7 Surprising British Things I'd NEVER Done Before! // Beans on EVERYTHING?!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

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[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

The British bird watching class is fantastic for all of my outdoor enthusiasts!

[@Danno1983]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial the thing ur finkin of is a Bowling Green

[@dave_h_8742]

Easter egg. Photographic manipulation on a computer. Interesting to see your list. Try cider vinegar it's what they use in most chip shops, now I've just got to find out the type of salt 😀😉

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@dave_h_8742 I've never had cider vinegar from a chippie - not ever.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

@@dave_h_8742 you can use it in diets , 3 spoons full in a glass of hot water , be careful with the water being too hot

[@iainsan]

Placing your knife and fork together on the plate at the end of a meal is something most British children are taught to do from an early age. It has become so automatic with me that I always do it at home, even when I'm dining alone.

[@jasonsmart3482]

Indeed if they are together you have finished apart and you just having a rest whilst half way through

[@davidshipp623]

Same. How else we you know you had finished 😂

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Oh if you didn’t put them together, you certainly heard about it from your parents, about how bad your manners are. Is that an aeroplane? No, then why has it got wings? Put your knife and fork together…

[@liamblack2574]

I thought it was common knowledge throughout the world

[@johnpwright7832]

You can walk into the countryside in a few hours from anywhere thats on the doorstep

[@musicgarryj]

Regarding polite dining..... DON'T say "fork and knife": in the UK we say "knife and fork" ! If you say to a British waitress...."Where's my fork and knife?" it could be misconstrued as something very impolite indeed!! lol

[@lbailey9607]

She might reply "it's next to your fork and plate"

[@0utcastAussie]

Norfolk 'n Good lol

[@alancrane4693]

Exactly the waiter may reply"fork-off"

[@johnpwright7832]

Because the knife was the first utensil they pre date forks

[@tomm5228]

Ditto funny, kids love testing parents with that one

[@nevillemason6791]

One thing they never do in British restaurants (which they do in the US) is take your plate away when you've finished eating before everyone else has finished. They only clear all the plates at the same time when everyone's finished. It's considered very impolite to take your plate away the way it's done in the US.

[@DamnDealDone]

Many restaurants do do that in the UK and it drives me nuts. Forces the other person to feel rushed and makes it uncomfortable.

[@fenman7147]

@@DamnDealDone Never seen it done in the UK

[@DamnDealDone]

@@fenman7147 guess you've been to every restaurant. You must be a busy person.

[@maxplanck9055]

Even after 6 months i still find this woman watchable on her channel, her flair for informal gossip and culture is fun, being American who migrated makes her interesting and gives her a different view much love kalyn ❤️✌️🇬🇧 pleased to see you navigated the citizenship endurance test successfully!😘

[@maxplanck9055]

Fun to watch this woman who grew up drinking orange juice under a parasol beside a pool in Florida, surprisingly kalyn chose Britain, our gain such a fun happy woman, much love kalyn ❤️✌️🇬🇧

[@kphedges1]

With the knife and fork etiquette after placing them together you should also leave part of the handles about an inch off the edge of the plate. This makes it easier for the person clearing up to gather the cutlery and keep their hands clean.

[@blotski]

Related to the sun thing is the short days in winter. I do know an American who told me he had just arrived in the UK midwinter, got on a train in London to go up north just before four in the afternoon. Still a bit jet lagged he dozed off. He woke up only about half an hour later and it was dark. He nearly crapped himself because he thought he'd been asleep for hours and probably missed his stop. He was still pretty confused when he looked at his watch. My skill related answer is Ancient Greece. I am a linguist and enjoy learning new languages but recently thought I need a new different challenge. I visited the British library recently and enjoyed looking at the Ancient Greek stuff but realised I know very little about it having forgotten everything I did in school. So I've been reading about Ancient Greece ever since!

[@martinconnelly1473]

I have just had one week of unbroken sunshine visiting family near Prague then came home to another ten days of warm sunny weather in the UK. Seems like a bonus for this time of the year and it is really appreciated. What you should realise (with the long winter nights and the long summer days in the UK) is that Florida is about the same latitude as North Africa and if you draw a line from Seattle to Anchorage the UK would be about the same latitude as the halfway point along that line. That is why we try to make the best use of the sun when it shines down on us.

[@_starfiend]

Bowling green

[@colinseeney471]

I must admit I never knew placing the knife and fork together when you've finished eating wasn't a thing everywhere. Loved the video as usual.

[@liamblack2574]

I thought the same thing… I thought it was like “world etiquette “ and nearly all cultures did it.. never knew it was a British thing. I do it even when eating at home alone

[@A_nony_mous]

Likewise. Australian here and was taught this as "good manners" like saying please and thank you.

[@colindebourg9012]

Always place your knife and fork together at the end of the meal, and never ever cut your food up first then shovel it in with the fork, it's OK for infants but infantile for adults.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

And always lay the knife with cutting edge facing inwards towards the fork.

[@sallylatham4122]

I really enjoyed that video. I haven't particularly got something new I want to learn because I was furloughed in 2020 for 7 months and during that time I tried a few new things; cross stitching, felting and knitting. Then in November 2021 I bought a clarinet and have been learning that ever since. My sister bought a guitar at the same time and we have been really enjoying our new interests. We are both ladies in our 60s x

[@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano]

Many cakes and confectioneries in the UK couldn’t be eaten in a napkin, they require a plate and cake fork. Only certain types of cake can be eaten without 👍 🎂

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

I enjoy your presentations greatly. So, many thanks. The principal reason for the easy access to open country in the UK - as in almost all of Europe - is the strict zoning (planning) regulation. In most of the US, suburban strawl is much less controlled, and things like huge billboards are omnipresent. As an example, in the 90s, when I lived in Loudoun Co in VA, I could walk out my door and stroll along country roads to Middleburg with nary a house in sight. When I visited just before Covid, the road from Falls Creek to Leesburg was one continuous semi-urban sprawl.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Also, parts of the actual rural countryside can have addition protected status as SSSI, (Sites of Special Scientific Interest). So not only no building but no anything that will disturb that part of the environment

[@richt71]

Hey Kalyn, Bowling green is what you bowl on! Funny I was finishing some cold baked beans while watching your video! 😁 It's not always sunny in Orlando though is it? I went a few years as a kid in August and the torrential down pour at like 4pm each day arrived!! I'm trying to learn about NFT's so I can use with my online training course.

[@robertjackson3552]

yes ether a lawn green or a crown green

[@amyw6808]

We went twice we I was a kid. First time, it definitely rained every day

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

It's a bowling green, my friend. Remember, the woods have a bias, so cannot be rolled straight. Also, from the North Midland and Mid Wales, north, the greens are crown greens, so have the added challenge of being slightly raised at the centre, so one has to allow for the bias of the wood, plus the bias of the green. Have you ever tried broad beans? I never saw them whilst in the US.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Adan Kennedy Palfrey, yum , broad beans .

[@robertjackson3552]

you have heard of them in the usa "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” fava beans are broad beans

[@myoldmate]

@@gillcawthorn7572 I'm a 66yo old Brit and I detest, and have for my entire life, broadbeans. I love runner beans, and fine beans, butterbeans also, but the broadys...nope!

[@gillcawthorn7572]

@@myoldmate What a good thing we are not all alike, then. By the way ,cooked broad beans are better cold than hot.

[@myoldmate]

@@gillcawthorn7572 aaaargh! The thought of it! You said that purposely to mess with me.

[@jamesgilbart2672]

We Brits tend to use our knives and forks differently to those from the US. In some US restaurants I would do the Brit thing and place the cutlery lined up on the plate when I was done but the waiter would then chuck them back on the table indicating you use the same cutlery for the next course! They would also take away your plate before your partner had finished eating which was supposed to look like attentive service but just looked rude to me. On your final question - I think a language or new technical skills would be good.

[@hollywarnes7237]

I just wanted to let you know that I was having a bad day today and nothing seemed to work to cheer me up, until I watched some of your videos! Thanks I love what you do :)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Aw that's awesome Holly, hope your day is better today and thanks so much for watching!

[@thecraggrat]

Talking about malt vinegar...do you eat pickled onions? I mean proper UK pickled onions, I found out from my American friends that here it is sliced onion in vinegar (...NOT the same thing!). I am an expat and pickled onions are a real pain to get over here, not to mention eye wateringly expensive (BTW, I recommend Garner's if you do want to try some). Which comes back to the malt vinegar - it is really hard to get over here in the US, especially in bulk which I need so I can make some pickled onions at home. That leads to the dearth of pickling size onions to be found over here too, though I finally found a source, I just hope it lasts. This is one of the things I miss over here as I love decent pickled onions with a decent bit of cheddar, but that's not as bad as it used to be, I'm hoping for more British cheese to be imported after a recent agreement :-)

[@davidjones332]

Real afficionados will tell you that crown green bowling is the pinnacle of achievement. The green is raised at its centre, so the bowler has to make allowance for the gradient and the angle at which the bowl crosses it to bowl an accurate length. Before they were turned into car parks a great many pubs used to have a bowling green round the back, and they're still a feature of most municipal parks, though there are numerous private bowling clubs.

[@xyz49271]

Its a Bowling Green. I lived as a British expat in Asia for 10 years & languages are definitely what fascinate me, I'm a keen amateur photographer as well, so these are the subjects I like to study, even if for one of them you really need to live in the countries where those languages are spoken. I'm always interested in the cultural & linguistic differences between various places, especially countries that are supposed to speak the "same" language. I'm still amazed at how much of my tastes are still influenced by time out in the orient even though I returned to the UK almost 9 years ago. Never liked malt vinegar not even from a chippy.

[@steveshephard1158]

Combining 2 items from your list, we quite often have bacon, beans and chips as a quick and easy evening meal, and I always douse the whole lot in malt vinegar.

[@annaburch3200]

I LOOOOVE French Boules or "Petanque", as it's called Provence. Basically he same as Lawn Bowling, but more like Bocce on a dirt pitch and with silver balls that have different markings. The marker ball/jack is called the cochonette (piglet) and you have to stand in one spot with your feet together and toss the ball upwards using an underhand motion. It lands and rolls a little, but the final goal is the same as Lawn Bowling, Bocce and even Curling. I think it's super fun and I want to build a pitch in our yard. 🤣 When we travel around Vancouver BC, most parks have bowling greens and we often see people dressed all in white playing. There's still a big British influence in BC, especially Victoria. (I also want to study more about linguistics and accents, so Skillshare? 😉)

[@daloki349]

I wish I could play the fiddle. A bowling green is the name you're after and you can have either a crown green or a flat green. Thanks for the videos, they're always very interesting.

[@adiuntesserande6893]

Bowls is known in the US as lawn bowling, or more accurately it evolved into lawn bowling. You play both games on a bowling green, which is where the city of Bowling Green, Ohio, and the university of the same name, get said name from.

[@lawomega1]

Lovely to tune in to your channel ,as a Brit ive been lucky enough to have visited most countries ,and just to say in parts of aussie they have bake bean sandwiches ,cold of course !!!

[@Lorin1228]

I love cold baked beans straight out of the can! I get weird looks at lunchtime at work 😂 I've always wanted to crochet, I've tried so many times but always forget how to do the stitches.

[@stevesoutar3405]

cold beans a buttie is great - straight out the can, into buttered bread, and crush them slightly so they all all escape as you bite the buttie

[@Lorin1228]

@@stevesoutar3405 cold baked beans and buttered bread is the stuff dreams are made of.

[@alancrane4693]

Cold beans with broken up peperami.

[@davidkeenan5642]

Beans on toast, with a perfectly fried runny egg on top, is a yummy snack, and a full meal at teatime for a child. And a staple when I was a student, cheap, quick, easy and filling.

[@Gill3D]

I regularly eat baked beans on crumpets. They're lovely!

[@eddhardy1054]

We are proud of you mate...One of Us, One of Us, One of Us!!! 😉

[@GaryDiamondComedy]

Great video Kalyn! Enjoying going thru your back catalogue 😊

[@riz8437]

If you go to a chippie in the east of Scotland you won't get salt and vinegar, you'll get salt and sauce, usually brown sauce but you can get ketchup.

[@ymirthefrostgiant]

Yes I made it to the end! Well done on the knife and fork; putting them side by side is like closing stage curtains or double doors. You have closed your plate off from being topped up. Also, in your other vid, nerds are called anoraks because of the fascination some Brits had with collecting train numbers at stations. They would wait on platforms for hours in typical Brit weather to get a number they hadn't already got, and you can guess what they would wear. I have had a full life and can do a lot of things, but I'd love to learn Latin.

[@redf7209]

Always sort of liked the idea of going trainspotting just couldn't see the point of collecting the numbers

[@Foxbat320]

Yep I`m here to the end . PS vinegar is used on fish and chip for the same reason you put lemon on fish . The acid breaks down any oil in fish to make the fish easier to digest . Back in the "old days " it was hard to keep fresh fruit fresh so hence a different type of acid VINEGAR was used .

[@davehadley3567]

Ok you’ll do. I guess we’ll have to adopt you now. It’s good to hear how Americans actually view us and our habits, typically most struggle to get their head around our wealth of history. And our taste for ceremonial historical events ( think changing the guards or trooping the colour) which does tend to bring our patriotism to the fore. Another very BRITISH thing is Last night of the Proms, it’s on all week and very difficult to get tickets for but the Last night is when our typical British stuffiness is somewhat relaxed, and everyone from the orchestra conductor down lets their hair down and has a fun time. You should check out some of the videos here on the subject … very patriotic music and audience singing, usually fills the Royal Albert Hall and most of Hyde Park …

[@jonathanbignall1198]

I think I might take up bird watching, I enjoy hearing birdsong and identifying the type of bird it is. I've got a couple of books on the subject but haven't actively pursued it. I've never been crazy about malt vinegar, a little spritz is ok, but more than that overwhelms the other flavours and makes the chips too soggy! 😂

[@paulrobson7887]

Photography and languages (always watch til the end). The cutlery etiquette is an interesting one that I never realised was unique to the UK. I do it instinctively but must have been taught as a kid that it’s just good table manners 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@PhilipWorthington]

A bowling green is what you were thinking of! Also, you can get 'Boardwalk Fries' in parts of the US that are normal fries, but do have vinegar on.

[@stephentaylor1476]

You need vinegar on seafood, whelks, mussels, cockles, prawns etc.

[@BostonBobby1961]

I like vinegar on my French Fries. It’s not a New England thing neither.

[@RajBlake7]

Now that would make a great video, Katlyn tries traditional British seafood, cockles, mussels, whelks etc ....

[@b3564]

And white pepper with a dash of Tabasco!

[@tanyajane-patmore5525]

I hate vinegar on my chips, and generally I am no fan of malt vinegar. Yuk!!

[@andrewwhite3793]

Bowling Green not Pitch . There is bowling greens in Canada and I am sure in some US states. The bowl has a natural bias so you have to calculate the width or the grass you have to give it on the green for it to meet the jack.

[@rogerwitte]

I am British and live in London. There are commons and heaths scattered around the city, if you want a walk. I worked for a few weeks in Stillwater Minnesota. At the weekend, I tried to walk out to the countryside but the town centre is surrounded by a thin ring of suburbs that are so pedestrian hostile that it was a really unpleasant experience getting there. PS Bowls Green

[@vickywitton1008]

I have noticed how green London is compared to other cities around the world

[@barriehull7076]

Lawn Bowls or Crown green bowls, two types. A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls. Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on them. The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299.

[@fainitesbarley2245]

I was told that putting your knife and fork together was a sign that you had finished - to whoever is clearing plates. It also means the cutlery doesn’t fall off when picked up.

[@Terrahawk_]

You asked about the skills and I thought languages and that was your first suggestion. I always respect people who can speak other languages but it’s something I’ve struggled with personally.

[@arthurerickson5162]

I’ve put vinegar on fries (I’m a Yank, obviously) ever since I was a kid. Likely because I was raised in a Scottish/Irish household (despite my surname). Love beans on toast, too😉 I’d like to learn how to use some of the popular graphic design software.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

You're not related to Ronnie, are you? I know it's a slightly different spelling, but Ronnie played a handful of Rugby Union games for Scotland in the early 90's. You might be related.

[@MC-mk1ec]

When I was a waitress I took an American customer’s barely eaten food away because he’d ‘set his knife and fork at six o clock ‘ and he wasn’t very happy , now I know why . Didn’t know they didn’t do that

[@ltsecomedy2985]

It is claimed, that Sir Francis Drake was enjoying a game of bowls when the Spanish Armada was spotted approaching the south coast. He decided he had time to finish his game first before taking on the Spanish.

[@chrisholland7367]

He was one of England's famous saliors during the Elizabethan age .Definitely one of Plymouth's famous sons there is a very big statue of him on Plymouth's Hoe (promonade) looking out towards the bay from where the Spanish Armada was on It's way in 1588. Lol I'm from Plymouth.

[@alancrane4693]

Nice you know about that. Genuinely happened. Plymouth also have nice strawberries and cream.

[@chrisholland7367]

@@alancrane4693 throughout the southwest you won't taste anything better anywhere else plus the pasties as well 👍

[@ltsecomedy2985]

@@chrisholland7367 I`m from Northern England, sadly I`ve never managed to visit the S/W but I`ve always been interested in History.

[@ltsecomedy2985]

@@alancrane4693 My Dad served in the R.N. from 1927-1949, so that particularly peaked my interest in the History of the Senior Service.

[@delskioffskinov]

I always wondered why you never had a sponser as far as i'm concerned you're as good as any youtuber out there! I'm glad you finally have one!

[@charlesemerson6763]

Beans on toast with an egg. My grandmother's favorite breakfast. Astronomy.

[@alistairj4851]

Bushcrafting is my new learning thing.

[@joelpayne1193]

I never thought you adapt our British culture so I am impressed 😎👌

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

You are truly British now! I would like to learn more about photography. Keep producing the excellent videos.

[@stephenlee5929]

Its a Bowling Green or a Crown Green (they are different), can also be played inside. Glad you're enjoying Beans and malt vinegar (not together?) . Being able to walk to nature is great. Not sure what I want to learn next.

[@RichDoes..]

my Floridian pal sent me day after day after day of her walking her dog in 80 degrees... I thanked her appropriately, with heavy sarcasm and foul language!

[@philipellis7039]

I never buy malt vinegar these days but we had it a lot when I was a child. Fish and chips, sprinkled on salad , slices of cucumber soaked in it (my wife says her family did this as well) and on special occasions tinned salmon soaked in it (no,I don’t know why either).

[@paulwood5803]

You forgot the most important use of malt vinegar, added to bottled mint sauce to serve with roast lamb.... Bottled mint sauce is thick, it needs loosening, which you do with malt vinegar and then a little sugar to balance the flavour.

[@philipellis7039]

@@paulwood5803 oh yes.

[@michaelplayford4916]

Always make it to the end your interesting, learning all the time

[@chipsthedog1]

I would love a video on the differences between the American & British beach/seaside experience, piers, arcades, the food and of course swimming in freezing water at the first glimpse of sun. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Oooh, that's a fantastic idea, thank you!

[@denisrobertmay875]

Lawn Bowls has been a demonstration event at the Summer Olympics( Seoul 1988) and is a perennial at the Commonwealth Games (and Para- games) It will possibly be in the Brisbane Games 2032 along with Rugby League, Cricket and Netball and in the Para Olympics.

[@l3v1ckUK]

I've done indoor bowls and crown green bowls. Crown green bowling is very nice in the sun.

[@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano]

The UK has microclimates. The weather in one part won’t be the same elsewhere, and the further south you go, the better the weather, especially in say Cornwall which is very close to the Gulf Stream and is generally much milder than the rest of the country.

[@philipketchell8369]

The best vinegar for me is in the pickled onion jar, get some of that on your chips.

[@nadeansimmons226]

Pie and beans is one of my favourites too

[@johnd6487]

Ha.. I used to work in an indoor bowls centre, where, back in the day, one of our wheelchair members got herself chosen for the British Paralympic team in Atlanta. The problem she had was that they had no bowling green in the States and had decided to repurpose an AstroTurf pitch. She really struggled to find somewhere she could train, as all indoor greens in the UK (and I believe some outdoor greens in Oz) are ‘carpet’ which is more like a very heavy duty cloth. Following my teasing her that she was just in it for a trip to Disney world, she did bring me back a Goofy soft toy, which I still have :-)

[@garystroud6153]

A fruit cake requires no napkin or utensils. By fruit cake I mean a fairly dense cake filled with dried fruit and peel, a rich fruit cake is much darker and is usually fortified with a spirit (whisky or brandy). "Chip shop" vinegar is not actually malt but legally a "non brewed condiment"

[@apemanhill]

Pizza and beans is a definite. Although I have never met anyone else that does it. Sprinkle the malt vinegar on firstly then add the salt. The salt will stick on the food and not fall off onto the plate. I'd like to learn Crown Green bowls. 😉I think it's called the bowling green. Great video. Good to hear the differences not generally mentioned on other channels. 👍🙂

[@neill392]

2 types of bowling: flat green, which you had in the photo; in the north it's crown green where the bowling green is like an upturned saucer. In a chip shop, you are also highly likely to get something called "non-brewed condiment" often referred to as chip-shop vinegar, which is diluted acetic acid with brown food dye. Looks like malt vinegar, but isn't. If it's in an unlabelled bottle, that's probably what it is.

[@philcoogan7369]

They will probably still ask if you want vinegar though, and the NBC is what you will get.

[@mikestarkey7989]

I need to stop telling you it's called a bowl..... you get the picture! 🤣🤣🤣

[@lbailey9607]

I got to the end of the video - always do! I really want to learn a language but I struggle. My wife speaks three fluently including English., so puts me to shame. However, during lockdown, I went through a lot of the lecture series on the Yale University KZbin channel. It's a limited selection but each one is a complete series as delivered to students, so like a free course at undergrad level. Especially good if you like history.

[@MillsyLM]

Actually 47% of Greater London is green belt land so you're never that far away from a park or an open space. I'm not just talking about the royal parks (St. James Park) etc but there's other places like Hampstead Heath, Clapham Common, Wimbledon Common, Wanstead Flats. And there are many many parks in the suburbs that are accessible by foot or a short drive.

[@robertjackson3552]

a lot of fish and chip shops don't use vinegar anymore but a non-brewed condiment.

[@evelynwilson1566]

Hi Kailyn, every time I watch your videos I think we Scots must be half American😂. I've never even heard of putting the knife and fork on the plate together, that sounds dangerously like proper etiquette🤣. I agree re the easy access to countryside, we're good at that and we value it. Sometimes it causes problems for landowners though, as not all recreational users are considerate. If you live in a smallish town or a village it's generally very easy to walk to countryside areas, at least it is up here. My sister and a friend of hers were on holiday, staying with the friends' relatives in a suburb of Chicago. They walked to the railway station every day - it was close by and the street was very quiet. A neighbour nearly called the police, because she thought they were 'casing the joint'😅. She loved the city though.

[@nicolarayment7537]

I'm thinking about taking pottery classes, just really want to make some ugly pottery, I usually finish your videos if I start them as I find the differences interesting, and your easy to listen to. Anyway Iv had my American cousins over to stay for a couple of weeks and now they have all gone back to Michigan addicted to extra mature cheddar cheese, they had fish and chips a lot as well while here, weird but my two English born cousins loved vinegar, pickled onions, they also had pie and mash, they loved baked beans too, my cousins wife who is American didn't take so well to all the typical English food. Though she loved scones and clotted cream and jam. Oh we also took them to Brick Lane for real Bagels. Honestly it was two weeks of eating.

[@nickgrazier3373]

Bowling Green! There are two types I think, Lane Bowling as on your video and Crown Green Bowling. Lane Bowling is where a load of people bowl down a set line of the set out lawn / Green whatever bowlers call it. A chosen player first bowl the Jack down the Lane and as you’d expect try and get more of your bowls closer to the Jack ( obviously more rules than this but that’s about it) the bowls are weighted on one side so your skill is to know which way to allow your bowl to fall. This is the more formal game in the UK. Note the white “uniform”. The Green is immaculately laid out and Crown Green similar aims as Lane Bowling but because it is normally played on a bowling Green round the back of a pub. The Green is not micrometer perfectly laid out and has a rising and falling non flat surface much like a crown as apposed to a circlet. The bowls are similarly biased but the Green itself has an effect on the rolling ball. Much like a golf course. You play on the Green that’s available, so more skill is involved but usually looked down upon by he other game players. My Dad played it every week in Summer while I was a child.

[@cogidubnus1953]

Of course we're proud of you!

[@Denathorn]

Beans and sausages (Which come all together in the tin) on toast is a meal fit for any king or Queen!!! I love my food, and do go out for meals etc etc, Thai, Italian, Indian, Chinese and all that jazz... But when I sit down with a plate of beans on toast, well... I'm in heaven... I love that little meal me! :D hehehe

[@COMEINTOMYWORLD]

I would actually like to know more about photography too!

[@chipsthedog1]

Bowling green, it never occurred to me that it was a "British thing" but yeah almost every town has a bowling green and the lawns are always so lush and pretty.

[@BlueTangWebSystems]

Way bigger in Australia and NZ. Uk, seen as for the retired.

[@chipsthedog1]

@@BlueTangWebSystems is there a sport that isn't done better down under? In our defence we have less sunny weather to practise in. 😊

[@fianorian]

I can remember, as a child, not being allowed to leave the table until I had lined up my knife and fork correctly on the plate. I had honestly never thought that this was not a custom in other countries. See, this is why I like the internet. We learn stuff about other countries.

[@RichDoes..]

btw ... malt vinegar is a condiment.. try it in soups too!

[@gkkes]

Malt vinegar goes great with brussel sprouts and cabbage too...

[@grantmason740]

Baked beans are a staple of the Full English Breakfast, yum!

[@trevorpowdrell5474]

There is two different type of bowls dependent on the pitch. Flat green bowling and crown green bowling. Vegetarian Baked Beans is the closest in America you can get to British Baked Beans.

[@MillsyLM]

I did a year of German at Secondary school and I'd like to pick it up again after more than 30 years.

[@daveturner6006]

I believe there's a place in New England called 'Bowling Green', had you never wondered why it had that name? The place where you play Bowels is call a Bowling Green!

[@barriehull7076]

Some people take baths in baked beans. Never had beans on Pizza. Cold beans are delish.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Some years ago as an adult I studied a formal Geography course and one of the things that I learned is that the weather in the centre of any large continent is more extreme in everything i.e. heat ,cold ( in the appropriate season) tornados ,dust storms etc. Our weather is largely influenced by the temperatures affected by the bodies of water surrounding us , so more temperate than another landlocked country on the same latitude. American visitors should take the trouble to see how far North the UK is.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

This is fascinating, thanks for sharing!

[@gillcawthorn7572]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial And of course ,we have the benefit of the warmer Gulf Stream. .If that should stop or change direction drastically ,it would be a very different matter ,we would all be rushing to emigrate to Florida!

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

beans on toast. fired egg, chips 'n' beans. cold beans, bread and marge & a packet of crisps. I know people who play bowls, but never watched it or played it myself. something of an old-fashioned sport/game. Very lucky to be in walking distance of the river trails - Taff Trail & Ely Trail, lovely coastal walks towards Cowbridge and of course the Brecon Beacons. Plenty of open park space in Cardiff too. In terms of new skills, I really need to re-apply myself and brush up my German Language as my work colleagues in our Cologne Office speak better English than we do! (and get past simple polite phrases in Hebrew, as I love visiting Israel too!)

[@garth56]

Malt vinegar is not fish and chip vinegar. So let me explain malt and white vinegar's are refined and also fermented so they are more astringent however the chip shop stuff is actually a little sweet, taste it you'll understand, because it is not fermented.Unlike many vinegar's around the world it has such a different flavour to ordinary vinegar. You can buy this vinegar now off the shelf in deli's and butchers who sell other stuff. It makes such a difference to chips from the ordinary clear and brown vinegar...:-)

[@jerry2357]

"Bowling green". Flat in the south, but in the north then a green with a raised centre is used for crown green bowling. I have nothing in particular I want to learn. When I discover that I need to know something, then I just go and find out.

[@christinebarnes9102]

I knit and find it hard to find a yarn shop that I can get my yarn at, some close because the people retired, some because the people who ran them have died, others because the person has decided to move away, now I spin my own yarn both on a drop spindle, or on a spinning wheel, I also dye it the colour that I want

[@potownrob]

Fork and knife at 4 o’clock is not UK-specific and does exist in the US, though not everyone is taught about it, and your Applebee’s server most likely won’t know what to make of it (I would expect my Cheesecake Factory server to know though 😂)…. learning more in-depth about different dialects and accents (which are not the same thing) in England is on my wish list.

[@tiggerwood8899]

We do have fries in this country (McDonald's serves fries) and we have chips. Two different beasts.

[@replevideo6096]

Try Branston baked beans. I used to consider Heinz to be the best, but now rank them as #2 after Branston. Avoid supermarket own brand beans, and other branded varieties are OK, but don't match up to Branston or Heinz.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I got to the end of the video and I want to learn how to make money appear from thin air :) Growing up, a long time ago, I would have my bag of chips, wrapped in newspaper of course, with salt & vinegar. Chips always tasted better when eaten outside, usually in the local park on a warm evening

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Mmm, chips in paper with salt and vinegar is amazing!

[@daviddavis7710]

Bowling Green. There are two types flat and crown green. Crown greens are raised in the centre.

[@duncanbeaumont7121]

Another thing about etiquette in the UK is that the knife and fork are held like a snooker(pool) cue - NOT like a pen!!

[@SPbakerhouse]

Try Branston baked-beans. They are much better than Heinz. They have just taken 'prime position' in our Tesco, so they are now probably the top selling brand

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Got it, will try it out!

[@kenslater7354]

Basically we still like thrift food. Food that is cheap has become comfort food in many instances. I'm 66 years old and identify as working class. So beans on toast and its like come from a time when there was still rationing going on from the war (this went into the early 1950's). My faher actually knew how to cook cheaper cuts of meat such as brisket long before it came back due to BBQ programs on the Food Channel. One of my favourites as a child was Mashed Potato Volcano. He made a volcano of mashed potato, put marrowfat peas around the base and poured brown gravy into the top of the volcano to look like an eruption. This was the kind of thing British parents would do to feed children in poorer times. He aso cut buttered toast into house shapes with slanted roof and windows. lol

[@kenc6748]

To learn how to cast a fly-line, my younger brother has introduced me to fly fishing ( I've been sea-fishing all my life ) but fly fishing is a completely different kettle of fish. ( no pun intended )

[@laurencemajor4837]

Answer to your question. Malta my favourite holiday destination so would love to learn Maltese x