t treat them like dogs.
Yeah, I don’t recall anyone ever snapping their fingers, just waving.
Yeah, we just wait to make eye contact across the room and do the smile nod thing to get the attn. Definitely less rude. Only impatient rude people do that.
@@joshrees3413 where in the US? Did they snap their fingers? What did they do that was rude? I have heard of other rude things but not snapping fingers.
@@joshrees3413 another question, what country are you from?
@@shellystokes1299 sometimes people have dinner before a show. The impatience may be we have to leave to get to the show in time. Usually people will wave, but I have never seen anyone snap fingers. In the US, depending on how busy the restaurant is, getting the waiter’s attention to know you are finished and would like the check can actually increase their tips. They can get you out and the next customers to the table you just left.
As an American, I don't know anyone that snaps their fingers and I've not witnessed it. I think that's a TV/movie stereotype but I've never seen that myself and I eat out approx 3x a week. As a matter of fact, snapping your fingers at the wait staff will surely get you crappy service.
Lord only knows what they will do to our food back in the kitchen if we did that.
I found that in England they had to use any means to flag the wait staff down. I felt foolish and rude when we had to do that for simple thing like refills; oh refills usually aren't free.
@@bradkeough8073 If flagging didn't work i use to walk back to the kitchen to ask for something. Yeah, it was that bad. I use to work in the restaurant industry and I would never ignore a customer like that especially if you want them to return. i've seen one regular customer tip 100 for service to the lucky server that got him when ever he came back. Yeah, some of these places will sneak that 2 dollar refill which adds up into the bill and you wonder whoa how did we arrive at this amount.
Yeah, I've never seen it in person, but it happens all the time on TV/movies.
I've heard American people in the US call a waiter Garson. Now that's rude to say in any country that I can think of 🤔🤷🏻♀️
Snapping your fingers at someone is considered incredibly rude in the US. It's dehumanizing. The most polite way to signal waitstaff is to make eye contact with them. Or, if one is walking by, simply say "excuse me" and they'll stop to check on you.
Agree! And the clowns who whistle for me like I'm a dog... GRRRR!
As an American, I along with plenty of other Americans think that clicking at your server is Super rude. Most people do expect hospitable service here because the tip pressure is pretty great. People here in the states depend on their tips to live. We all know this, so in a way, we are paying for good service.
Clicking at the waiter or waitress-HUGE turnoff! So rude.
I had a date do that once. I was absolutely mortified. First date and last date.
A service charge? And they complain about us tipping!
I am 54 year old and an American living in America west and east coast both my whole life and I have never once even seen anyone clicking their fingers at a server or demanding service. Not ever. I would be appalled.
Have lived in the Pacific Northwest nearly all my life and I have never once seem someone in a restaurant click at a server. It would be outrageously rude. If I was sitting with someone doing that I would directly ask them what the hell they were doing. The other tables would be looking at you.
So basically in America we exploit the server’s need for basic human needs like food and shelter by forcing them to pretend to be nice to us for a buck.
When you guys come to America I think 95% of the time you go to fast food or chain places. God forbid you go to good quality restaurants, large or small. Its much easier to go to a fast food place (any one) buy a burger and fries and say American food is greasy.
Yeah, Lea and Joel rarely eat anywhere interesting. A shame as even smaller towns and cities are doing higher quality food, using locally sourced food and regional recipes.
And when I have traveled to the UK, if have had many interesting and innovative food experiences.
If you stick to fast-food chain restaurants you are losing out. He more adventurous!
I guess you could say that diner and major fast food restaurants are a bit greasier in the United States than Canada and most other countries.
@@robertsitch1415 Absolutely not in regards to diners. Don't let the name greasy spoon fool you. Diners nowadays have excellent and varied menus. At least in New Jersey
@@AngelA-qi1br to be fair I find the quality of them to be all over the place within the United States and to a lesser extent within Canada. Some do quality food while others just exploit a convenient highway location.
@@robertsitch1415 no you couldn't.
You're always unimpressed by American food yet you literally only eat at crap chain restaurants. We don't have gravy? That's beyond ridiculous!
They're playing up their ignorant stereotypes to generate comments.
@@lavenderoh these two yap for attention.
It’s part of British culture/propaganda to bash, oversimplify and generalize American culture. The media feeds of the deep inferiority complex held by people living in a fallen empire and a failed state. Their media obsesses about the USA to distract the people of Britain of what’s actually going on. Look at the UK’s economic numbers then get back to me.
Remember, there's a large part of the US that hardly ever or never sees snow. And we definitely have brown gravy. You need more time here. :)
No no no no more time here
The US in general is huge, and with so many different climates. Some people get several feet of snow each year, some don't get any. Some areas get severe droughts, while others get flash floods from extreme heavy rain. I had visitied Flordia as a kid and had talked to a local girl about the daily rain showers they get there, and I told her about some of the weather we get in my area, and she was surprised by just how varied the weather can be where I live.
As for the British food, I think that you guys have foods that either sound weird because we don't do that sort of thing here, or that some of your dishes just don't look appealing to your palate. I'm sure it's the same way to you guys over here though. We just seem to like our foods greasier and sweeter then Brits do.
Saw snow once before I was 20, when we drove into the mountains when I was 7. Maybe seen snow 8 times in all. In falling snow just three times. Haven't been in snow in at least 15 years.
@@scottfrench4139 - Dude - no offense, but get a grip. Get out there. To me, falling snow (being common in New York), is a very romantic thing, as it is almost always associated with love, danger or peril, if not all three simultaneously.
No they need to stay out. They never learn anything.
Joel, there are over a million restaurants in the United States, and many menus have dinners with brown gravy, like top sirloin with brown gravy, meat loaf with brown gravy, beef pot pie with brown gravy, hot beef sandwich with brown gravy, beef tips with noodles with brown gravy, chopped sirloin with onions and brown gravy. ect ect ect.
You just made me super hungry 😋 Now I have to figure out what I'm having for dinner. 😀
@@LaShumbraBates Lol can't forget the mashed potatoes with butter and brown gravy! 😁
@@passingthroughtime3033 Definitely can't forget that. 😀
Where shall I begin with the WRONGNESS displayed here?
1st) Everyone here in America does NOT snap their finger when at a restaurant.✅
2nd) We do have Brown gravy here, as well as Southern gravy(which is White in color)✅
I agree. My family lived in South Carolina for five years or so, before we returned home to England. Our experience was lovely - the people, the food, the culture.
@@laravonstaden1838 Wonderful, glad you had a lovely experience.💖
I never see anyone in America snap their fingers at a server. You might see that in very old movies but not in reality.
@@santadavid3320 Exactly
@@santadavid3320 I’ve seen it happen but rarely. Like I can count it on one hand how many times I’ve seen it. But yeah it’s not a common thing at all. It’s definitely rude. Lol
We don’t usually tell a service person “I’ll get a coffee” we usually say, “I’ll take a coffee.” This is often followed by “please.” French people say something quite similar, “Je vais prendre un café, s’il vous plaît.” But they consider it even more to polite to say, “Je voudrais un café, s’il vous plaît” meaning “i would like a coffee please.” Americans sometimes say this also.
Also the servers at the restaurants ask “what can I get you?” So that’s a natural answer.
I say that too or I’ll say “can I have the type of coffee”, “ I would like yari yari”
I always say please and Thankyou love
Even the phrase "Can I get a coffee please?" But never snapping the fingers that's rude. I've never seen that done here.
Depends on the place at the Dunkin drive thru it's large ice decaf with oat milk. That's it. At a restaurant I'll say "I'll have coffee".
A roast dinner seems very American. It's very common in the US. Brown gravy is also the most common.
Brown gravy is common in the north. Down south, it’s cream (white) gravy.
Brown gravy is definitely loved in the South! I’m in Texas and much prefer brown gravy over the white gravy stuff. My mother makes the most amazing brown gravy for Thanksgiving! The recipe has been passed down through the generations in our family. The family roots come from the South before coming to Texas in the 1800’s.
@@santadavid3320 White gravy is not that common in the South. Brown is much more common. Cracker Barrel has white (peppermill) gravy on country fried steak, but most Southerners make it with brown gravy. Sausage gravy, which is also white and contains breakfast sausage is served over biscuits.
@@wesleymartin7114 As a Texan, we would never let brown gravy go near a chicken fried steak. Southerners do have white gravy much more than the Yankees. Many Yankees usually have no idea what cream gravy is at all.
@@jwb52z9 didn’t say it wasn’t in the south more than the north, but in Georgia country fried steak is smothered in brown gravy and onions made from the pan drippings after you fry it.
Threw your eating utensils on the dirty table in front of you?? And you accepted that & STAYED?
I get it that you guys don't care for "service" like that, but throwing my utensils on a dirty table is UNACCEPTABLE on ANY level of service. And this is what you guys are okay with❓❓😂😂😂😂
Get the manager i always say!
@@conniwitzig9523 Pronto
"Tradition" really is the key point about the Royals. I don't know any Americans who really fawn over the Royal family, but Americans who are more traditional respect the idea of maintaining the institution, and therefore are happy that the Brits are doing so. Americans who are less traditional seem to not care about the Royals at all and wouldn't be bothered at all to see the demise of that institution.
Would you please take your wayward prince back?
I think the Royals are intriguing, but definitely wouldn't want that in the U.S. It's nice from afar.
I love the Royals and the tradition. I love History so have studied them quite a lot. Fascinating history there and I love the tradition that they uphold.
It's interesting that you've somehow gotten the impression that we don't have brown gravy here. The white gravy you had is specific to biscuits and gravy in my experience. But with a roast or even pork loin, it's pretty common to use the drippings to make gravy for mashed potatoes or rice or something like that. It's just so funny to me every time it comes up.
I've never had white gravy. Or i may have, but it might have been referred to as a "sauce."
@@kimberlygabaldon3260 White gravy is a variation of bechamel sauce. Americans may add crumbled sausage (sausage gravy) or some other chopped ingredient but it is still bechamel sauce. You probably have had it but weren't aware that Americans call it gravy.
We have more than just One kind of gravy here in the US! We have brown gravy (made from beef drippings and red wine), white gravy (made with sausage drippings and milk), turkey gravy made with . . . Well, you get the idea. That British stuff that comes dried in a jar and then is mixed with water and heated, is a totally different thing!
@@cathyneal415 I'd agree that white gravy is a variation on béchamel sauce, but it's distinct in that it's made using meat drippings rather than butter. It's really a cross between béchamel sauce and gravy. I'm aware that for ease many people use butter as a substitute for meat drippings to make southern style gravy, but that's definitely not traditional.
White gravy needs to have bits of the patty sausage crumbled up and it before it gets poured over top of sausage biscuits... Southerner here.
When Joel and lia come to America, they eat at fast food or chain restaurants. Have they ever gone to a fine dining restaurant? Or a good steak house? Or a seafood restaurant? Or a good family owned restaurant?
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Joel lives on Cobb salads and chicken sandwiches, and lia lives on salmon.
Yes I'd like to see them go to a Ruth's Chris or a Mortons, or to an acclaimed hotel restaurant.
@@nunyabidness5375 Yes Exactly
You do realize they have a life outside of CZcams chanell?
Why Americans say British food is "bad".
You are being judged by other European countries like France, Italy, and Germany, the most visited countries by Americans, where the food is legendary, meals are a huge part of the experience and daily life, and have amazing, well known cuisines and chefs that are renowned worldwide.
So it's not that British food is "bad", it is just being compared to extremely high standards, by a group of people who , when they travel to Europe expect (or are told) that the food there is MIND blowing. So if you just get roast and nice potatoes.... not mind blowing like what you might get in Paris, Rome, or Munich.
You see this reflected in American restaurants; you'll often find expensive "Fine Dining" French and Italian restaurants, but I have never, ever seen an upscale Fine British Dining restaurant.
In touristy areas, you'll often see a fake British pub flying the flag and advertising "fish and chips!" but that's it, basically a tacky themed bar.
But not a nice sit down restaurant, or even affordable chain restaurant like Italian Gardens that specialises in British Cuisine. It's just not considered upscale enough, or distinct and exotic enough (like Italians and their pasta dishes or French escargot and filet mignon).
Roast and potatoes? Sausage and mashed potatoes? Not even thought of as British (and certainly not special occasion, fine dining).
Those things are often offered at all you can eat buffets though.
Actually, don't think I've ever seen you guys do a "normal" buffet, did see you eat at a very expensive one in Vegas I think, but, find a Golden Corral, you will be SHOCKED at the choice, variety, cheap prices, and usually they are carving a roast and always have brats/bangers and pizza and chinese and pasta, all in one place!
And a CHOCOLATE fountain Joel... a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!
That's it! Compared to other European food Americans travelling with the military or the rare one that goes there on vacation have had, it's just bland.
People LOVE the castles and other great stuff in England, but the food is just ... food. It's not exotic enough for people to rave like they do in italy or france.
I am a nurse here in the US. The "above and beyond" service attitudes trickle into healthcare too. I don't know ALL the ins and outs of it, but I do know that patient surveys after hospitalizations, services, procedures, visits, etc, can affect how much healthcare providers and facilities are paid. Poor post-service surveys can cut payments from Medicare/Medicaid and insurance providers SUBSTANTIALLY. SO even as nurses, we're trained on always keeping the patients/clients/families/EVERYONE happy.
I'm now senior myself and I cared for my mother in home until her passing at age 90. Her last couple of years saw several hospitalizations. I was with her 24/7 and saw the full spectrum of the nurses at work, day and night.
Getting on my knees in thanks to the nurses that cared for Momma wouldn't do justice.
When St. Peter finds their names in his Book Of Life, there'll be gold stars all over the page for the consideration and dedication they gave in this life.
@@ea42455 that’s so kind! It’s definitely a calling and can be so rewarding. I’m so glad your momma had such amazing care. God bless!!
I love that about staying in a hospital. It’s what I most remember about my stay. Thank you
I agree. But it’s reaching the point of ridiculousness. As a social worker, I’m yelled at all the time- well maybe not all the time but enough to where I just feel like I’m a punching bag. I know nurses who are literally punched and it’s horrible.
@@gaelliott61 yeah I guess not all patients are as nice as me 😂
GRAVY, omg you guys have got to get over it! LOL! That was one very specific kind of gravy, "white" or "country" gravy that is make with milk, flour, and sausage, usually meant for breakfast biscuit rolls, and often with chicken or breaded steak fritters and mashed potatoes.
Of course America has normal, brown, beef gravy.... we have a LOT of cattle, so it follows that the savory "normal" gravy that you're talking about is very common.
AS IS pork gravy which is similar but lighter in colour, and Turkey gravy, a staple at Thanksgiving of course, which is SO delicious. It also is made more or less like beef gravy.
But the thick, white, creamy gravy with sausage in it is just ONE kind. It depend on what you are eating. If you're eating breakfast sausage patties and biscuits, you're GOING to get white sausage gravy with it.
Beef gravy would be a TRAGEDY with that meal, because it is much more runny and you end up with soggy biscuits and essentially, beef and sausage soup on a plate.
THAT is why white gravy is so thick. It is not meant to be watery so it doesn't soak the bread and meat, it's supposed to cling to but not absorb into the biscuits and sausages. It's almost like another food item and less of a condiment.
And if it's done right, it is SO GOOD.
I totally get when you are expecting one thing and something completely different shows up, that can seem gross. (I ordered a pizza in germany once that came with FRIED EGGS, sunny side up on it!)
But you really should try it again, knowing now what to expect, and understanding what it is.
There are entire restaurants built around it, or restaurants that are "known for" their epic biscuits and gravy. I live near one steakhouse, that in the EARLY morning, like that time some people haven't yet slept but the old people are getting up, like 4 or 5 am, is completley full because people go there to get their signature biscuits and gravy breakfast (and it's great drunk food if you haven't slept!).
It's not what you put in a gravy boat to be served with boiled potatoes and a nice steak.
It's hearty soul food, served straight from the stove to smother some nice crumbly biscuits and sausage (or even hamburger) if you're lucky.
Like barbeque and so many famous American foods, it really began from poor origins. So many people didn't have access to beef, but sausage can be made from nearly anything, and if you crumble the sausage into a very simple milk and flour gravy (or roux), and serve it poured over any kind of bread you can stretch that flavourful meat even further when you're trying to feed a family with almost nothing.
Now of course it's considered a family favourite and dinner staple... I actually rate how good a restaurant is by how good their "chicken-fried steak" dinner is, which ALWAYS comes with mashed potatoes and rich, peppery, white country gravy.
If a restaurant can get this right, then they can do anything. The chicken-fried steaks are flattened to about the size of a saucer, breaded, and fried, and covered in the gravy. Again, if it were typical brown gravy, it would soak into the breaded fritter and make it soggy.
Hopefully you guys will try it again, this time knowing what to expect, and PLEASE do order a chicken-fried steak dinner... you'll love the wienerschnitnzel type fritter, the gravy of course, mashed potatoes, and usually some kind of roll or bread to "sop up" any stray gravy that didn't get eaten with the fritter or the potatoes. It's THAT good, not one bit goes to waste.
It may be the most American meal I can think of, actually, that isn't fast food.
Or totally basic like "burgers and fries" or hotdogs.
Chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and country gravy, that takes actual cooking effort and skill.
Please try it.
They have it at the Cheesecake Factory, and they do it VERY WELL!
Joel prefers white gravy, I believe. 😃
You have me hungry. 😋
Joel doesn't like beef, no way would he enjoy chicken fried steak.
Even if you could get Lia to have a bite, not only do I mean A BITE, but she would say it "tastes like bad for you".
American here , I have had mostly service jobs in my lifetime. I think EVERYONE should work service at least once in their lifetime, they will treat other service employees a lot better. Clicking at someone is just F-ing rude and should not be done, ever.
Americans are definately uniquely demanding of the service people. Especially in Texas. It is very weird in New Zealand to adjust anything on the menu at all.
But they aren't trying to be mean.
In NZ customer service people do not really care.
I live in Texas and I find that we are no more demanding than anyone else from other states. Quite the opposite. Texans are know for for our friendliness. I'm not sure where you were when you had a bad experience, but it is not the norm.
Joel, we have gravy for every meat there is. Sausage white, sausage brown, turkey brown(light brown), pork white, pork brown, chicken brown(light brown), chicken white, ham light brown, ham redeye 🥴, bacon white, bacon brown, roast brown, pork chops brown. The way you get white gravy is by using milk instead of water.
I can't comment on the taste of British food, or specifically English and Scottish, which I hear about the most, and Welsh to a lesser extent. But we have roast dinners as well, and my Grandma made a kot of roast dinners after church on Sundays. We also have brown gravy like the British. Ours come in 2 shades, dark brown for beef, and light brown for chicken or turkey gravy. The constant focus on white gravy is for southern breakfast and dinner dishes. For dinner, the white gravy, known as country gravy is for a dinner dish like country fried steak, and for breakfast, biscuits (American) and gravy. The breakfast country gravy has ground sausage in it. The 2 different brown gravies are for mashed potatoes, roast beef, chicken, turkey, stuffing. You both need to visit more American restaurants, and I suggest the independent restaurants over the chains, as there's not only more variety, but each independent restaurant will not make the same dish the same way. I hate to say it, but the Lost in the Pond channel does a lot more research on the differences between Americans and the British. Even Laurence Brown (Lost in the Pond) knows we have more than 1 type of gravy, and I overall prefer chicken and turkey gravy over country gravy.
The white gravies originate with the French.
I've never had any gravy EXCEPT brown gravy.
Sorry but Laurence from Lost in the Pond (nice guy that he is) doesn't research the UK side of things, going on decades old limited experience and childhood memories; he is generally out of date of very inaccurate about the subject matter, when it comes to the British part of this videos. He does cater more for his US audience, so has to do some research there. Just look at the comments from Brits on his videos and on videos but US YTubers who watch his videos for reactions.
@@Thurgosh_OG yes some of Lawrence's stuff is decades old but it makes it special. I'm not sure about you, but mom made fantadtic, not fancy suppers. All of us have tried to replicate her food (no recipes except for a few items). I love hearing about the mean streets of Grimsby.
Snapping at waiters/waitresses is usually by entitled rude (sometimes wealthy) people. I wave and smile.
If it's just more coffee please i try to get the waiter's attention then hold up my cup. A fresh steaming pot of coffee is brought to fill my cup. Sometimes 5 or 6 times. I only have coffee when I'm out in a diner or breakfast food place.
News: most Americans think the "clicks" are rude as hell. It is the hallmark of "Karen" behavior. Anyone who does that at a restaurant will get the stink-eye from fellow diners, as well as worse service. Have you two observed that often in the US? I don't go out very often, so maybe it's a new thing that needs to be eliminated...
No, snapping fingers at wait staff is still very, very rare in the USA. I can't recall the last time I saw someone do it, and I am in my 60s.
I've only seen it on t.v. shows or movies. Joel's American friend sounds obnoxious if he does that.
I live in NY and I have never seen anyone click for service either.
In England you have to be over the top to get what we would call normal service in the States. I felt rude and embarrassed everytime we had to get the waiter's attention.
I have never seen anyone snap their fingers at a waiter. It's considered EXTREMELY rude.
As an American in the Midwest, I would never say "I want (fill I the blank)" or something like that while ordering food. I would say "May I get (fill in the blank) or Can I get (fill in the blank)? I always say please and thank you as well.
We only make brown gravy in my family.
I don't know where Brits get the idea that Americans don't have brown gravy, we do. We just have other versions of gravy as well.
Give me socialized healthcare every day of the week to assure me that I have at least a baseline of care and that I won't ever be bankrupt due to an emergency or illness.
Do you want to wait years for hearing aids, be refused cataract surgery because you are "old", and suffer in pain with a bad gallbladder for nearly a year? If yes then you want "socialized medicine". Hint: Don't wish for things you don't understand.
Yeah...no. Private healthcare is way better. You don't have to go bankrupt. I racked up over $100K in hospital bills once, and didn't have traditional insurance - it's a medical sharing thing instead. I basically had to pay my deductible, and a few out of network bills. I did have to make arrangements for monthly payments on the larger bills, but it was doable. I wasn't even close to going bankrupt. If you're responsible in making sure you're covered in some way, you don't have to worry about it. Hospitals also have financial aid to help people who can't afford their bills. Since I didn't have traditional insurance, a $45K bill was reduced by the hospital to $4.5K. That's still a nice chunk of money, but it's not going to completely break you. I'm not saying going bankrupt due to medical debt never happens, but usually you can avoid it.
British TV shows... Absolutely Fabulous was a phenomenon. So much so there were watch parties, costume contests, it was SO popular that they wrote a whole series of episodes where Eddie and Patsy had a big adventure in New York.
At one point, they were going to make an American version (I think Roseanne bought the rights), but it was decided that it was already too well known (unlike the UK Office), and any attempt to "Americanise" it just would seem like a low effort cash grab.
It ignited interest in "French and Saunders" also... for a few years the Comedy cable network was showing both shows very often, and sometimes nothing BUT AbFab marathons where it was on 24 hrs a day over a long holiday weekend.
The show even spawned a pop song that was a big hit in America.
That show is just a unique thing that can't be replicated.
Dr Who, Red Dwarf, Downton Abbey, The Crown... lots of British TV is really appreciated in America. And even the news... one US news network used to show BBC during overnight hours, and of course there is the connection between Sky and Fox networks, and a lot of content is shared.
Generally, British Television has always been considered better, edgier, and somehow just exotic enough to be super cool without seeming "too foreign" either.
Benny Hill was a big thing too, years after he was popular in UK. Strictly late night, since America's TV rules are so much stricter, but so funny. Also Monty Python... really it goes on and on.
Americans love British TV :)
Red Dwarf was popular in the US? I never knew that. I loved that show.
And EastEnders aired for years on PBS. That show is nothing new to Americans.
@@futurez12 well popular is a subjective term I suppose, but definitely was popular and well known among sci-fi fans when they had run out of Star Trek to watch there always was Red dwarf and doctor who.
And they both had sizable representation at sci-fi conventions so I think they were pretty well known. Not personal favorites of my own, just heard about them being talked about a lot :-)
Eh, I think British TV/movies have a much lower quality to it compared to American shows - at least the older stuff. That might not be the case anymore. But watching older British sitcoms, etc., it's obvious they're quite low budget.
@@trylikeafool I do agree with that, but as far as Americans being exposed & knowing very popular British television shows... most.. a lot of people are very familiar with them.
Hi guys, I'm an American who lives in the UK (Yorkshire), and I don't exactly think British food is bad. But I would say that most of the quality food I've had in the UK is originally from other cultures like Jamaica or India. Ironically, I think a lot of "traditional" American food actually has British origins. Thanksgiving dinner, for example, is very similar to a roast dinner but has been adapted to North American/Native American foods like squash, corn/maize, cranberries, and turkey. All of which have North American origins. Nowadays, I think it's difficult to say that British food is "bad" because the foodie revolution has happened in the UK just like in other countries with the likes of Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, and Nigella Lawson. It may not be "traditionally British" but I think there can be very good meals to be had in the UK. AND....British baked goods are excellent. Scones, breads, and biscuits are of very good quality. Not to mention all the different cheeses. And the seafood (lobsters, crabs, and scallops). Typical British foods like fish n' chips, etc... are dependent upon the quality of the place you're eating at. I've had 5-star quality fish n' chips at a gastropub in London and shepherd's pie at a restaurant ON the farm where the meat came from. So even "British" foods can be of high quality. The one thing I will say as a criticism of British food is related to the availability of fresh produce. America is a much hotter and much sunnier country than the UK so our vegetable quantity and variety cannot be beaten. Most Americans are used to a larger selection of fruit and veg. in our diet than is available in the UK. This is the only difference I can see. Love you guys. Thanks
American food is the combination of African, European, Native American, and East Asian influences. The British influence is extremely minimal at this point
British food was bland during the war & few years after it became foods were still rationed back then. It’s got better with time & am saying that as a Welsh & British person. Joel & Lia weren’t born yet & neither were there parents back then. Most British people can’t tolerate the spices Komra,Chicken Tikka curry’s will be spicier in India. They lower spice level for Us British people who usually have mild or medium spice here in the uk. As we have a lower tolerance for extreme spicy foods. Most of fish in the uk is good Cod,Haddock, main two available in fish & chips takeaways.
I've heard Cumberland sausage goes down well
@@NicholasJH96 I have heard soooo many British people say American BBQ chips are "spicy" ... In America those are the most popular flavor for kids 😂 I would call them sweet over spicy even. My husband is Indian and he says the Indian restaurants where we live are on par with the Indian restaurants he's used to in India. However that could be because South indians alone comprise about 30% of the population in our heavily populated area. And that's just the South Indians, there are certainly Indians from other regions as well just not as many. I'm a pasty white American with a British dad who loves spicy food, I don't mind spice myself and can handle spicier foods than my mother in law but can't handle the level my husband likes 😂 Also in general Asian restaurants in my area allow you to choose a source range from mild to extra spicy, but at Indian or Thai restaurants that mild is HOT🔥
You know there are plenty of Americans who dislike American stereotype bad behaviors that you two are talking about.
There is always stereotypical British behavior ie, cold rude and arrogant!
A lot of us Americans also order things by saying "can I please have...", so that's not really a British specific thing. You have to remember how big the US is and how different the culture can be in the different regions.
Also, I have never met an American who "clicks." That would be seen as insanely rude.
'Also, I have never met an American who "clicks." ' I doubt if they have, either. Like many anecdotal tales told by European You Tubers, it fits neatly into their stories of uncouth and unsophisticated Americans.
And yet, they keep coming back. They can be annoying at times, I have to say.
I wonder how we are expected to ask for a coffee when the batista asks what we would like to order.
Exactly. Lots of unfounded criticism.
@@sweetangiegirl1Brits are treated very well when in the U.S. They complain when they go home, yet come back here, as you said. Can't win.
I am from America, but have a love for England because of my grandfather was from there…. My grandfather came to America in the 1920s.. when he got old he came and lived with us..my mom and her siblings always had a Sunday roast dinner when they where growing up, my mom continued that with me and my siblings even after my grandfather passed away, so much of what you share about English culture, I experienced to a degree with my English grandfather, I still miss him and hearing his stories of growing up in England.
We definitely have brown gravy! Both in restaurants & at home. I guess it
depends on where you are from. Here in New England we definitely have
Brown gravy& I make it at home quite frequently especially for holidays.
Living in the midwest I use to love eating at those Boston Markets when they where common here.
Much ado about nothing......talking
about brown and white gravy
I’m a Brit and I have found American’s far more friendly. I was in London catching a train to Kent and I didn’t know where the train station was. 2 passers by (that I asked for directions) were American and they were really nice people. I would love to visit America one day 😊
As an American, I can say that I love cool, wet weather. I do not mind the rain at all.
British food.. yeah, most people say it's bad, "everything is boiled into tasteless leather ". Of course, Fish and Chips are appreciated (crispy and greasy lol).
But the grossest well known Brit Dish is HAGGIS. So nasty!
And more savory, immigrant inspired foods, like curry and others, isn't really thought of as "British food" and is very uncommon in America. (But even a small town will have at least 5 Chinese and 5 Mexican places!)
This idea of "English food" carries over to Canada, where it is generally regarded as "bland and simple", compared to the French Canadian/Quebec food, which is of course influenced more by the fine complicated savory concoctions from France.
Britain has so many GREAT reputations, but unfortunately, cuisine isn't one of them for most Americans.
I have always been into British things, so I do appreciate Shepherd's Pie (most Americans think it is an America thing), and my mom made roast dinner all the time... took so much time and effort, bless her. But the tender of the roast and the potatoes (and gravy!) that resulted was sooooo good.
But that's about it, never had bangers and mash although it looks great.
And did have Tourtiere (meat pie) in Canada, and it was also really nice.
I wouldn’t say curries are uncommon in American. Most medium sized towns have an Indian restaurant or a Thai restaurant. Japanese and Chinese have a lot of curries as well.
Haggis is a Scottish dish not British.
The myth about British food being bad is complete rubbish. We have fantastic food. The food in the U.S. is not very good and nowhere near as good as food in Britain. A lot of the food additives are banned in Britain.
I have not witnessed anyone snap there fingers at a restaurant employee in southern Ohio, USA. It's been my experience that everyplace you go in the US is different.
I would never do that and I also ask for things with please and make sure to thank them. That's just how I was brought up.
I wish you two would travel more places to see the diversity in this country. ❤️ Your channel, still love to hear what you all think.
The standard American thing to answer when a shop employee asks if you need help is something like “Just looking, Thanks”…
Polite way of saying leave me alone…😂
Yeah, most of us don't love the royals. We think of them mostly as just celebrities who just won the birth lottery instead of thru hard work or talent. I know it sounds harsh, but that's what we think.
Queen Elizabeth is the exception since we all know she's a badass.
Yeah, Prince Andrew is a royal 💩. Lol.
On British food: I lived in a Scotland for a bit and did a lot of travel. How does an entire country exist without vegetables in restaurants? And no, potatoes aren't a vegetable. One restaurant I went to gave a choice of any 2 vegetables from a list of 5: Chips, American Style Fries, Mashed potatoes, Roasted potatoes, and "mixed vegetables". So no matter what, one "vegetable" was a potato.
Nick - potatoes are indeed vegetables - they are on the starchy side but they contain plenty of vitamins and minerals
Potatoes are not considered to be part of the vegetable serving. But potatoes are in almost all meals.
My mom and I love British TV shows! Call the Midwife, Doc Martin, Cranford, Father Brown, Grantchester, Lark Rise to Candleford, Midsomer Murders, As Time Goes By, Keeping Up Appearances....I decided to watch Midsomer Murders from the beginning; just starting season 16. I've been to London 4 times, all I do is eat and shop at the markets. My 5th trip is in March, Harry Potter tour and Les Miz.
Yes, I think part of the fact that Joel and Lia are so young is why they don't realize some of these things are true for Americans, but these lists are also so generalized that are used for videos, and not just Joel and Lia, that they often get things wrong in compiling the lists. That's not something CZcamsrs can control.
I love watching the old episodes of Don't Tell the Bride. It play nonstop on one of the Roku channels. Clever ideas and a glimpse of the differences in British weddings and the Hen dos.
Good point, guys, we all tend to judge other people's friendliness and manners according to our own cultural expectations. If others don't check off our expected boxes, we need to realize it may not mean much about who they truly are.
As many times as you both have been to the US, you should know by now we have different types of gravy. And your brown gravy isnt necessarily our version of "proper", we have our own brown gravy...thank you😜
I love Brown Gravy over my extra crispy French Fries at the Diner!
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Curious how you both feel about service charges being added to bills in the UK… As an American in the UK, I usually overlook lesser service at restaurants, but since moving to London, find it frustrating when the service isn’t great and a 12.5% service fee is added to the bill. I know you can have the awkward conversation with the waiter to take it off, but not the way I like to end a meal 😂
Most of the time the wait staff do not have the authority to delete the service charge. Note I normally tip !0% anyway in countries where "service" is added to the bill. If I don't use the restaurant again doing that only helps the staff, but if I return and the staff recognize me then I get noticeably better service.
So they basically include a tip w/o the better service?
@@allthatlightning Yes, that is exactly what happens. Except there is not even a guarantee the employees will get all of the tip. Note that I regularly experience good bar/club/restaurant service in Europe when the staff realizes I am an American and will probably tip. I definitely tip well.
Most of us Brits hate service charges as they are a backdoor tip, that might not go to your server and why would we pay it if the service was poor?
So how was the service fee explained to the citizens? Was it Covid related to pay for extra disinfecting between customers? Is it a city of London only fee/tax?
Never heard an American say “I’ll get a coffee” (I assume that’s when ordering?) but I’ve only lived in America my whole life We would say “Could I get a coffee please?”
Of course. They’re making things up. Especially liked the facial expressions used when Joel said this BS. The snapping of fingers was over the top.
We do in fact have brown gravy here. The only time we use the white gravy is when making sausage and gravy, otherwise we use brown gravy on turke, chicken, ham, and other meats, as well as on potatoes.
White gravy also with biscuits.
English cuisine has changed a lot over the years. I remember back in the sixties and early seventies a very bland and very limited cuisine. Vegetable (mostly peas, carrots, and beans) just thrown into water and served. Endless white bread with cucumbers, toast with baked beans (which does taste good, just should not be served 30 days a month and for two meals a day). Also, quantities were quite small, and I remember going hungry (as a kid), as I was not used to eating this little. The British kids were fine on these same rations, so it was my predicament, not theirs. It was weird.
Then I returned in the late 80s and was astounded at the transformation. International food had arrived. Italian and Indian firstly, but eventually every international cuisine you could think of. And it changed the quality and quantity of British food too. All of a sudden, pubs were serving good tasting food, the breakfast sausages at the hotel were not just a flour mixture in sausage shape, herbs and spices actually made it into the food, and grocery stores were full of additional produce that had not been there a decade earlier. If somebody grew up in the UK in 90s and beyond, they would never know how it was, except for maybe school lunches or cafeterias in work places. But then you assume this is just because it is school, and in the end, school food or hospital food can be bad in lots of countries and places. But you would probably not understand why anybody would call British food bad. I bet these comments came from mostly elderly people who travelled years back.
Now I don't know how things will evolve, now that UK is not part of the EU anymore. I hear from lots of grocery distributors who have stopped serving the UK market, and not everything can be grown in glass houses. Or it becomes really expensive to grow it artificially. We shall see, how England looks ten years from now. International food is here to stay, so I don't think it will ever be as bland as it was, but whether British cuisine remains as rich and diverse as it was in the last 30 years, that will remain to be seen.
My grandparents traveled the world quite often. (My grandfather was actually Greek even.) And they owned a very successful restaurant in the Chicago area. But they both thought that British food in general was very bland. The UK was very low on their list of countries with the best food. The U.S. was at their top of the list along with other European countries like Italy and such. But this seems to be what a lot of folks think as you are even seeing in this comment section.
I tried Heinz beans made in the UK as well that are a British staple. And they were incredibly bland and didn't taste anywhere near as good as our Bush's baked beans. (Even though Heinz is an American company and does sell beans in the U.S. too)
They weren't bad. But they we're incredibly boring and were just bean's in plain tomato sauce. That's literally it. The Bush's baked beans we have in the U.S. taste so much better on toast.
Some British staples of course are good. But in general most folks I have personally talked with who have visited the UK and other countries tend to put the UK as a country with bland food.
I have even seen some folks compare it to hospital food that were particularly ruthless with their opinion.
So yeah. It's just that it comes off as boring and bland to a lot of Americans from both Canada and the U.S. But I have heard people from Europe often think the same way.
My Mom would buy Heinz beans and then “ Doctor them up “ by adding brown sugar, onions and bacon .
I've never been to the UK, but I'd agree that the food just looks bland and boring.
I love everything about the UK! And any American who doesn't say please and thank you when ordering anything is a jerk.
Why would they say that? They're not Mary Poppins.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but most Americans don't pay any attention to Brits, or England or the UK. Most of us just think about our lives, our work, our many states for vacation, going to places like Disney world, Hawaii, Alaska, the Caribbean. Brits never come up in conversation.
Sorry, but your comments support the stereotype that Americans (US) are egocentric and care only about their own country. Like many others, I am fascinated by other cultures and have spent over forty years enjoying differences. I only regret that my traveling days are pretty much behind me and that I’ll have to continue my explorations remotely. As for the royal family, I’m mildly interested. I do really admire William and Kate and enjoy their little ones. Here’s to Great Britain and to its history and future of it’s government.
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@@mariandenk8613 Sorry, but the poster is 100% right. If you walk into a mall and poll 100 Americans about the UK, how many do you think will have an opinion, one way or another? 10%? 20%? Because they’re egocentric? Please. They have lives that aren’t impacted in any way by the UK - many have never traveled there, and - horror of horrors - have zero interest. If it makes you feel superior to suggest that is indicative of egocentrism, good for you. Many people would find it resentful.
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@@pacmanc8103 Reread my comments, please. I did not say we are egocentric, but that we are perceived as such. Hey, if you and others prefer to make the US your world, that’s your choice. I do not limit my interest to any single country. I am proud to be US citizen and wouldn’t want it any other way, but that doesn’t detract from my interest in other cultures. I do not feel superior to anyone. I do, however, feel free to state my opinion. I’m not sure why you resent that!
I absolutely love British TV! I'm currently watching a British crime drama called Broadchurch with David Tennant and Olivia Colman. I'm on the final series 3 and I don't want it to end.
OMG, I loved Broadchurch!
Broadchurch is probably the most Americanised UK show you could've Found. It was popular here, but lots of people made fun of how overdramatic and overproduced, it was. If you like comedy, watch Peep Show, which is probably the best, and most English modern TV show you'll find. If you like REALLY crude comedy/Sci-Fi/horror, watch Misfits. I feel like most Americans watch UK shows depicting the stereotypical English upperclass, which is something of the past, and not at all accurate to what this country is really like. I think that's probably to do with the easy to understand RP accent those shows use. An accent used only by about 0.001% of the population here these days, most of whom are related in some way to the royals.
I visited the UK a few years ago and loved it! It was mid-late October and the weather was actually very nice -- I only had 1 or 2 rainy days out of almost 2 weeks and the temperature was pleasantly cool. I enjoyed the food, too! Whenever I visit a different country (or even another state) I love trying the local cuisine. So I had a couple of full English breakfasts, a Sunday roast, fish & chips, and some Cornish pasties. In Wales I tried Glamorgan sausage and Welsh cakes. And in Scotland I tried haggis -- and it was amazing! I also didn't think the service was bad. But then again I'm not too picky.
I don't think I've ever seen someone snap (click) at a waiter, that I can think of.
Whenever I hear someone snap, it makes me think of when I was little, and if I was doing something wrong while one of my parents was on the phone, they would snap to get my attention without interrupting their call haha.
7:35 WHAT is the "dirtiest" British food? I listened to her 10 times, even with subtitles on, and still can't understand her!
Please let me know, thanks!
A kebab.
@@futurez12 I heard her later in the sentence say kabob, I wouldn't really call that British food but the thing she said at the beginning sounded like a bravery or a brat something? Is that a particular kind of shish kabob?
Kebabs are Turkish
@@paulguise698 And? Pizzas are Italian, but Americans consume billions of them every year.
@@futurez12 The difference is Brits don’t actually make the kabobs - Turkish and Lebanese people do. In the US, who do you think makes the pizzas?
I absolutely ♥ British TV. I am just frustrated that the seasons are so short.
Hiya Liz that's the beauty about British Sitcoms, remember there's only 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers, 24 episodes of Blackadder, that's why they don't become stale
You all keep having breakfast gravy and expect dinner gravy. We have four kinds of gravy here, thick chicken gravy, thick brown gravy, thin pork gravy, or breakfast gravy. We have brown gravy, and if it’s made at home or at a nice restaurant it’s so good, and looks like the gravy you pictured.
America has a lot of choice .it’s difficult for me to believe that in general we can’t get something here ….
They had a white gravy which was probably a Milk gravy. It doesn't have to be just for breakfast. I have made it many times with fried chicken. There is also turkey gravy. I'm not sure where they had it but must not have been good.
Never seen anyone snap their fingers myself unless it was in the movies.
To clarify, a gravy is when the sauce and the protein are cooked in the same vessel. Also the white gravy in biscuits (scones) and gravy is a bechamel sauce but the roux is made with flour and the fat of the pork sausage in lieu of butter.
_"We love socialized healthcare!"_
5 seconds later: my dad had to wait 4 years for a hearing aid.
Open your eyes, J&L lol
Socialized healthcare is wonderful for the young and healthy. You don't start to see the cracks until you're old and/or have a chronic health condition.
They're brainwashed
I'd wait for 4 years for a custom hearing aid if there was no cost to me. In the US, medicare doesn't cover any hearing aid or exam. Only private insurance.
Then there's the story of Charlie Gard where the British hospital the boy was being treated at had more power over his treatment than the parents did. They wanted to take him to the U.S. or Italy for treatment but the UK Supreme Court and other legal entities delayed so much that it ruined the boys chance of the treatment being of any potential benefit.
@@allthatlightning Or the story of my life partner. His US doctors took so long to diagnose his meningoencephalitis that it started to affect the his spinal cord and brain. The intravenous doses of antibiotics that finally stopped the meningoencephalitis killed his kidneys. So much for the US health care system. ⚰️
Fawlty Towers was a British show I watched ages ago. Loved it!
We do have a huge variety of gravies. Homemade beef roast gravy, chicken roast gravy, turkey roast gravy are absolute must haves with those meat items, and lots of it.
Hiya Floridabelle, watch the mojo uk youtube channel, Top 20 Awful American Remakes of Great British shows, believe me its an eye opener, I think there's a vlog called Top 10 American Remake of great British comedies, some never got past the pilot episode, I watched the remake of Fawlty Towers it's called Payne, I watched 1 and half episodes of it, give it a watch and compare it too Fawlty Towers, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
@@paulguise698 Hi Choppy. Thanks for the info. I'll look into it. 👍🏻
@@floridabelle Let Me know when you've watched it and give it a mark out of 10, also there's a vlog on Embrace The Suck 21 called British Bands That Didn't crack America, I think there's foul language so please beware of that
@@paulguise698 I think I'm confused now of what you want me to watch, and rate. Payne, the UK youtube channel you mentioned, or the Top 20 Awful American Remakes of Great British shows.
Sorry to be so daft. Lol.
If it's Payne I'll need to see if I can find it somewhere, and that there won't be a fee for it. I'm quite the poor senior.
I’ve been living in America for almost 25 years now and I’ve definitely had a few Americans say they don’t like the food in England, but when I ask where they ate at it’s usually in a pub. If that’s what they’re comparing the food in America to, no wonder they don’t like the food!! Pub grub is alright, but it’s not the best. Most Americans I’ve met love us Brits and always say how much they love British tv, particularly Keeping Up Appearances!! Most Americans love the royals, they just don’t understand the concept of having a royal family who we pay for with our taxes, but I educate them on the work the royals actually do and that they don’t just sit all day on a throne doing nothing. It’s definitely true that many Americans “before” Covid were totally against socialised medicine, but during isolation when many people lost their healthcare due to being unemployed they started to come around to the idea that socialised medicine is actually a good idea, because it was on the news everyday about how in the UK people didn’t have to worry about the cost when they went to hospital. You also have to remember that the states are so varied that you can’t really lump all Americans in one basket. It’s more appropriate to mention the state you were in before talking about an experience with an American, because I’ve never once seen any of my American friends nor any other American around me click their fingers at their server. I also can’t think of a time in England when I’ve had bad service and I go home regularly, but home for me is well away from London. Although, I’ve been in London in recent years and found the service to be great. There was one time though when my friend from Guyana (who is a US citizen now), but also having lived in the US for 26 years, kept going on about how slow the service was at a restaurant we were in and I had to tell her to relax, because in England we go out for the evening when we eat, we’re not just there for 40 minutes and rushed out again. I know that if I’d had any of my other American friends with me they would have appreciated not being rushed and found it a refreshing change. Going back to how different things are in each state, so many things about Americans shouldn’t be generalised, in New Jersey and New York people are so much more abrupt and impolite than they are outside of the tri-state area. In Florida, Iowa, Colorado not to mention many other states the people are so much friendlier. New Jersians and New Yorkers take some time to grow on you, but after a while you get to know and understand and love them!!
re : British service
In my experience, even at expensive places, the service was poor.
My wife and I were in an expensive hotel in the Mayfair section of London (she was on a work trip, and they put her up in a VERY expensive hotel), and we had some problems with the room. When we spoke to the front desk, they acted like we were lucky to even be there, and took days to resolve a fairly important issue, that would have been resolved in an American hotel in minutes, or at worse, a couple hours.
As for the socialized healthcare the four year wait list for a hearing aid says it all.
The first time I came to the UK, I was absolutely terrified. I grew up hearing that Brits were cold and distant. As my tour went through England and Scotland, I watched the locals closely. Finally I figured out it wasn’t true.. and that I just had to look and listen more closely . The sense of humor is different, and often a bit more rowdy, but very funny.
Hey guys! Thanks for another fun video :) Yes, there are scientific studies on politeness, you may already know that, the discipline in charge of this is linguistics, more specifically pragmatics. Each linguistic community has their own politeness strategies, therefore judging other people's linguistic/pragmatic/sociolinguistic behaviour on the grounds of your community's perspective is just unfair and an impossible task (it's interesting to see the reactions of each side though, but beyond that, there is no better or worse on this issue I'm afraid). You will never be able to determine which option is most appropriate as there is no universal/neutral way of behaving sociolinguistically. You may already know all this. However, I wanted to share it with you guys :)
I assume if one goes to good restaurants in either Britain or the U.S. one would get delicious food. In the U.S. you can get decent meals at chain restaurants, like The Cheesecake Factory, but there are many privately owned restaurants that have really wonderful food in every state. Oh, and we do have gravy in the U.S. We put it on turkey, roast chicken, beef roast, potatoes, etc. Yum!!
We cannot stand Harry and Meghan! And the rest of them are getting pretty close to that level of disgust, except for the Queen. She's had to put up with a lot.
I can tell you exactly why Americans hate socialized medicine. Because of the long wait times, and the incentive your doctors have NOT to treat people! If they refer too many patients for further treatment, they are penalized in some way. This results in people being given tylenol for a condition which will become terminal if not treated within a certain period of time. Often, the wait list far exceeds that window.
I've never been annoyed with Brits, unless they come here and complain about our culture in general, or especially our Constitution and the First Amendment, The Bill of Rights, etc.
I knew a woman who moved here and had nothing nice to say about Americans. All day long, i heard her insulting us. She seemed to be here to "teach us the error of our ways," and promote socialism, and toward the end, i wished she'd just go back to the U.K.
People from the U.K. are not the only ones who do this, however. I can't imagine going to someone else's country, and then insulting everything they do, (and if I did, I'd expect them to tell me to go home).
Prince Harry
Get him out of here.
I am a US citizen and I have loved British TV for forty-five years. The two times I visited the UK I had stellar service at every restaurant and pub I visited with one exception. My wife and I stopped at a restaurant in the north near where Monty Python was filming "The Holy Grail", and they visited a restaurant that inspired "Fawlty Towers". I am convinced it was the same restaurant. The owner was the epitome of Basil Fawlty.
You can't actually see well in a real blizzard. Often white-out conditions, where you literally can't see to drive. I love the Royal Family, with the exception of the 2 who left.
I love British tv and most British food but I did live there 3 years. Yes we do have gravy, all kinds of gravy. As a kid we used to have a beef roast every Sunday or a roasted chicken all with gravy!
I had always thought England was a snowy, foggy place from tv, movies and books. It was back in the 90s and it was so hot and I think it only snowed once.
Not very often you hear of someone being on a waiting listfor health care or equipment in the US.
Hiya Ramona, watch Top 20 Awful American Remakes Of Great British shows, I think there a vlog called top 10 Remake of Great British Comedies, I watched the Remake of Fawlty Towers its called Payne, I watched 1 and half episodes of it, compare it to Fawlty Towers, you'll be mildly impressed, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
We have brown gravy. I never had white gravy until I moved to the south but I grew up on brown gravy and mom made roast beef frequently and usually on Sundays.
If you go into a restaurant/ coffee shop they usually say hello what can I get you or what would you like. Then most people I know would just say what they want (example: large coffee double double)
Versus in the UK, where people aren’t typically asked by the cashier at a fast food place.
Joel: I want to be a lady in waiting.
Me: cracking up, 😆😁🤣
I'm in Texas, and I grew up with a roast dinner with brown gravy most Sundays. I've visited the UK and didn't really notice a difference in what I would get for breakfast from my grandfather and what was served at the hotel restaurant. And you complain about American food being greasy, have you had a pork pie in York? I realize you are just playing with stereo types and not really trying to expand your knowledge or the knowledge of your audience, but I guess you are still making bank, so you don't care.
British comedy is huge over here! PBS which is a public broadcasting station in the states carries classic British comedies. And yes Days is still going.
Back in 2002, I was in London and Oxford and had the best time. No complaints at all about the food. The people were nice to me. One thing I noticed was how quiet they were on public transportation, reading or just looking out the bus windows. Even in the tube, not many were talking. The second trip was in 2014. I really enjoyed the hard ciders and meat pies. I was delighted to have cooked red cabbage like I had as a child since my parents were of European background.
I saw a condom machine in a men's room in a pub. It said something like approved as effective by HRH. Someone scratched into the paint "so was the Titanic"! I laughed so hard I thought I was going to choke to death!
Here's what I don't like, you put the Day then the Month, then the Year.
Smaller to bigger, it makes sense.
It’s funny you should say that, because in every other country in the world, outside the USA, that’s the way it’s done. Only Americans (US variety) put the month first. It confuses the hell out of everybody else!
I’ve always ADORED British TV. Torchwood, “Farty” Towers, Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances❣️❣️❣️ Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding😋 Whirled Peas😋 Clotted Cream😋 I always envied your socialized healthcare.
Unfortunately, the sitcoms are the majority of the British TV Americans ever get to see. Not all of us can see their crime dramas or thrillers because even most PBS stations won't show those.
Hiya Brent, I don't like Roy Clarke comedies (I wouldn't call them comedies), once you've seen Keeping Up Appearances and Last Of The Summer Wine (aka 3 old men) you've saw 1 of them, you've seen them for the next 20 years, because they never change, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Bottom is a great show and mr bean and the young ones
First off, I'm glad you visited Philadelphia. I grew up there. Bob's Diner is in my old neighborhood. I hope you enjoyed your time there! Lia is absolutely correct!!!! Us Yanks love British TV, especially crime dramas! One of my favorite comedies is "Lovesick" (formally known as Scrotal Recall) It was a brilliant mix of outstanding comedy and a British Rom Com! When I was in the US Air Force I was stationed in East Anglia. We were surrounded by villages and I found the people very friendly. At first they seemed "stand offish" until they got to know you. I guess it was a result of so many Yanks that would pass through the area. After they got to know you, they considered you mates. They seemed to warm up when they poked fun at you and instead of taking it personally, you laughed along with them and did the same back. When I visited London, (one of my all time favorite cities), to me the people who worked in the shops weren't rude, they were just used to working in a very crowded city. Talking about the accents could fill a book! It was so interesting to learn how many different accents were spoken in a small country (as Yanks think of the UK). I met a girl from Manchester and absolutely fell in love with her accent! Now if I can only get my American wife to speak in a Manc accent! BTW, I'm still addicted to HP Sauce!
Joel, you don't know what you are talking about. America has over a hundred kinds of gravies, we have many kinds of brown gravy, hunters gravy, mushroom gravy, marcella gravy, turkey gravy, pork gravy, chicken gravy, Au jus, just to name a few. Americans love gravy and we eat it all the time. Joel you need to eat some real American food, aside from a cob salad or a chicken sandwich.
Neither of them do, but she follows his lead.
1) I've never said, "I'll get a coffee" in my whole life.
2) Clicking fingers at a waiter is considered rude in the U.S., so your friend is just rude.
3) Tons of Americans like British TV, and have for decades.
4) There's no uniform opinion about British food among Americans.
5) I discount your opinions about American food, because you do too much fast food when you visit. Plus, we keep telling you to go to bread bakeries for decent bread, but you never learn. You just keep complaining about grocery store bread.
6) Royalty was part of the feudal system and it was not wonderful for peasants. And they still secretly consider you peasants. Who wants to be a subject?
7) Most democrats want socialized health care, and most republicans don't. The biggest objection is the waiting periods will increase.
8) I'm not under the illusion that Brits are more polite than Americans. The worst thing about some Brits is their (subtle to overt) snobbery toward Americans, and not really understanding our culture.
The crazy and confusing thing for me is that I was born and raised in the Southern US and still live here and I grew up on white and brown gravy. White gravy for me was a breakfast gravy that, a lot of the time, had breakfast sauage crumbled into it ans you poured it on top of fresh buttermilk biscuits. The brown gravy was a dinner gravy that you either simmered some good meat in and then you had it to put over your mashed potatoes (taters 😉) or rice or whatever you wanted. I never knew life without both gravies and always homemade. By the way... my hubs is Welsh and he is bringing me to the UK for the first time in my life in September. I have treated him with some proper, good southern food and other foods as well. I have also made a LOT of British food for him and I actually love it! I am one of those Americans that LOVE the British culture, but do have a somewhat hard time with a seemingly cold nature of some Brits. But my hubs... he is Certainly not a "typical stereotype" British as he is ALWAYS smiling, even in his sleep. He annoys me... haha! Anyway... God bless, y'all!
In America if the server isn't checking in on you immediately and then several times throughout your meal and anticipate when you need a refill on your drink, they could get fired or not get a tip. Restaurant owners are allowed to pay servers only a few dollars an hour and they must make up for that with tips. That is why the service is so good most of the time.
As I've commented so many times over the years, you two need to get out of the major metro areas and actually see the rest of our nation. It's as wrong as us going to London and think that we know about the UK.
No offense, but seemingly, you still don’t get it. The examples you give of the American norm are not justified, Rather, they are basically exceptions to our rule. I have never heard anyone say, “I’ll take a coffee!” In the way you describe. “I’ll have a coffee” in an even tone is a standard way of placing an order. Also, come on you two…why on earth would you say that we don’t have gravy in the US? The white gravy that you describe is popular in the South, but certainly not indicative of American gravy. I must say, I don’t recall ever seeing you order anything that would include gravy. Sometime in your travels to the US, try a hot roast beef sandwich. We also have Sundays roasts. Gravy is part and parcel of that meal. I really wish that you could spend time with American people eating good old home cooking rather than restaurant fare. Your video today should have been titled “What Brit’s hate about the things American hate about Brits.” 😊
Even KFC has mashpotatoes and gravy and it’s brown ..
@@arunsalwan8558 Even Popeyes too and that’s a spicy gravy.
I do believe he would like to be a lady in waiting. He has all the mannerisms to be really good at it. 🤣
Culturally Americans have brown gravy especially for Thanksgiving and other major dining occasions. The “white” gravy is NOT traditional for most Americans (it was more of a regional thing). There are other types of gravy but brown was the traditional type.
I'm American, and I would, absolutely, clean up after myself if I spilled! I would never expect extra special attention, just bring my food the way that I ordered it and check to make sure I don't need anything else a couple of times during the meal. Do that and you will definitely get a 20% tip! And I have never, EVER, snapped my fingers at the wait-staff! EVER!!! Please tell me who does that???? It would be extremely rude to do so, even in America! Also, my husband and I love British tv. We specifically look for British tv shows and dramas! As for British food, I've never really tried it so can't comment. I would LOVE to try it though! And we do have gravy in America! We don't just do white breakfast gravy, we do brown dinner gravy with our roast and mashed potatoes and it's amazing! Especially with peas! Next, the weather, I live the the Pacific North West, Oregon, and we had rain and cold weather all the way through June this year. So very similar. And it's the same here as far as the snow! If we get two inches the schools shut down! LOL Now....for the royals......LOVED princess Di.....but Harry and Meghan over here acting like they have a clue about Americans is just ridiculous and makes me literally roll my eyes and want to tell them to shut it. And that's all I will say about that.
Missing from this list: British people talking about American politics.
When we say "I'll have a" it's followed up with a thank you. Our politeness comes at the end of the sentence and not the beginning.
Lia reminds me of Eliza Doolittle.
Hello, American here. 'Peep show', one of the best comedies of all time. Apparently, 'Monty Pythons flying circus' was supposedly more popular in the states than the UK. I was a big MP fan when the show first aired here, and it was on right after Saturday (SNL) night live during the mid 70s.. Sort of a comedy bonus after enjoying the comedy of future stars such as Belushi, Akroyd, Radner, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin and so forth. I believe that a large portion of US citizens really like British TV.
Beans on toast ... mushy peas ... Marmite ... enough said ;)
There is a lot of brown gravy in the US.
You asked for a study; I know there’s a theory of positive versus negative politeness.
Negative politeness is deferential to a person and his/her personal space or privacy. I think you see this more often in big cities or crowded places. The idea is that you don’t want to go into a strangers imaginary bubble and rob them of their privacy. For example, you don’t talk to someone on the elevator because perhaps they are deep in thought, distressed, or just not feeling like talking. It’s a recognition of people’s personal space. You see this in the United States in New England in New York a lot. People are far less likely to talk to strangers or look at you in the eye. They are trying to be polite by preserving your space, both mental and physical.
Positive politeness is the idea that you never want someone to feel like an outsider or a stranger. I think this is more common in places that are rural and spread out where most people know each other. It feels like you’re reaching out in kindness so that no one ever feels stupid or out of place. I think you see this more in the American South and West, where people will look at you in the eye and say good morning because it’s an acknowledgment of your humanity.
I think some Americans get annoyed when BRITs make fun of the positive politeness because it does come at a certain personal sacrifice. Putting yourself out there can be humiliating and embarrassing, but you’re willing to do it in order to make someone else feel comfortable. When Brit’s chalk this up to being stupid or uncouth, it can elicit a lot of eye rolls from Americans, and the thought “ OK UK, we get it. You’re very very cool.”
I’m not sure Joel and Lia would understand your thoughtful comments.
@@pacmanc8103 haha
Your outro was particularly well-choreographed! Joel started to speak then you both chimed together with “thrice-weekly”, then Lia took the reigns and continued onwards. Very well done.
I think politeness is surface level, and doesn't necessarily equate to kindness or caring. I don't get Brit humor (I think because continuous sarcasm isn't my cup of tea), but I do really like some tv shows. Luther was an incredible series, and I like the more modern Brit tv shows. Never really had British food (only the American equivalent), but I have had some biscuits as you call them, and they were delicious. We have brown gravy, I swear! The weather in England is definitely not for me (Florida girl who loves heat), but wouldn't deter me from a visit! I'm not a fan of the RF from the stand point that they cause too much drama in the media, and all the Harry and Meghan hate is really overwhelming and gross. So maybe it's the Brit media and commenters I'm not a fan of....anyhoo...love the two of you!
Not me. I love British Culture and British People. They are one of our biggest allies 😀😸☺ There's another British couple here on You Tube I subscribe to The Beesleys from Jersey. The sweetest couple and they love the US and are always very respectful 😀 I guess these two are just stereotyping us☺
Wrong. Canada is the US's biggest ally.
I have visited London and Edinburgh several times plus a couple of days in Canterbury. Also been to Dublin five times. I have lived in nine (9) countries on four (4) continents in addition to the USA plus have visited many more. I have not lived in the UK or Ireland.
I don't recall getting bad service in a restaurant/club/bar in Britain or Ireland. I have NEVER snapped my fingers to get the attention of the staff. That is rude everywhere I am aware of. Even the food was generally good - with the exception of a restaurant in central Dublin where the fish & chips was almost tasteless + greasy. It was my first meal (lunch) the first time I visited Ireland and I was glad it was a one-off.
Regarding the weather, I have visited Britain in all four seasons and Ireland in Winter, Spring & Fall. The weather was what I expected and I was also prepared with the appropriate clothing & accessories. The only time it was an issue was on a trip to the UK in late July when there was a "heat wave" with daytime temperatures above 35C and the a/c in my hotel went out at midnight. Changed hotels the next morning.
Most Americans do NOT dislike the British royal family. Most of us also don't really care about them, but there definitely are Americans who follow them as fans.
Americans who have zero experience with socialized medical care think it's a great idea. Your description of having to wait four years for a hearing aid is a good, realistic example of why. My wife needed gallbladder surgery, and in Canada (socialized medical care) it's a nine month wait for the surgery. She had to wait three days for the surgery, but that was because they wanted her to start on antibiotics. It cost us $100 (Blue Cross deductible).
She also had cataract surgery. The wait was a week because she saw her ophthalmologist on Tuesday and he only did the surgeries on Wednesdays but he did not have a vacancy until the Wednesday a week later. It cost us zero (Medicare + Medicare supplemental insurance). In the UK prior to COVID-19 the wait for cataract surgery was 18+ weeks. Since COVID-19 started the wait time in the UK is at least nine (9) months.
Always, always, always get travel medical insurance which also covers any extra costs to fly home if necessary. True no matter where you travel to unless you are certain your home medical insurance will cover you there. My American Express card provides it as a benefit.
Love ya'll! I've watched British TV for years and years. I'm currently binging Wake The Dead. I also love eating at a pub in the UK and a proper cider on tap!! Planning on coming back this fall, (haven't been in the fall yet). Always bring a good rain coat. ❤️