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Today I learned:

- That the product being sold as “american” ginger ale at Sainsbury’s is, in fact, nothing like american ginger ale.  American ginger ale is exactly the same as british ginger ale, AKA Schwepps.  (Which is Canadian but you get my point.)

- One cannot mash chickpeas with a fork.  If the recipe says you need a food processor, it probably means it.

What did you learn today?

When one says squash in the UK, they are either referring to the sport known in the US as raquetball, or this.  It’s condensed juice.  You put it in a glass and add water.   The concept of kool-aid is lost on the brits.

My husband likes apple and blackcurrant squash.  I don’t think it tastes great but it’s not awful, either.  We don’t have blackcurrant as a flavor in the states, preferring grape almost universally.   I am finding quickly that blackcurrant doesn’t taste bad, but smells vaguely like cat piss to me.  (Sorry.  There’s just not a nicer way to say that.)

Last week, my husband was talking to me and I stood up and started smelling the cat’s bed on the floor near my desk, convinced she had made a mess of it.   Turned out he had been drinking squash just before he came into my office.   This is not an infrequent mistake my nose makes.

When one says “squash” in America, this is what they are thinking of.

for the record:  hot cross buns = cinnamon raisin toast with a frosting X on the top.

carry on.

thing one:   my transformer has issues and keeps almost melting whenever I plug it in.  therefore, I can’t charge my camera.  therefore, lack of photos.

thing two (much more important):  I am about to eat my first ever hot cross bun.