Snacky Cakey Pie Snack!

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

It's time for another gastronomic thread!

So, when you've had your Dinner, and there's a while to go before bed, what do you turn to when your teeth get bored?

Personally, I favour something fast and simple, which is why I always maintain a good stock of Sainsbury's Own Brand Chicken Curry Flavour Noodles. Now cheap and cheerful as they are, they are seriously tasty, especially if you add a little something to the water. I recently discovered a range of spices called 'Daily Grind' and have been using their Chilli and Garlic grinder to great effect. Just that extra little kick which brings the depth otherwise missing from the cheapo Noodles. And at 10p per packet, I'm hardly complaining!

Sometimes however, I do find my tastes becoming slightly more sophisticated post Dinner. At this point, I usually find a cheese and tomato sandwich on brown goes down pretty well. Enough to take the edge off my appetite, and relatively healthy as well, all things considered.

Whilst I do eat crisps and sweets from time to time, I am trying to change my diet to a more healthy one, so these are usually resisted unless I'm on the hoof and don't have time to fanny about in the kitchen making something better!

**mcfly**

I don't often have many snacks in the house, but when I do, there is nothing I won't eat after dinner.
Chips, liters of soda, pizzas, whatever.
Then I do a 5k to burn off the calories.
Its not worth it.

**Black Blow Fly**

WHy do the British have to put a y on the end of everything...

Crikey
Mushy
Cushy

So on and so forth. Just curious.

G

**Typeline**

Dried mangos, I eat them all the time. After dinner with a little jerky they are great.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I dunno. Never really noticed it before to be honest.

It makes a noun into an adjective which is usually pretty useful for describing stuff with a minimal vocabulary?

**Black Blow Fly**

I don't snack in the evening.

G

**Cheese Elemental**

A bit of dried pawpaw works wonders to fill me up when dinner is finished. Pineapple is also acceptable.

During the day, I tend to grab whatever's there; leftover pizza, a bowl of muesli, or some biscuits.

**warpcrafter**

Peanut M&M's do the trick every time. I love them so much, I sent a sympathy card when their inventor died.

**Cheese Elemental**

I can't eat M&Ms. The coating is apparently really bad for my braces.

**Orkeosaurus**

Mountain Dew. It's what all the cool kids drink.

(Well, I'm kind of short on money right now, so I'm currently drinking "Mountain Explosion", but it's pretty similar.

)

**Black Blow Fly**

I want to watch an Englishman eat biscuits and gravy.

G

**George Spiggott**

Green Blow Fly wrote:WHy do the British have to put a y on the end of everything...

Crikey
Mushy
Cushy

So on and so forth. Just curious.

G

Because the word required a 'y'. Why do Yanks take 'u's out of words?

Is 'cushy' a word? I've never heard it. No real British person has said 'crikey' (without first putting their tounge in their cheek) since 1946.

**Orkeosaurus**

Because there's no "U" in America!

Because we all work together! Or we're selfish, and don't care about others.

Either way.

**Black Blow Fly**

So you admit mushy is still commonly used? Here are some more off the top of head:

Jammy (I hate that one !!!)
Clicky
Smashy
Gimpy
Manky
Lanky
Spanky (hee... Have fun with that one)

The thing with us Americans dropping the you is quite peculiar. In the northeast a common phrase is 'youse guys'. Down here in the south we say y'all instead. Same thing.

G

**greenskin lynn**

for me, snacks consist of either a bagel, a sandwich, or an egg cooked in some way
oh, and a tasty delicious soda(of which i'm currently out of)

**Cheese Elemental**

Jammy is, I believe, used as part of an insult; e.g. Jammy bastard.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Nope, Jammy is in fact an acknowledgement of luck.

For example, if I make 6 out 6 6+ saves, my opponent would likely call me a Jammy Sod, and rightfully so.

Biscuits and Gravy? You mean Scones in Gravy? Easy enough to eat, if a little weird. I prefer my scones with Jam, and Clotted Cream. And also a pot of tea. Yum!

**Jimi Nemesis**

MDG, do you Brits say Scones as "SKONS" or "SKONES"?

Big argument, and the Goodies didn't help...

**George Spiggott**

You're both right it's an indication of luck without skill or merit, so it is slightly derogatory (you can say it in front of your granny).

MDG scoring highly and winning a game of Warhams is a perfect example.

@ Jimi: If you have class (or pretentions) it's Skons.

**Hordini**

"American" biscuits (like what you'd eat with sausage gravy) are not the same as scones. You can get scones in the US, and I wouldn't put gravy on a scone - I don't think anyone else would either. Jam or cream or whatever is more in order for that, I agree.

I don't really see why some Brits think biscuits and gravy is so weird, besides the name. If it was actually cookies or scones with gravy, yes, that would be weird. But it's not, it's something different. If we called it "quick bread and gravy" would it still be weird?

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Jimi Nemesis wrote:MDG, do you Brits say Scones as "SKONS" or "SKONES"?

Big argument, and the Goodies didn't help...

Depends where you are really.

Technically, they really should be pronoucned as 'skoon' as that is how the place name is pronounced where they were invented (Scone in Scotland). Also where Scottish Monarchs used to be crowned.

I usually say Scone to rhyme with 'Gone' and as far as I'm concerned, that is the correct way to pronounce it. Say Scone to rhyme with Own makes you sound like a ponce!

**Jimi Nemesis**

Thank goodness for that! I say them SKON, but someone told me it was SKONE, so I got a little worried.

**bigfood**

After a great dinner, I think eating salty liquorice whith which I have a little personal fight of taste is very cathartic.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Blech! Liquorice is 'orrible stuff!

I had three boiled eggs earlier. Very tasty it was too.