Peanut butter jelly time.

Hi apricotrains, are you saying perhaps that Australia is responsible for that dreadful song.? Today was the first time I had the misfortune to hear it, and I suspect it was only googled and played to annoy me so I certainly won't be suggesting any more for him to plague with me. He said it was to repay me for my constant playing of 'Yai mou' which is a haunting Greek melodic song. I actually thought my son had stooped as low as one could go musically when singing the Eurovision Greek song of 'Yassou Maria'.

Oh no way Australia causefd that bad song lol. NO way.

No of course not, but we will own up to the Vegemite song that "puts a rose in every cheek"

Yep that one we can own up to cause that one is kinda cool....sorta

And of course, "I love Aeroplane jelly"

Hi Aunty, do avoid the song at all costs, it is truly dire, but recognised so far in both America and Australia, but I have no idea which continent is responsible for it.
The more I've read about peanut butter here the less inclined I am to try it, and it is very pricey as imported I noticed when checking the shelves to see if it is sold here. He declined my offer to buy some but if he ever has it somewhere else he will either want it at home or never want it again, but I don't really see any of his friends Greek mamas offering up peanut butter sandwiches in favour of a nice tomato.

I love tomatoes to. I'm sure i'll miss the song unless ryan turns up singing it.

Hi solared, no never once tried peanut butter, but as you say it is an American thing to eat it all the time, and I've been across the pond. And I loathe milk with a vengeance.
Our staple foods are olives, tomtoes, saganaki (a special kind of fried cheese) and mousaakkas. If a Greek person ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I kid you not, they would put lemon and oregano in it.

So we really do have America to thank for that noisy drivel, well done. I've got Australia on here denying responsibility as they've heard of it too.

Hi jillhill, I'm overdosed now on peanut butter and jelly, really hoped you enjoyed your supper.

Hi Garden Gerty, thank you, you are the first person ever to explain what an American biscuit is, they are always eating them with gravy and savoury things in my American books and no one ever gave an explanation before. So a biscuit is a bread roll.
The English muggins are flat bread rolls but taste better than normal bread rolls and are heavier than baps, which you call a bun, the kind of thing they use in those awful fast food places to fill with burgers. Zucchinis are courgettes.
Fudge is fudge. We don't get that here either and I have never managed to make it successfully, it's just a runny mess whenever I've attempted it, but I wouldn't attempt it now in case my son became addicted.

Hi Zed, I think the Americans are to blame for that dreadful song, you really don't want to hear it. My son doesn't dislike peanut butter, he's just never tasted it and children don't like something they've never tasted before unless it looks like a sweet generally. It's very expensive here so I'm quite happy that he didn't want me to buy it.
Brr it is freezing here, I thought it would have warmed up by now, I'm going to have to mylot madly to buy some central heating oil, I never even think about putting any in the tank until December normally.

How much does a central heating oil there costs?
Same here; peanut butter is most costly than say, butter or milk and eggs.
I'm sure your son is a very sensible child and knows not to ask things that are pretty expensive.. good mom, that you are.

I've not checked out the price of oil yet but I invariably buy it at the wrong time, last winter if I'd held out another week I would have saved 27 euros on my 800 litres. Times are tight though now and it will need replenishing, I expect I'll have to make do with 500 ltrs for the winter, last time it was 67 cents a litre which would cost me now 335 euros ( one euro= $ 1'67) but will last no time at all if used. An actual warm house for the winter would cost me over 2000 euros so I forsee it is going to be pretty miserable this year.

Times are getting hard, Thea. Here in Singapore, we can feel the pinch too. Some prices rise, some having discounts but not for long and then the issue of losing jobs/retrenchment and stuff like that. So we just have to make do with everything and keep saving money..

Hi artistry, the language differences on here become absurd sometimes but I don't expect to receive an adult content tag if I write the word door knocker. It also won't allow us to use the English abbreviated word for a cigarette, nor a very old English pudding.
I am inclined to give the peanut butter a wide berth as don't even know if we will like it if we invest in a jar, I was just telling Holly it was 4 euros 86 cents in the shop just now as I checked and today the euro is 1= $1.68. I presume it is a more moderate price where you are, that was for a very small jar by the way.

Hi sunny, it's funny how we start getting all these imported foods which we've never seen before. I really don't buy any because of the high price of imports, except worcster sauce of course which I add to lots of things in the winter.
Luckily my Indian spices appear to last well beyond their sell by dates as I have very large bags of things like cumin and gram masala. The tiny little jars of it are really pricey here.

...yeah..they try to impose upon us some very strange things. i tried watching some cookery shows on TV....i failed to understand them...
btw - spices never expire...just keep them in a dry and cool place.

I wonder why the bother putting an expiration date on the packet then?
I'm glad to hear that though Sunny as I can add them without worrying about them, I also find that my huge tubs of Thai curry paste have an indefinite life long beyond their expiration date but keep them in the fridge once opened.

it is a standard requirement for packaged edible products. they have to mention the expiry date. also this way consumers will buy more frequently.
btw - vinegar also acts as a preservative for liquid and paste stuffs. just add a spoon and mix well.

Hi ShepherSpy, I'll be getting rid of some of your no responses when I have the chance, expect the standard response if they have links in but it will be enough to clear them out for you.
We don't grow butternut squash round here so they must be from another bit of Greece, I hardly think we'll conquer the world with it though. Saying that just ten years ago I struggled to buy an aubergine in the UK but I expect you have them all over the place now, but just the perfectly shaped ones to comply with an EU directive. Now I would just call shredless marmalade marmalade but not buy it, but only buy the thick one. I may have mentioned that the Greek word for jam is actually 'marmalatha'.

Thanks for volunteering to go down into the crypt of no response!....muhahahaha Me,I don't get this fascination with orange or lemon peel in a marmalade..You don't EAT orange peel when eating a fresh orange,do You,so why have it in the Jar? If it didn't have the peel,I'd probably be eating more marmalade..as is,I'll pick the shred bits out,as spitting them out afterwards tends to annoy folk..

I just hope I didn't say when I'd hit the zero responses but I will. On Greek time though.

I've been waiting a Year for any responses at all on some of these discussions,so for some promised ones in a few more hours,I can wait ps..how do you say "Thank You" in Greek?

EF-HARI-STOE.

That better not mean "You have a beautiful Moustache"....