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What We Like
[ last updated 12/01 ] There is much to like here -- including the following...
| We Really Like... | Because... |
|---|---|
| Thunderbirds | Coming back this fall... |
| Wallace and Gromit | Great grown-up animation |
| Bob the Builder | Great little kid animation |
| Somersets Shaving Oil for Men | This is the balm. Absolutely the greatest advance in shaving since the introduction of water. 3 drops per shave. Fantastic. |
| Walking and biking. | It is easy to do and the scenery is great. Also, we have no car. |
| The Market in the city centre. | The fruits, veggies, meat and fish are all good. |
| The beer. | It is fresh and tasty. |
| The bread. | Same reason. |
| The civilised pace. | Very sane. |
| Bacon | Lean and delicious--this is nothing like the narrow fatty stuff back home. |
| The train service. | It has worked well for us -- seems you can go nearly anywhere, and the cost is reasonable. |
| Tomato and olive pesto. | How did we get by without this in the States? Mental note: inform Fresh Fields... |
| Baguette sandwiches, pasty | Great bread, great fillings like cheese and onion, egg salad and bacon. Also, the pasty (flaky crust around a savoury filling) is a fantastic contribution to mid-day eating. |
| The cheese | Great variety. |
| Oatcakes | Plain, dry and oat-y: the perfect substrate for cheese. |
| Flapjacks | These are sort of an oat brownie -- not too sweet, really tasty, and probably good for you. |
| Strange sports on TV | Snooker (pronounced "SNEW-ka") and bowls (which is like bocce). You've got to see it to believe it. If we had a Snooker Channel on cable in the US, I would buy it. (The 2001 UK Championship was held in York - missed it!) There is a bowls field at the end of our street, so I hope to be able to watch it in the warm weather... |
| Eccles cakes | Pancake-size, crumbly, stuffed with raisins or dates. Yummy. |
| Humor on TV | League of Gentlemen & Jam (for some of us, anyway), even Smack the Pony |
| Commercials on TV | They are often very funny. |