I was GOBSMACKED about blackcurrants, so had to Google it..! WOW, they are not a 'thing' in the US. In the UK we have so MANY blackcurrant based drinks, sweets and foodstuffs - You don't know what your missing out on.
@@MrTjonke I just called a female (British) friend living in Miami for several years. She said that blackcurrant based drinks or food are still NOT seen (but with the proviso, she hadn't been looking for them - LOL).🤔
@@MrTjonke If you DO remember correctly, you may want to remind the US Government!? Because (after a very 'small amount' of research), it seems the majority of States STILL ban any blackcurrants (NOTHING home grown AND no imports from anywhere). This is NOT to say 'some' States allow it...🤔
When you order iced coffee in Germany, you get cold coffee with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.😅 And no, blackcurrant is not just a British thing. They grow all over Eurasia.
The blackcurrant thing is crazy but true. We have so many blackcurrant flavoured things in Britain, it is hard to believe you don't even know what it is! I mean, no Ribena? No blackcurrant sweeties? My brain cannot compute.
Blackcurrant production in the United States is relatively limited. The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) was introduced by English settlers at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was cultivated on some scale, particularly in New York. The plant acts as a host for the white pine blister rust that threatened the timber industry. In 1911, the federal government banned the cultivation, sale, and transport of blackcurrants to protect the white pine. Government programs systematically destroyed blackcurrant plants by chemical spraying. The federal ban was lifted in 1966,
Yeah, microwaving water for tea is pretty weird to me too and I'm not even British. Tea needs higher temperature and microwaves don't always bring water to that temperature, so it's it's kind of pointless. Have you ever made tea with a samovar? That is one cool contraption, we had it when I was a child and it was so interesting to use it.
I feel like you can get deported if you microwave water here haha. People here rarely microwave food, cause it is not healthy I think. But water, for tea, sounds horrifying. The whole point of boiling water is to get it clean, microwaving won’t do it. Can’t you get some stomach issues because of it?
i'd imagine the water would also have a vague taste of the last food item you cooked in the microwave, that's what puts me of the concept specially if it was a strong flavour like garlic or fish, a nice cup of lapsang souchong with a hint of last nights fish, no thanks
There are surveys out that show drinking iced water is bad for you. Much better to have warm drinks especially with food. I've also heard that if you are hot, then having a hot drink will cool your body faster.
fun thing to know about kettles is in europe with our 240v electrical system our kettle boils almost twice as fast as your kettles in the usa due to your 120v system. This applies to some coffee machines too. Weird things with americans is how often they write 'then' instead of 'than' like 'my truck is bigger then your truck' im always like then what lol. Actually now that i think about it theres just so many grammar errors haha, also pulling your socks way up when youre wearing shorts, most europeans would wear ankle socks with shorts and definitely wouldnt pull them all the way up. its a dead giveaway of an american, same with any kind of khaki pants/shorts, baseball caps.
Voltage has nothing to do with how fast the resistance heats up the water, it's the power (W) that matters. If both of them have a 1000W resistance, the water will take exactly the same time to boil.
'The reason the US does not have blackcurrants is that when they were first imported to the US they contained a fungus that was thought to infect some indigenous trees and kill them They have now developed a variety of blackcurrant that does not contain the fungus but the US never developed a taste for them so they are not popular.
re putting ice - generally outside US the drinks are chilled or have 2-3 cubes max. Full glass of ice with drink (like in McD) is a rare sight re black currant - it's banned in US couse iirc it carries some virus, parasite or smth that kills off native flora in US. It's native all over Europe so there's no issues with that. And it's amazing for pasteries, cakes, icecream or drinks
You're right! My red currants ripen and hang there until they rot. I'm American and never leraned to enjoy currants. I do enjoy my black currant/gooseberry hybrid's berries.
Im German.. we dont need ice water. The water that comes out is mostly cool enough. Sometimes.. i use ice. In a cheap Whiskey , when i ave an American one and not a schotthish :D
3:48 - If the tap water is not cold, just fill a bottle or someting, put it in the fridge and drink it when it's cold. Problem solved! One thing that US americans don't seem to realise is that when the ice in a drink melts, they're just adding water to said drink. Why would you want that? 11:04 - People shouldn't microwave anything, not just water.
Blackcurrent is yum yum yum you're missing out and the toilet door thing, I always feel vulnerable when in US using toilets, that's a private thing, so many reasons it's a terrible idea, my worry is someone will swipe my bag while I've got my knickers round my ankles and couldn't do anything.
I can't get my head around US Mustard - Mustard is supposed to make your eyes water. A nation that makes Hot Sauces that make steam come out of your ears is really missing the point when it comes to Mustard.
@@sampeeps3371 now check how differently it's pronounced in each english speaking country, dialect or accent. English is one of few langs that didn't get the memo of how alphabet is supposed to work. And it's especially true for vowels
I hate blackcurrant, but i like redcurrant. Also redcurrant grows better here in Finland for som reason. We had two bushes of blackcurrants and three bushes of redcurrants in our cabin. Black didn´t produce much of berries as one bush of reds produced three times more than those two red ones. Red is much better berrie in juices, but black is better in jam. I used to heet my tea water in microwave if i needed only one cup. Why to waste energy on stove or in water boiler. I don´t even want boiling hot water for my tea. It just burns my mouth and can´t drink it. One minute in microwave is enough. If there are more people that wants tea then i boil it in boiler or on the stove.
The US likes a bit of drink with their ice, my theory as to why the drinks are so big because there is so much ice! Day/month/year is so logical in size order to me! I can't imagine going to a house that doesn't own a kettle, that blows my mind, and using the microwave to boil a mug water is sad and lonely!! 😂😂
The girl speaking about the water in summer being tepid is talking about a spe v ific part of the UK the South East,and London.I live in Wales our water is cold all year round because it comes from high deep reservoirs.
Blackcurrent Jam is my favourite, why is it banned in the States? Toilet doors that allow people to see you doing your ablutions are disgusting, why do the people stand for it?
I don’t agree with two things for me pretty sure my taps are still cold in the summer. I also don’t understand the “water is not clean comment” from the English girl, like she does realise we can drink directly from our tap in England? So our water is not dirty so there’s no need to boil it to get rid of bacteria. As far as I’m aware we boil water when we need boiling water for tea or making something like boiling pasta, we don’t do it to clean the water??
It wouldn’t be difficult just to change doors that go right down to the floor. Yes, you’re right, the toilets in the UK and probably do the rest of Europe are like separate rooms .
The gap in the stall is on purpose. Under is so if a child locks themselves in they can crawl out or if needed someone can crawl under to get them. In the sides is so security can check the stalls without creeping by looking under or over. They can see enough to know if the stall is occupied and if someone is in trouble before breaking door. It is very carefully measured so (without bending down) you shouldn't be able to see underwear but can see feet. No one says it - but I used to manage a mall and when I asked that's what I was told so it seems legit.
Blackcurrants are a berry, and they were banned in the u.s for a long time as the plants can carry the same virus that kills pine trees and apparently your economy relies on pine. You can import blackcurrant squash(cordial) though and certain shops with a British section will sell it. You just mix a little bit with with a glass of water.
In the Netherlands you have the pharmacy called apotheek that where you get your prescriptief medicine and there is the drogist where can get all the medicine free from prescription and make-up en parfum and all other kind of products for your body.
@@loners4lifetry finding anything labelled "Cassis". Often syrups (and some liqueurs) have that flavour. It's the french name for blackcurrants and is for some reason often used in products made from blackcurrants.
Blackcurrants were banned in the US in 1911 because they were susceptible to getting a form of fungus that is dangerous to pine trees. The US has a lot of pine trees so hence the ban. Since 2003 however there has existed disease resistant blackcurrant plants so it might be time in the US to revisit that old law because your missing out on a fabulous flavour.
Our tap water is the most regulated food source here. It is strictly regulated how many particles, residues of substances and mikrobes can be contained. Any irregularities and you will be informed by autorities. It's perfectly safe to drink from the tap. In fact nothingvis safer to consume by law :D We boil water only for hot drinks/cooking/cleaning stuff.
The thing with the Ice is not becouse its "unhealthy" it´s at first that you get serius trouble here if you through ice in the Wine ore beer so we simply never have one iceqube ready and it is also like the Plastic bag thing or the Oxycontin thing we also drink oure Hot shock,let 90 % cold. If it´s Work without and than its a waist of anything. If it is harmfull we don´t doit even if i sometimes wish we had Plastic Bags back. But we Drink warm Water, Go home next to a Surgery with a Back Full fo 10 Ibuprofen and that bag was taken from home for this Purpus. It sometimes sucks, i also like cool water probably. i think i never ever drinked a Water with Ice a cola ore so absolutly but a water. don´t doit e
Electric water kettles is what the developed world uses besides US and UK, lmao. More efficient than using the fucking stove and even beats the microwave. An stainless steel or plastic kettle with a steel electric spool or heating plate within. Usually holds 1,7 L and takes ~2 min to 100 °C. You can choose lower temperatures (70, 80, 90 °C) for tea water with fancier ones, too. For hot milk in a cup you would use the microwave for hygenic reasons or when large quantities are needed (e.g. for pudding) you would heat on your induction stove. Over a whole nation, I don't wanna know how much energy you guys waste...
I have never known any household in the UK that does not own an electric kettle. The voltage in the US is 120v and the voltage in the UK is 230v so kettles in the UK boil much faster.
@@Sophie.S.. - Voltage has nothing to do with how fast the resistance heats up the water, it's the power (W) that matters. If both of them have a 1000W resistance, the water will take exactly the same time to boil.
@@Sophie.S.. - I explained how things work in a simple way and still you didn't understand, so I'm going to explain it in an even simpler way: the time it takes to heat up the water depends on the wattage, not on the voltage. Get it now?
I was GOBSMACKED about blackcurrants, so had to Google it..! WOW, they are not a 'thing' in the US. In the UK we have so MANY blackcurrant based drinks, sweets and foodstuffs - You don't know what your missing out on.
I had black currant juice ten minutes ago.😄
Was banned in the US for a long time. The restrictions were lifted a few years ago IIRC. So should be getting more and more common
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 - I had some Ribena just now... But I'm in London, where are you?
@@MrTjonke
I just called a female (British) friend living in Miami for several years. She said that blackcurrant based drinks or food are still NOT seen (but with the proviso, she hadn't been looking for them - LOL).🤔
@@MrTjonke
If you DO remember correctly, you may want to remind the US Government!? Because (after a very 'small amount' of research), it seems the majority of States STILL ban any blackcurrants (NOTHING home grown AND no imports from anywhere). This is NOT to say 'some' States allow it...🤔
When you order iced coffee in Germany, you get cold coffee with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.😅
And no, blackcurrant is not just a British thing. They grow all over Eurasia.
I don‘t even have a microwave. Just a regular oven. Works fine for me.
Cheers everyone!
The blackcurrant thing is crazy but true. We have so many blackcurrant flavoured things in Britain, it is hard to believe you don't even know what it is! I mean, no Ribena? No blackcurrant sweeties? My brain cannot compute.
Blackcurrant production in the United States is relatively limited. The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) was introduced by English settlers at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was cultivated on some scale, particularly in New York.
The plant acts as a host for the white pine blister rust that threatened the timber industry. In 1911, the federal government banned the cultivation, sale, and transport of blackcurrants to protect the white pine. Government programs systematically destroyed blackcurrant plants by chemical spraying.
The federal ban was lifted in 1966,
was it the same then for white currants and red currants in the U.S not as popular as black currants here in the U.K but still widely grown
Let the tap run Half a minute, it'll be cold .
Yeah, microwaving water for tea is pretty weird to me too and I'm not even British. Tea needs higher temperature and microwaves don't always bring water to that temperature, so it's it's kind of pointless. Have you ever made tea with a samovar? That is one cool contraption, we had it when I was a child and it was so interesting to use it.
I feel like you can get deported if you microwave water here haha. People here rarely microwave food, cause it is not healthy I think. But water, for tea, sounds horrifying. The whole point of boiling water is to get it clean, microwaving won’t do it. Can’t you get some stomach issues because of it?
This probably has been a reason for stomach issues here!
i'd imagine the water would also have a vague taste of the last food item you cooked in the microwave, that's what puts me of the concept specially if it was a strong flavour like garlic or fish, a nice cup of lapsang souchong with a hint of last nights fish, no thanks
4:35sec it always Amazes me every time an American hears blackcurrant there like what is that. every chanel I've seen has the same reaction.🇬🇧✌️
We had never heard of black currants!
There are surveys out that show drinking iced water is bad for you. Much better to have warm drinks especially with food. I've also heard that if you are hot, then having a hot drink will cool your body faster.
You don't put a teapot on the stove! A teapot is for brewing the tea in, not boiling the water.
fun thing to know about kettles is in europe with our 240v electrical system our kettle boils almost twice as fast as your kettles in the usa due to your 120v system. This applies to some coffee machines too.
Weird things with americans is how often they write 'then' instead of 'than' like 'my truck is bigger then your truck' im always like then what lol. Actually now that i think about it theres just so many grammar errors haha, also pulling your socks way up when youre wearing shorts, most europeans would wear ankle socks with shorts and definitely wouldnt pull them all the way up. its a dead giveaway of an american, same with any kind of khaki pants/shorts, baseball caps.
Voltage has nothing to do with how fast the resistance heats up the water, it's the power (W) that matters. If both of them have a 1000W resistance, the water will take exactly the same time to boil.
That’s funny haha Brian does always wear long socks 😂
'The reason the US does not have blackcurrants is that when they were first imported to the US they contained a fungus that was thought to infect some indigenous trees and kill them They have now developed a variety of blackcurrant that does not contain the fungus but the US never developed a taste for them so they are not popular.
Interesting!
re putting ice - generally outside US the drinks are chilled or have 2-3 cubes max. Full glass of ice with drink (like in McD) is a rare sight
re black currant - it's banned in US couse iirc it carries some virus, parasite or smth that kills off native flora in US. It's native all over Europe so there's no issues with that. And it's amazing for pasteries, cakes, icecream or drinks
It's a fungus that kills pine trees. Blackcurrant can potentially spread that fungus.
Is no longer banned in the US
Microwaving water NO!
Blackcurrents are the only fruit that grow in my garden that are not eaten by any animal before I get them. And I love them.
Nice! We need to try them haha
You're right! My red currants ripen and hang there until they rot. I'm American and never leraned to enjoy currants. I do enjoy my black currant/gooseberry hybrid's berries.
@@LythaWausW you could make a yummy jelly out of them.
@@winterlinde5395 Jam as well.
@@iriscollins7583 😃👍🏻
Im German.. we dont need ice water. The water that comes out is mostly cool enough. Sometimes.. i use ice. In a cheap Whiskey , when i ave an American one and not a schotthish :D
3:48 - If the tap water is not cold, just fill a bottle or someting, put it in the fridge and drink it when it's cold. Problem solved! One thing that US americans don't seem to realise is that when the ice in a drink melts, they're just adding water to said drink. Why would you want that?
11:04 - People shouldn't microwave anything, not just water.
Haha good point on the first one 😂 and that is true about microwaving anything!
Blackcurrent is yum yum yum you're missing out and the toilet door thing, I always feel vulnerable when in US using toilets, that's a private thing, so many reasons it's a terrible idea, my worry is someone will swipe my bag while I've got my knickers round my ankles and couldn't do anything.
I can't get my head around US Mustard - Mustard is supposed to make your eyes water. A nation that makes Hot Sauces that make steam come out of your ears is really missing the point when it comes to Mustard.
Brian never liked mustard but we had no idea it was meant to be spicy
Americans pronounce the name Craig differently. Americans say Creg and we pronounce it litteraly how it's spelt.
there's no such thing in english like "pronounce it litteraly how it's spelt."
@@GdzieJestNemo a
@@sampeeps3371 now check how differently it's pronounced in each english speaking country, dialect or accent. English is one of few langs that didn't get the memo of how alphabet is supposed to work. And it's especially true for vowels
Sometimes I put a glass of water in a microwave next to a plate to re heat food without it drying out. Personnal tip 🤓😉
In the oven too 👍
Sure, but that water isn’t for consumption afterwards.
If you make sirup and similar things from blackcurrants it is often referred to by the french name: "Cassis". Maybe you are more familiar with that.
If you don't want to taste anything, eat and drink it at the wrong temperature
I hate blackcurrant, but i like redcurrant. Also redcurrant grows better here in Finland for som reason. We had two bushes of blackcurrants and three bushes of redcurrants in our cabin. Black didn´t produce much of berries as one bush of reds produced three times more than those two red ones. Red is much better berrie in juices, but black is better in jam.
I used to heet my tea water in microwave if i needed only one cup. Why to waste energy on stove or in water boiler. I don´t even want boiling hot water for my tea. It just burns my mouth and can´t drink it. One minute in microwave is enough. If there are more people that wants tea then i boil it in boiler or on the stove.
The US likes a bit of drink with their ice, my theory as to why the drinks are so big because there is so much ice!
Day/month/year is so logical in size order to me!
I can't imagine going to a house that doesn't own a kettle, that blows my mind, and using the microwave to boil a mug water is sad and lonely!! 😂😂
But kettles have a multitude of uses.
The girl speaking about the water in summer being tepid is talking about a spe v ific part of the UK the South East,and London.I live in Wales our water is cold all year round because it comes from high deep reservoirs.
Blackcurrent Jam is my favourite, why is it banned in the States? Toilet doors that allow people to see you doing your ablutions are disgusting, why do the people stand for it?
They don't 'stand' for it... they sit! 😄
I don’t agree with two things for me pretty sure my taps are still cold in the summer.
I also don’t understand the “water is not clean comment” from the English girl, like she does realise we can drink directly from our tap in England? So our water is not dirty so there’s no need to boil it to get rid of bacteria.
As far as I’m aware we boil water when we need boiling water for tea or making something like boiling pasta, we don’t do it to clean the water??
I once worked for an American film producer who would put ice in his cognac!
It wouldn’t be difficult just to change doors that go right down to the floor. Yes, you’re right, the toilets in the UK and probably do the rest of Europe are like separate rooms .
The gap in the stall is on purpose. Under is so if a child locks themselves in they can crawl out or if needed someone can crawl under to get them. In the sides is so security can check the stalls without creeping by looking under or over. They can see enough to know if the stall is occupied and if someone is in trouble before breaking door. It is very carefully measured so (without bending down) you shouldn't be able to see underwear but can see feet. No one says it - but I used to manage a mall and when I asked that's what I was told so it seems legit.
Sounds like children in the US must be pretty clumsy when compared to the rest of the world then!? Just saying! 😄
You do know the rest of the world manage very well without those things. The lock on the outside of the door can easily be undone with a coin
@@dianeshelton9592 most of the stalls have eyehooks or slide bars so no key required but you can't unlock
Blackcurrants are a berry, and they were banned in the u.s for a long time as the plants can carry the same virus that kills pine trees and apparently your economy relies on pine. You can import blackcurrant squash(cordial) though and certain shops with a British section will sell it. You just mix a little bit with with a glass of water.
In the Netherlands you have the pharmacy called apotheek that where you get your prescriptief medicine and there is the drogist where can get all the medicine free from prescription and make-up en parfum and all other kind of products for your body.
Month/day/year format. Fahrenheit temperature. Non-metric measurements. Only used by the U.S.A.(5% of the world's population.) and very few others.
Yes Blackcurrant is a unique flavour nothing at all like currants
Interesting! We want to try them lol
Really? Please tell me it's less sour.
@@LythaWausW a bit bitter instead of sour. Savory. Great to bake in muffins, cake, jelly … or to dye your clothes with😉
@@loners4lifetry finding anything labelled "Cassis". Often syrups (and some liqueurs) have that flavour. It's the french name for blackcurrants and is for some reason often used in products made from blackcurrants.
Blackcurrants were banned in the US in 1911 because they were susceptible to getting a form of fungus that is dangerous to pine trees.
The US has a lot of pine trees so hence the ban.
Since 2003 however there has existed disease resistant blackcurrant plants so it might be time in the US to revisit that old law because your missing out on a fabulous flavour.
Coffee like tea is meant to be hot not have ice in it yuck
Lynda loves iced coffee haha
Only reason to microwave water is to super heat it. But you don't drink that.
Boiling water is necessary for human health, because nothing survives at 100 degrees Celsius.
also such temperature (around that) is required to brew coffee/most teas
And you can boil it in a microwave. So I have no idea what this britisch girl is talking about.
Our tap water is the most regulated food source here. It is strictly regulated how many particles, residues of substances and mikrobes can be contained.
Any irregularities and you will be informed by autorities.
It's perfectly safe to drink from the tap. In fact nothingvis safer to consume by law :D
We boil water only for hot drinks/cooking/cleaning stuff.
Boiling water does NOT kill all bacteria.
Except cockroaches I believe.
Your vlog channel looks amazing. What do u do for a living where u can afford to travel the world like that? #jealous
I put ice in my drink when it hot. Yet U.K. is know to have cold weather
The thing with the Ice is not becouse its "unhealthy" it´s at first that you get serius trouble here if you through ice in the Wine ore beer so we simply never have one iceqube ready and it is also like the Plastic bag thing or the Oxycontin thing we also drink oure Hot shock,let 90 % cold. If it´s Work without and than its a waist of anything. If it is harmfull we don´t doit even if i sometimes wish we had Plastic Bags back. But we Drink warm Water, Go home next to a Surgery with a Back Full fo 10 Ibuprofen and that bag was taken from home for this Purpus. It sometimes sucks, i also like cool water probably. i think i never ever drinked a Water with Ice a cola ore so absolutly but a water. don´t doit e
Month / day. Why do you say 4th July.
I’m not sure why haha
there drink which is Ice coffee in Australia and it in a carton/bottle. yet I not a coffee drinker
Electric water kettles is what the developed world uses besides US and UK, lmao.
More efficient than using the fucking stove and even beats the microwave.
An stainless steel or plastic kettle with a steel electric spool or heating plate within. Usually holds 1,7 L and takes ~2 min to 100 °C. You can choose lower temperatures (70, 80, 90 °C) for tea water with fancier ones, too.
For hot milk in a cup you would use the microwave for hygenic reasons or when large quantities are needed (e.g. for pudding) you would heat on your induction stove.
Over a whole nation, I don't wanna know how much energy you guys waste...
Kettles in the UK have been pretty much standard since they were invented, I have never heard of anyone boiling water in a microwave before.
I have never known any household in the UK that does not own an electric kettle. The voltage in the US is 120v and the voltage in the UK is 230v so kettles in the UK boil much faster.
@@Sophie.S.. - Voltage has nothing to do with how fast the resistance heats up the water, it's the power (W) that matters. If both of them have a 1000W resistance, the water will take exactly the same time to boil.
@@module79l28 The lower voltage in the USA means electric kettles will not heat water as quickly as they do in the UK.
@@Sophie.S.. - I explained how things work in a simple way and still you didn't understand, so I'm going to explain it in an even simpler way: the time it takes to heat up the water depends on the wattage, not on the voltage. Get it now?
To be fare this girl not the sharpest tool in the box
Blackcurrant so so full of Vit c. And delicious.
You shouldn't heat everything in microwaves, don't forget they leak small amounts of radiation every time they are used!
Dutch here, don't have a kettle so I microwave the water if I want tea, and I have no idea why that would be strange. And ofcourse it boils, wtf.
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