It’s Edinburgh fringe festival it’s the largest arts festival in the world. People from across the world bring their comedy 🎭 fire throwing ,musical performances , magicians, dancing, theatre performances, We also host the book festival that authors promote their books . And the military tattoo is on up at Edinburgh castle. It’s on for three weeks within august. When this is happening pubs are open until 3am and clubs are open until 6am. It’s ending this year on the 28th of august it ends with fireworks from the castle.
Cakes go hard when they go stale. Biscuits go soft when they go stale. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!! I _love_ Jaffa Cakes, but just the original 'orangey bit in the middle' flavour - not other flavours.
Stargazy pie isn’t a uk dish, it’s a pie that originated from a small fishing village in Cornwall, for a specific festival. You won’t find it anywhere else, and I don’t know anyone who has actually seen or tried it.
@@krissyg7026 It doesn't have to be available all over the UK, it's still a UK dish. You get how Cornwall isn't all over the UK but it's still a UK county? Well, that is a UK dish because it's made in the UK.
In 2007 Mark Hix produced his take on the dish for Great British Menu. Served at the British embassy in Paris. Actually, I've just had to look this up as the memory is failing. Rabbit and crayfish stargazy pie. The French won't have seen that one coming. 🙂
Like 'Bonfire Night' or 'Guy Fawkes Day' comes around every 5th of November; Stargazy Pie is traditionally made every 23rd of December in Mousehole (pronounced MOWsul) in Cornwall, to celebrate 'Tom Bawcock's Eve'. So yes, I agree its NOT a UK wide festival, but its still in the UK and has a LONG history behind it. TBH its only made on one day of the year, but so is Chrismas Dinner or Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Competition etc.
The tv license was basically netflix 100 years before netflix, its a great thing. Since there only was a few channels in the early days the british broadcasting coporation was created as a national service. You pay a subscription called a tv license and get all the programming including radio and other services completely ad free. This is why uk people are used to less ads because the BBC wasnt allowed to run ANY ads at all or even show product favouritsm. The uk version of the muppets for example has an extra 2 minutes every episode for british viewers only due to there being no ads for us. This extends to radio too, most brits are used to ad free radio, im sure as an american that sounds crazy. The bbc creates all its content using the tv license money and their goal is to create shows that entertain and educate the public, theyre heavily scrutinized by regulators too. You should watch some videos about the bbc and how they work, theyre one of the best media companies around imo.
I imagine some other bastard has answered this, but it's late at night and I can't be bothered to scroll down the comments. Why the TV licence? So you don't have to watch adverts on BBC TV. Or listen to them on BBC radio. Well worth the expenditure.
It makes sense when you consider the "Britishness" of the alternate meaning. EG : Tom Tit is UK slang for ... A Shit. So there was probably a Sewerage Farm down there at one point in its history. How about the police Station in Lincoln on Letsby Avenue ? (Lets be Having You was a famous "You're Nicked sunshine" style quote). And that's without going into what Grove Street was originally called.
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. TV licence is only for BBC Chanel’s not for ITV and partners because they are funded by advertising whereas the BBC is not or never used to be as I left the UK in 1970
The TV Licence costs around £14 per month, you get AD-FREE Live TV on all the BBC Channels and an AD-FREE Streaming service. I've had issues with the licence over the years but for me the one thing that keeps me on side is that I like the fact that there are no commercial interests interfering with the content being produced. I think it's a bigger problem in the US where advertisers can threaten to pull advertising if the broadcaster does something against their commercial interest. I know the BBC's news and current affairs have been influenced too much by government threats in recent years but I'm still happy to pay this when compared to my Apple+, Netflix subscriptions.
Srargazy pie, someone must have dug that one out of some obscure recipe book,because,I'm sure it does exist,but until recently I had never heard or seen it and I'm 61❤
I used to love Bonfire night as a kid! We’d always do penny for the guy - you’d make a ‘guy’ with old clothes stuffed with newspaper and basically take it out on the street and ask the public for money. You could make a little fortune on a good night 🤣 then at the end of the night you’d burn the guy on the bonfire! And you’d have fireworks, dookie apple, and a nice beige buffet tea! Ahhh happy days….
TV LICENSE IS TO WATCH TV MEANING ALL STATIONS THAT SEND A SIGNAL OUT AND UTS DONE TO STOP PIRATE TV COMPANIES BUT ALSO FUNDS THE BBC AND OVER 100 STATIONS WHICH I THINK ITS GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY AS BBC MAKE THE BEST TV SHOWS ALONG WITH ITV, IN FACT MANY AMERICANS ARE WATCHING BRITISH TV OLD AND NEW NOW, MANY REACTORS ARE TOO
@@elemar5 DOHH. WELL IF YOU RECORD BUT YOUR NOT THERE YOUR STILL GONNA WATCH IT ! GIT IT SO YOU NEED TO PAY LICENCE FEE TO RECORD IT TO WATCH IT,TRY DOIN IT YOUR WAY ROUND WITH NETFLIX,WATCH IT THEN DONT PAY FOR IT
Pilchards are pronounced 'pilchards' not "pilcharrds" and they are just small sardines. (Or vice versa - I always forget which is the _adult_ fish! One is the younger fish of the same species...as far as I'm aware! 'Pilchards' are young 'Sardines' _or_ 'Sardines' are young 'Pilchards' - Google should know?!)
@@elemar5 The note was only that pilchards are not pronounced pil_charrds as Alanna's strong Canadian accent indicated. I have no speech impediments, nor did I intend to say that Alanna did.
@@brigidsingleton1596 As you've typed "pilchads" I assume you have a speech impediment as there is an R in the word and is not ignored when pronouncing it.
@@elemar5 My errors will be fixed. Thank-you for pointing them out. My next appointment at the diabetic eye department at St.Thomas' Hospital, London, has been postponed due to my current poor health, so until I get to see a scanning tech there, or the Consultant, whenever the next appointment is sent to me, I shall obviously have to try harder to see where my fingers (with their essential tremors) are landing, when typing and producing typos / missed letters, and no, I do not type using my thumbs, only by using my right forefinger, plus, managing to see one image at a time whilst having a tendency following my two cataracts surgeries to see double on my screen/s (though _not_ when _not_ looking at my screens* - *plural for my Tablet and phone).
@@elemar5 p.s. in your haste to point out my missed 'r' in "pilcha*ds", you (apparently) missed the fact I also missed the 'd' in "pilchar*s" _right_ at the _beginning_ of my comment! Perhaps I am not the only one here who requires ongoing eye checks / treatments?!
If you lived in Britain in the '90s, you did not despise Mr Blobby....a cultural icon, for a while, yes (and it's pronounced 'div-EYE-sive', BTW). Good for you, NAIA. Nor can you be 'so unique', only 'unique'; think about it...... Jaffa Cakes are not biscuits, but small cakes ....end of story. The BBC has always been funded from the licence, since the 1920s; yes, the collection of same can be over-the-top. A 'Wigan kebab' comes from Wigan, a small town in northern England; I lived in England for 40 years and never heard of it. The Cheese Roll thing pales into insignificance when compared to the nonsense that goes on in the US. The young lady is really trying to be .....interesting .......and failing........
Poor Alanna ?! I don't always agree with her viewpoints but it's her channel and she is Canadian so not very likely to be like Americans or Brits, despite having lived and worked in the UK for some time...
Stargazy Pie is Cornish...they are more than English in many ways!! They have their own flag and their own Celtic language, and I've always considered England stops at Devon / Dorset rather than including Cornwall!!
It’s Edinburgh fringe festival it’s the largest arts festival in the world. People from across the world bring their comedy 🎭 fire throwing ,musical performances , magicians, dancing, theatre performances, We also host the book festival that authors promote their books . And the military tattoo is on up at Edinburgh castle. It’s on for three weeks within august.
When this is happening pubs are open until 3am and clubs are open until 6am. It’s ending this year on the 28th of august it ends with fireworks from the castle.
Just screenshotted this! Thank you!
Jaffa Cake is a cake if you watch the documentary that was filmed you will see what goes into it.
There's nothing uniquely British about a TV licence. 16 other countries have it in Europe alone - many more across the world.
@@Shoomer1988 NOW THO THEY CANT TOUR EU. BANDS CAN'T, VISA FOR EVERY COUNTRY AND EVERY BAND MEMBER AND ROADIES,
Have you reacted to Map Men, the origin of British Place names ?? Its funny and educational x
I don't think I have. Im a check it out! Appreciate you!
Jaffa Cakes are cakes. They are soft.
Cakes go hard when they go stale.
Biscuits go soft when they go stale.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!
I _love_ Jaffa Cakes, but just the original 'orangey bit in the middle' flavour - not other flavours.
Stargazy pie isn’t a uk dish, it’s a pie that originated from a small fishing village in Cornwall, for a specific festival. You won’t find it anywhere else, and I don’t know anyone who has actually seen or tried it.
Last time checked Cornwall was in the UK.
@@Shoomer1988 it’s not available all over the UK, so not a national UK dish.
@@krissyg7026 It doesn't have to be available all over the UK, it's still a UK dish. You get how Cornwall isn't all over the UK but it's still a UK county? Well, that is a UK dish because it's made in the UK.
In 2007 Mark Hix produced his take on the dish for Great British Menu.
Served at the British embassy in Paris.
Actually, I've just had to look this up as the memory is failing. Rabbit and crayfish stargazy pie.
The French won't have seen that one coming. 🙂
Like 'Bonfire Night' or 'Guy Fawkes Day' comes around every 5th of November; Stargazy Pie is traditionally made every 23rd of December in Mousehole (pronounced MOWsul) in Cornwall, to celebrate 'Tom Bawcock's Eve'. So yes, I agree its NOT a UK wide festival, but its still in the UK and has a LONG history behind it. TBH its only made on one day of the year, but so is Chrismas Dinner or Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Competition etc.
I haven't seen Mr Blobby in years. He was a 90s horror.
I thought he was kids friendly 😅
Mcvities is a Scottish biscuit company
The tv license was basically netflix 100 years before netflix, its a great thing. Since there only was a few channels in the early days the british broadcasting coporation was created as a national service. You pay a subscription called a tv license and get all the programming including radio and other services completely ad free. This is why uk people are used to less ads because the BBC wasnt allowed to run ANY ads at all or even show product favouritsm. The uk version of the muppets for example has an extra 2 minutes every episode for british viewers only due to there being no ads for us. This extends to radio too, most brits are used to ad free radio, im sure as an american that sounds crazy. The bbc creates all its content using the tv license money and their goal is to create shows that entertain and educate the public, theyre heavily scrutinized by regulators too. You should watch some videos about the bbc and how they work, theyre one of the best media companies around imo.
*Licence.
That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.
I imagine some other bastard has answered this, but it's late at night and I can't be bothered to scroll down the comments.
Why the TV licence?
So you don't have to watch adverts on BBC TV. Or listen to them on BBC radio.
Well worth the expenditure.
If you like sh*t and propaganda.
It makes sense when you consider the "Britishness" of the alternate meaning.
EG : Tom Tit is UK slang for ...
A Shit. So there was probably a Sewerage Farm down there at one point in its history.
How about the police Station in Lincoln on Letsby Avenue ? (Lets be Having You was a famous "You're Nicked sunshine" style quote).
And that's without going into what Grove Street was originally called.
Pie in a roll is definitely a English thing
Am British never heard of it.
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. TV licence is only for BBC Chanel’s not for ITV and partners because they are funded by advertising whereas the BBC is not or never used to be as I left the UK in 1970
The TV Licence costs around £14 per month, you get AD-FREE Live TV on all the BBC Channels and an AD-FREE Streaming service. I've had issues with the licence over the years but for me the one thing that keeps me on side is that I like the fact that there are no commercial interests interfering with the content being produced. I think it's a bigger problem in the US where advertisers can threaten to pull advertising if the broadcaster does something against their commercial interest. I know the BBC's news and current affairs have been influenced too much by government threats in recent years but I'm still happy to pay this when compared to my Apple+, Netflix subscriptions.
You’re paying for completely biased news and corrupt journalism … not just tv shows
There is nothing a Brit won't do for cheese.
It's a broadcasting licence
It's actually a licence to install any equipment that can Receiving Television Signals including Video recorders that have tuners built in.
Srargazy pie, someone must have dug that one out of some obscure recipe book,because,I'm sure it does exist,but until recently I had never heard or seen it and I'm 61❤
In the original 1970s tv series 'Poldark', Demelza made a stargazey pie
I saw it made on Great British Menu a few years ago - it’s definitely obscure!
Does Alanna speak about these:
"bog snorkling" _or_ "worm counting" _or_ "stinging nettles eating"?!
I used to love Bonfire night as a kid! We’d always do penny for the guy - you’d make a ‘guy’ with old clothes stuffed with newspaper and basically take it out on the street and ask the public for money. You could make a little fortune on a good night 🤣 then at the end of the night you’d burn the guy on the bonfire! And you’d have fireworks, dookie apple, and a nice beige buffet tea! Ahhh happy days….
I look at the tv licence like a subscription service, if you don’t watch these channels you don’t pay .
Dumb means mute, not stupid.
I hate Mr,Blobby!!
TV LICENSE IS TO WATCH TV MEANING ALL STATIONS THAT SEND A SIGNAL OUT AND UTS DONE TO STOP PIRATE TV COMPANIES BUT ALSO FUNDS THE BBC AND OVER 100 STATIONS WHICH I THINK ITS GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY AS BBC MAKE THE BEST TV SHOWS ALONG WITH ITV, IN FACT MANY AMERICANS ARE WATCHING BRITISH TV OLD AND NEW NOW, MANY REACTORS ARE TOO
IT'S TO WATCH LIVE TV. NOT RECORDED PROGRAMMES.
@@brigidsingleton1596 YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT TO RECORD IT ??
@@petermizon4344 Really? What would be the point of recording it then?
@@elemar5 DOHH. WELL IF YOU RECORD BUT YOUR NOT THERE YOUR STILL GONNA WATCH IT ! GIT IT SO YOU NEED TO PAY LICENCE FEE TO RECORD IT TO WATCH IT,TRY DOIN IT YOUR WAY ROUND WITH NETFLIX,WATCH IT THEN DONT PAY FOR IT
@@petermizon4344 Speak up. I can't hear you.
Pilchards are pronounced 'pilchards' not "pilcharrds" and they are just small sardines. (Or vice versa - I always forget which is the _adult_ fish! One is the younger fish of the same species...as far as I'm aware!
'Pilchards' are young 'Sardines' _or_ 'Sardines' are young 'Pilchards' -
Google should know?!)
Pilchards are pronounced pilchards. Not everyone has a speech impediment like a lot of native English.
@@elemar5
The note was only that pilchards are not pronounced pil_charrds as Alanna's strong Canadian accent indicated.
I have no speech impediments, nor did I intend to say that Alanna did.
@@brigidsingleton1596 As you've typed "pilchads" I assume you have a speech impediment as there is an R in the word and is not ignored when pronouncing it.
@@elemar5
My errors will be fixed. Thank-you for pointing them out. My next appointment at the diabetic eye department at St.Thomas' Hospital, London, has been postponed due to my current poor health, so until I get to see a scanning tech there, or the Consultant, whenever the next appointment is sent to me, I shall obviously have to try harder to see where my fingers (with their essential tremors) are landing, when typing and producing typos / missed letters, and no, I do not type using my thumbs, only by using my right forefinger, plus, managing to see one image at a time whilst having a tendency following my two cataracts surgeries to see double on my screen/s (though _not_ when _not_ looking at my screens* - *plural for my Tablet and phone).
@@elemar5
p.s. in your haste to point out my missed 'r' in "pilcha*ds", you (apparently) missed the fact I also missed the 'd' in "pilchar*s" _right_ at the _beginning_ of my comment! Perhaps I am not the only one here who requires ongoing eye checks / treatments?!
If you lived in Britain in the '90s, you did not despise Mr Blobby....a cultural icon, for a while, yes (and it's pronounced 'div-EYE-sive', BTW). Good for you, NAIA. Nor can you be 'so unique', only 'unique'; think about it...... Jaffa Cakes are not biscuits, but small cakes ....end of story. The BBC has always been funded from the licence, since the 1920s; yes, the collection of same can be over-the-top. A 'Wigan kebab' comes from Wigan, a small town in northern England; I lived in England for 40 years and never heard of it. The Cheese Roll thing pales into insignificance when compared to the nonsense that goes on in the US. The young lady is really trying to be .....interesting .......and failing........
so I guess you don't watch her.
Poor Alanna ?! I don't always agree with her viewpoints but it's her channel and she is Canadian so not very likely to be like Americans or Brits, despite having lived and worked in the UK for some time...
I lived in Britain in the 90s & I despised Mr Blobby.
I would love to try a starrygazy pie. I never understand people who eat fish, but are afraid to look at fish heads.
Again that fish eye pie is definitely English
Stargazy Pie is Cornish...they are more than English in many ways!! They have their own flag and their own Celtic language, and I've always considered England stops at Devon / Dorset rather than including Cornwall!!
mr blobby aint around no more so shouldnt really be on her list
Give me some reccomendations 😊.