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Root beer tastes exactly how Germolene smells.
My tip of the day - don't use germoline when having a sausage butty. They keep sliding out of the bread 
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Root beer tastes exactly how Germolene smells.
Weren't many soft drinks originally used for "medicinal" purposes or at least some had their origin in pharmacies? I think Pepsi Cola was one. Do Brits drink Pepsi?
Of course 'we' drink Pepsi. It's the other major brand with Coke. Been here for decades. Drank it myself from the 60s onwards. I use the quote marks as I too these days have very few sweet cold drinks, drinking actual beer since I grew up. But I love the Germolene comment - I use it myself. I'm surprised I didn't say it in my last post.
Doh! Just looked up Birch Beer. Looks intriguing. I'd love to try many of these things. Sarsaparilla and all sorts of stuff. I've come across a place selling all American groceries including these drinks. Too bad it's online, but who knows? May try. Wikipedia mentions alcoholic versions of those beers too. I often imagine many soft drinks original versions would be alcoholic if they were fizzy since before carbonation, as surely only yeast and fermentation produces fiz? I know British ginger beer, a soft drink when bought commercially (though there are now alcoholic versions marketed), when homemade is lightly alcoholic for this reason.
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The Britshop didn't have Fray Bentos, but they'll be getting them soon. The delay has something to do with customs and people having fingers cut off.
I did get some frozen pies: Steak and Kidney, chicken and portobello, and chicken curry, as well as another black pudding.
Also got a can of Heinz curried "Beanz" and Heinz mac and cheese.
You got a few I've never heard of ha, ha. Steak and kidney of course even though I hate kidney. I also could never touch black pudding even though it's an English classic. Wonder if Chris Lee ever did........ you'd need him there not a waste a drop from the tin lid.
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Heat is great for those who like it, and a lot of my friends do. Me? I suppose I have a sensitive tongue (behave folks) and what I find pretty annoying is that if I take a second or third bite and I can't taste anything because of a wall of heat I just want to give up. A little spice - just a tingle - fine, but face on fire? Nah. Not for me.
Dear old Johnny Cash often makes me smile when I hear 'Ring of Fire'. I call it the curry song. Anyone who eats a vindaloo deserves one of those the next day. Ouch!
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I don't like anything too hot either, spices or sauce-wise 
Vindaloo's and those crazy hot pepper sauces are a real no-no.
I like mild curries (Bhuna, Korma etc) and most Thai meals and there's nowt to fear in Chinese dishes.
Carole is way worse than me though. She runs around the room, holding her neck, screaming 'It Burns! It Burns!' if I give her a spicy crisp or cracker! Wimp!
We both devour those little bottles of Blue Dragon Rich Hoi-Sin Sauces though. They go with anything! Yum!
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Dear old Johnny Cash often makes me smile when I hear 'Ring of Fire'. I call it the curry song. Anyone who eats a vindaloo deserves one of those the next day. Ouch!
To my dad it's known as ' ring sting'.
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I like mild to medium curries. Balti, bhuna etc. Korma and the like are ok in small portions when there's a bunch around the table mixing and matching otherwise they're a little too sweet to me for a whole meal. But yes, it never fails to surprise me that even with milder curries sometimes one can experience still the heat more on it's way out than in lol.
Hoisin sauce is another one of those gifts from the gods. I'll never forget the first time I experienced that on those duck pancakes in a restaurant (and now from the takeaways). The sweet yet savory taste is pretty out of this world..
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Haha...me too Paul.
I was on a night out after work and we ended up in a Chinese restaurant (I was probably around 17 or 18) and I got shown the drill by the other lads.
Take a pancake...add some of those little green, crunchy shoots, then some of the sliced duck meat, dribble the hoi-sin over it...roll the pancake...and...(never look back)
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Talking of heat I don't mind it. My dad does a lot of cooking from scratch. I can only remember one time when he made something that was too hot that I couldn't eat it. It was home made soup ( which he's usually good at). He over did it with the chillies and just threw a load of them in. It was that hot it started to take the paint off the bowl.
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