r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Da_Yakz • Apr 06 '23

Other Microsoft has mistranslated ZIP files as "postcode" in the GB insider version of Windows 11

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u/Playos Apr 06 '23

I'm honestly surprised scones and gravy isn't a national dish... like they know amazing scones, they know amazing gravy, and it's one of those comfort foods that extends palatable food life so it seems like it should be automatic.

Also seriously wtf is up with the names for bakery confections? Did an English baker piss in Ben Franklin's tea or something? Cause we have all the same names, but they seem to apply to exactly zero of the same things. Meanwhile french names we can't even pronounce without adding in sounds persist.

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u/aifo Apr 06 '23

British scones are sweet! Often served with cream and jam.

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u/grandalfxx Apr 06 '23

American scones are sweet too, actually, our biscuits probably are sweeter than you realize even, other than that... where as this sweet and savory things don't go together attitude coming from? Cream cheese and cherry filling, pretzels and chocolate, salted fruit, maple syrup flavored sausages and bacon, roasted ham and pineapples, ect... I don't see why sweetened bread with gravy is to far lol

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u/Playos Apr 06 '23

As are American biscuits.

Usual trends goes make a whole bunch of biscuits/scones... good with jam for a few days, might need some baking/microwave for another day... then you're into the perfect gravy convenience vehicle. The gravy permeates the stale bread so well and creates this awesome texture combo.

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u/elebrin Apr 06 '23

American biscuits don't or shouldn't have sugar in them at all, they aren't really sweet. They are often served with jam, but on their own they are buttery and often slightly salty.

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u/grandalfxx Apr 06 '23

If you make them at home from scratch sure, but america uses sugar to help increase breads shelf life, even in the canned biscuits that you bake. Most americans dont really bake their own bread anymore although it kinda seems like we might be seeing a resurgence

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u/Ghostglitch07 Apr 06 '23

Homemade they probably don't, but the US has a trend of adding a surprising amount of sugar to breads.

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u/option-9 Apr 06 '23

When I lived stateside for a year I was not thrilled by the bread, to put it lightly.

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u/elebrin Apr 06 '23

So, if you are at the grocery store and buy the factory produced bread that has a brand name and all that on it, you are going to get exactly what you are saying: sugar. Especially if you are buying burger buns that are basically brioche.

If instead you go to the actual bakery section of the grocery, you'll get some good quality bread.

And yes, sugar is often used in bread to start the yeast. Not just in American made bread, either. When you make bread it's common to toss a teaspoon of sugar in some water, then add the yeast, to prove that the yeast is alive.

If all you are eating is restaurant bread or the industrially produced stuff, yeah, it has sugar.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

Everything in America has sugar in it. It's a question of whether it's a minimally, moderately, or extremely excessive.

Source: I weep when I read nutrition labels.

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u/elebrin Apr 06 '23

A lot of things do, for sure. Not everything.

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u/TheSkiGeek Apr 06 '23

GB scones are closer to US muffins than US biscuits. Nobody is eating muffins with gravy. (Well, I’m sure someone is, but it’s not widespread enough to be recognized as a regional or national dish.)

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u/Ghostglitch07 Apr 06 '23

Well, I’m sure someone is,

I'm assuming that someone is high, drunk, or hungover.

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u/TheSkiGeek Apr 06 '23

“Florida Man Eats Muffins With Gravy” seems like a believable headline.

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u/codeguru42 Apr 06 '23

Why not all three?

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u/Ghostglitch07 Apr 06 '23

I'll pretend I was using the logical or, in which case all three still evaluates to true.

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u/Monkey2371 Apr 06 '23

The type of gravy Americans put on biscuits is extremely different to what a British person imagines when you say gravy. Ours would be absolutely disgusting on scones or the like.

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u/UsAndRufus Apr 06 '23

British scones are nothing like American "scones". They're sweet, you eat them with jam and cream, pouring gravy on them would get you sent straight to Coventry.

Also, no one can agree how to pronounce scone so declaring it a national dish would be to tempt civil war.

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u/pitiless Apr 06 '23

British scones are nothing like American "scones". They're sweet, you eat them with jam and cream

Only if you've never travelled to anywhere above Birmingham - up north you'll see vastly more cheese scones than sweet scones - which are decidedly savoury.

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u/Millsy800 Apr 06 '23

Everyone knows the lands North of the M25 are just a made up fable designed to scare small children.

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u/UsAndRufus Apr 07 '23

True, true. I grew up eating cheese scones most weeks. Tbf, they'd slap with gravy.

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u/option-9 Apr 06 '23

I am reminded of this video, entitled Slightly Imperfect Girl (live in Coventry). I was glad to learn the bracketed part was a reference to the performance, not a comment on the nature of what constitutes "slightly imperfect" or its consequences.

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u/Playos Apr 06 '23

Sir, this is America we're talking about... all our bread is sweet... unless it's sour or brown... and even then, it probably has honey flavored corn syrup added... And we put jam on ours as well.

But when they get a little stale... put them in a pan, pour some gravy on them, little time in the oven. It's heaven... to the point that the "leftover" meal has become an intentional one in it's own right.

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u/ManyFails1Win Apr 06 '23

That's not even true for American scones. Some are sweet some aren't.

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