American Guy Reacts to Americans in England: 10 British Habits I've Adopted After 6 Months in the UK
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I'm reading these comments whilst eating an omelette with just a fork in my right hand. I'm British. I bring shame to the nation.
you don't need a knife with an omelette
You can get a single utensil that combines a knife with a fork. It’s quite nifty
OMG we’ll have to revoke your British citizenship lol
@@robertjohnsontaylor3187 or a spoon and fork called a SPORK from camping shops
@@sjbict you haven’t tried my omelets
I am English. Restaurants NEVER just give you just a fork. It is considered bad manners to eat with a fork in your right hand. Neither do you hold a fork like a spoon.
I'm right-handed and I hold my fork In my right hand, more comfortable
for me and I don't consider myself bad mannered, 🏴
@@dotwyness4110 It's not so much which hand it how you hold it. Like she said, she uses it like a spoon...
@@dotwyness4110 Weren't you ever corrected as a child. It is looked down upon.
I am left handed, I hold my fork in my right hand. I have better control of my knife with my left hand.
@@dotwyness4110 it's ok. We judge you are bad mannered even if you don’t! 😂
A home without a kettle is simply a house without a soul . . .
That's true, but USA Wattage is far lower than ours and a kettle takes forever, I think electric might be a little dearer? (or it was, goodness knows now our prices have gone off the scale!)
@@emmsue1053true, in fact it’s half of what ours is.
Watching Americans eat is painful.
😂😂
Yes, it's not the way we British eat, it's the way everybody but Americans eat. So much so that in WWII US agents had to be given special instructions on how to eat like everyone else after a number of them gave themselves away that way when behind enemy lines.
like watching adults eat like children
We don`t call them tea kettles they are just kettles.
It's just a kettle or an electric kettle, not a tea kettle. It's used for more than tea.
I've seen a reactor make tea in the kettle
@@sjbictlol 😂Noo we’ll I’m sure it may just damage the element of the kettle
@@sjbict I've seen Indians making chai in a large, non-electric kettle on the stove top. Everything went in, milk, sugar, spices and all!
In North America, they are known as tea kettles. I imagine it's to differentiate between fish kettles & kettle drums.
In the UK we just say kettle, because it's assumed it's for tea. We only specify, when it isn't.
We use different words for lots of things, it doesn't make one more or less right.
I always think "horseback riding" sounds weird, I can't think of a scenario where any other part of the animal would be used, so horse riding is specific enough. 😄
@@ShipsKat Do you mind if I call mine a pasta kettle, or a hot water bottle kettle?
When I see Americans eat I think Toddler 😅
I've never come across a British house in my 70 years that doesn't have a kettle of some sort
I think youre right. Americans are always in a rush so stuff their food down. In the UK eating is a time to slow down, relax and enjoy what youre eating and the company you have.
I agree 🤜🤛.
I’m nearly 61, and English. I have never heard of the term “tea kettle” before now.
think they are confusing it with a tea pot.
I'm not British, and you don't have to be to enjoy UK panel shows. Pretty much watch them all, they are seriously world class.
The knife is not just for cutting, it’s also used to push food on the fork.
From my experience, being British and visiting America, it’s the AC that gives you a headache and not the heat. I never even experienced a headache until I slept in rooms with AC.
I don't understand why Americans are given a knife but use a fork to cut food, in the UK we keep the knife in one hand the fork in the other, cut with the knife and pick up with the fork. The other thing is we generally do not use our hands to pick food up off our plates, when I watch videos I see people enter a restaurant, touch the door handles, the table, the seating and then pick up food from their plate with hands that have touched everything on the way to and in the restaurant, that's not very hygienic.
they are thick !
Except in a pie and mash shop you use a fork and spoon 🙂
@@Trebor74 Still thick !
I was taught by my grandmother that it was ok to pick up finger food, but never to pull food apart.
@@alexandrasmith4393 On the other hand, you should never cut a bread roll in half, you're supposed to tear it apart with your hands before buttering the pieces.... or so I seem to recall being taught... I've no idea what the rationale behind it could be!
Depending on what you're eating, using a knife and fork helps to control and more importantly combine your food much more efficiently.
The cutlery thing is so hilarious to me seeing Americans holding their fork like they mean to do something bad with it 😂 hitchcockesque bad.....
Yea honestly something im more judgemental about than i should be, is how americans some hold their forks and spoons. The like fist sideways way some people hold spoons in the us is seen as something a disabled kid might do, you'd get roasted by friends and family for not doing it right. Electric kettles in the uk boil water much faster due to the 240v electrical system, this means that if you just want boiled water for 2 cups of tea it would literally take 1 minute.
I can walk into a restaurant and even before hearing them speak, spot the majority of Americans from across the room.... Just by the way they are 'juggling' their cutlery or swapping the fork from hand to hand... Its like watching children who are just learning correct eating etiquette... I have been travelling to the US for over 50 years and am still fascinated warching them struggle to eat.. The rest of the world: Europeans, Antipodians and the Commonwealth countries just have it taught from a young age, but it isn't done in the USA. 😂😂😂
You wouldn't pass your driving Test if didn't use your Indicator ( Blinker) correctly.
Some stores in the UK like Co-Op the plastic bags are compostable so you can use them in your food waste bin.
Because of the voltage difference, boiling water in an electric kettle in the UK is faster than in the US.
She means an Infuser for the loose tea. Not a diffuser. Thats a completely different device.
Hahaha! made me smile worcestershire sauce pronounced woostershear .. yup she's converted .. we in the midlands just say wooster sauce it's easier.
No home should be without it
In Yorkshire we just call it Henderson
In Yorkshire we just call it Henderson
These guys are brilliant. They did the best advert for my city, that we've ever had.
Their videos are nice and easy to watch.
I'm looking forward to their next trip to the UK
💯💯💯
They are NOT "tea" kettles, kettles are for boiling water for anything not just tea.
I cant believe how much of your food is infiltrated with dozens of chemicals. And sugar, theres sugar in everything! Youd never get that in the UK. Theres a guy on HT who compared McD’s ingredients in the Uk to Us. Our fries had three ingredients, the Us fries were a huge list of chemicals !
I watched that it was a shock to me then i watched a couple more and was horrified by the ingredients in American versions of foods we have here
It's sad
Sugar in sausages?
Tea with sugar in is like poison. Yuk !
Microwave water 😮in Australia we use a kettle always plus American use a fork like they're digging a ditch imo 😮
Especially with our power output a kettle is much faster (and safer ?) As a means to boil water !
The Irish told Subway that they could not call what they used for their sandwiches "Bread" !!
Some stores still do cheap bags but most of the cheap bags are recyclable/compostable !
Also you should have a teapot 🫖
Yes. The best tea is made in a teapot. I can't do the mug thing. (you can't see me screwing up my face here) 😂
The show she mentioned is Last of the Summer Wine.
In some coffee shops in the UK, if you take your own travel mug to be filled, they will actually charge you less for the coffee.
Why would you eat spaghetti with just a fork !? You should use a SPOON and FORK !
All of my Italian relatives eat spaghetti with just a fork once they have mastered it as a child (that’s when they also use a spoon). That’s how I eat pasta (I’m commenting from Italy now visiting relatives and staying in the house where my mum was born and raised). I should just say I’m not criticising eating with both, just that there isn’t a right or wrong way if my 56 years of experience visiting Italy is anything to go by.
I use a spoon and fork
Thai's eat with a spoon and fork only use chopsticks for noodles.
Used to go to Italy with the RAF and picked up the fork only habit and actually found it quicker and easier to eat a spaghetti meal, no matter what the sauce in that way.
Did anyone know they don't know what Spaghetti Bolognese is in America ? That shocked me when i found out about 5 months ago..
As a Brit I could never imagine living in a house that doesn't have an electric kettle. It would be as weird to me as if the house had no windows or something. That's how weird it would be. 😐
You've never used an electric kettle wow. Must be the biggest difference between our nations! Most of our coffee is instant so used for coffee and tea. But seriously if you moved into a new home the first job is fine the kettle and plug it in lol
The kettle was always unpacked first, along with the tea and milk. 😊
Something you said regarding using just a fork to eat because you are always in a rush, to me that makes no sense. Maybe it's because I always use a knife and fork, but I feel it would be a lot quicker to use a knife and fork rather than just a fork.
A Brit watching an American eat is all kinds of horrific. Firstly using, or not, the utensils and then the shovelling in. Eek. Using a knife and fork, knife in the right hand fork in the left tines down is the most efficient way to eat. Cut as you go. You keep the utensils in the same hand all the time. Knife and fork together at 4 o'clock signals to the server you have finished. Server should not clear the table until everyone has finished. Really bad form to clear before. I think if people eat very quickly they are inclined to eat more than they really need. Go slow and enjoy the flavours 😊
Yeah but in the US there isn't any flavour to enjoy everything is either sweet or artificial chemical.
@bconn3652 what a shame.
First time we went to Florida Disney / universal stayed in a hotel and a sheriff would eat in the restaurant probably for free.
But he piled his plate with food and gravy and on the same plate he would put a cake and jelly/jello on the rim of the plate
He would then just use a fork to cut and shove down food. My 7 year old looked at him and said as loud as only a kid can do
He eats like a pig. He glared at my son. So I looked at him and said it’s not your uniform, it’s the way you eat when he said you eat like a pig
But then it is the colonise what can we expect but uncouth behaviour. My son was way too young to know a copper can be called a pig. And we bring our kids up
To trust your local Bobby not to be growled at. And I grew up in L8 Liverpool. Check out the L8 riots 80s hot summer and we had LA riots
Couple years before. But yes you eat like pigs no manners. Don’t get angry just constructive criticism. If you’re not taught how do you learn.
Fawlty Towers is a classic show that is timeless, and still hilarious 😊
To most people in the UK when Americans eat it looks like your freeks, it is horrible and terrible kack handed. With your huge food portions surely your food must be cold when you eat it. A lot of Americans when they eat UK food they loose a lot of weight and there skin clears up. When Subway the sandwich shop opened up here they had to sorce there own bread made the European way because it is classed as cake in Europe.
If Americans cut back on AC just a quarter think of all the energy and money they would save. In the UK we have a thing were we set the heating 1 or 2 points lower than we normaly would, it makes no difference to your comfort but saves a lot of money and energy.
I think because the UK is so small we naturaly think of our impact on others in every way. We drive thinking of others we will make a drink for everyone rather than just yourself, 'bung the kettel on' is done for all. There is nothing more horrible than seeing a American eat, they might as well smear it all over themselves then rub it into the floor or walls.
I think you are a little rude in your comments and to say most people in the UK think Americans look like freaks when they eat! I’ve never heard anyone say that but then again, I do not hang around with people who make derogatory comments and assume everyone thinks like them. Your grammar needs improvement.
our warburtons bread is so good samuel jackson came over to do the advert bigging it up for us ahahahaha
BA Baracis would have been cool. "I pity the fool who doesn't eat Warburton's bread"
@@Trebor74 Mr T did a Snickers (formerly Marathon) choc bar avert in a military tank !😂😂
Stallone also did Warburton's. He comically jumps in the wrong side of the truck,and reaches for the steering wheel.
they travelled across uk including wales and scotland they did not just travel in england
We mainly drink black roasted tea in the UK. But this refers milk or creme to be added to it to remove the bitterness. So if you are lactose intolerant, you won't take to it. Green tea is from China. Yorkshire tea is grown on the slopes of the Yorkshire Dales....
In the United States, there are more than 30,000 deaths due to motor vehicle collisions every single year. In Britain, on the other hand, fewer than 2,000 people lose their lives in motor vehicle crashes annually. US has 5 times the population.
Everythings better in Yorkshire...not just tea....😊
Even your gods apparently.
Especially the roads out of there.....Sorry couldn't resist 🤣🤣🤣
you are forgetting about bradford not good for anything
If a teabag is not a black tea and more fruity then it’s not tea it’s an “infusion” so there!
I didn't have a real problem watching Americans eating until i saw them eating a sunday roast. Bizarre
I can't understand why they were eating the pie out of the dish without any vegetables with it. That's not usual in the UK. You take the pie out of the dish, then put it onto the plate alongside a range of vegetables, usually including carrots, greens and other veg.
Rule of thumb, if foods use ingredients you can’t pronounce, or have more than 6, leave it alone
Totally agree.
More than 6 ingredients isn't a recipe,it's a pseudo shopping list. 😮
@@ianhill4585 you should look at the list of ingredients on gluten free bread.
@@robertjohnsontaylor3187 If it contained gluten I'd be jolly angry 😳, but I always go for the cheap bread,it seems to last longer. Probably pumped full of preservatives -- but hey - ho ,it tastes okay.
The programme was called "Last of the Summer Wine" it was the longest running comedy, set in Yorkshire and extremely funny.
Why O why do Yanks refer to a Kettle as a Tea Kettle, When it's sole purpose is to boil water for anything that requires hot water.. You can have a Tea Pot which you can brew tea in....
I loved Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes, he did everything right except when he was eating, I could tell straight away that he was from the 🇺🇸. 😂
Hehe when in the states , I love watching them eat with just a fork ,it’s like a child in a high chair hehehe
My goddaughter married an American and made it a condition of marriage he learnt to eat like an adult.
Last of the Summer Wine ran from 1973-2010 with one constant character...Clegg. It was like a pension plan for british actors and comedians with long running character lines and a lot of cameos....always funny and weird😸👍
Not wanting to insult anyone, but the way Americans eat reminds me of children eating. A mother will cut up the food and the child would use a spoon. Do people in quality restaurants eat like that.
In the US, I regret to say the answer to your question is yes.
Is it just laziness?
Cutting up al your food would make it get colder faster!
@@valsyaranamual6853 No it doesn’t.
I don’t hate any countries, like you said, you can’t speak on countries you haven’t visited. But I’ve never actually wanted to go to the USA
I never wanted to visit either. But last year my husband and I took our 9 year old to Disney World (Florida), as a once in a lifetime holiday. It was seriously the best experience of our lives. So much so, that we booked again for next year. The people were incredibly friendly and welcoming.
Australia - no turns,nothing on a red light. Green arrow to turn right or left. Never on red!
Would I lie to you, is agreat show to watch, it's SO funny, there are Bob Mortimor clips well worth starting with.
You’ve got to watch that spoon & fork setting for a pudding. (Pudding the correct term, “dessert” means just fruit) I knew a legal firm in the UK who would only appoint a new partner who ate their pudding with a fork! I kid you not. “Trial by sherry” is alive and well in the UK. Etiquette at the table is a job winner 😮
I think you mean “ Last of the summer wine “ , I loved the series, so funny. It’s filmed in Yorkshire . Yorkshire tea is definitely the best, but I also enjoy some of the Twinings teas too. I’ve never been to anyone’s house where they DON’T have a kettle. I love driving on country roads, but we’re used to it . We’re taught to use a knife and fork from very young. We NEVER lay a table without a knife and fork. There are very strict rules for our food production here in the uk. I’d find it hard to eat American food given all those ingredients, that would worry me. I’m so glad you’ve adopted some of our culture to take back to America, thank you.
Microwaved water is not the same it makes the tea scummy on the top
I stayed in NY a few years ago and couldn't beliveve there was no kettle in the hotel room. I actually went out to a K Mart and bought a coffee percolator to boil water for my tea bags I had brought with me.
Watch Keeping Up Appearance, I was just about to say watch Last Of the Summer Wine the it was mentioned. Here are some of the most loved UK comedies:
Only Fools and Horses
Fawlty Towers
Blackadder
The Vicar of Dibley
Dad's Army
Gavin & Stacey
Absolutely Fabulous
The Office (UK)
Keeping Up Appearances
Father Ted
Bird Of a Feather
The comedy On The Buses "'Allo 'Allo!" This show is a beloved British sitcom that aired from 1982 to 1992. It's set in a small-town café in Nazi-occupied France during World War II and is known for its humorous take on wartime affairs and its memorable catchphrases.
Allo Allo was very popular in Europe too
great you've discovered the magic geekdom they have some great videos of their travels around the UK . the places and the food's This last trip they bought their dog from the States with them.
And they took Carly into a field with cows in it... _Not_ a good idea usually... Fortunately they didn't seem to have calves at foot so were not aggressive toward the dog..,but cows with calves at foot can be very dangerous _&_ that's _NOT_ a joke nor a myth.
Please be careful if you have a dog/s when walking across fields with livestock in them. Definitely do as this pair did, keep dogs on the lead near livestock, and be extra vigilant around cattle. Stay safe.
Be Alert (your 🇺🇲country 🇬🇧 needs 'lerts'...😊!!)
@@brigidsingleton1596 yep I saw that but they wouldn't have known that because in the States they wouldn't have even been allowed in the field without some landowner threatening them at gun point with trespassing. Public footpaths are a rarity across private land over there
I realized i was a primitive by watching how a Welsh family handled their forks at a meal.
We had a young man from Michigan live with us for a school year. (september to july) Initially he was amazed watching me eat. Because I wield my cutlery in a coordinated and efficient (british) way, such that I cut up my food and transfer it to my mouth without pausing to adjust the eating irons. To him it looked like I was inhaling my food.
TETLEY'S tea bags are the best. Proper Yorkshire tea.
Need to disagree, Twinings Everyday Tea is the best although I won't fight you about it.
Nope to you both, Yorkshire tea all the way. 👍😂
Titleholder for me to lol 😜
Tetley for me to 😊don’t know why it came out above like that lol 😜
Yorkshire tea for everyday. Twinnings breakfast and afternoon tea as a treat. 🥰
She likes the sound of her own voice.😮
Why she keeps calling it a 'tea kettle' I don't know. The unit is a kettle and is used for boiling water whether that be for making tea, instant coffee, washing cooked spaghetti or anything else! By calling it a 'tea kettle' she's psychologically limiting herself to its uses!
If you are having to wash spaghetti for any reason then you are doing it completely wrong. You are washing the starch away which helps the sauce cling to it. In fact nearly all pasta's do not need rinsing.
@@okbutthenagain.9402 That may be the case but that's the way we do it in our house.
@@rayjennings3637I’ve heard of that, its to wash the starch off the pasta. Isn’t it?
@@user-fq8rs7rz3i That's it.
I would imagine, since the US has a much lower mains electricity voltage supply that an electric kettle would take forever to boil. You can't really microwave water for tea since you can't tell if it's boiling or not. For green teas and herbal teas it's not really important...but for black teas (i.e. what people normally drink as 'tea' in Britain) the water should be as close to boiling as possible. Otherwise it just doesn't brew properly...George Orwell wrote a treatise on tea making and he was 100% spot on.
Its a kettle not a tea kettle 😁
British tv is a lass of its own especially our dramas
Cup of water is used to steam clean the grease off the microwave not for drinking. We boil water in a kettle, pour it into a tea pot.
It's really nice to hear an American perspective on an American perspective. There's clearly a lot of smart people in the USA, so hopefully some of those European habits will start seeping their way into American culture - particularly the bread and food thing generally. If enough people start looking at the food they eat, big changes could happen. We all deserve to have a healthy lifestyle, and be able to trust the food we eat. Looking forward to seeing more content like this.
The electricity in the UK is 240V which makes boiling water in a kettle much quicker!
Yes, is it even possible to boil water in a kettle in US America, I wonder..
The knife and fork thing is a revelation, and pretty bizarre. No shade intended, we do what we’re taught, but cutting with a fork does seem a strange waste of a knife.
Oh, and for funny panel shows, you can’t go wrong with ‘Would I Lie To You’ (otherwise known as WILTY) especially episodes which include Bob Mortimer. His true or false stories, that you have to decide between, are epic.
Once you learn to eat with a main meal with a knife and fork you won't go back. It will be a talking point when you go out in the US for a start but it is worth it.
To be more environmentally conscious you have to take matters in your own hands. Use a shopping bag of your own, stop buying plastic bottles, plastic plates, paper towels. Buy a set of portable cutlery, a portable cup, think for yourself and others will copy. The US is very backward in environmentally issues so you need to make it happen. Thats how it started here in the UK, it takes time but in the end our government listened to what peple wanted ❤
Eating with a knife and fork 'the British way' is just way more efficient. Putting utensils down mid mouthful and swopping hands is just a waste of time! Why? I'll never understand 😁
Also using a fork like a shovel ... 😬
The reason electric kettles make more sense in the UK is the higher AC voltage. Water boils in a minute or so, whereas microwave boiling is quicker in America.
Last of the Summer Wine is definitely worth watching and yes, start from the beginning if you can because you will be able to see how the series evolved over the years as well as enjoying a lot of excellent comedy
Even though it showed her eating holding both a knife and fork, she was still holding the fork incorrectly and looked very awkward. her fork should have been held upside down
I like the electric kettle with a spout they showed in target.Never seen one of them before.
Dear American friends, for yours and our safety, please please use your indicator lights the same way we do when driving in the UK, or you'll risk being the cause of a road rage incident - or worse, a road traffic collision. Why? Because other drivers will be expecting you to indicate well in advance of you slowing down for your turn. So if you don't, they could be taken off-guard, and quite likely slam into the back of your rental car because your brake lights didn't give enough notice. It's more than a simple courtesy! Thank you.
My children, all in their 50s now, were taught from a very young age ,about 3, how to use a knife and fork. Restaurants here in the UK would never just give you a fork
Tea must be made with BOILING water
Grate reaction to the nice couple on the video from you. Hope you’re cold gets better soon. 👍🏻
robber gets boiling water thrown on him...... UA-cam short.
It's a good job the kettle was on.
'its in Britain, the kettles always on' 😂😂😂
I love Blue Bloods the series but watching them eat at the table as a family is painful , it’s like feeding time at the zoo . What is so hard about using a knife and fork
English supermarkets learned quick 1. Customers power they see you reading a label and stick it back on the shelf. There's something in there that means that shit won't sell. Enough people do that ye gonna have to change the product.
Electric jug/kettle is the go in Australia. We occasionally use the microwave but especially if there are 2 or more of us we use the jug/kettle. We have 240 volts so jug/kettles heat up quicker than the US with its 110 volts.
Last of the Summer Wine (not Roses) is well worth a watch, if you can take Northern accent 😂😂😂
we live in Brisbane,a sub tropical climate but we don’t have air con….or heating in winter 🥶
WILTY. Is a must watch. British comedy at it's best Please take your time to watch this show.
KorkytheKat UK
I lived in several countries in Europe as a child and I don't change hands to hold the fork. I'm 60 years old.
The show she called the last of the summer roses is in fact called THE LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE
Love your video you man God Bless from the UK 🇬🇧 ✝️🙏🏻❤️🤓
She says Woostersheer sauce. British pronunciation is Wooster sauce.
Every house in the uk has a recycling bin that is collected by the council. .
Look up the prices for electric kettles. You want one. It's too cheap not to try it. Then when the cheap one dies you will know what to look for in the more expensive ones if you still want one :) New Zealand here. I go through a kettle about every 2 or 3 years. Boils probably 4 litres a day for 3 people's coffee.
Kettles are mostly used for cups of tea/instant coffee.