I had a Canadian friend who was in French class in high school. She had to write her favorite recipe down, translated into French amd turn it in. Her favorite dish is Tater Tot Casserole, and so when she did the obvious thing (putting the the recipe into Google Translate), and then had her dad, who is fluent in French, read over the Frenchified recipe. He began laughing because Google had taken "tater" as "tattered" and "tots" as "babies." Her recipe name literally translated to "Shredded Baby Casserole."
Not to argue semantics (although I suppose that’s part of this channel’s raison d’être), the US right to silence is The Fifth Amendment, and the right to an attorney is part of the Sixth. Miranda Rights/Warnings are actually the stipulation that a person arrested must be made aware of these rights at the time of their arrest.
_"...a person arrested must be made aware of these rights at the time of their arrest."_ That's actually a problem. We need to change the law to make it a requirement that police tell *EVERYBODY* they have a right to remain silent, not just those being arrested. See "Never Talk To The Police" to learn why. ua-cam.com/video/d-7o9xYp7eE/v-deo.html
actually, it is more specific than that - it is a stipulation that if the police do not ensure a person is aware of their rights, then nothing the person says is considered admissable as evidence.
Speaking of Cheez Whiz, yes, Britain is very proud of it's cheese industry to the extent that when John Lennon stated that the Beatles were more popular than cheeses, well, that really caused quite a fuss.
Ore-Ida first created Tater Tots out of the trimmings from their french fries. Now, the Tots are their biggest seller, so they chop up whole potatoes to make them.
@@epistte I was thinking they just sound like differently shaped hash browns. That picture of them though makes it look like maybe there's a place where tater tots and cheese whizz intersects. I'm not sure I want to visit that place.
Tater Tot Casserole is my guilty comfort food. I make mine with Bison or Elk, with Grass fed beef to make it a little less artery clogging. Of course the 2 pounds of shredded cheese makes it unhealthy no matter what. The key is to use the tater tots as crust (top and bottom) and the broiler for crusty Cheddar on top.
@@Thermalions I know quite a few restaurants that make tater tot appetizers with a variety of things and they generally are held together with some sort of processed cheese. There's also the smaller shape that are like quarters that some fast food chains have instead of hash browns. The best I've had are Potato Ole's from Taco John's. They add cheese and you can add sour cream, salsa and even guacamole.
@@thefrugalfarmhouselife493 typically we'd call them burger vans, as most usually just serve a variety of burgers and chips, but if they serve different food, then it's takeaway, at least for me 😊
@@Xaid0nTT That is so interesting! Thanks for the info. l love learning new things about other cultures/countries. One of the reasons I love this channel so much!
When I was a kid, we had a foreign exchange student from France come and live with us for a while. I will always remember two things above anything else. 1. When he first arrived, he said that it had been a long flight, and asked where he could douche. This was English immersion lesson number 1. The word douche in English is not used to mean shower. 2. He was almost immediately amazed by Cheese Whiz and insisted that he bring a few cans home to show his family.
Had that situation with a student from Russia. He couldn't understand the reaction when he said he needed a douche. He also cried when he went into his first grocery store. It was like he had walked into heaven. He also had to be taught about mixing faucets, and taught that he needed deodorant. He said that in Russia they were told that deodorant was dangerous.
Now I'm reminded of _Green Acres_ where their king-sized bed takes up so much space in the farmhouse's bedroom that they can barely even open the door.
@@arthurbrands6935 Ha! I don't own an Alaska King. I just did the arithmetic to convert inches to feet. An Alaska King must be what NBA players sleep on.
I have a California King. Because a king mattress is no longer than a queen, just wider. And I'm 6'5" so I need that extra length, otherwise my feet hang over the edge. And I have a cat so that's a non-option.
@nrrork same situation for me but I have the Cali Queen and a dog. Everyone thinks it's so great to be tall but situations like beds and small cars are terrible for us amongst many other things.
Why not sleep "sideways" on a king? Obviously you arent going to go buy a new mattress based off a UA-cam comment but im genuinely curious if there was a reason for not doing this.
@@RunstarHomer A couple of takeout joints in Philadelphia claim to have invented the cheesesteak, and at least one of them insists it's supposed to be made with Cheez Whiz. Most Phillies I've had in the US had provolone, but a couple have had cheese sauce. It's around.
I used to work for an Englishman who laughed when was told the word 'husky' in the U.S. is used to describe a large, muscular or obese person. He said he'd never heard the word used that way before. We were dumbfounded, of course, even bemused.
Husky can also be used to refer to dogs. I personally don't know how the word "husky" came to mean three distinctive meanings of being fat or slightly overweight, having a rough or hoarse voice, and a breed of dog.
Taco Time, a Mexican style fast food chain, serves tater tots with combo meals, calling them "Mexi-Fries". Not particularly authentic, but I doubt many really think they are.
I really enjoy that you used a picture of a tater tot casserole for tater tots. For any Brits reading this, tater tot casseroles are similar to shepard's pie, except replace the gravy with condensed soup (usually cream of mushroom), remove the vegetables, replace the mashed potatoes with tater tots, then top with actual cheese (usually cheddar and always shredded). This dish is popular in the upper Midwest (Minnesota, both Dakotas, Wisconsin, Montana).
My mom makes a variation of shepherds pie using Pillsbury crescent roll dough from the cans that pop (something Brits may not have as well lol). She browns hamburger and makes mashed potatoes, puts those on top of the dough in a Pyrex baking pan, potatoes on top of the browned hamburger. Then she puts shredded cheese on top and bakes it :P :D Very delicious. It's not real shepherds pie lol But it's damn good
Homecoming is not about alumni. It is about (American) football. Alumni do usually attend, but it's about the football. Homecoming is the first home game after the first away game.
When I first started watching your channel, the first thing I thought was, "I hope he does well in America." Well your channel took off, so my worry was for nothing. Still I'm happy your channel is doing well. I should'ver been worrying about myself. Nice watching you Mr. Brown.
As a child growing up in South Florida, I LOVED cheese whiz. My family didn't get it often because for a can of cheese it is pretty expensive (also because my parents probably thought it was gross). Because of the rarity, I thought it was very special! Then as an adult with a job, I thought "I should get some cheese whiz to celebrate adulthood!" Wow, it is not good! It has by far, not held up to the nostalgia
Here in Indiana, a high-school homecoming used to be centered around a basketball game. (Some smaller schools didn't even have football teams back then.) But for all I know, this may have changed.
@@pwatson79 Never could understand the concept of scheduling a school reunion on a holiday weekend. Our senior class was 550 students ...... and yet the turnouts have always been a pitiful group of less that 50 ...... way less than 50 ....... the reason why? ....... we all have families with whom we spend holidays with ...... moreover it is very often the ONLY time we are able to get away to make the trip back home to see and spend time with immediate and extended family members (aka - aging grandparents) ..... and for most of us, high school was a miserable 3 years and we couldn't wait to get out of and away from ...... not sorry ..... not something I want to spend anytime reminiscing about ...... I would rather spend my time and energy doing something that brings me joy ...... I went to the first reunion (10 year reunion) ...... thought it was "the thing to do" ..... it was the same old BS ...... everyone gathered in the old cliques ..... no one venturing out to visit with anyone there who was not in that old social group ..... being snubbed (as in backs being turned to you) or simply ignored when you approach ...... I never went to another one ......
Homecoming is and was never tied strongly to "America football " HOMECOMING is a common term for a "Individual person OR group returning to there home" this includes but not limited to ALL little league sports teams ,school sports teams, college sports teams , (as well as any other group that have competitions like Bands) Military members returning from deployment excetera the only way it would be associated with football is if it was the right time of year if someone was talking about homecoming in spring or summer football would not even enter the thought process Soccer might baseball might golf might but never football
Hmmm, living here in the United States I never bothered to ask what the heck home coming meant. I just knew it was a football thing. It took a brit to explain it to me.
Here in New Mexico, we have a spooky story we tell kids to keep them away from ditches aka arroyos. It’s about the Ditch Witch or Lady Llorona. There are different variations depending on the part state you’re from. In the part of the city I grew up in there are lots of irrigation ditches, her tale was taught in school! 😂
In South East GA if you pull off the highway to the side of the road to change a tire/take a leak, etc you better check the ditches cuz CHOMP from a gator could await you.
If I were guessing what "over crunchies" were, I'd guess that they were bits of food that fell off onto the bottom of your oven and got burned to a crisp.
Originally, homecoming was meant to celebrate the last home game of the football season, hence "homecoming". Along with that, came the spectacle of a homecoming court and the invitation to Alumni to be present at the "homecoming" of the football team.
@@GH-oi2jf here its just a specific home game, not necessarily the last or first. All of the schools in the city are on a schedule to make sure that no two schools have their homecoming on the same weekend.
Did you figure that out yourself, or did someone else tell you? It's not true--the "homecoming" is that of the alumni, which is the primary point of the whole exercise...to bring alumni back to connect with current students, and promote loyalty to the school.
To quote John Denver: But the best darn thing about grandma's house Was the great big feather bed It was nine feet high and six feet wide And soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs And a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun On grandma's feather bed
I remember hearing that one live (even if it was only on an album). I was young enough not to have money for a concert even if I had thought of going. The line with forty-leven in it is my favorite.
Tater Tot casserole !! Classic hamburger, cream of mushroom soup, mixed vegetables topped by tots. Great on those cold winter nights. Bars in Wisconsin also serve them up loaded with chili , cheese, bacon etc. Add a cold beer - bliss !
As an American, I'd never heard of either the Wyoming King OR the Alaska King sizes. Looking up a picture of the Alaska King, I can only wonder how many "sexy parties" you'd have to host to warrant that thing.
When you said you have been living here in the US for 13 years gave me the funny thought that you and my mother did a residence swap. She moved from Chicago to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk 13 years ago.
A car-hop is also a person who waiters or waitresses an outside drive-in and put your order on a tray hanging on your semi-open window, A&W used to use car-hops exclusively.
I'm a Canadian with a British husband and I'm loving your channel!!! It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming! Football's coming home!!!! 😆 love from 🇨🇦 and 🇬🇧
@@jb888888888 Occasionally, I hear people cut through the confusion by just abbreviating it as "alum". ;-) (Pronounced "ah-LUM", not to be confused with "AL-um", the stuff they put in some deodorants.)
I had to explain to a British friend of mine what tater tots were, and I described them as "sort of fat, squatty chips, basically one of those foods that you look at and think, 'that is so violently American.'"
I can remember Cheez Whiz being on sale here in Scotland in the '60s, an orange coloured cheese spread in a jar, tasted a bit like the sauce in Cheesy Pasta, I can't imagine anybody missing it.
I wouldn't. I love it and eat it regularly. USA. It makes for an easy snack with Nabisco brand Triscuits. The beauty of it is it doesn't have to be refrigerated. Cheese on the go.
It’s wild to me how your accent seemingly hasn’t changed. I also moved from the UK to the Midwest and after about 4-5 years my accent had almost entirely gone. Now, over a decade later, I have had people doubt my Britishness.
Well I love the game. And I look forward to using the word in a pub, either to (a) start a pointless fight or to (b) watch money change hands among friends who were just waiting for me to open mah big yap.
Homecoming, which was invented by the University of Missouri, is mostly associated with football. There are some schools that associate it with basketball, usually because they don't have football. In the case of my home town, the entire school district gets the day off for a large parade containing floats, and bands from the nearby school districts. The streets are lined with parents, locals, and returning alumni to watch. I usually run into alumni from the 60's all the way up to last years class at the game, which is usually the most heavily attended game of the year. After a "family only" game last year, I can't wait to get back this year... and yes, tater tots are awesome. Especially if they are brought out by the roller skating carhops at Sonic.
Not sure if it's already been mentioned in the comments here, but in the UK the analog to the 'Miranda rights' are collectively known as 'The Caution' (you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence). This is usually repeated before an interrogation 'under caution' at which point the words 'you have the right to have an attorney present' are added (which is unofficially known as The Caution Plus)
Not sure if it is different in various regions of the US, but out on the west coast Homecoming was our first home football game. With a parade at half time, elected King and Queen for each grade level, etc. Then again, perhaps the origin was in college alumnis.
Point of order! Cheez Whiz, while from the U.S.A., was well known (and once beloved) in the UK. The concoction (which once was made of actual cheese) was introduced during World War 2. It became a hit there... until the makers changed the recipe. Spokespeople for the company point out that "it contains all the ingredients of cheese, just read the label", but that is like me saying that because I have a bunch of lumber, buckets of nails and screws, bags of concrete mix, and some water, that means I have a house. Individuals in the UK that knew it well in their youth tried the more recent recipe and said it is nothing like the original and was awful. *The More You Know!*
The Witch of Cheddar would be such a great name for a terrier of some breed! Perhaps for a really good ratter! You must be a terrier person to get this. And my Jack russells name was Auntie Maim… also only gotten by a terrier person. She was the best ratter I ever saw…🤔😊☮️❣️
In Camden, your cheesesteak will definitely have provolone on it! And when I think of Cheez whiz, it squirts out of an aerosol can, more often as not, directly into one’s mouth…
I would hear that "real" cheesesteaks only had provolone, and then someone else would say that "real" cheesesteaks only have cheese whiz, and then eventually you will learn that real cheesesteaks have had both, for decades. Provolone is probably a lot more widely accepted outside of Philadelphia as the standard cheese, but if you go to Philadelphia and get a cheesesteak, you're getting cheese whiz about half the time.
Same. I was curious about it a few months ago because i realized id never had it so I got some. It just tasted like salty American cheese, which is the worst cheese.
There are other words in various forms of English for the equivalent of an “arroyo”, also often derived from other languages which have such a specific word for a feature that doesn’t commonly occur in England (and which British English therefore lacks its own word for). In South African English it is a “donga”, borrowed from Afrikaans, which in turn borrowed it from Zulu (“udonga”).
That's what I was thinking the whole way through! For non-Arizonans, please know that many of our big washes are covered in concrete, as are where many washes cross over a road, to keep the road from deteriorating during monsoon (rainy) season
@@marthachampagne316 the dictionary lists the word origin as being related to “ado,” meaning fuss or commotion. It is a combination of Old Norse and Middle English - at do. While “at do” is also translated “to-do,” the meaning of the old words were slightly different from today, giving rise to the use in reference to a party or a big commotion. “There was a big tadoo made over how loud Betty’s backyard tadoo was.” - an actual sentence I have heard, though names have been changed to protect the party-giver. lol
I am related to one of the food scientists who developed cheeze whiz back in the late 40's/50's. Interestingly, I was told that initially, it was tested in Wisconson, and it was a mo go precisely because of the strong history ofvthe cheese industry there. It was only when Kraft reached out to othere states that it tested well. Perhaps Britain has regions devoid of good cheese makers? It might want to metastasize.
As a Brit in the US for 16 years, there are things here that I had forgotten we didn't have in the UK. I can't believe I haven't been buying Tater Tots my whole life.
We do have mattresses in other sizes. When they were children, my kids slept in an antique three-quarter bed. my husband and I sleep in an antique sleigh bed that is somewhere between a full/standard mattress and a queen size mattress. Both use custom made mattresses from Verlo. We also have to use sheets that are one size up. For example, the three-quarter bed uses full size sheets, while the sleigh bed uses queen size sheets. They’re a little bit big for the mattresses, but they work just fine.
I have never been to Philly but someone I know who visited there told me they use cheese sauce like a Cheese Wiz or Nacho Cheese (I don't know the difference). Personally I prefer swiss cheese on a Philly Cheese Steak (with mushrooms, grilled onions, mustard, mayo, and bell peppers). What kind of cheese comes on an "authentic" one?
Depends on which side of the street, my best friend and her hubby are from there and both swear it must have cheese whiz...so I tired one from THE place and it was good but I prefer it with provolone.
I live in a University town, and my church has this "homecoming" event every year when the university students (and professors) are back in town for the beginning of the school year. My church celebrates everyone returning "home" to church and also welcomes the new university students to their new "home". We used to have pancakes at our church homecoming, so we called the event "Flapjack Welcome Back". The name has changed, though, to include people who were attending for the first time.😃
I am American. I was shopping the other day and saw the international section of the store where they sell mostly Mexican and Asian foods but they had a shelf for foods for the UK like certain kinds of chocolate and shepherd's pie mix (which I bought). We also have a store in my little town called Taste of Britain which also has specialty foods from the UK. It made me wonder if stores in the UK sell American foods like Cheez Whiz in the international section. I think i recall in a documentary I watched once that American processed "cheese food" is the result of Kraft and other companies attempting to make a cheese product with a long shelf life that could be transported around the country.
I have lived my whole life in the United States and just moved to Edinburgh Scotland with my husband and 3 kids! Loving your channel! Hilarious and educational! 🏴♥️🇬🇧
Cheeze Wiz is in a jar and spreadable, Velveeta is in a block and sliceable and meltable, nacho cheese would have nacho or Mexican spices. I haven’t had Velveeta for years as it’s so expensive you might as well buy real cheese. Also at one time they did sell a Mexican flavour Cheeze Wiz. I have no idea what Arby’s uses, sorry.
As someone who is originally from Philadelphia (aka Philly), I can understand your confusion on Cheez Wiz. I grew up eating it on white bread with fried Spam or as is. Now, in regards to putting it on cheesesteaks, it was not put on the cheesesteaks I ate as a kid or even now. I prefer real cheese.
Originally, Philly Cheesesteaks used American Cheese or Provolone cheese due to their mild taste but Cheese Whiz is becoming quit common in recent decades in many Cheesesteaks shops in Philly and elsewhere and I imagine in many the home Cheesesteak recipe. Now of course, just like like cheeseburgers, some Americans/restaurants prefer real cheese/gourmet cheese over American or Cheese Whiz their cheesesteaks and cheeseburgers. But many of the more fast food Philly cheese steak restaurants use Cheese Whiz as it quit popular with the masses. I admit myself that even though a don’t see it as real cheese, on a cheesesteak it can be good (if a guilty pleasure).
A way too long time ago, when I was a kid, I watched one of those Nightly News consumer fraud investigation stories. It was about a local NY restaurant that was serving “AUTHENTIC Philly Cheese Steak” sandwiches that the investigative reporter was out to prove weren’t actually “AUTHENTIC” enough. So the investigation first looked in to how the NY restaurant was making the sandwich. They started with a good crusty bakery fresh italian bread. They added thinly sliced pieces of steak, can’t remember the cut, but it was actual steak. Then they added a sauce made from actual cheese, again the details about the exact cheese blend has slipped my memory, but it had sounded reasonable to me at the time. Then the reporter travelled down to Philly and interviewed some famous touristy place that made cheese steaks there. They started with a basic deli roll, slapped warmed up “Steak-Umm” on it and poured “Cheez Whiz” over it. My take away, was who gives a (insert appropriate expletive that starts with F) if it’s genuine or not, the sandwich the NY restaurant made sounded a million times more edible. Of course now-a-days I’m a lactose intolerant vegetarian, so I’m not going to be eating any kind cheese or steak, but still.
@@kenbrown2808 Yes, the original lowrider was, but the current incarnation with hydraulics (as referenced here as part of the phenomenon) were added in the late 60s, early 70s.
It used to be that tater tots were very cheap because they came from just grinding up the remnants of potatoes sliced for chips or fries. However, they became popular and with increasing demand the price for them went up as well. Now, they cost basically the same as fries.
I think we do have Tater Tots now in the UK. I think they were in Sainsburys once. If that Cheez Whiz every came over here I think it'd get promptly thrown back into the pond, or at the French just to annoy them even more.
No, no thank you. Not even many Americans want Cheez Whiz anymore. It was a lesson in 'we were so focused on whether we could, nobody ever stopped to think if we should.'
I wish to make a case for 'tater tops' or discs or coins or medallions or crowns whatever you want to call them, but they're crispier than tots also, for some reason I want crab legs
@@sarahburke8955 okay, good, it's not just me. I've had this uneasy feeling about the foods I like since since I declared my culinary affection for butterscotch pudding skin and everyone stopped, the record scratched, and they all just stared at me.
In regards to "Homecoming," I'd like to mention the Texas high school tradition of making and giving mums. I think this is something unique to the state, and yet there it is a quintessential part of Homecoming
Please do a video about ballifs and debt collection UK vs US. Specifically, how those guys on "Cant Pay They'll Take it Away " can literally walk in your house (even after you tell them not to) and take your stuff, which collectors dont do here. Most friends of mine who I have shown that show to are absolutely speechless lol.
@Nicky L if they are court bailiffs they do totally have to let them in in the UK otherwise they can call the police to legally "gain entry" (i.e. break in). Not debt collectors. Court appointed bailiffs.
I should say for criminal fines, tax etc. If it's a CCJ they are allowed to enter your home through any unlocked door or take property from your garden or driveway or outside the property without your consent. If not they can add extra charges to your bill and if you still refuse they can apply to have it taken from your wages! You do get plenty of warning though no matter what some of the people say in the TV programme
Collectors can also do it in the US it’s just a huge pain and can get expensive so usually not worth it, have to get a judgment then an order to execute and work with sheriff’s office to enforce at a home.
it is easy take the front door casing off and use it on the 1st floor of a 2 story house, I just had a XL full mattress and adjustable bedframe delivered and setup for free last week, a XL full mattress is 2 inches longer and wider than a normal size full mattress
Cheez Whiz on a Philly cheesesteak? I have never seen a cheesesteak with yellow cheese. I have mostly seen Provolone or sometimes Monterey Jack or Swiss.
Thank you for explaining the meaning of homecoming! I'm a 53 year old American who never really knew what it was all about. Though I must admit I teased my class' homecoming queen by calling her "Queen Liz" as her name was Elizabeth despite her using its diminutive.
Never having heard of the California King, my thought ran first to Emperor Joshua Norton. Meanwhile Cheez Wiz (the actual trademark, I'm pretty sure, evocative of "wizard", while "whiz" conjures up...) is a great shortcut to macaroni and cheese.
Come now. Cheez Whiz was invented by Kraft in 1952 FOR THE UK MARKET. That's not a joke - look it up. Wartime food rationing was still a thing on the UK in the early 50s, and Kraft was looking for a way to sell an inexpensive Welsh Rarebit sauce. Cheez Whiz was such as huge hit that Kraft decided to sell it in the US, too. After rationing ended in 1954, Brits slowly fell out of love with Cheez Whiz, in much the same way that Vienetta (a fancy ice cream treat in the UK) was briefly hugely popular in the US in the mid 1990s.
When you segued from tater-tots and then "lowriders" came on screen, I didn't know whether you meant the style of car or the style of pants/denim trousers that show the (usually female persons') underwear/pants. Either way, neither of those is usually accompanied by ketchup... so yeah... Anyway, best wishes for your safety and happiness, regardless of which pond you find yourself across.
My first thought was the jeans, too. You need to be careful with the tatter tots and ketchup if you’re going to wear them. Does the UK use the phrase “muffin top”?
Wiggle Ball is often played at family gatherings because the ball does not go as far as a baseball or softball, so it is great to play in the backyard, or as it was introduced to me in the school gym for PE.
Cheeze Whiz is amazing. In Puerto Rico, I learned that if you mix it with Potted meat (deviled ham), it makes an amazing sandwhich spread for parties. Its usually two cans of Potted meat (small ones, or one large one) and a full jar of cheeze whiz
OH MY GOD! When you spoke of tater tots you used a photo of tater tot hot dish! That warmed my Minnesotan heart to see tater tot hot dish in the spotlight!! The best comfort food I’ve ever known.
I was going to resist commenting, on the off chance that everything you said was tongue in my cheek and you really DO know exactly what these things are. I think that is partially true, but i really got the impression that you had an almost correct understanding of some of the things you listed but you didn't quite get there. So i will clarify and try to be quick about it: Arroyo - not to be confused with rivers and streams, which also exist in these United States. An arroyo is a large crevice in the ground that was created by a flash flood. It will fill at the high end, suddenly during a storm, and a very rapid wall of water will shoot down this crevice taking everything in its path with it. Cars. People. Cows. Houses. Each time this happens, the arroyo gets wider and deeper until you find yourself staring at the grand canyon. Between storms, however, it is simply a dry stretch of land in the bottom of a topless tube. Such things happen in a flood in the UK when, for example, water in the Thames rises over its banks and gushes towards the Kennet & Avon Canal, cutting a wide swath as it goes and dumping all of the soil that was part of the ground just 10 minutes before the waters ran over the embankment and cut a trench to the canal. An arroyo is typically seen in the deserts of the US and Mexico and is dry between storms. Attempts to eliminate an arroyo by filling it with soil inevitably fail as once the pathway is created, the water will follow the same path when next it floods. HOMECOMING- Americans get very excited when football season starts and football fans will attend as many games as possible on (typically) Fridays, Saturday and Monday nights. If a professional team is not close, collefe, high school and middle school stands and stadiums will fill up with local residents. Now, some serious fans (or parents of school age players) will follow a team to every game, most local residents attend the Home games and miss most out of town games. The Homecoming Game is the first Home game of the season and is the official start of that town's football season. It is a big deal, usually played between long standing rivals and everyone comes to see the game. The band is decked out in new, freshly creased uniforms, raising their horns at every opportunity, former alumni come in for the game and celebration and fall is officially here. The Homecoming Game is not for the alumnus, the alumnus is there for the Homecoming Game. CHEEZ WHIZ - should be banned. But a lot of people like it. I cannot explain it. Not a fan! Great video! Thanks!
No Cheese Whiz here. Live with many great cheese plants in a 30 mile area. My favorite is Decatur Cheese Company near Brodhead, WI. Their Havarti Pepper and cheese curds are great. Thank you for the video. Hope the 2 of you are doing well. Take care
"Lowriders." My first thought were lowrider jeans, the ones with the waistline cut a couple inches shorter along the length of the body exposing some booty cleavage or the top line of the pelvic triangle.
😂 Here in New Mexico you must be careful not to crash your low rider into an arroyo. It’s just a fact of life I guess. Just kidding. You won’t crash into one…you’re more likely to just park next to it with your pinon and Coke drink . All sodas are “Coke” here in NM. 😉
I had a Canadian friend who was in French class in high school. She had to write her favorite recipe down, translated into French amd turn it in. Her favorite dish is Tater Tot Casserole, and so when she did the obvious thing (putting the the recipe into Google Translate), and then had her dad, who is fluent in French, read over the Frenchified recipe. He began laughing because Google had taken "tater" as "tattered" and "tots" as "babies."
Her recipe name literally translated to "Shredded Baby Casserole."
Lol OMG ... what a translation....I love it.
I want that recipe.
Let the Soylent Green be free!
Delicious
I have not laughed this hard at a comment in a while
"I had the right to remain silent...but I didn't have the ability." Ron White
"They call me.... Tater Salad."
"I wasn't tryin' to be drunk in public, I was tryin' to be drunk in a bar."
@@newgrl "I call my son Tater Tot."
Thanks for reminding me. Now I have to go rewatch. Need a laugh.
"I didn't know how many of them it would take to whip my ass, but I knew how many they were gonna use."
Not to argue semantics (although I suppose that’s part of this channel’s raison d’être), the US right to silence is The Fifth Amendment, and the right to an attorney is part of the Sixth. Miranda Rights/Warnings are actually the stipulation that a person arrested must be made aware of these rights at the time of their arrest.
_"...a person arrested must be made aware of these rights at the time of their arrest."_ That's actually a problem. We need to change the law to make it a requirement that police tell *EVERYBODY* they have a right to remain silent, not just those being arrested. See "Never Talk To The Police" to learn why. ua-cam.com/video/d-7o9xYp7eE/v-deo.html
actually, it is more specific than that - it is a stipulation that if the police do not ensure a person is aware of their rights, then nothing the person says is considered admissable as evidence.
@@jdinhuntsvilleal4514 funny, I just talked to one of my local police, yesterday, and nothing bad happened to me.
Actually, you only need to be made aware of those rights before interrogation, not the time of arrest.
Here in KY, I wasn't read my rights until I saw the Judge.
Speaking of Cheez Whiz, yes, Britain is very proud of it's cheese industry to the extent that when John Lennon stated that the Beatles were more popular than cheeses, well, that really caused quite a fuss.
Now that is damn funny.
The adult community would react by gathering all the Beatle records and set them ablaze. What a perfect heat source for warming the Whiz for nachos
@@jeffshort9313 I think you meant punny.
@@irakopilow9223 Now we call that fondue.
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I laughed too hard at this! thank you sir.
Ore-Ida first created Tater Tots out of the trimmings from their french fries. Now, the Tots are their biggest seller, so they chop up whole potatoes to make them.
Love me my tater tots 😋
@@epistte I was thinking they just sound like differently shaped hash browns. That picture of them though makes it look like maybe there's a place where tater tots and cheese whizz intersects. I'm not sure I want to visit that place.
Tater Tot Casserole is my guilty comfort food. I make mine with Bison or Elk, with Grass fed beef to make it a little less artery clogging.
Of course the 2 pounds of shredded cheese makes it unhealthy no matter what. The key is to use the tater tots as crust (top and bottom) and the broiler for crusty Cheddar on top.
Napoleon loves Tater Tots.
@@Thermalions I know quite a few restaurants that make tater tot appetizers with a variety of things and they generally are held together with some sort of processed cheese. There's also the smaller shape that are like quarters that some fast food chains have instead of hash browns. The best I've had are Potato Ole's from Taco John's. They add cheese and you can add sour cream, salsa and even guacamole.
There's an American lady that runs a takeaway van near me in the UK, and she cooks tater tots with fried onions, cheese and gravy. Bloody delicious 😍
I find it interesting that it is called a "takeaway van" in the UK! Here in America (in the southeast, that is, we call it a "food truck".
@@thefrugalfarmhouselife493 typically we'd call them burger vans, as most usually just serve a variety of burgers and chips, but if they serve different food, then it's takeaway, at least for me 😊
@@Xaid0nTT That is so interesting! Thanks for the info. l love learning new things about other cultures/countries. One of the reasons I love this channel so much!
so... fatty carbs with carby fat, fat and fatty carbs? Sounds delicious :)
Is that actual cheese or Cheez Whiz on those tots?
When I was a kid, we had a foreign exchange student from France come and live with us for a while. I will always remember two things above anything else.
1. When he first arrived, he said that it had been a long flight, and asked where he could douche. This was English immersion lesson number 1. The word douche in English is not used to mean shower.
2. He was almost immediately amazed by Cheese Whiz and insisted that he bring a few cans home to show his family.
Had that situation with a student from Russia. He couldn't understand the reaction when he said he needed a douche. He also cried when he went into his first grocery store. It was like he had walked into heaven. He also had to be taught about mixing faucets, and taught that he needed deodorant. He said that in Russia they were told that deodorant was dangerous.
My daughter made her French friend Kraft Mac & Cheese. Told her it was "faux fromage."
108 inches by 108 inches is larger than the average British bedroom.
Now I'm reminded of _Green Acres_ where their king-sized bed takes up so much space in the farmhouse's bedroom that they can barely even open the door.
That’s 9 feet by 9 feet!
@@TypoKnig How many people you got in that bed?? You sure it ain't the Mardi Gras King?
@@arthurbrands6935 Ha! I don't own an Alaska King. I just did the arithmetic to convert inches to feet. An Alaska King must be what NBA players sleep on.
@@TypoKnig And all of their mistresses. All at the same time. In multiple time zones.
I have a California King. Because a king mattress is no longer than a queen, just wider.
And I'm 6'5" so I need that extra length, otherwise my feet hang over the edge. And I have a cat so that's a non-option.
"I have a cat so that's a non option" 😂🤣😂 OH yes definitely not an option!
Ahahaha! I have pets too and if I had room, I’d get a bigger mattress. They take up more space than my kids did...
@nrrork same situation for me but I have the Cali Queen and a dog. Everyone thinks it's so great to be tall but situations like beds and small cars are terrible for us amongst many other things.
Why not sleep "sideways" on a king? Obviously you arent going to go buy a new mattress based off a UA-cam comment but im genuinely curious if there was a reason for not doing this.
Ah, yes. Cats are definitely "owners" of anything fleshy that hangs over the edge of the bed. Aieee! I almost lost an entire arm that way!
Cheez Whiz on a Philly steak sandwich is for kids and tourists. Provolone is the way to go if you're a local. Thanks LB!
I couldn't believe he said cheez-whiz on a philly. I've never heard of that in my life
@@RunstarHomer A couple of takeout joints in Philadelphia claim to have invented the cheesesteak, and at least one of them insists it's supposed to be made with Cheez Whiz. Most Phillies I've had in the US had provolone, but a couple have had cheese sauce. It's around.
Thank you, I was beginning to doubt my memory after 50 years absence from Philadelphia
What is your opinion on Swiss cheese?
I remember visiting Philadelphia and having one witout
You hurt me Lawrence. I let out a chuckle and I just had surgery today. That hurt a lot. Thanks
May you have a speedy and uneventful recovery!
@@khaxjc1 Thank you, I really appreciate it!
@@khaxjc1 I second that sentiment
Laughter is an amazing medicine!
Dude, I watched Laurence after I got my neck fused while I was in the hospital. I was laughing so hard I had to order more drugs.
I used to work for an Englishman who laughed when was told the word 'husky' in the U.S. is used to describe a large, muscular or obese person. He said he'd never heard the word used that way before. We were dumbfounded, of course, even bemused.
Heck, back in the day, the bigger kids wire pants...called Huskies.
That's because the word is of North American Indigenous origin, though the exact etymology is unclear.
Husky can also be used to refer to dogs. I personally don't know how the word "husky" came to mean three distinctive meanings of being fat or slightly overweight, having a rough or hoarse voice, and a breed of dog.
Tater tots are a guilty pleasure, a holdover from childhood.
We always had fish sticks and tater tots Christmas Eve... need a quick meal so you can get to bed after Mass before Santa comes 😉
Sacrilege but as an American they are my least favorite form of potatoes
Taco Time, a Mexican style fast food chain, serves tater tots with combo meals, calling them "Mexi-Fries". Not particularly authentic, but I doubt many really think they are.
I pretend I'm a grown-up by buying the onion-flavored Tater Tots and topping them with grated extra-sharp REAL cheddar cheese. Heh.
These are called potato gems in Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I really enjoy that you used a picture of a tater tot casserole for tater tots. For any Brits reading this, tater tot casseroles are similar to shepard's pie, except replace the gravy with condensed soup (usually cream of mushroom), remove the vegetables, replace the mashed potatoes with tater tots, then top with actual cheese (usually cheddar and always shredded). This dish is popular in the upper Midwest (Minnesota, both Dakotas, Wisconsin, Montana).
My mom makes a variation of shepherds pie using Pillsbury crescent roll dough from the cans that pop (something Brits may not have as well lol). She browns hamburger and makes mashed potatoes, puts those on top of the dough in a Pyrex baking pan, potatoes on top of the browned hamburger. Then she puts shredded cheese on top and bakes it :P :D Very delicious. It's not real shepherds pie lol But it's damn good
Tater tot casserole is so ridiculously good. If you make a big one you can eat the leftovers for a week
They used to sell "Tater tots" at Kwiksave in the 1980s in the UK. They were exactly the same but called "mini potatoe croquettes"
Plenty of places still sell Croquettes. Basically cylindrical Hash Browns.
Homecoming is not about alumni. It is about (American) football. Alumni do usually attend, but it's about the football. Homecoming is the first home game after the first away game.
Where? Homecoming where I am is usually in late October and scheduled against East Cupcake State (the HS equivalent)
And the dance and queen/king are for current students, never alumni, especially in high school.
When I first started watching your channel, the first thing I thought was, "I hope he does well in America." Well your channel took off, so my worry was for nothing. Still I'm happy your channel is doing well. I should'ver been worrying about myself. Nice watching you Mr. Brown.
As a child growing up in South Florida, I LOVED cheese whiz. My family didn't get it often because for a can of cheese it is pretty expensive (also because my parents probably thought it was gross). Because of the rarity, I thought it was very special! Then as an adult with a job, I thought "I should get some cheese whiz to celebrate adulthood!" Wow, it is not good! It has by far, not held up to the nostalgia
Homecoming has always been tied strongly to American football.
Here in Indiana, a high-school homecoming used to be centered around a basketball game. (Some smaller schools didn't even have football teams back then.) But for all I know, this may have changed.
Homecoming. Also the time of school reunions. Hence coming home
@@pwatson79 Never could understand the concept of scheduling a school reunion on a holiday weekend. Our senior class was 550 students ...... and yet the turnouts have always been a pitiful group of less that 50 ...... way less than 50 ....... the reason why? ....... we all have families with whom we spend holidays with ...... moreover it is very often the ONLY time we are able to get away to make the trip back home to see and spend time with immediate and extended family members (aka - aging grandparents) ..... and for most of us, high school was a miserable 3 years and we couldn't wait to get out of and away from ...... not sorry ..... not something I want to spend anytime reminiscing about ...... I would rather spend my time and energy doing something that brings me joy ...... I went to the first reunion (10 year reunion) ...... thought it was "the thing to do" ..... it was the same old BS ...... everyone gathered in the old cliques ..... no one venturing out to visit with anyone there who was not in that old social group ..... being snubbed (as in backs being turned to you) or simply ignored when you approach ...... I never went to another one ......
Homecoming is and was never tied strongly to "America football " HOMECOMING is a common term for a "Individual person OR group returning to there home" this includes but not limited to ALL little league sports teams ,school sports teams, college sports teams , (as well as any other group that have competitions like Bands) Military members returning from deployment excetera the only way it would be associated with football is if it was the right time of year if someone was talking about homecoming in spring or summer football would not even enter the thought process Soccer might baseball might golf might but never football
Hmmm, living here in the United States I never bothered to ask what the heck home coming meant. I just knew it was a football thing. It took a brit to explain it to me.
Here in New Mexico, we have a spooky story we tell kids to keep them away from ditches aka arroyos. It’s about the Ditch Witch or Lady Llorona. There are different variations depending on the part state you’re from. In the part of the city I grew up in there are lots of irrigation ditches, her tale was taught in school! 😂
Ditches are for snitches haha the slogan we had as teenagers
It’s the same as La Llorona yes? I grew up hearing about her and was horrified.....and yet curious.
Ditches also known as Arroyos.
In South East GA if you pull off the highway to the side of the road to change a tire/take a leak, etc you better check the ditches cuz CHOMP from a gator could await you.
@@BigDogCountry 😂
I Googled "Tater Tots" and saw an entry stating that they're called "oven crunchies" in the U.K.
I think....I really think I’ll call them oven crunches from now on.
If I were guessing what "over crunchies" were, I'd guess that they were bits of food that fell off onto the bottom of your oven and got burned to a crisp.
I like that everyone who's responded so far has misspelled "oven crunchies," but in different ways
@@janeeyre1990 D'oh! Is it going to mess up your comment if I correct mine?
Leave it alone, this is a beautiful tragedy
Originally, homecoming was meant to celebrate the last home game of the football season, hence "homecoming". Along with that, came the spectacle of a homecoming court and the invitation to Alumni to be present at the "homecoming" of the football team.
Where I’m from, “homecoming” is the first home game after the first away game.
@@GH-oi2jf here its just a specific home game, not necessarily the last or first. All of the schools in the city are on a schedule to make sure that no two schools have their homecoming on the same weekend.
Did you figure that out yourself, or did someone else tell you? It's not true--the "homecoming" is that of the alumni, which is the primary point of the whole exercise...to bring alumni back to connect with current students, and promote loyalty to the school.
To quote John Denver:
But the best darn thing about grandma's house
Was the great big feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On grandma's feather bed
Love this song. Thank you John Denver.
Great song!
It was 9 feet high, six feet wide.
I love the video of John Denver singing this song with the Muppets!
I remember hearing that one live (even if it was only on an album). I was young enough not to have money for a concert even if I had thought of going. The line with forty-leven in it is my favorite.
Tater Tot casserole !! Classic hamburger, cream of mushroom soup, mixed vegetables topped by tots. Great on those cold winter nights. Bars in Wisconsin also serve them up loaded with chili , cheese, bacon etc. Add a cold beer - bliss !
Cheez whiz is one of those things that a lot of people have had or do have, but they won't admit to it
I have it and I admit it. It’s delicious on chicken in a biskit crackers 😋
I took a cheez whiz after I hadn't showered for a while. Lots of people were making cheez whiz during the COVID lockdown.
I like cheez whiz on sour dough bread. Also it makes good cheesy potatoes.
I’ve never had it.
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As an American, I'd never heard of either the Wyoming King OR the Alaska King sizes. Looking up a picture of the Alaska King, I can only wonder how many "sexy parties" you'd have to host to warrant that thing.
I've never heard of those either, there is also a really long bed called an Egyptian king as well I believe.
The Alaskan King has to be large enough for the entire household in order to prevent freezing.
Perfect for polyamorous folks too! My friend can curl up in bed comfortably with both of their partners with theirs c:
So how do you get an Alaskan King in the house, given the ceilings are 96" high. And the doors are only 80".
@@mikespangler98 bigger doors exist, as do ways to condense mattresses for shipping? That's the best i've got 😂
When you said you have been living here in the US for 13 years gave me the funny thought that you and my mother did a residence swap. She moved from Chicago to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk 13 years ago.
A car-hop is also a person who waiters or waitresses an outside drive-in and put your order on a tray hanging on your semi-open window, A&W used to use car-hops exclusively.
I'm a Canadian with a British husband and I'm loving your channel!!! It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming! Football's coming home!!!! 😆 love from 🇨🇦 and 🇬🇧
Ohh dear. I have to say it. "...welcome back their alumnus..." It's alumni. Alumnus is singular, alumni is plural. It's not like you slip up, much!
It's all Greek to me.
I'm glad someone else knows that.
Though I usually hear it the other way. "Person X is an alumni of such-and-such."
@@jb888888888 Occasionally, I hear people cut through the confusion by just abbreviating it as "alum". ;-) (Pronounced "ah-LUM", not to be confused with "AL-um", the stuff they put in some deodorants.)
Thank you. I was going to say something, but you said it better😃
Maybe he said alum-nee rather than alum-nai?
We live in New Mexico which is fully stocked with arroyos. My son was 2 and half when we moved here and for a few months he called them Oreos….
I had to explain to a British friend of mine what tater tots were, and I described them as "sort of fat, squatty chips, basically one of those foods that you look at and think, 'that is so violently American.'"
I described a Scottish egg to a friend of mine and he called it "a fistful of heart attack."
I can remember Cheez Whiz being on sale here in Scotland in the '60s, an orange coloured cheese spread in a jar, tasted a bit like the sauce in Cheesy Pasta, I can't imagine anybody missing it.
I wouldn't. I love it and eat it regularly. USA. It makes for an easy snack with Nabisco brand Triscuits. The beauty of it is it doesn't have to be refrigerated. Cheese on the go.
Especially when it's so easy to make a nice cheese sauce out of good cheese.
@@Tmanaz480 if you're unemployed, or otherwise unencumbered by stuff to do.
It’s wild to me how your accent seemingly hasn’t changed. I also moved from the UK to the Midwest and after about 4-5 years my accent had almost entirely gone. Now, over a decade later, I have had people doubt my Britishness.
I did a triple take when "soccer" came across the screen
I rolled my eyes. "Not this again".
@@gordieparenteau6555 Watching paint dry or grass growing is way better than "sucker".
Well I love the game. And I look forward to using the word in a pub, either to (a) start a pointless fight or to (b) watch money change hands among friends who were just waiting for me to open mah big yap.
@@BigDogCountry
But still better than watching a game that last 6o minutes
But takes over three hours 🤪
The irony that the words is English, is just too funny
Love the video. I wanna add that Miranda rights aren't just right to silence. It's also right to an attorney.
Tater tots are also excellent with bbq sauce or honey-mustard. I hope this helps you make the most cultured of choices.
Ranch dressing too.😂
dijonaisse
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Buffalo Wild Wings’ Honey BBQ Sauce is good on any potato product. Sweet and spicy.
Ah I see you are a man of culture. Me on the other hand, I am but a simple man, when I see tater tots, I devour.
Alaskan king for when you, your family, and your friends want to sleep together to stay warm.
Room for your pet Grizzly.
Or your dogs... Like when it's a Three Dog Night.
Fr like who needs 9’ x 9’ bed?😭
Alaskan Kings are for a couple and their 5 Husky sled dogs
The Alaska king is obviously made for holding your entire family and two huskies comfortably during the dead of winter
"Whelp, looks like another 17-dog night, Martha."
Homecoming, which was invented by the University of Missouri, is mostly associated with football. There are some schools that associate it with basketball, usually because they don't have football. In the case of my home town, the entire school district gets the day off for a large parade containing floats, and bands from the nearby school districts. The streets are lined with parents, locals, and returning alumni to watch. I usually run into alumni from the 60's all the way up to last years class at the game, which is usually the most heavily attended game of the year. After a "family only" game last year, I can't wait to get back this year... and yes, tater tots are awesome. Especially if they are brought out by the roller skating carhops at Sonic.
Baylor's first homecoming was 1909, two years before Mizzou
Not sure if it's already been mentioned in the comments here, but in the UK the analog to the 'Miranda rights' are collectively known as 'The Caution' (you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence). This is usually repeated before an interrogation 'under caution' at which point the words 'you have the right to have an attorney present' are added (which is unofficially known as The Caution Plus)
Not sure if it is different in various regions of the US, but out on the west coast Homecoming was our first home football game. With a parade at half time, elected King and Queen for each grade level, etc. Then again, perhaps the origin was in college alumnis.
i love cheese whiz. i put it on toast and bagels and i heat it in the microwave and put it on cooked broccoli and carrots.
Alaska beds must be so big so all the dogs have a spot?
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"I did it like this, I did it like that
I did it with a whiffleball bat"
Soooooo……..I’m on the run, the cops got my gun
And right about now it’s time to have some fun
I’m American but was homeschooled.. you’re the first person to explain HOMECOMING to me! WOW! Thanks!
The Witch of Cheddar should have been the 5th house at Hogwarts, but when she was denied she went to the US and founded Cheez Whiz out of spite.
Cheez whiz… plastic cheese. Horror of horrors!
Point of order!
Cheez Whiz, while from the U.S.A., was well known (and once beloved) in the UK. The concoction (which once was made of actual cheese) was introduced during World War 2. It became a hit there... until the makers changed the recipe. Spokespeople for the company point out that "it contains all the ingredients of cheese, just read the label", but that is like me saying that because I have a bunch of lumber, buckets of nails and screws, bags of concrete mix, and some water, that means I have a house.
Individuals in the UK that knew it well in their youth tried the more recent recipe and said it is nothing like the original and was awful.
*The More You Know!*
The Witch of Cheddar would be such a great name for a terrier of some breed! Perhaps for a really good ratter! You must be a terrier person to get this. And my Jack russells name was Auntie Maim… also only gotten by a terrier person. She was the best ratter I ever saw…🤔😊☮️❣️
In Philadelphia we just call them cheesesteaks and Whiz is for the tourists! Real cheesesteaks have Provolone on them!
Provalone has always been my preference on a cheesesteak.
In Camden, your cheesesteak will definitely have provolone on it! And when I think of Cheez whiz, it squirts out of an aerosol can, more often as not, directly into one’s mouth…
I would hear that "real" cheesesteaks only had provolone, and then someone else would say that "real" cheesesteaks only have cheese whiz, and then eventually you will learn that real cheesesteaks have had both, for decades.
Provolone is probably a lot more widely accepted outside of Philadelphia as the standard cheese, but if you go to Philadelphia and get a cheesesteak, you're getting cheese whiz about half the time.
Alaska King sounds like it'll fit a dog sledding team.
It will fit a human sledding team.
@@pepperbytez8128 as in Toboggan sled? Is that two or four people?
Processed cheese in an aerosol can that is just not normal.
Had it one time and that was the last time.
Same. I was curious about it a few months ago because i realized id never had it so I got some. It just tasted like salty American cheese, which is the worst cheese.
@@sydney45 American Cheese flavor of Easy Cheez is terrible, but you should try Bacon-Cheddar. It's really good!
@@BakedRBeans the can said it was cheddar flavor 🤣🤣 but it certainly didnt taste like cheddar
@@sydney45 Well, There's Cheddar, and there's Bacon-Cheddar. Keep looking-it's hard to find.
Easy Cheese makes my mouth hurt, which is a little disturbing. I’ll take that over Cheez Whiz, though.
Cheese whiz is great on triscuts, and wheat thins.
Yes it is!
@@denicesanders4586 Now I went some
@@cjmarsh504 me too!
There are other words in various forms of English for the equivalent of an “arroyo”, also often derived from other languages which have such a specific word for a feature that doesn’t commonly occur in England (and which British English therefore lacks its own word for). In South African English it is a “donga”, borrowed from Afrikaans, which in turn borrowed it from Zulu (“udonga”).
Churches also have homecomings. Usually it involves a potluck meal after the church service. Many former members come back for this.
Especially for church anniversaries.
An Arroyo is typically called a “Wash” in AZ
…and CA depending on if it’s of Spanish or English origin.
A small flash flood being a "gully washer" makes me think that arroyos are also sometimes called gullies.
In Texas we also call it a draw.
I was scrolling for literal minutes trying to find someone who calls them Washes. I was almost worried it was more of a regional slang
That's what I was thinking the whole way through!
For non-Arizonans, please know that many of our big washes are covered in concrete, as are where many washes cross over a road, to keep the road from deteriorating during monsoon (rainy) season
Your eyes are so expressive, Laurence, and your facial expressions are often hilarious!
Lawrence- FYI, if I’m not mistaken, a “do” is short for hairdo over here. I pictured homecoming w everyone having special hairdos for the occasion 🤔.
Yep, you get a special “do” when going to a big “tadoo” like homecoming.
@@IJustWantToUseMyName i think the latter came from the phrase a big 'to do', as is i have a big list of things to do to get ready for the party.
@@marthachampagne316 the dictionary lists the word origin as being related to “ado,” meaning fuss or commotion. It is a combination of Old Norse and Middle English - at do. While “at do” is also translated “to-do,” the meaning of the old words were slightly different from today, giving rise to the use in reference to a party or a big commotion. “There was a big tadoo made over how loud Betty’s backyard tadoo was.” - an actual sentence I have heard, though names have been changed to protect the party-giver. lol
As Amanda said above, "do" is used for both a hairdo and a to-do (a big event).
I am related to one of the food scientists who developed cheeze whiz back in the late 40's/50's. Interestingly, I was told that initially, it was tested in Wisconson, and it was a mo go precisely because of the strong history ofvthe cheese industry there. It was only when Kraft reached out to othere states that it tested well. Perhaps Britain has regions devoid of good cheese makers? It might want to metastasize.
As a Brit in the US for 16 years, there are things here that I had forgotten we didn't have in the UK. I can't believe I haven't been buying Tater Tots my whole life.
They used to sell them in the UK at Kwiksave in the 1980s. Called "Mini croquette potatoes"
Do you like them?
@@jeremynv89523 - Actually, not that much anymore. Gone off 'em in the last couple of years since I wrote that! lol
In Australia we call tater tots potato gems. :)
We do have mattresses in other sizes. When they were children, my kids slept in an antique three-quarter bed. my husband and I sleep in an antique sleigh bed that is somewhere between a full/standard mattress and a queen size mattress. Both use custom made mattresses from Verlo.
We also have to use sheets that are one size up. For example, the three-quarter bed uses full size sheets, while the sleigh bed uses queen size sheets. They’re a little bit big for the mattresses, but they work just fine.
Authentic Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches would never use Cheez whiz. Ever. Perish the thought.
I think just the tourists order them that way…fools !!
I have never been to Philly but someone I know who visited there told me they use cheese sauce like a Cheese Wiz or Nacho Cheese (I don't know the difference). Personally I prefer swiss cheese on a Philly Cheese Steak (with mushrooms, grilled onions, mustard, mayo, and bell peppers). What kind of cheese comes on an "authentic" one?
I never had cheese whiz on a "Philly."
Provolone is best.
Depends on which side of the street, my best friend and her hubby are from there and both swear it must have cheese whiz...so I tired one from THE place and it was good but I prefer it with provolone.
"...a whopping, and quite stupid, 108 by 108 inches..."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
How many people are sleeping together in Alaska?!?!
It’s also a celebration at church we have once a year for all and even former members. We celebrate with preaching, singing, and food!
I live in a University town, and my church has this "homecoming" event every year when the university students (and professors) are back in town for the beginning of the school year. My church celebrates everyone returning "home" to church and also welcomes the new university students to their new "home". We used to have pancakes at our church homecoming, so we called the event "Flapjack Welcome Back". The name has changed, though, to include people who were attending for the first time.😃
I am American. I was shopping the other day and saw the international section of the store where they sell mostly Mexican and Asian foods but they had a shelf for foods for the UK like certain kinds of chocolate and shepherd's pie mix (which I bought). We also have a store in my little town called Taste of Britain which also has specialty foods from the UK. It made me wonder if stores in the UK sell American foods like Cheez Whiz in the international section.
I think i recall in a documentary I watched once that American processed "cheese food" is the result of Kraft and other companies attempting to make a cheese product with a long shelf life that could be transported around the country.
The soccer bit was hysterical. I hate cheese-whiz and have been called un-American for it.
You'll probably live longer than most Americans for it.
It was decent back in the day when it had actual cheese in it. Not sure when they changed it but it was terrible after they did.
I have lived my whole life in the United States and just moved to Edinburgh Scotland with my husband and 3 kids! Loving your channel! Hilarious and educational! 🏴♥️🇬🇧
Can anyone explain the difference between Cheese Wiz, Velveeta, and Nacho Cheese?
Also, which does Arby's use?
Cheeze Wiz is in a jar and spreadable, Velveeta is in a block and sliceable and meltable, nacho cheese would have nacho or Mexican spices. I haven’t had Velveeta for years as it’s so expensive you might as well buy real cheese. Also at one time they did sell a Mexican flavour Cheeze Wiz. I have no idea what Arby’s uses, sorry.
@@Ozziecatsmom my mom calls Velveeta fish bait
Upon graduating high school, I never returned for a homecoming. I have attended several university homecomings, though.
High school is pretty much like prison. University is much better.
I live in Philadelphia and I get real cheese on my cheesesteak,usually provolone.
As someone who is originally from Philadelphia (aka Philly), I can understand your confusion on Cheez Wiz. I grew up eating it on white bread with fried Spam or as is. Now, in regards to putting it on cheesesteaks, it was not put on the cheesesteaks I ate as a kid or even now. I prefer real cheese.
Originally, Philly Cheesesteaks used American Cheese or Provolone cheese due to their mild taste but Cheese Whiz is becoming quit common in recent decades in many Cheesesteaks shops in Philly and elsewhere and I imagine in many the home Cheesesteak recipe. Now of course, just like like cheeseburgers, some Americans/restaurants prefer real cheese/gourmet cheese over American or Cheese Whiz their cheesesteaks and cheeseburgers. But many of the more fast food Philly cheese steak restaurants use Cheese Whiz as it quit popular with the masses. I admit myself that even though a don’t see it as real cheese, on a cheesesteak it can be good (if a guilty pleasure).
A way too long time ago, when I was a kid, I watched one of those Nightly News consumer fraud investigation stories. It was about a local NY restaurant that was serving “AUTHENTIC Philly Cheese Steak” sandwiches that the investigative reporter was out to prove weren’t actually “AUTHENTIC” enough.
So the investigation first looked in to how the NY restaurant was making the sandwich. They started with a good crusty bakery fresh italian bread. They added thinly sliced pieces of steak, can’t remember the cut, but it was actual steak. Then they added a sauce made from actual cheese, again the details about the exact cheese blend has slipped my memory, but it had sounded reasonable to me at the time.
Then the reporter travelled down to Philly and interviewed some famous touristy place that made cheese steaks there. They started with a basic deli roll, slapped warmed up “Steak-Umm” on it and poured “Cheez Whiz” over it.
My take away, was who gives a (insert appropriate expletive that starts with F) if it’s genuine or not, the sandwich the NY restaurant made sounded a million times more edible. Of course now-a-days I’m a lactose intolerant vegetarian, so I’m not going to be eating any kind cheese or steak, but still.
Lowriders were the product of the Los Angeles Chicano culture from the 1970s.
no, they're older than that. try the 1940s.
@@kenbrown2808 Yes, the original lowrider was, but the current incarnation with hydraulics (as referenced here as part of the phenomenon) were added in the late 60s, early 70s.
Even before that.
"Allows (lowriders) to do things that would make the Transformers cack themselves" 😂😂 I LOVE THAT!!
I'm thinking of John Denver's Grandma's Feather Bed
It used to be that tater tots were very cheap because they came from just grinding up the remnants of potatoes sliced for chips or fries. However, they became popular and with increasing demand the price for them went up as well. Now, they cost basically the same as fries.
I think we do have Tater Tots now in the UK. I think they were in Sainsburys once. If that Cheez Whiz every came over here I think it'd get promptly thrown back into the pond, or at the French just to annoy them even more.
Cheez Whiz was invented for the UK market.
Frommage Whiz
Ok, ok, but at least we don't have a pretend snack that's actually a meal, named after a beverage!
Hah!
So there!
No, no thank you. Not even many Americans want Cheez Whiz anymore. It was a lesson in 'we were so focused on whether we could, nobody ever stopped to think if we should.'
@@budgetcoinhunter Yet it was hard to find during the COVID food "shortages"
Lacrosse is a unique sport in the US and Canada
We have it in the UK. It came from Canada. The English Lacrosse Union, was formed in 1892.
And it's usually played in posh girls schools, the less posh girls' schools play hockey, but not on ice.
And my corrected assumption ends up being a bit cooler.
I wish to make a case for 'tater tops' or discs or coins or medallions or crowns whatever you want to call them, but they're crispier than tots
also, for some reason I want crab legs
Oh great, now you made me hungry lol
Agree, "crowns" are better than tots. More crispy surface area!
@@sarahburke8955 okay, good, it's not just me. I've had this uneasy feeling about the foods I like since since I declared my culinary affection for butterscotch pudding skin and everyone stopped, the record scratched, and they all just stared at me.
Bojangles has ' Bo Rounds ', and they're pretty good . Sonic has great tots . Arby's potato cakes topped with Horsey sauce are my favorite .
I remember when potato cakes first came on the scene, they were baked
I graduated in 2019 and didn’t know till today what homecoming was actually for 🤣
Thank you, Lawrence. Your humo(u)r is right up my alley. I can't remember a video of yours I've seen that I haven't literally LOLed. Keep it up!
In regards to "Homecoming," I'd like to mention the Texas high school tradition of making and giving mums. I think this is something unique to the state, and yet there it is a quintessential part of Homecoming
I think mums are part of homecoming everywhere. At least we had them here in Oregon and in Colorado.
Please do a video about ballifs and debt collection UK vs US. Specifically, how those guys on "Cant Pay They'll Take it Away " can literally walk in your house (even after you tell them not to) and take your stuff, which collectors dont do here. Most friends of mine who I have shown that show to are absolutely speechless lol.
@Nicky L if they are court bailiffs they do totally have to let them in in the UK otherwise they can call the police to legally "gain entry" (i.e. break in). Not debt collectors. Court appointed bailiffs.
I should say for criminal fines, tax etc. If it's a CCJ they are allowed to enter your home through any unlocked door or take property from your garden or driveway or outside the property without your consent. If not they can add extra charges to your bill and if you still refuse they can apply to have it taken from your wages! You do get plenty of warning though no matter what some of the people say in the TV programme
Collectors can also do it in the US it’s just a huge pain and can get expensive so usually not worth it, have to get a judgment then an order to execute and work with sheriff’s office to enforce at a home.
I have really enjoy your videos and so much more when I get to watch others reaction to you videos. Thank you for your hard work.
108" X 108"?! How do you even get that in the house?
it is easy take the front door casing off and use it on the 1st floor of a 2 story house, I just had a XL full mattress and adjustable bedframe delivered and setup for free last week, a XL full mattress is 2 inches longer and wider than a normal size full mattress
@@marydavis5234 but you still have to get it up the stairs? 🤔
Cheez Whiz on a Philly cheesesteak? I have never seen a cheesesteak with yellow cheese. I have mostly seen Provolone or sometimes Monterey Jack or Swiss.
Thank you for explaining the meaning of homecoming! I'm a 53 year old American who never really knew what it was all about. Though I must admit I teased my class' homecoming queen by calling her "Queen Liz" as her name was Elizabeth despite her using its diminutive.
Never having heard of the California King, my thought ran first to Emperor Joshua Norton. Meanwhile Cheez Wiz (the actual trademark, I'm pretty sure, evocative of "wizard", while "whiz" conjures up...) is a great shortcut to macaroni and cheese.
Come now. Cheez Whiz was invented by Kraft in 1952 FOR THE UK MARKET. That's not a joke - look it up. Wartime food rationing was still a thing on the UK in the early 50s, and Kraft was looking for a way to sell an inexpensive Welsh Rarebit sauce. Cheez Whiz was such as huge hit that Kraft decided to sell it in the US, too. After rationing ended in 1954, Brits slowly fell out of love with Cheez Whiz, in much the same way that Vienetta (a fancy ice cream treat in the UK) was briefly hugely popular in the US in the mid 1990s.
On fire from the jump. "...sold on a dark corner in Camden" paints a vivid picture for those that know Camden (New Jersey).
A homecoming is when the local team, usually college or high school, plays a home game after having played an away game. They are coming home, get it?
and its usually the next to last home game of the season for most high schools, with senior night being the last home game
2:35 - And the Bentley! I have 12 of them in my garage (in my dreams). I don't even have a garage. 😥
When you segued from tater-tots and then "lowriders" came on screen, I didn't know whether you meant the style of car or the style of pants/denim trousers that show the (usually female persons') underwear/pants. Either way, neither of those is usually accompanied by ketchup... so yeah...
Anyway, best wishes for your safety and happiness, regardless of which pond you find yourself across.
Oh, I wasn’t the only one thinking that in low riders. XD
@@frostyw I thought he was talking about the song from War. : D
@@fakereality96 which is about lowrider cars
My first thought was the jeans, too. You need to be careful with the tatter tots and ketchup if you’re going to wear them. Does the UK use the phrase “muffin top”?
Wiggle Ball is often played at family gatherings because the ball does not go as far as a baseball or softball, so it is great to play in the backyard, or as it was introduced to me in the school gym for PE.
Somehow Cheez and Whiz sounds a bad symptom...it is good stuff.
😮...😳...🤢...😂
Cheeze Whiz is amazing. In Puerto Rico, I learned that if you mix it with Potted meat (deviled ham), it makes an amazing sandwhich spread for parties. Its usually two cans of Potted meat (small ones, or one large one) and a full jar of cheeze whiz
OH MY GOD! When you spoke of tater tots you used a photo of tater tot hot dish! That warmed my Minnesotan heart to see tater tot hot dish in the spotlight!! The best comfort food I’ve ever known.
I thought the same thing. Love me a good tater toy hot dish!
The bed bit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had no clue we had beds bigger than California King!
I was going to resist commenting, on the off chance that everything you said was tongue in my cheek and you really DO know exactly what these things are. I think that is partially true, but i really got the impression that you had an almost correct understanding of some of the things you listed but you didn't quite get there. So i will clarify and try to be quick about it:
Arroyo - not to be confused with rivers and streams, which also exist in these United States. An arroyo is a large crevice in the ground that was created by a flash flood. It will fill at the high end, suddenly during a storm, and a very rapid wall of water will shoot down this crevice taking everything in its path with it. Cars. People. Cows. Houses. Each time this happens, the arroyo gets wider and deeper until you find yourself staring at the grand canyon. Between storms, however, it is simply a dry stretch of land in the bottom of a topless tube. Such things happen in a flood in the UK when, for example, water in the Thames rises over its banks and gushes towards the Kennet & Avon Canal, cutting a wide swath as it goes and dumping all of the soil that was part of the ground just 10 minutes before the waters ran over the embankment and cut a trench to the canal. An arroyo is typically seen in the deserts of the US and Mexico and is dry between storms. Attempts to eliminate an arroyo by filling it with soil inevitably fail as once the pathway is created, the water will follow the same path when next it floods.
HOMECOMING- Americans get very excited when football season starts and football fans will attend as many games as possible on (typically) Fridays, Saturday and Monday nights. If a professional team is not close, collefe, high school and middle school stands and stadiums will fill up with local residents. Now, some serious fans (or parents of school age players) will follow a team to every game, most local residents attend the Home games and miss most out of town games. The Homecoming Game is the first Home game of the season and is the official start of that town's football season. It is a big deal, usually played between long standing rivals and everyone comes to see the game. The band is decked out in new, freshly creased uniforms, raising their horns at every opportunity, former alumni come in for the game and celebration and fall is officially here. The Homecoming Game is not for the alumnus, the alumnus is there for the Homecoming Game.
CHEEZ WHIZ - should be banned. But a lot of people like it. I cannot explain it. Not a fan!
Great video! Thanks!
No Cheese Whiz here. Live with many great cheese plants in a 30 mile area. My favorite is Decatur Cheese Company near Brodhead, WI. Their Havarti Pepper and cheese curds are great. Thank you for the video. Hope the 2 of you are doing well. Take care
"Lowriders."
My first thought were lowrider jeans, the ones with the waistline cut a couple inches shorter along the length of the body exposing some booty cleavage or the top line of the pelvic triangle.
Or just an inch away from the, "goods".
😂 Here in New Mexico you must be careful not to crash your low rider into an arroyo. It’s just a fact of life I guess.
Just kidding. You won’t crash into one…you’re more likely to just park next to it with your pinon and Coke drink . All sodas are “Coke” here in NM. 😉
Also this.
That's what I was thinking.
@@dorismidge8762 Sounds like the first time New Mexico made a Top 10 list more than once. Yay!!!
..a dark corner in Camden. Is that Camden, NJ? That could be quite a dicey area after dark, in fact can be any time.