American things

It must have been. One of my roommates senior year was from rural PA. Her first time in NYC was the day she arrived for orientation. I always sort of envied that because, although actually living in the city was def an adjustment, it was never new like that to me if that makes sense.

Yes, it makes sense. I had been there a couple of times for long weekends (which is one of the reasons I wanted to move there), but still. I hated it at first. It didn't help that I arrived in the middle of a very hot August.

there was a good minute there where I thought you were all talking about buying books in B&M (a UK shop which may possibly sell some books, but would not be anyone's first choice when book shopping)

X-post - Oof. There's a reason everyone who can leaves on weekends in the summer. Just thinking about how bad the garbage smells. Ugh.

B&M books would be . . . interesting at the very least.

Do they not have Barnes and Noble here? Hadn't thought about it but it's basically Waterstones.

xp They specialize in books that can be read in short installments.

Not cleaning public bathrooms several times a day.

bread in the fridge
mustard in the fridge

wheat thins

I thought keeping mustard in the fridge is one of the good universal kitchen practices tbf

maybe i just eat a lot of mustard idk

bars that you have to drive to

bread in the fridge does prolong its life, while also drying it out which might be fine or bad.

it's not a sin on par with tomatoes or apples in the fridge

I'm strictly condiments in the fridge and bread in the bread bin, but bread in the fridge is fine really. It will keep good longer. But freezing bread is something I stopped doing.

lots of stuff goes in my fridge strictly as an economic decision. i'd love to have a bowl of produce on my kitchen table but i live alone in a not-temperate climate and it just makes my life and kitchen rhythms easier when i know the life of things are elongated by the fridge

it’s just me, if I don’t use it the day I buy it or have a specific plan for anything fresh that’s guaranteed to happen within 24 hours it goes in the fridge

wheat thins in the fridge

xp I am the same way with bakery bread or even the fake mass produced grocery-aisle-thawed versions like TJ's ciabatta

And then a Ball Park hamburger or hot dog bun will last 6 years on the windowsill

going to the supermarket when your giant fridge is already 3/4 full of mildly rotting food

maybe it’s just my family but they all do this

One of my finest dad joke moments was when my wife asked me to buy a breadbox, and I said, "how big?"

Mustard is so acidic that it seems unlikely to go bad if not refrigerated. But generally I obey the packaging - if it says "refrigerate after opening," we mostly do so. Because why not? It's harmless.

Peanut butter and honey don't get refrigerated. Jelly/jam/preserves/marmalade/chutney generally do (once opened). Ketchup and relish are generally fridged.

Bread in the refrigerator? Hell no. We might freeze some bread if we have too much but that's rare.

it’s so weird just eat the bread

what about fruit in the fridge? most fruit tastes better cold, imo

This is just to say

I have eaten brimstead's plums

Forgive me

a cold apple can be pretty good. soft fruit should be room temp though imo, sorry bill

kinda prefer grapefruit room temp too

tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing

lol yes

it’s because they do everything wrong

tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing

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somebody had to say it

Rx is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive".

Not used in the UK. I mean, I have seen it before but I'm not sure in what context?

I got to thinking about this while waiting for some antibiotics today. Over here it's a given that Rx = precription and you'll see it printed everywhere at the pharmacy. But until today I didn't know why.

*prescription

Because Americans originally spoke classical Latin, duh

exactly, just as Jesus did before discovering America

Jesus bought America, excuse me

It's probably some relic from 18th century English apothecaries.

This is the only place I've seen Rx in the UK:

https://i.imgur.com/YaH6h6p.jpg

Indeed... I was gonna say that the Royal Trux logo makes less sense to those unfamilar with the comman usage of Rx in the US.

"ketchup"

big tough dudes who are scared to be naked or see others naked

_*Rx* is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive"._

Is this used anywhere outside of the US?

"ketchup"

fuckin right

take your catsup bullshit elsewhere

I regret to inform you that the catsup bullshit is even more American than ketchup

yeah ketchup is tbh widespread

catsup is American and only american that ive ever seen

Except that "ketchup" derives from Dutch/Malay "ketjap." But hey let's not let anything like facts get in the way of cheap anti-US
zings

The etymology of the word ketchup is unclear and has multiple competing theories:

also im not seeing the vicious anti yank zing here but hey

_"ketchup"_

fuckin right

take your catsup bullshit elsewhere