7 British things we don’t have in America
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The purple grapes used in American grape jelly and whose flavour purple skittles mimic are an American species of grape ("Concord grapes") that are not generally available in Europe.
They do exist, but they're in the same sort of "rare, specialist" foods category as blackcurrants in the US. Table grapes in the UK and Europe more generally are usually wine grapes, which have a much more subtle flavour than either blackcurrant or Concord grapes.
In Europe the concord grape or 'uva americana' is known as the cat piss grape and let's just say, it is aptly named.
@@marmotarchivist as is the bilious attack chocolate
Table grapes are usually also different from wine producing grapes, they are different varieties. Wine grapes are much more flavourful than table grapes usually are, but also a lot smaller and invariably have pips. I don't know how they compare to either blackcurrant or American grapes, bit I've had both good table grapes and wine grapes and they can be plenty flavourful.
😂😂😂
US Grape flavour = 🙅♀️
Japanese grape flavour = 👍
American here - I have a toiletbrush and my family always had one growing up. perhaps that was just me and my family?
Nah, I am American and I have always had one and I feel like most people do. They sell them in the cleaning aisle of every grocery store, and sell decorative covers and stuff. I think maybe it's just his family that didn't have one, not that we don't have them. Especially since he didn't go to college in the states, this could just be a blind spot of his.
I literally went to college 4 years in the states.
Have a lil Google about Americans and toilet brushes and you’ll find many others perplexed about the lack of them!
@@evan I've always had one and they are in every grocery store where I'm at in the Western United States.
Same. Came with a tray to hold brush and plunger (just in case). I like the new Clorox brushes though.
I never have NOT seen them in a home in USA…. Every friend and family member. Like how else would you clean the bowls out??? Even more in places with hard water
If you know your history, you know the reason why America has so many grape flavoured things.
During prohibition the more intelligent vinyard owners kept their vines, and they used the grapes to make things like grape jelly, grape soda etc.
They were counting on prohibition not lasting forever.
The can of grape juice would sometimes carry warnings on what you must not do to avoid the juice becoming alcoholic.
@@grahvis In very specific detail at that :D
Yup, combined with the fact Currents and Gooseberries were banned because they carried a rust fungus that was a threat to the White Pine timber industry.
Woolworths (dime stores, RIP) used to sell carnival glass or milk glass "juice sets" in "Harvest grape" pattern from Prohibition till the late 1960's. I have such a "Depression glass" set in white milk glass: a large, heavy pitcher with stout goblets; the key was you couldn't see through them like transparent glass.
The idea was that you had you home-made wine from mustang or Concord grapes, and sat on your porch and enjoyed it in early evenings, keeping a mason jar of water on the floor by your chair.
If "revenuers" or law officers chanced by, you just poured contents of your goblet and the pitcher into the shrubbery, splashed a little water to rinse the set, and smiled when the officers came up the walk to see what you might be doing. 'Sorry, we just finished our juice when you came, or we'd offer you some. . ." 😄
Calling Blackcurrant mid is honestly the single most offensive thing Evan has ever said.
100% agreed. Grape flavour is actually revolting.
Vimto is superior of course.
He's not wrong about it being mid but definitely wrong about grape flavour being better
I was in love with Ribena as a kid. Compared to say, orange squash it was heavenly but expensive. And blackcurrant fruit pastilles are lovely too.
UNSUBBED!
as an American who moved to the UK in September, when I discovered blackcurrant jam I decided to never go back. It's now my favorite thing, SO MUCH BETTER THAN GRAPE!!!
My favourite too!
Yay! One of us! One of us! 😜
Welcome to the fold 🥳
Yes! The Movenpick brand is amazing.
Grape jelly just tastes like sugar with some purple mixed into it.
Have you tried damson jam or sloe jelly? If not you should give them a go.
A thicker duvet vs a hot water bottle is like putting another jumper on vs sitting by the fire. One is just so much better than the other.
the duvet takes a while to warm up after you get in!
@@toothfairy10133 If I get cold it takes me about an hour to heat up to a point where my body starts to heat my feet up to the point that I make a warm space around my feet. I use a water bottle from October to April (in Canada).
"Welly" is short for "Wellington", after the Duke of Wellington who popularised tall water-proof boots in the 1800s.
well thank you, british and i never really thought about it but was curious when the section came up in the video!
Northern US states have similar gear called "galoshes". More of a thing for dealing with snow than rain.
Arthur Wellesley, the guy who defeated Napoleon, or another Duke of Wellington?
@@FHT1883 The same.
Duke of Wellington aka that statue in Glasgow that always has the cone on his head
No British child has ever said they want to drink soda 😂
But yes, pop or a fizzy drink
Wouldnt that be the stuff your father adds to his whiskey and soda?
@@1234cheerful soda water is just fizzy tap water (not the same as sparkling water)
@@MatthewJBD Ah! Thanks.
I've never heard a Brit call it pop either, only fizzy drink
@@tobynorris Pop if you're from the 1970s maybe. Apparently some parts of Northern England, South Wales, and the Midlands still use "pop" as a term.
i get why americans use hot rice heated up for pain, we also have wheat bags in the uk which are in a soft fabric. they are often scented with lavender as well which helps you to relax and sleep easier
I had one shaped like a cute owl that I used whenever I would (frequently) get stomach bugs as a kid
Yeah, a flannel is what you wash your face with as a Brit.
Yeah, you’d have to say flannel shirt
A jeanet is what you call a sissy in flemish
Flannel wash cloths actually sound really nice
[Aussie joke] What a bison? The thing you wash you hands & fice in
Well it used to be, and other areas if you’re camping 😂
In my experience, small, local pantos are almost always better than "real ones". The fact that you've seen the main character in your day-to-day life and that the jokes become ridiculously localised really add to the 4th wall breaking. They're way better than the fancy stuff big theatres put on with B/C list celebs. Independent theatres can do some good ones too.
Sometimes you get an ex-Eastenders actor in local panto's!
Pantomimes don't tour the country. Even big ones are just done in that area, and are rarely not localised. And some of those celebs really are popular for a reason, especially if they truly care about it and become regulars like a lot do. Billy Pearce in Bradford pantos is a legend for a reason as a panto regular.
I agree that small shows, and pantomimes, can be great. I don't as much anymore but I used to go to tiny theatre performances all the time and would always encourage people to try it and support. But you don't need to unnecessarily disparage what can be incredible large productions to do it.
getting a rise out of the local MP, or personality :)
@wyterabitt2149 I'm not saying that big ones are bad, just that in my opinion smaller ones are better. I know that a big one in a town theatre will still have some local humour but it's not as localised as a village am dram production.
Grant Scott’s always in the pantomime I go to
Evan talking about U.K. things as if he hasn’t lived in the U.K. since Freddo’s cost half a penny and a handshake
California, here - I have a hot water bottle- they're not like unicorns. You can find them in just about any pharmacy. 😊 I also have an electric kettle -
Maybe it's because you're living in one of the civilised parts of the US. Many areas appear to be attempting to regress to the 1800's.
Here in Europe you can expect most families to own at least one per household member. It's rather odd not to own one.
It takes you twice as long to boil water.
But surely kettles are a rarity in the US.
@@Thegreatercheese Well, I am 70 years old - so, maybe 😆
One American who definitely knows the meaning of Pantomime is the the Fonz. Henry Winkler came to England each year from 2006 and 2010 to play Captain Hook in the pantomime of Peter Pan.
Wait.. you don't have a hot water bottle.. that's like legit when you are poorly
Bags of rice hold the heat longer and never leak. Just heat them up in the microwave
For real. I guess being a woman has its perks, like knowing what a hot water bottle is.
@@PandorasFolly I have chronic pain and have used all the heating things over the years because heat is one of the only helpful things and hot water bottles stay hot waaaay longer in my experience. Also the rice inevitably burns when you're using it as often as I need to even if you microwave it with the glass of water like you're supposed to. The long 2L hot water bottles win every time for me.
I like to use hot water bottles for their long warming capacity and energy efficiency but I also own an electrical heating pad that gets fast really hot and instantly helps relieving craps. Where I come from, cherry stone pillows are also popular.
A fully filled hot water bottle with kettle water, will keep warm in bed for at least 12 hours
I've had grape-flavoured stuff, blackcurrant is far superior
I suppose both must be an acquired taste.
I grew up with blackcurrant yoghurt - and never stopped loving it.
A while ago my favourite yoghurt producer added grape yoghurt to their range of yoghurts, and it's certainly neither disgusting nor repulsive, but among the 50 or so yoghurt flavours in my local supermarket I would place it maybe at number 20, whereas blackcurrant yoghurt continually fights with strawberry/vanilla and rhubarb for the number one spot on my taste buds. [P.S. no artificial flavouring in those particular yoghurts - which may be why I like the pieces of grape better than the rest.]
I wholeheartedly agree!
Depends on the grape flavoring used and the black currant flavoring. I have had absolutely revolting versions of both.
American and I agree. but I'm not all that fond of concord grape as a juice anyway. however I do love them straight from the vine. partly I might be biased because Concord grape is the generic grape flavoring of the US, especially in things that we give to kids.
@@MarabuTooMmm rhubarb yoghurt is great. Blackcurrant is nicer than grape for sure. Of the grape flavours I'd rather choose white grape over red or black grapes any day
For an answer to the blackcurrant vs grape question, look to a country where both are common. In France they use grapes to make wine, while blackcurrants make delicious things like sorbet, and, most importantly, crème de cassis, the flavouring in the delightful drink called a Kir.
Brit here, who has both a uterus and chronic pain 😅 used to use hot water bottles and microwave wheat bags for most of my life but they had some massive problems. Mainly going from too hot to too cold really quickly, and in the case of hot water bottles - breaking and covering me in hot water! (Have to wonder if this is a recent quality thing because this didn't happen to me my whole life until a few years ago, when all the old ones I had burst/leaked and all the new ones I bought kept doing the same - and yes I know about the instructions and the expiry date thingies).
Electric heat pads are a GAME CHANGER. Just a flick of the switch and it's the perfect temperature. No getting up in the middle of the night. It times out for safety and efficiency but then you can just switch it back on whenever you need. I was in hospital with severe pain last week and having my heat pad with me was a blessing 😭
My only issue with them is they sometimes break (but at least all that means is they don't switch on lol) and mine aren't wearable. Considering investing in a wearable one though because I love them so much.
TLDR; friendship ended with hot water bottles, electric heat pads are my new best friend
rubber hot water bottles... do not put boiling water in them, and fill them about 2/3rds full. Squish down as you screw the stopper in to remove air. That will extend their life.
Just to be sure, throw it out and get a new one periodically. (no pun intended). You should be safe from leaking or exploding hot water bottles, or 'hotties' as they are often named.
@@colonelfustercluck486 yeah that's why I said I know about the instructions and expiry dates 😆 but I got like 3 new ones after my previous lasted years and they all split within a few weeks of using them. I just think the quality has gone downhill.
@@Sophie_Cleverly .. hi Sophie, I luckily have a good one and haven't had the problem. Must be down to the supplier, and in some products, quality has gone down hill. I wrote the instructions more for other readers who may have been curious but lacking the knowledge of how to use one. You were obviously an experienced hot water bottle user. Back to a wheat bag then?
In South Africa we in general do not have heated buildings. During winter we reuse a plastic cool drink bottle filled with warm tap water or boiled water that we carry around to keep us warm until late morning. We also place cooldrink bottles with tap water outside in the sun and use the warmer water to fill our kettles to reduce energy usage.
Blackcurrant tastes "too healthy" to me, because in Finland we often drink hot blackcurrant juice when we are sick😅 They're packed with vitamin C!
We used to have hot ribena when sick. Lovely.
That's actually how it became so popular in the uk. In WW2 when we couldn't import fruit we were at risk of vitamin C deficiency so the government promoted blackcurrant squash as an easy way to get our vitamin C. People loved it and after the war it stuck as one of the most popular flavours and 95% of blackcurrants in the uk go into making squash.
@@violetskies14 As a small child in the 1960's we got a daily drink of Rose Hip Syrup to boost our vitamin C . I think it must have been given out at clinics, because although I loved it, it was just given to my younger sister (I got Ribena)
@@violetskies14 Majority of blackcurrent drinks produced in one factory, with locally grown fruit, in Forest of Dean area of Gloucestershire.
Hot Ribena was our drink of choice when we got back from the beach when we were on holiday as kids.. then again, we were just north of Skegness in July, we needed all the warmth we could get
Pantomimes are plays that they say are written for children, but there's lots of innuendo stuff that goes over the kids' heads and the adults get. A lot of the character's names are for the adults too.
Then again
A lot of entertainment for children also has something for the parents to.enjoy
Some older entertainment does not. infantilize children
@@dutchdykefingermany children are actually infants....!
Like the carry on films! Or Captain Pugwash cartoon when was a kid and his side kick Seaman Stains !
They're written for families, not children. Its a subtle but important distinction
ITV Pantos are the best.
Julian Clary kills it.
The main reason UK plugs have so many safety features is because the voltage is double - 220 vs 110. As a kid you probably wouldn't have gotten a 2nd chance to learn to avoid shocks...
No, the reason is because of ring wiring, which requires that the house wiring be able to carry far more current than is allowed at an outlet, which means that many safety features have to be pushed to the outlet side instead of being centralized.
230 - 240 volts
The rest of the world that is not the US has the same higher voltage as the UK without needing the expensively overengineered plugs the UK does. We put our safety in the switchboard instead, where it also covers wire shorts. Not that we don't have switches on outlets as well, not doing that is just weird
@@slhope64 exactly, we also dont have switches on the outlets etc because our wiring is already safe
buyt tbf american outlets are also incredibly extra bad, never had any sparks in sweden
Blackcurrrents: There is a big difference between "blackcurrent flavoured" things and the real fruit. You must try some homemade blackcurrent jam if you can find some, before you cement your opinion of this lovely little fruit. (local town and village events such as craft fairs might have some) The real fruit does have quite a strong flavour and I love it! The smell of blackcurrents always takes me right back to when I was little, picking blackcurrents in a friend's garden with my mum and sisters on warm summer evenings!
Wellies: the advantage of wellies is that they have no seams, which means you can tramp around in puddles several inches deep for as long as you like without any danger of water seeping in. You're never too old to splash around in muddy puddles! Just going by the picture, It doesn't look like you can do that with duck boots.
I am 38 years old lived in Texas my full life . Always have had a brush by the crapper… like how else would you clean it?….
Certain Americans would have a fit about pantomines, the principal boy (leading male character) is played by a woman and the pantomime dame (often the leading characters mother) is played by a man. Crossdressing is way more normalised in the UK than the US.
where you been the last few years Them yanks have caught up now theys so crossdressing some of 'em think they're the other sex
Oh and if you know anyone who does or has played pantomime dames in real life, they have a wardrobe of their dame costumes.
Yes it came as a bit of a revelation to a young teenage me when I discovered not only that the principal boy wasn't a boy, but she had no principles either!
Are they politicians?
The US (certain parts anyway) is weird. They banned the Queen video for 'I Want to Break Free' because Freddie and the band were dressed as women.
In the UK it's considered one of the band's (or even the 80s) best videos.
We do not use them after every poo. Only for the sloppy diarrhoea ones... 😂😅
And every now & then what normally happens in the lavatory leaves a little scummy bit. Just a go-over with a lavvy brush & flush & you're done!!!
Aye, Evan, what's up with your pooing technique? Sounds like that's the part you got wrong.
Bleach usually does the job
Every family had hot water bottles in the US before microwave ovens became ubiquitous. I still have one, though I have not had cause to use it because the more modern methods of getting a spot heater are so much more convenient.
@@margaretford1011 electrical hot water pots are so easy and fast. Thus convenient.
Having been to the US and consumed several "grape" flavoured items, I can categorically say that Evan is a crazy person. "Grape" flavour is the kind of flavour you would eventually settle on after years of trying to develop a nice one.
Generally it is one preferred by children more than adults. Commonly combined as peanut butter and (grape) jelly sandwiches.
I've taken to calling "grape" flavored things "purple-flavored" because they don't taste like grapes.
The pantomime ad was unironically a highlight of the video. 😄
The reason they're stronger in the US is because they use more water for the flush, in the UK and EU there are efficiency standards which prevent them being as strong
Evan has been away so long that he missed some changes like the advent of low flow toilets that use a lot less water, but you only have to use them in specific cases in US building construction.
@@jwb52z9oh so that’s why your ex president made it a big deal. But wait, why was something so small and silly it such a big deal for him?
@MeppyMan it's one of the little things that are part of the "culture wars". "Dem liberals want to take away my ". It's much easier to defend wanting to keep a "superior" physical thing, than to defend "but I want to destroy the environment".
Skid marks are definitely a thing in US toilets, so this is still strange.
@@MeppyMan He's old, an idiot, greedy, and evil.
Switches on UK power sockets are NOT mandatory. There are UK power outlets available which do not have switches. Generally they are used for things, such as refrigerators or freezers that you do not want accidentally turned off. They are quite rare, but are available.
I was electrocuted when setting up a science experiment in a school classroom full of gcse students. The shock was literally so bad I screamed “fuuuuuuuuuuck” at the top of my voice and was very lucky that it was in a British style plug even though it was at a school in Germany. (British army, I’m trying to keep the length of this story manageable!) It meant my assistant who had helpfully turned the plug on was able to switch it off again unharmed. We had a chat about that later on.
That thing you are told about how when you grab a live wire your hand closes and you can’t let go. Totally true. I burnt my tongue, my elbows and my head. I also sat down and apologised to the class for swearing by repeating the swear word.
you are entitled to call out "fuuuuuuuck' while you are receiving 230 Vac.
@@colonelfustercluck486 I would say so too! Absolutely! The science teacher couldn’t stop laughing and told everyone in the staff room about what had happened.
@@randomjasmicisrandom yes it is great to receive empathetic treatment from your teachers who are pissing themselves laughing. They are not laughing at you, they are laughing with you......😉😉
If blackcurrants blow your socks off just wait until you try gooseberries 😁
British plugs also have to be safer than American ones due to the voltage generally being higher. If you were to get shocked it's going to sting a tad more
They are compensating for a style of building wiring system that is illegal in many countries and substandard in many more.
@@HweolRiddaBritish wiring standards are among the best in the world.
@@nutgone100At least they sell appliances with the plug attached now. They used to be sold separate and the consumer had to attach it to the wires!
@@nutgone100 ring ccts safe?, "the best in the world"? Hahaha
@@kakarikiyazoo I enjoyed being an amateur electrician growing up and helping my dad wire plugs whenever we got new equipment!
So when Kanye said to Estelle: “Ribena, I know what you’re drinking”, he actually was more of a “London bloke” than we’d imagined?!
Twenty years ago a work colleague of mine awoke during the night to find her bedding had caught fire. The cause was a faulty electric blanket. She had to be treated for burns that she sustained to both hands as she patted out the flames. Ever since, during the winter months, she has warmed her bed each night with two hot water bottles before getting in.
I live in NZ and have access to both..... an electric blanket is fine and good.... but turn it off before you get into bed. As it is 230Vac here.... who needs that in the bed!
And get the bloody thing electrically checked for safety periodically.
Alternatively, hot water bottles ('hotties') are also great, there are do's and don't's for them also. If used correctly, there is nothing wrong with the old fashioned hot water bottles. I use them. Hey, they work.
Yup, I also know someone whose electric blanket caught fire while she was asleep - thankfully her dad noticed it! You'll never catch me owning one of those...
Well the british toilets are still better than the German Poop inspection platform
Have to agree with you there!
I honest to God wonder why in the heck that was ever invented.
@@snailrancher well. Have you met the Germans?
I went to the Netherlands a few times & they have that same thing. A right devil to scrub if the wrong type of jobby lands on it (there's a word for you Evan, a jobby)
The poop shelf! Or the poop deck. The first time I saw that I was shocked, like WTAF! If I had been at a doctors office, weird, but understandable I guess? But in regular homes and apartments? No, not OK.
I wouldn't really see a panto unless I was going with kids? That's the most fun part, how excited they are to get involved haha. And if you're going to a local one it gives you a nice sense of unity and community. :)
Take one or more foreign adult friends to see a panto.
the 'Panto's" that I have seen are written on two levels. The first, is a story that the kids will understand and even get caught up in it and get excited. The second level is that that there is a lot of innuendo/situations for the adults to enjoy and laugh at... far above the childrens understanding. That way everyone enjoys it.
skittles were created in the uk
Justifiable candy pride!
@@1234cheerful Except of course we'd never call it candy!
@@G6JPG sweets?
Here in Canada I think pretty much everyone has an electric kettle.
You have that right. I don’t think I would not want to not have one.
Mischief Theatre’s “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” has an excellent section of panto-parody, as the show was put on I believe as a Christmas special, and Peter Pan is often understood in the context of a panto, the audience knows the drill - but one of the characters of the cast once the show to be a serious theatre production, and hilarity ensues due to the audience participation. All their shows are excellent.
We had a hot water bottle when I was a kid, growing up in Wisconsin. My parents had it in the master bath, since before I was born, I'm sure. I can recall using it a few times for sore muscles and headache. It also came with a rubber hose and an enema attachment.
I also remember seeing 'strongmen' blowing them up until they popped.
Blackcurrant is idk an aquired taste, its one of those flavours where i've always drank blackcurrant squash, and at one point in my life when i was younger i would have probably agreed with you about blackcurrant but i've come to appreciate it. Blackcurrant squash is probably the most refreshing, most "better" flavours of squash end up being too acidic or too sweet to feel refreshing for me. And like as i've gotten older something about blackcurrant sweets has just started to hit for me its a flavour that is unqiue but not too much for me. Beyond that blackcurrant jam is genuinely fantastic especially with cheese. Also every american candy ive had grape is like the worst flavour
Americans are accustomed to what other first world nations' people call "fake" tastes to the point that it's not really something that occurs to Americans who aren't health nuts.
Are you purposefully forgetting banana-flavoured candy?
@@evan banana is so bad most American candies I've had don't even bother using it
Grape IS a cursed flavor thank you.
@@evanWho are you to talk? You forgot Americans clean their toilets and wear rainboots.
We used hot water bottles in the 60/70s but in the 70s many began using an electric heating pad.
Electric blankets are not as hot, you have to keep them turned on, they are also a fire risk if left on whilst sleeping. I'm from the UK, but much prefer a hot water bottle that stays hot all night long. Although you do have to replace them every few years as they wear down. They work really for when I have fevers or back pain too as they're so hot. You can buy ones for your neck and and extra long ones for the bed.
I was using a hot water bottle for cramps in the 80s & 90s in the US. So it varies.
My elderly other has the thick fabric bags of uncooked rice that can either be stored in the freezer when you need cold or tossed into the microwave when you need heat.
The electric heating pad isn't the same as a heated blanket. The pads do get really hot, though I agree that using the ones that plug in when you are sleeping isn't a good idea for the same reason you named.
@@aurora6920 The way the US electrical system is, they aren't a fire hazard unless the plastic casing around the wiring is frayed.
If you'd grown up in a house with no central heating you'd know what a hot water bottle is really for.
In Scotland we call Squash, "Diluten Juice." Because...you know, you dilute it. I didn't know this was exclusive to Scotland until I went down to Sleaford and no one knew I was talking about until I said Robinsons
Sounds German!
Now that ypu say it, suppose it does
Black currant is yummy 😋
Tip= put a hot water bottle on the floor to keep your feet warm. Great when working from.
Most kids in the UK are weaned on Ribena as many carpets will testify! Great video, gave me plenty of laughs. 👍
We used to have far more water in the toilets here, with a much more powerful flush-but back in the 70's it was decided they use far too much water, and ecologically damaging so low level flush was invented and very widely implemented-you only see them in old un refurbished properties. Squash is far less sugary than soda, it was recognised early such a high sugar hit was bad for children, the US is way behind on this one.
I'm an American and I have never been shocked by an outlet. Not negating your experience at all, just letting Europeans know that it's not something that happens to every American kid
If you wanna see a Pantomime, I hear that the one at the London Palladium every year is pretty good, this year it’s apparently Robin Hood and the tickets just went on sale a few days ago. Also, Pantomimes are so popular that some American celebrities have even come over to take part, like, one of my local ones had Priscilla Presley in it a few years ago.
Yes, I go to that Palladium one most years, and it's a hoot. Julian Clary has more extravagant costumes every year, Gary Willmot is the dame, Nigel Havers some sort of bumbling fool and Paul Verdin and his puppet Sam always have a part - e.g
like Buttons in Cinderella, then they have different guest stars each year - e.g. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders as well as some musical parts played by west end starts.
I reckon the kids get no more than 20% of the jokes. I tend to go in January to have something fun to look forward to in what is otherwise a bit of a bleak post Christmas come down.
This will blow your mind Evan: Prices S C & Sons bakery in Ludlow that has a through draft and they offer chilly customers a hot water bottle at their table, and also sell them in their gift section! I was enchanted by this and think more places should pick up this service. ❤
I used to use a hot water bottle, but switched to a pad filled with buckwheat (rice works, too), which can be heated in a microwave. In my experience they keep the warmth longer and of course, there’s no danger of leaking water (hot water bottles will wear out eventually).
60 years and I’ve never been shocked by electricity.
I've only been shocked by mains once. It was when traveling in Europe, there was a broken plug in the outlet and like an idiot I tried to pull it out. With a broken plug like that, that would have happened with any type of outlet. But I don't know how you get shocked by a US outlet normally. It's never happened to me.
As an electrical engineer I have been zapped a fair few times, quite painful at 240v and at 415v takes a couple of hours to get over it if it hasn't killed you.
As an American girl with a British father I can definitely confirm that at least my family uses hot water bottles! My sister actually gifted some to her friends once but they didn’t use it, what weenies 🙄
Why didn’t they use it?
I (Australian) was getting so confused when you kept calling ribena a squash, thinking that ain’t a squash. I was half right cause here in Australia, what Brits call squash we’d call cordial
It's cordial in England also, squash is a American word to me
In Britain ‘cordial’ is basically a posh/grown-up version of squash. If it’s got a fancy label it’s cordial. If it’s supermarket own brand it’s squash. If it’s Ribena it’s ribena (never squash)
@@pru3230You missed out the UK has old regional drinks e.g. vimto, sarsaparilla that can come either ready mixed or for you to mix yourself. They aren't squashes or cordials.
In the uk cordials tend to be more concentrated versions of squash - I’d always use about a third of the amount of cordial than I would a classic squash
We also have lime cordial in the UK. Very refreshing in hot weather.
My American born kids have grown up with hot water bottles, polos, marmite, ribena and beans on toast. I felt it was my duty to enculturate them the best I could.
What about HP sauce? 😂
@@jujutrini8412 lea and perrins
I tried beans on toast during COVID for fun and I love it. It’s quick, easy, and filling. Ribena is the one thing I haven’t tried.
@@sarabaldeschwieler7763 As a Yorkshire man, your comment offends me. Hendersons is vastly superior.
@@starparodier91 As with many things - you'll pay a lot extra (I think 2-3×!) for the (Ribena) name; buy store's own brand equivalent, it's the same ingredients! (And probably made in the same factory!)
Squash is called diluting juice in Scotland, think it’s a better name as it describes better what it is 😝
In my seven decades in the US, I have never been shocked by an outlet. Since the US is huge, old wiring has to be found in plenty of places. Nonetheless, I do prefer the UK version.
Nor I in 62 years.
Ken Campbell’s ‘The Story of Pantomime’ is available here on UA-cam. Highly recommended to learn all about the subject. It’s worth every minute.
You can definitely get heated rice/wheat bags in the UK, often in novelty shapes or elongated for wrapping over a larger area, but yeah hot water bottles are preferable as they don’t smell and are easier to get in the cover.
And you can get liquid water flavourings akin to squash in the US these days, it’s just only really available in the pocket sized squeezy bottles of like KoolAid or Dasani or Minute Maid, and I imagine that came about around the same time as over here so you would’ve probably grown up with the powdered KoolAid stuff which we then don’t have.
What state are you in? Hot water bottles/bags, willingtons, and blackcurrant products are pretty easy to find and come across here. I've found them in states such as Idaho, California, and Texas at places like Walmart, and not to mention the wide variety of them available on Amazon.
I'll give you the pants thing though, that might just be a cultural thing, but Americans have Florida Man. :D
He is in the UK, but his comparisons to "America" seem to all be comparisons of the UK to the area in NJ he grew up in.
As far as the blackcurrants are concerned, cultivation was banned in the us from 1911 until fairly recently as the plants carried a disease that was causing damage to other crops. Many places in the US are not lifting that ban due to the availability of varieties of the plant that do not carry the disease.
A lot of these things are regional and have different names in the US.
@@Col_Crunch HI there, I'm in NZ and we have unlimited access to 'currants'. Arguably the best is the Black Currant. There are also White and Red currants.
I read that you have a ban on them.... but they are everywhere here, and we are an agricultural and horticultural exporting country. I don't know what problem the US had, but is doesn't seem to be an issue over here. They are not an uncontrollable weed or anything over here... and they are awesome. If you can get some good cuttings, go for it if it doesn't get you in trouble over there. You need a 4 seasons type climate and reasonably good topsoil. Put the light nets over the bushes as they fruit.... the birds love them too. To use them... eat them "au natural", cooked fruit pies, mixed in with apple is good. Fruit juice concentrate for making 'soft drinks' or cordials. Make wine... they are awesome for that. Jams and jellies.
@@colonelfustercluck486 As I said in my comment we had a ban on cultivation. The ban no longer exists (at least at the federal level, the issue now sits with the states, most have lifted their bans, but some survive). The ban was implemented as they carried white pine blister rust, which the American White Pine was not resistant to. Not only was the fungus causing ecological issues, but it was hurting the American lumber industry. Thanks to selective breeding though, they were eventually able to cultivate rust resistant American White Pines which helped lift many of the bans.
When you ask for a coffee, you wouldn’t expect just beans or the instant granules...you’d expect it to be made with water. Same with squash... no confusion here
Exactly, all solutions/suspensions have the same name when "neat" and dissolved.
In America drinks that come in a bottle normally are ready to drink.
Eh bad analogy as both of your examples require modifiers to be understood unlike squash
"Can I get a coffee?"
"Sure, here's 8 espresso shots to fill the cup"
@@evan What do you mean they require modifiers, it's exactly the same.
"Where do you keep your coffee?"
"Would you like some coffee?"
In one of those sentences coffee is referring to the ingredient, and in the other it's referring to the drink. If you have a problem with using squash for both then you have a problem with this too.
Only watching Evan every few months is wild. His accent is less American and more British every time I watch.
Ribena made with hot water was my favourite childhood drink to warm up after playing in the snow until I started getting into tea.
I have lived all over the US and always had a toliet brush.
I love blackcurrant and I wish we could get Ribena and other concentrates here. My boyfriend has a Soda Stream and I bet Ribena would taste even better as fizzy water.
I've found it, it was expensive and not labeled as a concentrate. Drank it chilled, like orange juice. Used to American soft drinks (as we call Pepsi, Coke, etc. in the US South) so I liked it. Sillier fact, I bought it to try because of Hercule Poirot and his black currant tisane. 🤣 Some day I'll look up what that actually is.
Tisane is herbal tea, meaning NOT a tea made from the standard tea plant
@@1234cheerful tisane is just a posh (but the correct) term for fruit or herbal tea I believe…sorry if that was a spoiler.
@lynnejamieson2063 😁not a spoiler! All that time Dame Agatha was just giving HP herb tea!
@@1234cheerful essentially, yeah…it’s a great word to use in modern conversation though if you want to seem all exotic and mysterious 😄
The pantomime section makes me think of _Peter Pan Gone Wrong,_ which is my favorite comedic production of all time. I'm gonna go watch it again. Thanks for the reminder.
Yess that one was hilarious, the othe goes wrong plays wee great but i dont think anything topped the Peter oan one
The pantomimes at the London Palladium are pretty good. I have friends (in their 40s) who go every year!
I haven't owned a pair of wellies since I was a child, and they are a terrible choice for a festival. At Glastonbury, you can expect to walk upwards ot 10 miles a day. Who in their right mind would set off on a 10-mile walk in a pair of wellies? Much better is a pair of walking boots and gaitors. By the end of the festival, all your wellie-wearing friends will be wringing out their socks and comparing blisters and ankle injuries, whereas you will have perfectly dry, healthy feet.
I've never been shocked from plugging something in, but as a kid, I got shocked 2 or 3 times from sticking a paperclip in the outlet for fun.
I remember discovering welches grape juice in the UK like ten years ago, that stuff is a game changer 🤤
No unless you're a kid it's gross
Kedem grape juice is rich, full bodied and just a hint too sweet! I like it better than Welches. I also like lingonberry (thanks Ikea) so I think I would appreciate black currents.
Maybe it's a state/ location thing? because I've seen plenty of both plungers and toliet brushes where I live in NYC. Also, my mom always used hot bottles bottles when I was growing up in the 90's to even now.
You know how coffee refers to both the drink and the powder that you mix with hot water to make the drink?
My hot water bottle has a penguin sleeve on it, he wears a tartan scarf and is called Pépé. Also Squash is called Diluting juice in Scotland. I take a litre of diluting juice with me to work every day. It's better than drinking a can of juice every day, and black currents are actually really nice with apple.
What happened in 2015 that twice as many people died from electrocution than the years before and after.
As an American, I live for the black gummy candies from Ikea
We have Grape drink in the UK. Welch's Grape Juice is here, and so is Schloer (which for some reason seems to be a Christmas drink). Also KA Black Grape Soda.
They sell schloer all year round. Used to buy it for some children I babysat as their "special" drink. 😂
Schloer - at least the fizzy grape juice - is a great non-alcoholic champagne substitute. Nobody need feel left out drinking posh fizzy grape drink!
@@MsPeabody1231 I know, but the Supermarkets make a big deal about it around Christmas time as if it was a Christmas drink lol
@@BellePullman When I was a kid my parents used to put it in wine glasses for us and we would pretend we were drinking champagne! My cousins and siblings and I would have a blast! 😂😂😂
Because at Christmas the kids would be given it so that they could pretend they were drinking alcohol
I stopped wearing wellies after I got my first pair of walking boots because wellies are a sensory nightmare for me and walking boots don't make you slip the way wellies sometimes do.
I'm not from the UK and I'd never heard of squash until visiting the country, but even then I knew almost immediately that I was meant to dilute it. I think that one's just on you lmao
Hot Water Bottles are also useful to aged people (ladies or gentleman) who have pains in their backs. The Victorian version (before rubber was commonly available) were ceramic. And before that there was the warming pan.
Outlets that arc to the plug? And some people are aftaid of all the guns in the US....
I know that New Jersey, where Evan is originally from, has a bad reputation for some things, but the American electrical system is actually supposed to be built such that arcing doesn't happen.
@@jwb52z9 When in New York I was always worried by the two pronged plugs that just dangled loose from the sockets in the hotels. Just didn't seem safe.
@@jwb52z9
If you do not have switches arcing will occur. To pull out the plug they use the flex. Ooops.
I would also say that getting shocked by an outlet in the US is NOT something that most kids experience. It happened to me once only because my thumb slipped between the prongs as I was plugging something in. That scared the crap out of me, and I just learned not to do that again. But that wasn't the outlet's fault!
@@kathyazzari839
It was the outlet's fault. It is badly designed. That cannot happen using a British plug.
We always had hot water bottles growing up in the US.
The only thing that i think of as a brit for grape, is when Fanta had that bright blue grape flavour Fanta. I will never try grape again
geez it was fking horrible.... Madge Simpson hair dye colour, and a taste... well it was horrible..... is this the one that you refer too? It was cringeworthy. And it was not grape. That had to be artificially flavoured.... how else could you make such a putrid flavour?
Sir i implore you to go down a cleaning isle more often. Also we totally have hot water bottles its usually down the isle with the stuff for various body aches
on pantos i highly highly highly recommend the york panto, honestly worth travelling to. also york is just worth travelling to in general, especially at christmas in panto season, the markets are stellar
Im an American born to American parents and I grew up with all of these things except wellies, squash flavored drinks, and currants...
there are many currants.... white, red and black currants. The black currants are awesome. I don't know if you are allowed them in USA...... but if you can, and live in an normal temperate climate (4 seasons)... plant 2 or 3 bushes if you have good dirt and room to do it. You can make soft drinks, concentrates, wine, deserts like pies etc.
Are none of your friends using the microwavable warm things? They come as toys, or even in the shape of hot water bottles.
One of my closest friends is from MD. She’s lived in Belfast for well over 10 years and may as well be surgically attached to her hot water bottle. She loves it. When we are gaming she’s always going to get a fresh one between games. She’s also bought them for family back home. When I first knew her it was a shock to find that they don’t really exist in the us. It’s great having an American bestie as I get her to fetch me things when she’s home. Next up I think is some grape jelly 😁
I've also heard squash called cordial here in Ireland.
wait are squash and cordial the same thing? i thought cordial must’ve been different because it sounds so fancy 😭
@@sofad7612 haha idk actually, but I've heard people call knock-off ribena cordial 😅
@@sofad7612 I’m pretty sure squash is just a colloquialism. Where I grew up in Scotland it was called diluting juice, only the posh kids called it squash. I think that cordial is the proper term (certainly for the standard level of concentrate) but it is only really used on the labels of the companies that charge a posh premium.
@@wheyayeman404 really? Another thing similar yet not quite the same…though I have to admit that it’s not a term I recall hearing before, though to be fair it’s not really a topic of conversation I remember coming up in my decade and a half of living in Newcastle…in fact it’s not a conversation I remember actually vocalising since the early eighties 😊
Both words mean the same thing I.e. Lime Cordial or Orange Squash... Both need diluting.
Also, water comes out of a faucet in America, yet they understand you asking for 'tap' water in a restaurant... That has always had me baffled. 😂
European Schuko plugs are even better. The socket is recessed making it physically impossible to touch the pins when plugging in. Earthing is one both sides of the plug making it a symmetric design. The pins are an extension of the cord as opposed to the 90 degree angle in a UK plug. This makes for better extension cords also. And when a unplugged plug is on the floor with a Schuko plug at least you don't perforate your foot when you accidentally step on it. Oh and arcs don't happen with a properly grounded plug. Also European domestic power nets are different making wall sockets with switches unnecessary.
The Schuko is not better at all. No fuse for the flex, you can touch an earth (part of the circuit). Not polarized. No switch. It is inset causing dirt to accumulate inside which housewives squirt in cleaner - oops.
Best is the British type G. Nothing comes close.
Oh, that's what we have in my country, too
What Evan was telling sounded genuinely terrifying
The Schuko plug is inferior in many ways to the British type G.
On the west coast of the US, many wall outlets have switches, though they are less common in the rest of the US, where they don't increase property value.
A hot water is something of my grandmother's and great-grandmothers day. I haven't seen one being used in modern times in the U.S. for a very long time. Not to say that people still don't use them, because i'm sure somebody somewhere still is.
Old Jamaica grape soda !! Been around for years.
As a brit, I dont think I've ever eaten an actual blackcurrant😂
That's because 95% of blackcurrants go to Ribena when you think that just 5% go to other juice companies,jam companies etc etc it doesn't leave a lot I've never seen them in shops since the 70s but I've had them because my parents grew them plus redcurrants and whitecurrants by the way they taste nicer in Ribena they're very tart
They're extremely tart on their own. It was almost like eating a lemon by itself.
Think I've rarely had blackcurrants on there own but had them on cheesecakes or as jam.
Lots of people have them growing in their gardens. They are very hardy plants and grow very easily in our climate. When I was growing up loads of people had blackberries/raspberries, white/red/blackcurrants growing in their gardens.
I love blackcurrants, so much more flavour than blueberries.
In the Netherlands hot water bottles are Kurks, aka, Corks, also a strange double name.
In germany i use a bag full of cherrystones, functions like the rice, but i dont know how common that is
This is exactly why we have so much water in our toilets SO WE DONT HAVE TO SCRUB SH** OFF THE SIDES EVERY DAMN TIME WE USE IT. This is not a hard concept to get my European friends 😮
But wastes a lot of water which we’re encouraged not to do
Omg. I never tried squash yet, but my friend Cora (from Massachusetts) kept drinking it straight and her flatmates laughed at her telling her how to actually drink it. Being from the US I am addicted to a lot of sugar so I'm trying to limit my sugar intake now that I'm here. Going for that graduation visa since it's my last term!❤
"Cordial" is the posh version of squash. You get flavours such as elderflower and lime. Though you can also get lime squash.
@@MsPeabody1231 oh thanks so much! It's good to know!
Rocket is also a lollipop, squash is also a racket sport.
We have hot water bottles in the US, they're just "old fashioned". I grew up with one, but you don't see them much anymore.
There was an American girl who made a video trying Ribena and of course she drank it neat then made another video drinking it correctly not only did she love it but Ribena sent her a package full of products. I cannot remember her name but just search Ribena girl
American grape flavour is an acquired taste. It tastes nothing like real grapes. It's okay, but no where near as nice as blackcurrant
Politely stated. Blackcurrant rules!