8 American Things Britain Doesn't Even Have a Word For | PART 6

[@bracejuice7955]

I’ve noticed 99% of people don’t have bumper stickers but the remaining 1% are trying to make up for everyone else’s deficit

[@mrexists5400]

true, seen a couple where you can't tell what paint the car is from the back from all the bumper stickers

[@Radhapup]

It is the next best thing to rust-proofing, until you go to remove them.

[@gwendyrose8905]

@@mrexists5400 I've seen a few where you couldn't tell what paint color the car was from ANY side!!! Oddly enough, they all had a lot of 1970s symbols on them as well.

[@joeheid4757]

Facts.

[@josephgaviota]

Oddly, it seems the left feels the urge to "share" more than the right.

[@GoldeeLoxs]

One of my favorite memories from college was my Ecuadorian roommate running into the apartment, slamming the door and locking it behind him while shaking and cursing. I said “oh my god what happened?!” And he replied “Borboleta, it’s the biggest rat I’ve ever seen in my life. It was going to kill us!! It went HISSSSSSS and had sharp teeth like a shark! Like a Tiger! it was so big!!!!” So I ran downstairs because I just had to see this man-killer rat…. But it turns out it was a possum. 😂

[@bethpike3833]

They ARE freaky. I came across one outdoors in the night, and it was SO weird looking I had to go back inside til I got up the courage to find another route to my destination. SCARY creatures, at least at night.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Whose 2 defenses are hissing like a spitting cat and then playing dead. That brings up another American idiom, "playing possum." Like possums play dead, in playing possum a person tries to look dead. Metaphorically, it could refer to anybody or anything that appears to be dead. (Potentially even computers, though they are more delicate than humans.)

[@luckymom1]

They eat a lot of ticks, so I like them!

[@LifesGuardian]

@@ginnyjollykidd Fun fact: Thanatosis is the technical name for the behavior in opossum that we refer to as "Playing dead".

[@annehedonia156]

I rescued three baby possums several years ago, and let me tell you, all three had a distinctly different personality. I've never looked at a dead one the same way again. 😢

[@katelacey8857]

I've never before heard anyone call a garbage disposal a 'sink waste disposal.' That sounds sorta... British.

[@meganvalek2690]

In Canada, it's a garburator!

[@KeithZim]

@@meganvalek2690 I'm adopting this!!! If, in a few years all Americans call them garburators I want credit!!

[@johnopalko5223]

The term "garbage disposal" was, apparently, dropped by the industry a few decades ago. Their official name, at least according to the InSinkErator Company, is now "food waste disposer."

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@johnopalko5223 I didn't know that. But also, language is defined by its use, not official decree, and I'm pretty sure most people still call it a garbage disposal, so that's what it is 😁

[@ThunderPants13]

Agreed. I don't care what it's officially called now, to me it will always be a garbage disposal.

[@RedRuffinsore]

It's called "ranch" because it was originally created at the "Hidden Valley Ranch". The Hidden Valley Guest Ranch is located near Santa Barbara in California. It's a shortened term, that I'm sure most people have forgotten about.

[@filanfyretracker]

I had no clue Hidden Valley Ranch was a place, I just figured it was a brand on the shelf at the supermarket.

[@kylem1112]

​ @filanfyretracker yeah hidden valley brand ranch is actually the original ranch.

[@MissShelly]

I just came to say this exact thing! Hello fellow human encyclopedia of generally useless information! 👋😁

[@shutupshelley1793]

Interesting! Thanks

[@jstnsmutek]

it's really just buttermilk dressing

[@McJulieO]

Years ago, a Japanese student attending an international student party at the University of Texas, excitedly announced that she had just sighted an OP-ossum (emphasis on the first syllable in her broken English) out in the parking lot near the dumpsters… which immediately emptied the room of all those who had never seen one/ didn’t have them in their home countries… my Texas born daughter trailed along, but went into fast action as the curious students pressed closer to the shuffling creature they wanted to photograph as their first OP-ussum sighting. It wasn’t a possum. It was a skunk. “No, NO!” She furiously whispered…. “That’s NOT an OP-ossum!!! I repeat …..NOT an OP-ossum!! Back up! Back up! It’s a SKUNK!” Which may have intrigued them even more, seeing how they had never seen a skunk, before, either…..but she managed to avert catastrophe by conveying enough dire warning in her voice to keep that party from becoming even MORE memorable… That was a close one.

[@BitterBetty76]

I could see that perfectly in my head as I was reading it. 😂😂😂

[@malagastehlaate230]

I had to tell my neighbors who were from Croatia that they had a Skunk living under the shed in their back yard... they were fairly perplexed at first not knowing why I would be telling them about some critter living in their backyard... but then I explained "Le Skunk LePew!" And then it was "Oooo! Le Skunk! Like with the hair?!" To which I nodded as he imitated a stripe down the center of his head... "Yes, Le Skunk LePew!" And then he asked looking all embarrassed, "I call animal control yes??" "Yes, and you might want to avoid going back there until it's gone." Opossums are kinda interesting critters... see them from time to time ... See skunks more though.

[@kilroy2517]

@@malagastehlaate230 Skunks are misunderstood. It takes several days for a skunk to refill its scent gland, during which time it's almost defenseless, so they are very reluctant to spray and only do it if you really threaten them. Like bears, try not to surprise them and you should be ok.

[@malagastehlaate230]

@@kilroy2517 Just would rather not have it living next door... and always in the alleyway when I come home from work. And the smell was quite noticeable. Now if he wanted to waddle down to a field somewhere or off to the riverside... fine... but not living next-door under the shed... Nope.

[@chrismorgan283]

I rehabbed a possum two years ago. It was...different. Turns out they love yogurt. She slept on my neck every night, until she got old enough to go out on her own. Now, every time we see one squished in the road, my son says, "There's Blossom." Thanks, kid.

[@JDB2552]

You’re not wrong. Air conditioning and bug screens are two truly great modern conveniences

[@wadehiggins1919]

People wouldn't be living in Florida if it wasn't for that and spraying for mosquitos. My FIL grew up in Florida and had malaria 3 times before WWII. Then got it 2 more times in the Pacific Theatre.

[@jodeeps2287]

Lol, I visited Western Europe and while there apparently, it was hotter than usual 🤷‍♀️ nobody had ACs, they just opened their windows without screens 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I did not understand the concept...you need to cool off so you open your windows and invite every type of bug inside 🤷‍♀️

[@spugintrntl]

He's also right about peeps needing to die.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

Air conditioning is perhaps the greatest invention of all time, next to electricity, together. They're an essential we can't take for granted ever. Bug screens, lol, I figure add them to cars, maybe? There are times you take your vehicle somewhere needing to leave your windows down. Then, bugs fly in. Add screens. Make life easier.

[@redrick8900]

@@jodeeps2287 Europe has less than 1% the bugs that the US does. I spent a month in Italy and saw one grasshopper the entire time I was there.

[@natdatil6830]

I've driven in the UK and the US, and I assure you that most of the time everyone is driving in the right direction: forward.

[@natdatil6830]

Also, a Boots isn't all that different than a CVS. I'm not buying the UK pharmacy vs US pharmacy stuff.

[@sameebah]

@@natdatil6830 - Boots isn't a pharmacy. It may have a pharmacy counter in the store, but it's generally just a shop that sells toiletries and other products. In the UK a proper pharmacy is essentially a place to get your medicines.

[@snickle1980]

😐Most of the time.

[@deon700]

@@sameebah Boots is the closest thing to a USA CVS. It has a pharmacy, but is also a general store as well with gifts, perfumes, food, sweets... Most other pharmacies are just pharmacies though.

[@tobascoheat6582]

Very funny . . .

[@catzamutter]

My favorite way to dispose of peeps is through peep jousting. We actually buy a bunch when they go on sale after Easter for this. You put 2 of them inside a circle drawn on a paper plate put in the microwave and give each peep a toothpick sticking out the front like a lance. When you microwave them they puff up and the first one to stab the other without going over the circle boundary wins. Last time we added the fun of decorating the peeps with food coloring markers. It’s messy but lots of fun. 😂

[@mrcryptozoic817]

Love the idea of peep jousting!

[@seameology]

Laurence would LOVE that!😂🤣😅

[@jerbear7952]

I suspect you are a lot more fun than I am.

[@LindaC616]

As soon as I have someone to enjoy that tradition with, I'm adopting it!

[@LindaC616]

​@@jerbear7952I KNOW she's more fun than I!

[@fionam3554]

To be fair, Lawrence, did you look into WHY Ranch dressing is called Ranch? The guy who came up with it was an amateur chef who.... ran a dude ranch, called Hidden Valley Ranch. He served his guests this dressing as the house dressing on salads. A lot of people told him he should bottle it... and he eventually found a distributor. The ranch went broke, but the salad dressing boomed.

[@janus3555]

Also reason why Hidden Valley Ranch is the highest selling of the dressing companies that make Ranch and subjectively the best tasting. Although a few have come close.

[@omind1]

Yeah, " Ranch", dressing in " the day" , was decent. BUT , as Things go if you wanna ship a ton of product load it with Sugar and preservatives. Make yr own, don't buy it. The packets are cheap and better unless you are deep into the heavy sugar taste. Just remember the Grocery only had 6 Rascals to truck your obese ass around. 😊

[@protorhinocerator142]

The original wasn't Ranch dressing made by Hidden Valley. It was "Hidden Valley Ranch" dressing. The word Ranch wasn't copyrighted so competitors called their version Ranch. This would be like if they made "New York City" dressing and competitors made City dressing.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

Even if this were completely a made -up story, I would find it just as satisfying as actual facts.

[@fionam3554]

@@neuvocastezero1838 I am flattered you think my imagination that vivid, unfortunately, it is not that good - it is a fact.

[@christinemccrea4371]

If you've ever stocked store shelves in the US, you've been amazed by the amount of Ranch a store goes through in a day.

[@TroyC68]

And yet, I have never purchased a single bottle.... even though it may run off the shelves... there is an equal population or greater, that don't touch it... It's like guns... The USA has the most amount of legal gun ownership in the world.... but they DO NOT have the most households armed in the world, as only about 30% of households are armed... This is the law of American Excess... When they want something, they want TONNES of it, not just one.... But the majority is not like that at all...

[@r0cketplumber]

Well, yeah, because you dip your buffalo wings in Ranch.

[@tears_of_asariel3198]

my old roomate used to literally drink ranch like a snack.. just sitting on the couch with a bottle watching tv, shit was disgusting to watch

[@tiredman99]

@@tears_of_asariel3198 that's gross

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

_dang_

[@jm07211]

While I used to find the “Baby On Board” signs annoying, I recently found out that they were invented by a firefighter/EMS worker to indicate that there is, in fact, a baby on board a burning or wrecked car.

[@jameson8682]

It surprises me how few people know this fact.

[@spyone4828]

I recently saw a sign in a similar vein, warning of an autistic child on board. It then listed several specific reasons that might be important to know, including "May not respond to verbal commands". Seems like a very prudent precaution in case the driver is incapacitated.

[@jeffreygunn3530]

I've seen similar signs in the front window of houses that list the number/type of pets in the home for the same reason

[@lebrown5075]

i feel like people are unlikely or unable to peel them off after the first year or two passes

[@jm07211]

@@lebrown5075 I think the signs in motor vehicles are on suction cups. You’re right, though; I will occasionally see a “Tot Finder” window sticker in a home that hasn’t seen a human younger that 25 years in decades.

[@sleepydog223]

Ranch is also a style of hygiene and clothing in which one bathes and wears clean clothes for dinner after a hard day of wearing work clothes on the ranch. One doesn’t show up for dinner in work clothes, but is expected to be in ranch attire or ranch wear. In the bunkhouse, sweatpants and a tee shirt may be appropriate ranch wear, but dinner in the main house may call for ranch attire. Ranch attire is generally considered more formal than ranch wear.

[@roxismith6122]

It's called ranch dressing because of the recipe. It was originally marketed as Hidden Valley Ranch brand buttermilk dressing.

[@RandomManIncorperated]

Its Called Ranch Because It Was Created At Hidden Valley Ranch

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

That would mean it's called that because of the brand not the recipe.

[@blueflame6237]

correct. the word has been homogenized similarly to how google it went from reffering to the browser specifically, to searching the internet in general.@@dickJohnsonpeter

[@marcuspayne2426]

My family has a tradition with peeps that you may enjoy. We keep a box of peeps on top of the refrigerator and bring it out every Easter. Then, instead of eating them, we put them back on top of the fridge after Easter is over. This is far superior to consuming them.

[@jemimac6054]

😆

[@NotSoMuchFrankly]

It is the fruitcake of candy.

[@billkeithchannel]

15 years ago I was working at a convenience store. I had noticed that an item was expired. So I went though their entire snack/gum section and found 4 milk crates full of expired crap. They had Moon Pies, also marshmallow, that was 4 years old and hard as a rock. Needless to say once they replaced everything with fresh and more varied stuff the sales increased dramatically.

[@xbubblehead]

We have a similar tradition with those peppermint candy canes. They are treated as Christmas decorations, and by now probably are about as edible as those plastic icicles.

[@NotSoMuchFrankly]

@@billkeithchannel There was an episode of "Taxi" where one of the lesser known characters wanted to start buying apples from the vending machines but they were all gross and old. So he asked someone how he could get the company that stocks the apples to put fresh ones in. Someone told him they won't do that until all the apples were gone. But then they realized that then the company might think someone really likes old apples so they would re-stock it with only old, stale apples. Catch 22, I guess.

[@David-Ray]

"You know how cheddar cheese comes from the English town of Cheddar? Well, you do now." Dude's humor is simply awesome!

[@protorhinocerator142]

It's right next to Whataburger, Sussex, which is across the river from Cajunstyle. Not to be confused with the city of Cajunstyle near Glasgow.

[@cassiecassie8325]

Cheddar gorge is a great place!

[@Lily-Bravo]

I prefer Double Gloucester and I live in Gloucester. Ha Ha

[@keithbromley6070]

I went on a trip with a friend to the Cheddar caves when I was young (7 or 8). No-one explained to me that they weren’t caves made of cheese so I was mildly disappointed when we got there. They do age the cheese in some of the caves, but it’s not the same.

[@ajb.822]

I learned that they also have a "cheddar gorge" over there ( as-in, big ravine or canyon of sorts), watching the brit property-hunting TV show ( on KZbin) "Escape to the country" ( ppl primarily seeking to move to a more rural or village area and property, and u get to see a lot of very old, quirky, cute and etc. houses & other buildings, the rural landscape and whatever other lil things they have the couple tour in the area, or the host takes part in - such as an artisan craft - or tours or learns about. Very nice show !! ).

[@sharmanmurphree-roberts4018]

In 60 years in America, I've never heard the term "sink waste disposal". It's ALWAYS called a garbage disposal.

[@JimDixon55104]

Wikipedia doesn't even list this among its list of synonyms for "A garbage disposal unit (also known as a waste disposal unit, food waste disposer (FWD), in-sink macerator, garbage disposer, or garburator)

[@Rowebot15]

Brits hate the word garbage, they think it's rubbish.

[@FelinaofL2]

The wackiest thing I've ever done with Peeps was use them in place of marshmallows when making Rice Krispie Treats. The result was similar to regular ones, except rainbow colored (from using different colors of Peeps) and extra sugary.

[@stellasmith262]

PEEPS in coffee..especially the donut house coffee ones.

[@davidwarmels7945]

Or put them in the microwave. They get twice as big.

[@SR-xo9rd]

S'meeps are also good! S'mores with a Peep instead of a marshmallow. Mmmmmmm :)

[@raoularmagnac2037]

I just LOVE Peeps! They are my FAVORITE Easter candy! I always stock up on them while they're available! 🐤🐣🐥

[@jstringfellow1961]

nasty.

[@Aqsticgod]

it always warms my heart to see people genuinly surprised and intrigued by our culture and language... also funny delivery my dude,

[@lookoutforchris]

Yet we hear nearly everyday in the media that “white people have no culture.”

[@halfsourlizard9319]

*Your* language? You may recall that it's named 'English'.

[@Doc_Dolan]

FYI: Just to clear it up for you ... "Buffalo Wings" DID start in Buffalo, New York. At a local pub called "Frank & Theresa's Anchor Bar & Grill", located at the corner of Main Street, and North Street, in downtown Buffalo. Being born and raised there I ate there often, as did my parents. How you ask did it happen? Before 'daily delivery' of just about everything (like today) most products used in the restaurant business to cover Saturday and Sunday meals were delivered on Thursday or Friday, often frozen if need be. One Friday approximately 60 pounds of raw chicken was delivered in preparation for the "renowned" Fried Chicken Sunday Dinners served weekly at the Anchor Bar & Grill. They were packaged in this 'new' packaging material - partially transparent plastic wrap, heat sealed & frozen, inside cardboard boxes. They were taken from the freezer to the cooler Saturday night at closing to 'slow thaw' overnight. Sunday, when it came time to start the washing, breading, and frying, of the chicken dinners it was discovered that instead of the 'cut' chicken parts that were ordered, the delivery driver had delivered the chopped chicken wings - intended for a different customer. Result - NO chicken dinners that Sunday as the supplier was closed. Frank's Problem - 60 pounds of raw chicken wings that were about to go to waste, as they could not be refrozen, and by Monday they would rot. Being from my parents' generation that WASTED NOTHING Frank decided he would "fry 'em up, and give them away" to the drinkers, highly salted of course. They were a big hit with the customers, and of course they were highly salted to get the customers to drink more (like free peanuts on the bar used to be). They caught on, and eventually were served first with a dip of Bleu Cheese dressing, and later a few celery sticks. Again, sometime later someone (I don't know who, or where) decided to start putting hot sauces (or sweet sauces) on them, also served with celery, and sometimes even carrot sticks on the side. By now people were paying for these tasty 'snacks'. All thanks to Frank not wanting to waste the already thawed frozen wings he received by mistake! I've not been back in many years, but I believe the family still runs the Anchor Bar and Grill, on the same corner in Buffalo. As Paul Harvey used to say "Now you know, the rest of the story"!

[@bebotime2941]

Is that also where "Frank's Red Hot" sauce comes from? I know that the buffalo sauce is just hot sauce and butter, but was the specific recipe for the hot sauce made by the family? EDIT: No, the family who made the wings did not also make the sauce. One of the owners of the sauce company happened to be named Jacob Frank, and that coincidence made the sauce seem like it was first made by the family who invented Buffalo wings, when in fact the sauce predates the wings by at least 40 years.

[@Doc_Dolan]

@@bebotime2941 I am not sure about that one! The main reason I looked up the history of the Anchor Bar was it was where I had my last meal "as a free man" - I shipped out that night for the US Navy, and they had given us all a meal voucher for the Anchor Bar (across the side street from the induction center). I found out later that my father knew Frank & Theresa, back from his days in vaudeville, as a professional roller skate exhibition dancer!😃😃

[@carolforsythe6316]

Thank you for the info 😀

[@gujwdhufjijjpo9740]

I know ranch dressing was invented by a gold miner in Alaska.

[@artemusprine]

I've often heard that the reason buffalo wings spread so quickly is that the wings were very affordable as no one really wanted to use them for much, and that boneless wings were only introduced after demand for traditional wings had elevated their cost closer to that of the traditionally preferred white-meat.

[@geoffk777]

The American version of Salad Creme is "Miracle Whip", which is a bit thicker and sweeter than the British version. It still works well on sandwiches and as a mayo substitute.

[@sluggo206]

Miracle Whip is called "salad dressing" on the label because it doesn't fit the legal definition of mayonnaise; something about it not having eggs or such. I've never seen British salad creme so I can't say if Miracle Whip is similar. My family had Miracle Whip growing up but now I use mayonnaise.

[@davidkermes376]

miracle whip is an abomination and an insult to the good name and reputation of mayonnaise.

[@LtBasil]

​@@davidkermes376 Miracle whip and mayonnaise are BOTH abominations. So is ranch.

[@A2D4]

@@davidkermes376 I agree. It’s horrible. 🤢 Mayo, I like. 😊 Big difference in my opinion.

[@sherrillsturm7240]

Ack, ack, ack! Give me Hellman's (Best Foods), not that sickeningly sweet "Miracle."

[@EatAtJoes]

When I lived in Taiwan, I installed a garbage disposal in the sink of my apartment. I had to ask the landlord to do it and then explain, in detail, how it worked and how it would not be a problem (when I left, they moved in, and later wrote me and told me how amazing both it and the dishwasher I installed are). Every local who saw it was just like "What is THAT?!!" Every American/Canadian (they have garburators, too!) was very jealous.

[@biaberg3448]

Have you ever thought of where the waste ends up when you use a waste disposal? It’s probably polluting the ocean or a lake. Yes, polluting.

[@EatAtJoes]

@@biaberg3448 Have you ever thought of how your toilet and kitchen sink flow into the exact same wastewater line? Do you give yourself this same sanctimonious ill-informed lecture every time you flush and pretend your shit doesn't stink?

[@Halters101]

@@biaberg3448 The organic matter that goes down the garbage disposal is polluting the ocean? Just because it's called a garbage disposal doesn't mean people are sticking actual trash down the sink. It's just food scraps from cooking or leftovers after a meal. That stuff either gets filtered out at the local waste water treatment plant or, if it somehow does make it to a body of water, feeds whatever lucky fish happen upon it.

[@biaberg3448]

@@Halters101 I know that people don’t put trash in. But the thing is, when/if the food scraps get to water it feeds the animal plankton, who multiply so much that the oxygen level in the water gets too low, then the water gets green and slimy and all living creatures dies. So by adding food to the water the ecosystem gets out of balance, and that is actually pollution. Some places the waste water is cleaned before it gets to the ocean or lake, but that’s expensive and the leftovers (including the food scrap) no is special garbage, and is far more expensive to take care of than ordinary garbage. So food garbage should be collected separately in the bin, then it can be made to compost, and even to biological fuel. That’s what we do here in Norway.

[@EmilyFuger]

@@biaberg3448 lol, I would recommend you look into how waste treatment facilities work.

[@kimw3284]

I'm an American and had never heard of a Texas King or an Alaska King (or a Wyoming King) until today

[@deirdrevergados971]

In which state do you live? I'm from New Jersey and hsve heard at least the first two mentioned.

[@iroll]

@@deirdrevergados971 I'm from Arizona and I've heard of a California king, but never any of the others. If somebody asked me if the others were a thing, I would say "no, those aren't a thing."

[@becca1573]

Yeah, I’m in texas and have also never heard of the texas king mattress

[@taraking6472]

Same! I had only heard of California king.

[@cmachinist]

Me neither really. I mean I've seen those sizes, but I I don't recall them seeing the associated with states. I always thought they were just extra bigass mattress for rich people or something

[@inf0phreak]

The one thing I've picked up from pop cultural osmosis about ranch dressing is that (apparently) ANY (not necessarily) solid (not necessarily) food item can be dipped in ranch.

[@jennv2948]

I’ve definitely heard it claimed that any food is improved by either ranch or peanut butter. If one doesn’t work, the other will. And while it’s definitely not 100% true, it’s a very good generalized rule.

[@jeremiahkindel9301]

Pepperoni pizza dipped in ranch is amazing

[@stevenserna910]

Not a Snickers bar! Never a Snickers bar!

[@ol_smokey9370]

@@jennv2948 A hamburger topped with a spoonful of peanut butter is surprisingly good 😆

[@DaremKurosaki]

I've never bought ranch dressing because making it from scratch is super easy, a lot tastier, and will kill most things dead.

[@AKSnowbat907]

Ranch dressing is actually buttermilk dressing. The guy who created that specific recipe lived on a ranch in California called "hidden valley ranch" He would share it with friends and as it popularity grew he began to give it away and then eventually selling it as his "hidden valley ranch dressing"

[@BaronEurchild]

Raised in Buffalo. I need to express something since you mentioned Ranch and Buffalo Wings. We just called them chicken wings (understandably) and you only ate them with blue cheese, not ranch. Sure, a few odd balls went with ranch, but blue cheese comes with them and the only thing a local would expect. You would have to request anything else. Go elsewhere in the country, they will often give ranch as the norm or ask which you want.

[@crosion5]

I am not from Buffalo, but my dad is. Ranch on wings is blasphemous. Go Bills!

[@1950Grendel]

Right - bleu cheese or naked - and they were always just "wings".

[@EmilyFuger]

Yeah, but this dude has only lived in the Midwest. Ranch is our obligatory condiment for everything. And I do mean EVERYTHING.

[@Doc_Dolan]

Also born and raised in the Nickel (lower east side) ... You are 100000% correct! In addition, I have found that most places don't even offer Blue Cheese as it is too expensive to serve!!

[@WaybackRewind]

I am incensed when people put ranch on wings it's a travesty

[@OldMan_PJ]

"Peep" is the sound baby birds make, hence the name for the candy. Also used in the phrase "I don't want to hear a peep out of you". Have you ever had Cool Ranch Doritos?

[@flowertrue]

Cool Ranch Doritos are incredible.

[@monicatorres2237]

They have cool ranch Doritos in the UK they are just called "American flavored". 😆

[@taitano12]

How about Cool Ranch Peeps?

[@brockobamagh1851]

I once went to a Dude Ranch that was pretty cool. I don't remember eating any Doritos while I was there.

[@Phyde4ux]

They should call them Poops, because that's what they look and taste like.

[@nemeinshirwell9981]

I’m American and I thought that California king was the biggest standard mattress unless you special ordered something. Man, these people must have HUGE bedrooms to put them in

[@elisabethbenders-hyde5286]

You get one of those gynormous mattresses when your partner snores too loudly, but you don't want to move into another room. Or you're contemplating divorce but can't quite pull the trigger.

[@chandlerblachut3878]

I think there’s an Alaska king which is 1 ft bigger than a California king

[@robw0127]

100% American and I love salad creme! You can usually find it in that little, slim British food section of the supermarket in aisle 11 or so, along with the Mr. Kipling tarts and the mushy peas.

[@emilyhorch]

As an American who spends a fair bit of time in Cornwall, I can assure you that bumper stickers - albeit not the kind you see in the US - are very popular down here, mainly variations on St Piran's flag to prove to other drivers that you're not a dreaded Southerner (i.e. English) and/or an emmet. But yeah, we Americans have moved bumper stickers into a different category where you can get incredibly angry at the politics of a complete stranger simply by sitting behind them in traffic. Love your channel and content - thanks for the great videos!

[@erinkinsella91]

Aaaah Kernow is nice

[@farvista]

And that's another reason I won't have bumper stickers. I won't have someone who smarmily spouts on about tolerance, freedom of expression and diversity, but then keys my car because I don't think in "the correct way", thus demonstrating their tolerance and their support of freedom of expression and diversity.

[@annfay6543]

What is an emmet?

[@farvista]

@@annfay6543 I wanted to know too, so I had a quick lookabout. Apparently, in Cornwall, the term, from the local dialect, is used for "tourists or holidaymakers", sometimes pejoratively. (Like, if you were in the southern U.S., you might call northerners "yanks", and in the eastern U.S., you'd call southerners "rednecks". It's can range from amused to dismissive to hateful.)

[@wangobadankas4038]

There was a time when Ranch, Buttermilk and Buttermilk Ranch dressings all co-existed. It didn't take long to realize they all taste about the same.

[@Cinnabar_and_Chalcanthite]

Omg, a decade without Ranch over here as an American in Germany! Feel this video but then I found an incredible recipe for it and now I make it home made over here. My husband is hooked! I hate Peeps too... disgusting things, lol! BTW, love your channel!!!

[@alexandrasmith7682]

@Cinnabar Pretty please can I possibly have the recipe from you??? As a Brit, I came back having lived in the States for a great many years, accepting that there were a few American things that I genuinely missed - and fancy dressing was/is still sadly missed!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

You're forced to make your own Ranch dressing? That place is uncivilized.

[@crosion5]

It was peanut butter and peanut butter flavored candy like Reeses that I missed the most when I lived oversees.

[@Ian-naian]

I beg your pardon??? “Salad cream” This is going on the list of crimes along with squirty cream. 4:12

[@pigpjs]

For the garbage disposal (what you called sink waste disposal units), my home has the switch under the sink specifically so you don't confuse it with a light switch. It was the first time I saw a switch that wasn't directly next to and appearing like a light switch. Also, when I visited England and found out that there is a town called Cheddar where cheddar cheese came from, I knew I needed to visit. Was not disappointed. Even happier that I could take a Harry Potter tour while eating my wheel of cheese as some of the filming locations are close to the town.

[@lavenderoh]

My disposal switch is the same! I think this started when island/peninsula sinks became more standard. I live in an apartment with a U shaped kitchen, one side of the U is a peninsula and that's where my sink is.

[@joermnyc]

My parents house has one outlet with a switch over it next to the sink and it turns on… the light above the sink. I don’t think in 30+ years living there they ever changed that bulb because they rarely use that light.

[@nolongeramused8135]

Disposal switches are virtually always located to the right of the sink(s). Lefties, you are not considered in this decision.

[@centauri61032]

My disposal switch is on the wall. But a different color to make it more recognizable.

[@edwardblair4096]

In my house, the switch for the garbage disposal also has a second switch. At first I couldn't tell what it was for because switching it didn't seem to do anything. Eventually I figured out why sometimes the dishwasher didn't work and sometimes it did. (When I first moved in I didn't use the dishwasher because I had never had one before.)

[@Zundfolge]

I'm old enough to remember when Ranch came on the scene. Back in the early days of Ranch Dressing (late 70s, early 80s) you didn't buy it in a bottle, you bought it in an envelope and mixed it with buttermilk yourself. Still the best way to have it. By a mile (1.6km for you foreigners).

[@LythaWausW]

This is the only way to go when you live in Europe and miss Ranch. You have your family ship the packets over and make it yourself, cuz they ship well.

[@dawnmichelle4403]

Yes! Home-mixed Ranch is the best! 😋

[@proto-geek248]

Ranch = 🤮

[@dawnmichelle4403]

@@proto-geek248 What do you like on your salad?

[@spyone4828]

There is a lot to be said for using your own ingredients. I worked in a restaurant where we had tried various kinds of premade ranch but finally settled on Hidden Valley packets. Customers loved both it and our homemade cream Italian, and we were happy to share our secret: we used the high quality mayonnaise that we bought for our sandwiches to make the dressings too. That's it.

[@dougmorgan6819]

My wife and I met at the University of Kentucky. Recently we told somebody we met at UK and she was surprised to hear we didn’t have British accents. It took us a minute to figure out what she meant. So it’s good that you explained it 😁.

[@TFeld-nx9io]

My wife and I did too. Go Cats. And cheers

[@363catman]

If you told them you and your wife were from the SEC and paying them a visit they might have jumped out of a window. 🤣

[@Pocchari]

I was going to comment on this myself! As a Kentuckian, sometimes you need to clarify to other people. 😅

[@larryselkirk426]

Thank you for ideas that make me smile. One set of grandparents grew up outside Manchester, the other set were from Oklahoma, so many times I am familiar with words from both sides of the pond.

[@marybrewer2203]

We have a curious type of mild vandalism that has evolved here in the last few years, involving the ubiquitous (in Spring) Peeps. The perpetrators visit the victim’s home under cover of darkness, or a time when the homeowner is not present, armed with a large amount of the marshmallow chicks. The chicks are moistened on the bottoms, and plastered to the outside of the victim’s windows, where they stick pretty well. This practice is known as “window peeping”. Really. It is similar to another practice involving birds, where, again under cover of darkness, multiple pink flamingo lawn ornaments are placed on the front lawn of the chosen victim. We’re a bit odd around here in Vincennes.

[@jonjohns8145]

PLEASE tell me they caught one of the vandals and his name was Tom?!! Peeping Tom .. 🤣

[@dawnyockey1475]

Love it!

[@sbond7510]

Reading youtube comments is really the cherry on top 😂😂

[@patriciapost962]

Hilarious 😆🤣😆

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

I've done the flamingo thing, but I only know Vincennes as a suburb on the East side of Paris.

[@karennaterez]

Oh thank you.. That was hilarious.. Reverse augutus gloop.. My husband laughed hard.. Almoat wet himself..

[@evtrekker1317]

In case no one else said it, buffalo wings go really well with ranch dressing.

[@javyacuna4380]

And they are generally served with celery sticks and carrots.

[@jeremyevans1966]

Bleu cheese dressing is good too with wings!

[@robinlillian9471]

Blue cheese dressing is more traditional.

[@Muffinshaker]

It was in the picture too 👏👏👏👏👏

[@myopiniondoesntmatterh9073]

Blue cheese is better in my opinion, but ranch will do if blue cheese isn't available. I can't eat the actual buffalo flavor anymore, thanks to a bought of stomach flu immediately after a healthy portion of wings for supper. Even the smell still makes me queasy, which is a shame because I used to love buffalo wings. I have to settle for BBQ or sweet Asian chili or whatever other flavor they come up with that sounds appealing. I do miss the original buffalo flavor though. Maybe someday I'll get over it and can enjoy them again.

[@kurtkaletka6207]

My grandfather (a Polish-born immigrant to America who came here in 1913) used the word "peep" to refer to literal baby chickens. He told a story about when he ordered eight peeps through the mail and set them up in a small coop he built behind the house. My father, ten years old, would run to the coop after school every day to play with the peeps, each of whom he had names for. One day my grandmother came out and said to Dad, "Okay, Chester, which one's your favorite?" Dad pointed to a now year-old pullet he'd named Blue-Blue. Grandma picked up Blue-Blue and gutted him right in front of him, and that was dinner that night. That was also the last time Dad ever touched poultry. Curiously, Dad was the only one in my family who actually liked marshmallow peeps. Everyone else thought they were disgusting. Every year our Easter baskets would have peeps in them, but they weren't wasted. Dad would helpfully finish all of them for us.

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

There is a road near where I live called “Opossum Hollow Road.” I always laugh because nobody who lives on a road with that name would ever pronounce it that way. “Possum Holler” is the correct pronunciation. I like to pronounce it as it is spelled, with the stuffiest British accent I can manage, just for laughs.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

You should post this on one of his pronouncing place names videos.

[@patriciaaturner289]

My mother grew up on a Mizzourah farm located on Possum Trot Hollow Road (dadblasted Post Office made ‘em fix the spelling on “holler” to their standards.)

[@pirateadam3686]

I remember driving in Orlando, FL with my British Sat nav. We were on Osceola Parkway, which for some reaons the closest pronunciation it could get was "Ars-ee-ole-a" and I was not mature at any point that holiday 😂

[@triarb5790]

@@pirateadam3686 Totally unrelated.. but in Melbourne ( Aus) where I live we have a major road called Ernst Wanke. I cannot drive past it without erupting in giggles every single time. My family fail to be amused anymore. Silly people. I'm 60. 😆

[@LindaC616]

@@triarb5790 That's a good one! I'm from the US and even I would find that funny!

[@Leafingbookstea]

One use for Peeps that I think you will appreciate - setting them on fire. My friends and I discovered this one night around a campfire (I swear we were not drinking). We built a bunch of wooden containers for the Peeps - the Trojan Rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a Burning Man, a Viking longship, you get the idea. One particularly industrious friend (ok, he was a little obsessed) recreated the Battle of Agincourt on a hay bale using Peeps and toothpicks (we did not set fire to the hay bale, just the Peeps after photos) You could probably celebrate Bonfire night with Peeps and burn them in effigy right along with Guy.

[@ashtongaskill3980]

Peep jousting is my fave use for them.

[@GoldSpangledBananaBoy]

Sacrificial Peep Burning to appease the Sugar Gods!

[@Aristaeuss]

that sounds amazing lol

[@tiredman99]

Nah that's just friends having a good time doing stupid shit lol

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

I can't decide if you're sick or twisted.

[@goldenknight578]

We have a lot of opossums in my neighborhood; however, you're more likely to see them splattered on the road than alive. That's why the reason the chicken crossed the road was to prove to the opossum that it could be done.

[@jmcg6189]

Years ago I was surprised to see one running down the Outer Drive in Chicago. Not sure if we were driving slow or he was running fast, but I think he was keeping pace with the traffic.

[@triarb5790]

You often see possums electrocuted and desiccating on power lines in Oz, along with flying foxes.

[@LindaC616]

Never heard that joke before ...that's a good one!

[@cjc363636]

As an American, you are so right about Peeps being....well, awful. Like fluffy styrofoam mixed with bathroom caulk, corn syrup and pink paint. Yuk!

[@Notius]

If they aren't old and stale the inside still generally tastes like marshmallows, but the chemical flavored colored sugar coating ruins it every time.

[@wavion2]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure most Americans hate peeps and candy corn... they're just expected.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Wait ... people *eat* them!? I thought peeps were strictly a for exploding in the microwave ...

[@Steven_Olson]

I lived abroad for a while and was surprised how much everyone loved Ranch dressing for vegetables even more more than us, so much that it was our job to bring it to any social gathering we were invited to!

[@stevenserna910]

Ranch is cool, but when you become an adult, Ranch becomes primarily for beautiful ladies, and flamboyant men. Bleu Cheese is, "tha Shiz-nit" for men, and salad oils are for alien invaders from Venus.

[@LindaC616]

I remember hearing about that in the 80s and 90s. A friend from Berlin, up until about 10 yrs ago, wanted 3 things whenever he visited: burgers, bagels, and ranch dressing

[@ginny9577]

even more confusing to some, In Western NY (where Buffalo is located).. we just call them wings. i hate Peeps but would buy them for my late grandmother for her birthday (which was around Easter sometimes). because she loved them. i sometimes enjoy ranch dressing and i think opposums are raccoons weirder looking cousins.

[@IceMetalPunk]

If you call Buffalo wings just "wings", then what do you call wings without Buffalo sauce on them?

[@roberthofmann8403]

Possums are Marsupials. Raccoons are more closely related to bears.

[@mjbull5156]

@@IceMetalPunk Heresy.

[@Radhapup]

What do you call wings when they are barbeque or honey mustard? When I order Buffalo Wings, I am specifying the sauce. If I order "wings" I am invariably asked what type. Although if I order "medium wings" it is understood that they are Buffalo Wings. All hail context.

[@ginny9577]

@@Radhapup sigh, i guess i should've been more specific. in a general conversation.. they are wings because saying Buffalo wings in Buffalo is a bit redundant. usually the sauces are mild, medium, hot, suicide (or some other descriptor that means the person eating them are going to "die" either while eating them or after eating them). and BBQ etc. most traditional is hot, though my preference is BBQ or garlic parm wings

[@hellokristi]

I recommend roasting Peeps over a fire like you'd roast a conventional marshmallow. The exterior sugar caramelizes and turns to a beautiful candy shell around a soft, melted center. Also, their little faces melt.

[@jenme7926]

Ooohhhh.. I'll have to try this! Thanks for sharing! 😄

[@wendyweaver8749]

Krist - "Also, their little faces melt." As that if the Nazi near the end of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'?

[@hellokristi]

@@wendyweaver8749 kinda, though the browning is much more delicious!

[@jmpet7134]

genius

[@d.jensen5153]

I've had only two bumper stickers in 40 years of car ownership. One said, "Eschew Obfuscation" The other, "The stone the builders rejected has become the head of the corner."

[@rustyreturns9754]

I, too, had the “Eschew Obfuscation” sticker! As an English teacher, I thought it was funny!

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

If you're American and old enough, you may remember the comic strip "Pogo" by Walt Kelly. The title character was a 'possum who lived in Okefenokee Swamp (you can add that to your list of hard-to-pronounce place names). The strip was really funny and odd.

[@stevethepocket]

I finally got around to getting those hardback book collections of those that they sell now. Still working my way through them. It's clear that they had a harder time finding good quality prints of some to digitize than others, but I hope they eventually complete the set. Or at least get as far as the single most iconic strip, from 1970. You know the one.

[@LindaC616]

I remember pogo!

[@kkarllwt]

We have seen the enemy and it is us.

[@gdvanc]

@@stevethepocket "we have met the enemy and he is us"

[@Zepplin76]

Florida named a lot of their cities after native American words. As a Florida native, it's funny when people try to say some of them..

[@Mara-sim]

Your videos are always entertaining, funny, witty, slightly self-deprecating, filled with wonder and I greatly appreciate that these days! Please keep it coming many blessings to you and Tara

[@Magravated]

My family owned a motel in S. Oregon and the couple who owned Hidden Valley Ranch stopped and spent the night, 1967-ish. Apparently they struck a chord with my parents because we invited them for dinner. They were on their way to California to market their new salad dressing and asked if we'd like to try it. I was about 6 and I despised salad dressing which, in our house, was usually Thousand Island or Italian. 🤢 So, everyone tried it but me. Of course my family were polite and said it was very good, blah, blah. Afterwards, Mom admitted that she didn't like it though. I never thought about it again until ... Fast forward 15 years, my BFF and I went to a pizza parlor to pick up dinner and I had ordered a chef salad to go, no dressing of course. Unfortunately, I didn't know it had Ranch on it until we got home. I was hungry so I plugged my nose and took a bite. My life changed at that very moment and now my favorite dressing is Bleu Cheese. But I always get Ranch with chef salads and chicken wings. 😉 ~The End ~

[@wallyman292]

How can you despise ALL salad dressings??? They're so different from each other, after all. Was it just the texture or something???

[@Magravated]

@@wallyman292 No, I was only 6 and I think the dressings were to much for my pallet, especially considering that most things we ate were spice free except for salt and pepper. My Dad had a touchy stomach when it came to some spices so we used very little. I still hate thousand island unless it's on a burger. Love Italian though.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Ranch and Bleu Cheese are the two approved dips for hot wings.

[@billysmidway7032]

Slightly stale Peeps are the best. When they’re soft and fresh, they are just a sugary flavor but let them breathe for a week or two and it becomes a whole other flavor explosion and texture. The bunny shaped yellow ones are a particular favorite.

[@dennisswaney644]

I liked Seven Seas brand "Green Goddess Dressing" but when I couldn't easily get it I switched to Ranch Dressing. I actually started out with French Dressing then moved to Thousand Island Dressing to Green Goddess to Ranch over the last 60 years.

[@KairuHakubi]

those are all the best dressings.

[@gailcbull]

I'm a Canadian with a British Grandfather. I think the Brits would just call Ranch Dressing "Herb and Garlic" dressing. That's basically what it is.

[@ramsoncole4605]

That goes with the idiom that your tastes change approximately every 15 years :)

[@peterbelanger4094]

I like to dip french fries (chips) in ranch dressing. But I like my chips (crisps) dipped in french onion dip.

[@KristenRowenPliske]

I loved Green Goddess when I was younger! I don’t remember why I stopped using it.

[@jdinhuntsvilleal4514]

People started putting "bumper" stickers on windows when car manufacturers started *painting* the bumpers. Removing a sticker from a painted bumper would damage the paint (unless you took the time to use a blow dryer to soften the glue first), so onto the windows where they can be easily removed.

[@Stratelier]

My mother used to have a stack of bumper stickers placed on top of the dashboard, just behind the windshield, and often rotated which one was on the top (visible outside).

[@sebastianjoseph2828]

There are also magnetic bumper stickers, like the sort of magnet you'd put on a refrigerator. I suppose since a lot of bumpers aren't metal anymore it might not work, but my dad put a ribbon magnet on his hood (bonnet) just to make it easier to recognize.

[@proto-geek248]

🤫 sshhhh

[@NotRussianBadger97]

@@Stratelier that's not a bad idea

[@kayewer]

I enjoy Peeps, so I felt compelled to let you know that the company who manufactures them--Just Born (named because the trademark office accidentally misunderstood the company when they wanted "only" the word born in their name)---has a variety of marshmallow-themed delicacies all year round, so you will see snowmen and Christmas trees coming up this winter.

[@arthurvasey]

I believe Just Born’s concept is a similar one to how the group Simply Red got their name - lead singer Mick Hucknall said that they were to be called Red - simply Red - somehow, Simply Red stuck! Made some good tunes!

[@juliettemay2666]

I love Peeps!

[@Mueller3D]

"Just 'Born'"? Sounds a lot like "Jonly Bonly" 🙂

[@meow2u22]

I live about 10 miles from the Just Born factory, which is in Bethlehem, PA.

[@donnarouse9432]

In response to jonly bonly heard this from the Korean comedian very funny man!

[@Amanda57563]

Garbage disposals are the best thing ever. And the name brand? Genius. "in-sink-erator" 😂

[@eloiseteklu84]

The joy of Peeps is microwaving them, and watching them expand massively, but stop before they explode! Totally funny. Totally inedible. Totally worth the purchase.

[@Erkle64]

They're also great for getting away with murder. "I bet you can't eat this whole packet of peeps."

[@Ballaurena13]

But is it worth the clean-up?

[@coopercummings8370]

Alternatively you can get two (preferably different colors if the microwave is one with a spinning plate), stick a toothpick in each and have them face each other and make them "joust" by microwaving them until one stabs the other. Obviously, you gamble for candy based on the results

[@Erkle64]

@@coopercummings8370 I assume the winner gets real candy and the loser has to eat the peeps?

[@jcoopes5604]

Hate peeps I try them occasionally just to remember why I dislike!

[@GuanoLad]

Australian possums are, in fact, kind of adorable. Unless they are introduced into a fragile ecosystem, such as New Zealand's, where they become evil little buggers by default.

[@stevendorries]

Virginia Opossums, the OG marsupial, are cute little scramblers too.

[@gemfyre855]

or if you catch them, when they hiss and growl and scratch and pee on everything.

[@Chef_Mordo]

Marsupials actually originated in South America.

[@stevendorries]

@@Chef_Mordo nope, mid to late Cretaceous North American origin, spread to Gondwana and diversified, then during the GABI opossums migrated back into NA. It was basically a hero’s journey; they came back to where they started, but changed.

[@Chef_Mordo]

@@stevendorries I believe they migrated from South America to Australia sometime after or during the Late Cretaceous it is believed they rafted?

[@michelleortiz6163]

As someone who’s from Buffalo NY it was great to hear them referenced, but so you can add to your regionalism knowledge, it’s almost sacrilegios to offer “wings with ranch” in Buffalo it’s “wings with blue cheese”…😊

[@TechNextLetsGo]

Same. Every time I see the words "Buffalo Ranch" I cringe hard. It's mostly southern fast food chains that do it. Just stick with your grits and collard greens and stop messing with our wings and blue cheese.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

I like both condiments!!

[@victorwaddell6530]

@@TechNextLetsGo I'm South Carolina, and I eat my Buffalo wings with blue cheese .

[@C.O.G.]

Michelle Ortiz, great. I'll take the bleu cheese; you keep the Buffalo wings. To me, it's almost sacreligious to eat anything with bleu cheese dressing; except a salad.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@C.O.G. Bleu cheese is great on burgers...and steaks...and salads... I used to make homemade bleu cheese salad dressing...in the mid to late 1960’s!!

[@timduggan1461]

I have seen many of your videos, Lawrence, but this one? Too fabulous.

[@User0000000000000004]

You know what your bit on drive-thru pharmacies reminded me of? All US banks, ALL of them, used to have multiple drive-thru lanes. I remember when my mom would get her paycheck, we'd stop by the bank and get in line with all the other people depositing their checks and wait our turn to grab the pill thing and insert the check and deposit slip. These were rendered obsolete by direct deposit and mobile banking but they used to be EVERYWHERE.

[@jamiemoss3633]

Drive thrus at banks are obsolete? Where? I still see them. Not everyone does all their banking on their phone, drive thrus also work better for many people with physical disabilities. You don't have to drag a wheel chair out to go inside for routine bank transactions.

[@mustacheboyo]

There's still a lot of banks with multiple lanes for drive thru ATMs

[@SusanFrederick-i3u]

And another bonus of drive through is most will notice your dog and send a dog biscuit through with your receipt. ❤

[@A2D4]

I think that person meant those tube things in which you put your money or deposit/withdrawal slips, are mostly obsolete.

[@madmommy]

To keep me from forgetting which is the light switch and which is the disposal switch, I put a T-rex sticker on the disposal switch. I feel it represents the growling sound.

[@stacyhanslow838]

Our possums are adorable here in Australia. They'll still likely try to shred you to pieces should you try to pick them up, but they'll look damn cute whilst doing it. Also, we don't have ranch dressing or salad cream here (and I don't feel we are really missing out on anything in this case).

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

I'll settle for Dame Edna's "Hello Possums" ! 👠👠👜💋 Love from Norway 🇳🇴

[@Ridley369]

You absolutely are missing out on ranch; Can't speak for salad cream.

[@kcjd8659]

2:10 When I moved to Kentucky from Florida, the long-time Anglophile that I am, I saw a sign as we passed a local bar that said “UK football tonight.” I turned to my husband, who is from KY, and said, “Oooh! They’re showing UK football-let’s go watch!” He looked at me like I’d just sprouted another head, because I absolutely hate American football, and he said “They mean University of Kentucky football, not British football.” I was very disappointed.

[@BuffaloChicken]

Wings were invented at the Anchor Bar in 1964. In Buffalo, NY we just call them wings lol.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Most everywhere I've been calls them hot wings Only restaurants and companies say buffalo wings

[@BuffaloChicken]

@@KaitouKaiju I've heard that as well.

[@markadams7046]

I love how you mix serious information with wonderful humor.

[@thisnicelady]

Hell yes to ranch dressing! Great with raw veggies, great with french fries (or "chips" over there in your homeland).

[@Erkle64]

Fun fact: In Britain, french fries are called french fries and chips are called chips.

[@andysheepleton]

A ranch is a large piece of property which originally had livestock. A ranch style house was a single story house which would often times be large, like you would have on a ranch that they named Hidden Valley Ranch. A couple bought a ranch and later opened a restaurant on that Ranch, and they had their own homemade dressing which was very popular, and that dressing was called Hidden Valley Ranch dressing.

[@midsyntax]

I remember a friend from Portsmouth describing ranch dressing as "creamy with herby bits in it."

[@josephgaviota]

3:05 I've lived over 60 years to find out the answer to which came first, the chicken or the egg. Thanks to this fine gentleman, I finally know.

[@snarkfinder2621]

Sink waste disposal systems were available in Britain in the 1970s. I knew a few people who had them. The Australian possum (Phalangeriformes) is not related to the North American opossum (Didelphimorphia)

[@WolfRoss]

Ranch is actually a livestock business. In Australia it is a Station. Most houses were 2 story houses. But ranches had sprawling one story homes. So houses built in that style are called ranch style. The word ranch comes from the Spanish rancho. No idea where the name ranch dressing comes from. I prefer oil and vinegar. American English is a blend of English, Spanish and French because of countries that at one time claimed portions of America. Also regionally settlers from the rest of the world added words. And there are still a lot of Native American words especially for places.

[@LindaC616]

From Hidden Valley Ranch in CA

[@norriemcclure5927]

I went to University of Kentucky, I live in a ranch style house, and I can't stand ranch dressing or Peeps. I always find something in your casts that apply to me. Love it!

[@debinthewheelchair7781]

I HATE PEEPS--won't buy them; would not eat them, used to trade them with my brothers for chocolate.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

@@debinthewheelchair7781 But... a chocolate coated (though relatively fresh to be sure) Peep might be a nice treat.

[@rxanime535]

Went to UK work in pharmacy hate ranch and peeps and live in a ranch style house. Also wish he would’ve mentioned in the drive thru pharmacy that it also can just be a small hole where you can see the person picking up. The delivery chute breaks down a lot.

[@theblackbear211]

My lovely wife says to tell you that we actually know a Civil Engineer who was part of a group that experimented with Peeps- to determine the suitability for re-surfacing roads! (I can neither confirm, nor deny the seriousness of said experiment.)

[@susanunger2278]

A few years ago, I spent the night at a hotel near Lexington, Kentucky. The morning paper confused me because it kept obsessing over things happening in the United Kingdom... after the longest time, it dawned on me that it meant the University of Kentucky. I'm not into college sports so had missed this altogether.

[@thomasmoeller3446]

U of Ky. Didn't miss much anyway.

[@wwoods66]

Similarly, someone from ... Britain(?) ... was visiting the northeast US, and wondering why there was so much interest in the Yukon basketball team. How could a team from a distant Canadian province be important? Eventually learned people were talking about U.Conn. (Which _does_ use "the Huskies" for its teams' names.)

[@jamesdennis2058]

As a proud University of Kentucky graduate, and a resident of the Lexington area for 12 years after graduation, I can relate to the confusion by visitors. It works the other way too. After moving out of Kentucky, it took a while to realize that people were talking about the “foreign” UK.

[@mayloo2137]

@@wwoods66 the Yukon is technically not one of the 10 Canadian provinces. It is a Territory. Canada has 10 provinces and three territories, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Iqualuit.

[@wwoods66]

@@mayloo2137 Yup. But people who know that would know that it probably doesn't have a basketball te... wait! It does! www.yukonu.ca/student-life/get-involved/clubs-activities Though if they got into the March Madness tournament, the team from Whitehorse would be very _dark_ horses.

[@stephaniemerrill4515]

#1 Ranch is my favorite salad dressing. Consequently, it's fairly common to use it as a dip to offset the heat in your buffalo wings, especially if you don't like blue cheese dressing. #2 I found that melting a mint flavored Peep in my hot cocoa is quite satisfying.

[@cbaxel5784]

I like to dip my Buffalo wings in ranch dressing instead of blue cheese. Oh, and the wings do come from the American bison. It's just that the wings are so small and the animal is so large that you can't really see them. Also, they have those big hairy shoulders that hides the wings even more. At least that's what my older brother always told me. ;-)

[@michaelwarren2391]

And they don't have to kill the buffalo, because the wings regrow each season. They're harvested, like spaghetti is in Italy.

[@nrrork]

My dad used to say buffalos couldn't fly because their wings were so small.

[@proto-geek248]

🤫 sshhhh

[@evil1st]

Blu cheese is what you're supposed to use. Ranch does not go with the flavor of buffalo sauce or mango habanero.

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@evil1st Don't call yourself Hank Hill if you can't even spell blue right. Ranch goes with everything, but I'm a blue cheese fan myself.

[@michaelrutledge3750]

If you make the Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing from the recipe, then it’s pretty good. It tastes much, much better than the gloopy stuff in the bottles. Still, I’m an Ott’s salad dressing man. It’s surprising since I eschew horseradish after mistaking ground horseradish for mashed potatoes at a dark buffet once, but it’s quite good in Ott’s.

[@jacklow9611]

I love horseradish, and I wish that Ott's dressing was sold in my area. A dab of prepared horseradish on a hamburger (or any beef) is to die for. It is also flavor-enhancing added to vegetable beef soup.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

Everything was ok, until I got to 'What's a 'dark buffet'?'

[@michaelrutledge3750]

@@ValeriePallaoro Badly lit. The restaurant was dark. I couldn’t see what everything was.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

I personally prefer Ken’s Vidalia onion dressing. For those who don’t know Ken’s started off as a steakhouse but became famous for its salad dressings pretty early on. You can find bottles of Ken’s in a grocery store. I highly recommend the Vidalia onion salad dressing. Sweet and slightly tangy which goes great with salad.

[@lixak6307]

Doesn’t he donate the proceeds or something? I think I read that

[@therealJamieJoy]

OMG all the Ken's dressings are really good. I'm a foodie who once had a catering company. I 100% will use Ken's at home and truly enjoy. I like the Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, the Asian-style (spicy soy ginger dressing) and the Bleu Cheese also.

[@purplepanties26]

Ken’s is my absolute favorite brand. I’ve eaten it my entire life. Thank God I live on the east coast where it’s easy to find. Thousand Island is my favorite.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@lixak6307 Newman’s Own donates to Hole in the Wall, a charity started up by Paul Newman. I looked it up and the company that owns Ken’s actually bottles Newman’s Own.

[@therealJamieJoy]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 I wonder if they also donate? That would be awesome.

[@corm7538]

Back in the early 1980s when I was a kid around 6 or 7 years old I had opossum at a church wild game supper, it is a dark gamey meat that is very greasy, the closest meat that I can think of that it compares to is duck, which is also all dark meat and very greasy.

[@starlingnight8930]

I was not disappointed to find out that salad cream is actually just another version of mayonnaise. You really weren't kidding about Brits and their mayo.

[@sclarin2]

How does one use something called salad cream and have the gall to criticize ranch users? Of all cultures Brits have the least right to criticize other cultures for calling their food by "weird" names. This is the country that gave us spotted dick after all.

[@DarthPoyner]

We have that here. It's called Miracle Whip.

[@crosion5]

It's not just Brits. All across both eastern and western Europe they love mayo.

[@gemoftheocean]

@@DarthPoyner No, British 'salad cream' is yellow.

[@RANDOMNATION907]

Fact: Australian 'Possums' are cute and small like a mouse (not as small as a mouse, just cute and small _like_ a mouse(don't over think it)). American 'Possums' are fang toothed, evil claw demons that will shred you over an empty Taco Bell hot sauce packet if they think for a second you're going to deny them access to it. It's one of the only instances where the American version of an animal is more ferocious than it's Australian counterpart. Also: Buffalo are born with tiny wings, they fall off after nine months and horns grow in their place.

[@jeffryg71]

Ranch and bleu cheese are the most common sauces eaten with buffalo wings(some call them party wings). Buffalo is one of many flavors the wings typically come in.

[@johnpeace971]

Being from western NY we just call them chicken wings. I personally find these to sparse amounts of meat not worth the trouble of scraping off the bone. Thank Buffalo for figuring out how to sell the public literal garbage by putting hot sauce on it

[@stevenserna910]

The story is interesting...a lady named Maria Bellissima, owner of the "Anchor Bar" in New York was asked by her son to cook something for his hungry friends. She said, "Ey, all I got is-a some-a chicken wings". She fried 'em up and mixed up some hot spicy sauce concoction to coat them, Voila, Buffalo-Wings were born! A bar culinary favorite with beer, and drunk guys!

[@leaffinite2001]

​@@stevenserna910 thats like the 40th different story ive heard lol

[@leaffinite2001]

​@@johnpeace971 oh boohoo ppl like em

[@ChaosLightspeed]

@@johnpeace971 Where the fuck are you getting Wings that they barely have anything on the bone? That's just blatantly false.

[@Mrwheresmyhouse]

Louisiana has drive through liquor stores. And they'll sell cocktails that you can drive with legally as long as you don't put the straw through the lid.

[@paca_bill4863]

That's got to be one of my new favorite lines on KZbin: "the only people that play with stickers are children, and they're not really people"!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@gardendormouse6479]

Kids still play with stickers? When I was a kid, during the 70s, we would keep albums of them. We didn't stick them in the album, though - we kept the backing on them, & used those magnetic photo albums with the clear plastic sheets. Hallmark stores were the go-to place, for the best stickers.

[@elisam.r.9960]

@@gardendormouse6479 I know when I went to Target the other day a kid was disappointed because the cashier ran out of stickers. So I'd say some kids still play with them.

[@jonlollypops4279]

Thanks for finally mentioning buffalo wings. I'm from Buffalo NY and they taste better here than anywhere else

[@brianb7686]

You haven't lived until you've had them at the Anchor Bar.

[@cerveza2297]

True.

[@Utoober729]

Yaassss!!

[@dogbot55]

If you're from Buffalo it means you've probably only ever been to like, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, so you're probably right there

[@nataliepetersen4502]

"Reverse Augustus Gloop!" hahahaha, good one! This is yet another entertaining video. Thanks for the belly rolls!

[@alexflosho]

I love the garbage disposal in my old house- the switch was in the cabinet under the sink so you couldn’t accidentally flick it

[@jimgreen5788]

Laurence, another meaning for peeps is people/friends, as in, "I'm going out to eat tonight with some of my peeps." Truth be told, my favorite salad dressing (when I eat salad, which is rare as hens' teeth), is French.

[@steveturnbull9542]

Best dressing for a salad...... chips (french fries) for our USA viewers

[@cindyknudson2715]

I like what I refer to as Franch. Ranch & French 👍

[@happysloth3208]

I actually hate ranch dressing on salad. I prefer vinaigrettes, chili and lime or simple salt and pepper, I don’t really like creamy dressing On salad.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Also add French dressing to a taco salad

[@DavidWilliams-so2dy]

Love French and Catalina dressing especially on pizza. Also it’s awesome on Reubens instead of the usual Thousand Island.

[@JoelMurphy77]

I have, at times, referred to bumper stickers as automotive herpes. Most cars are clean, some cars have one cold sore, and a handful of cars have major outbreaks. The last ones are owned by people who want you to know their view on every subject just to make it clear that you probably don't want to talk to them.

[@animatorstanley]

I discovered I'm allergic to opossums when we found a group of babies in the house. The guys caught them, and wanted to keep em as pets. But they're wild animals, and my airways closed up when I was around them. We put them outside where the mom promptly ran up and took them away. Win win. They also demolished a nest of incredibly aggressive bees in the back yard. 10/10 do recommend opossums to live near but not in the house.👍

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Opossums are the honey badgers of the Americas

[@stevendorries]

Baby opossums are the absolute best

[@Kimmie9553]

@Tammy Lytle they can get rabies, but it’s very rare because they are quite resistant to it (but not immune)

[@robertharris6092]

@@Kimmie9553 isnt their body temperature too low for it to survive?

[@BrunoEwok]

Possums also eat ticks, which plague moose., but also sicken humans. My region of the US was home to all four of the world's deadly tick diseases.

[@360decrees2]

Yes, Lawrence, the Cadbury eggs are better Easter fare. But you must have noticed that most sweets labeled 'Cadbury' here are in fact made by the Hershey company and don't taste as good. I buy my imported Cadbury candy from an Indian market in West Covina, CA. I only discoved Cadbury's because a liquor store on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood carried them decades ago. One day I saw a local chain drugstore stocking giant Caramello Bars. I enthusiastically bought one to give my father on his birthday. But the flavor wasn't as good. Then I saw the fine print--- Mfd under license by Hershey. That was more than 30 years ago.

[@sirclarkmarz]

When I lived in Florida they had drive-thru liquor stores it was really convenient for when you were too drunk to walk

[@lindakessler8768]

Oh Florida...😉😂

[@caliscribe2120]

In New Orleans, you have drive-thru daiquiri bars. It only becomes open container if you put the straw through perforated lid while driving.

[@DieselWeasel]

Fun fact: I always thought opossums were named after the Australian possums, but it turns out it's the other way around. Explorers that already knew about the opossums found a similar-ish looking marsupial in Australia, shrugged, and said, "guess these are possums!" They dropped the O for the fluffier critters.

[@PsychoKittee1]

Interesting. I was surprised to find out that Great Pandas, the black and white kind were named after Red Pandas were named. Great Panadas are bears, Red Pandas are more closely related to skunks and weasels but are the only member of their classification family.

[@custosnox]

The marsupial originated in the Americas, migrated to Australia, died out in the Americas, then the possum migrated back, then the continents drifted apart, again.

[@janus3555]

@@custosnox Would be interesting to see how complex the zooarchaeology was in figuring that transition out.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

They're in Canada too now, in spite of the cold winters.

[@PsychoKittee1]

@@sarahgilbert8036 opossums?

[@OllamhDrab]

My fave salad dressing is actually a nice blue cheese sauce (Also an outstanding pair with boneless Buffalo wings.) Or a good Italian dressing. (Which also belongs on Italian subs. :) ) Also I like a Caesar's salad or my own version. :)

[@arielioffe1810]

I live in the Northeast and I had no idea what a peep was!

[@brokenvampyre]

As an American hunter I can assure you that you can eat possum. It's extremely greasy and not in the good way like pork more in the way your senile auntie or grandmother forgot she already added butter or oil to the pan and then added about 8 more helpings.

[@elultimo102]

The Clampetts thought possums was good eatin'.

[@christinebutler7630]

Possums are very sweet innocent little animals that do not carry rabies and that will clear your yard of ticks. Protect your local possums!

[@TPMH__]

If you boil the possum meat real well it will help take out the grease, then cook it however you prefer. It's still gross though lol 🤢🤮

[@marks.c4753]

@@christinebutler7630 also used for snake bite antivenom .

[@Undomaranel]

@@christinebutler7630 They do carry rabies though, just like raccoons and bats.

[@spyone4828]

1) Ranch isn't my favorite salad dressing, but salads is just one of the things Ranch is good for, and I probably use more Ranch than any other condiment/dressing. Though to a lesser degree, Ranch is a lot like bacon in the "makes anything better" department. 2) I am not sure that anyone actually LIKES Peeps. Peeps are just inflicted upon us. And while there is a certain appeal to an obscene sugar delivery system like that, .... videos of Peeps being tortured in microwaves are popular for a reason.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

I love my Texas King bed. I'm 6'6" and normal length beds are annoying to sleep in. Nothing like waking up and you're feet are asleep because the circulation was dampened hanging off the bed.

[@DanteWilcox22]

Buffalo Wings + Ranch = Joy, throw in a waste disposal for that tricky food waste and *chef's kiss*