Words Brits use that Americans don't?

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What bait was you using?

 

Mums are for florists.

 

I got my hushpuppies on. I guess I was never meant for glitter rock n roll. Jimmy Buffett, Come Monday.

 

Some southern US cookin'. Poke sallet.
Fried in bacon grease, served with vinegar to cut the bitterness. An early spring soul food favorite.
The plant grows up to six feet or two meters tall and has purple berries. At this stage it is poisonous.

 

Hushpuppies: Cornmeal, diced onion, egg, rolled into a golf ball size and deep fried.

 

These look fabulous - but ..... errrmm where's my plateful ???

 

Poppycock???

Poppycock is a word that originated in the United States in the mid-1800s, though England embraced the word soon after. We'll look at the meaning of the word poppycock, its origins, how it is used today. We'll offer a few examples. Poppycock means nonsense, rubbish, something that is ridiculous or nonsensical.

Where did the word poppycock come from?
According to several online sources—including the Merriam-Webster Dictionary—poppycock is a corruption of the Dutch word pappekak, a compound of pap, meaning “soft, chewed up food”, and kak, meaning, well, “cack”.

Is balderdash a real word?
Unlike hogwash or, for example, flapdoodle, the noun balderdash is a word of “uncertain” (some authorities even say of “unknown”) origin. ... According to it, the English noun goes back to Hebrew Bal, allegedly contracted from Babel, and dabar.

 

Poppycock is a brand of mixed nuts and pop corn in the US. Glazed with butter, maple syrup and brown sugar. Yum.

 

Vlad, your plate is waiting in your kitchen. I suspect you have all the ingredients. If you don't have cornmeal, polenta will do.

 

Oh !!! and I thought you were going to cook some for me - disappointed !!!

 

I am going to buy some of those next time I visit. x

 

Here's one of my favorites few have ever heard of: rolled oysters Never seen them outside of Louisville, KY. Take two or three raw oysters, dip them in an egg, milk and cornmeal batter then roll in cracker crumbs Deep fry until GBD.

 

Not tried that.
I will be over on Frixday. X

 

sound as a pound ,,,,safe as houses ...lol

 

I always liked fancy pants. lol

 

bent as a nine bob note