For example, Marmite Crumpets don’t exist. You cannot buy them at the supermarket. To be clear: you can buy crumpets, you can buy marmite, you can buy butter; but you have to assemble them at home.

If you walk into a breakfast cafe, they will happily serve you sausage / egg / bacon / french toast / bubble / squeak (whatever that is). But no marmite crumpets. If you ask them to make it, they will give you a very strange look. It’s not typically offered. It’s something you just have to make at home.

It is unbuyable. Any tourist who comes to the UK to try a Marmite crumpet would need to bring a toaster or an oven with them, or quickly befriend a brit and hope that they have all the ingredients at home.

It’s not a secret. You just can’t have it.

*munches into crumpet thoughtfully, and salivates at the juicy savory delight, whilst staring at you pityingly and condescendingly*

Anyway, what’s something that I could never experience unless I made it myself in your local?

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    3 months ago

    Decent fitting clothes with deep pockets and quality fabrics with the colors i like

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        True, but it’s an important reason for many people to start to learn how to make their own clothes. It takes effort, but one can learn how to do this. And it used to be a very common skill. With today’s junk on the market, we have a good enough reason to start learning.

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          I patch my old socks with older socks, if that helps. And I fix armpit tears with a rough stitch. That’s about it.

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      I’ve only ever found one zip-up hoodie with decent insulation and pockets deep enough that my phone won’t fall out of them if I’m not careful, and you better believe I’m taking good care of it.

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      I had the same issue until I discovered MTailor. It’s all I wear now. A bit more expensive but totally worth it.

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    Marmite crumpets shouldn’t exist!

    What other cosmic horrors are you creating in your kitchen‽

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      we have a chicken stew that we make with barley and oats that sometimes has entire pieces of cartillage in it, if that helps

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    While you can go to a restaraunt/cafe and buy pancakes. I havent found a premade packet version that just needs warming up that isnt absolute shit.

    Give me fresh or give me death!

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    Coffee. I used to be a coffee fiend, I drank up to 12-13 cups a day, and only stopped because it was worsening my anxiety. I live in a coffee producing country and learnt how to make a good cup in an espresso machine, even got all the doodads to make the process standardized and get the exact same cup every time.

    I can only drink coffee made by select hands now. Everything else tastes like jet fuel, and it’s worse when travelling.

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      That sounds like an intense relationship you have with coffee. I have to admit, 2-3 a day and I get palpatations and am unable to sleep. I rarely drink it for the flavour

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        Oh I needed it for college. I was impatient and pushed myself too hard during my last 2 years, some weeks I slept fewer than 10 hours collectively.

        I’ve since cut it almost entirely, and because of that my usual cup gives me the jitters. I still love coffee and would like nothing more than having one in the morning and one in the afternoon, but my body can’t take it anymore (nor can my mental health honestly). Aging sucks, lol.

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      Disagree, mcdonalds does it perfect and I will die on this hill, or fight in this trench. Also their coffee is great. I am not paid by mcdonalds to shill their awful products

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        IMO a hash brown patty from Trader Joe’s is far better if it’s skillet-fried at home with a little bit of oil. It’s also far cheaper if you don’t need to eat on the go.

        Their breakfast steak patty sandwiches though, no place makes it like them and I absolutely love them. I wish they made burgers with their steak patties, but that probably won’t happen.

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    Speculoos and jelly sandwiches. It’s possible they serve that in Europe somewhere, but you could never find that served in the US.

    I’d like to be proven wrong though.

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        Sorry for not being clear, I meant the speculoos butter spread, most commonly Biscoff butter.

        Chunky speculoos spread and strawberry spread is the way to go. I need to try it on brioche one of these days.

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          Ah yeah. I bought a jar of that once, and it’s uh, still in the cupboard as I’ve found the taste just too strong

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    Brother, we have all of those ingredients everywhere. We have a little British store run by expats who could get whatever packaged crumpet you use. Shit, I can make a batch of crumpets in about 15 minutes.

    It’s not like a crazy recipe that needs balanced flavors to be done right. Like I’ve never had a good poutine outside of Quebec. It’s always sad beige gravy with the wrong seasonings or mozzarella or frozen fries or all of the above. It is never right.

    What we can also talk about is local places making local dishes but they do it wrong and cheap or “good enough” and people come from abroad and try the dishes and think they’re mid because they went to the wrong place.

    TL;DR: I love poutine.

    /Rant

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      It’s not like a crazy recipe that needs balanced flavors to be done right.

      We’re talking British cuisine here

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    Stuffing and mashed potatoes.

    Most places have their stuffing way to moist. I want stuffing, not bread that looks like it was dropped in water. Boxed stuffing shouldn’t even be sold. It tastes like garbage.

    Get some bread. Tear it up. Let it dry. Add some chicken broth. Add some seasoning. That means go to store and buy the different seasonings. Like garlic powder. Sage, thyme, etc.

    Then put it on the oven. The moisture comes from gravy.

    Mashed potatoes… Yeah most times people add way to much to the mashed potatoes.

    Edit and for the gravy that means you make a chicken or a turkey you get the broth and you make the gravy.

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    Food that is actually spicy. I know it is available at some locations on earth, but I do not live within 500 miles of any of them. The only place near me that even offers a legit hot sauce is a food truck and that one is still a bit tame.

    I’ve never seen sourdough French toast at a restaurant and it is literally the best bread to use. The texture holds up well to the egg dunk and the funky sourness complements the otherwise cloyingly sweet dish. Even better, instead of syrup I use salted irish butter, making it a savory dish with a hint of sweet cinnamon.

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    To quote a fictional character, Raphael says to Casey Jones from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie;

    cricket?! Youve gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!

    Edit: fixed who said the line. Cant believe i got it wrong!