Things you'll miss from the UK, and how you'll compensate?

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Fluffernutter more gooder.

Edited May 29, 2014 by Avery Cates

[Pooky 3,784]

Fluffernutter more gooder.

Ewwwwwwwwww.

[Krikit 1,164]

It's American bread; you don't need to add anymore sugar.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Argh American bread! Really not looking forward to having that every morning. Is there anything Americans don't put "high fructose corn syrup" in? Wouldn't be surprised if it was in toothpaste there!!

[Hypnos 6,576]

There is some very nice bread available, you just have to look deeper for it. I stick to whole grain only stuff, and there are some very nice Orroweat, Pepperidge Farm, Sara Lee and other loaves around. One thing the US does great is food labelling. You can instantly see how bad the food is for you at a glance (in 90% of cases); just buy stuff without the ####### in it. You'll pay (a little) more, but you won't be polluting your body as much.

Edited May 29, 2014 by Hypnos

[nobbie 105]

The price of bread is horrendous, here anyway, a decent loaf will set me back $4 to $5. How I long for my Hovis granery for 89 pence.

[landr 126]

Decent and affordable Mediterranean and European ingredients. Thankfully, the US has places like Trader Joe's, where I can buy polenta and gnocchi at okish prices. And the army commissary is excellent for affordable "world foods."

I guess I'm just going to have a lot of fun exploring all the food options and the ingredients that are readily available.

Non-food items I'll miss: family, friends, public transport, lots of greenery and the English countryside, the independence of living on my own.

I tend to watch movies and mostly American shows (one season at a time), so I'm not going to be too sad about limited access to British TV.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Argh American bread! Really not looking forward to having that every morning. Is there anything Americans don't put "high fructose corn syrup" in? Wouldn't be surprised if it was in toothpaste there!!

They do boldly advertise on the bread packaging when it does not have corn syrup. I'd say a fair amount of the bread is heading this way.

If you are really into bread, making it at home is actually not that difficult with a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment.

Or we sometimes buy bread from a place like this http://www.wholeg.com/store/ but that is because the Danish husband likes that type of bread.

[rjm_cmyk 75]

Bake your own bread - it's a complete doddle with a recipe like this. Makes great toast... I don't like mass produced soggy bread - even the non- HFCS stuff.

Mix it up in about five minutes . I skip most of the proving requirements - usually leave it out on the side for an hour. Flatten, stick in bread tins and leave in warmed oven for an hour and then switch oven on. Note lack of HFCS. N.B it's not sour dough bread........

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/02/sour-cream-sandwich-bread-recipe?guni=Article:in%20body%20link

If I am buying bread will get freshly cooked bread from places like Whole PayCheck

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

I won't miss things like this on the local news

Cow slurry fetishist David Truscott given jail term

David Truscott took revenge on farmers who tried to keep him off their land

Continue reading the main story Related Stories

• Slurry man held for psychiatric test
• Cow slurry fetish man admits threats

A man with a cow slurry fetish has been jailed for five years after threatening to kill a family who tried to stop him targeting their farm.

David Truscott, 44, repeatedly rolled around naked in cow slurry and developed an obsession with a farm in Redruth, Cornwall.

Exeter Crown Court heard that Truscott, formerly of Camborne, Cornwall, targeted the property for eight years.

Last year he admitted making threats to kill and also damage property.

Calf killed

The court heard that he initially removed cow pats from the farm but his behaviour escalated, with Truscott regularly entering the farm to perform a sex act in slurry.

The court was told he then decided to exact revenge on the owners when they erected bollards and removed slurry from their farm in a bid to deter him.

On Friday he was handed an extended sentence of 10 years following psychiatric reports.

Judge Philip Wassall said Truscott, who has autism spectrum disorder, would spend the first five years of his prison sentence receiving hospital treatment.

He will serve an extended licence period of five years on release from prison.

The judge also imposed an extended restraining order to keep him away from the farm.

Sorry just had to share when I saw that today

[shippingforecast 126]

Argh American bread! Really not looking forward to having that every morning. Is there anything Americans don't put "high fructose corn syrup" in? Wouldn't be surprised if it was in toothpaste there!!

Ezekiel bread is pretty nutritious, and from what I understand doesn't contain high fructose corn syrup, GMOs, dextrose, weapons grade plutonium or experimental spores that will turn you into Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[Krikit 1,164]

Argh American bread! Really not looking forward to having that every morning. Is there anything Americans don't put "high fructose corn syrup" in? Wouldn't be surprised if it was in toothpaste there!!

I can't recall what toothpaste it was, but as soon as I put it in my mouth I spit it out. It had sweetener in it!!!! Gross. I use a toothpaste called Mentadent now. Really really like that stuff.

Oh, and be careful of milk and cream. They put hfcs in that too. Vermont bread is pretty good.

Bake your own bread - it's a complete doddle with a recipe like this. Makes great toast... I don't like mass produced soggy bread - even the non- HFCS stuff.

Mix it up in about five minutes . I skip most of the proving requirements - usually leave it out on the side for an hour. Flatten, stick in bread tins and leave in warmed oven for an hour and then switch oven on. Note lack of HFCS. N.B it's not sour dough bread........

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/02/sour-cream-sandwich-bread-recipe?guni=Article:in%20body%20link

If I am buying bread will get freshly cooked bread from places like Whole PayCheck

Thanks for the recipe! What kind of flour do you use here?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Regarding the recipe:

What is caster sugar?

Is there a measuring cup equivalent to 550g of strong white flour?

What exactly is strong white flour?

[Krikit 1,164]

Here's a good conversion calculator and table. Scroll down for good info.

http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/tools.measures/Measures.cfm

Caster sugar is super fine sugar. It's finer than fine sugar but not as fine as icing sugar. I can find it in the local grocery store but you can do it in the food processor or blender if you can't find any.

Strong flour is high gluten made from hard wheat. (Think cold climate. Soft wheat (low gluten/protein) is warmer climate.) It's known as bread flour here.

[rjm_cmyk 75]

I said it was easy - I just use scales to weigh everything (and a measuring jug to measure the water and sour cream) 550gm of flour is quite a bit of flour

I use any sugar I have to hand - doesn't matter as long as it's sugar. It's going in water so I wonder why they bother with caster suger. They could have suggested sun dried Mediterranean sea salt - I'd have still used whatever was in the cupboard :-)

I buy Unbleached Bread Flour from Safeways (that's what it says on the packet too)

Oh and I scale up the amounts by 50% - this makes two reasonable loaves for what I suspect are standard American loaf tins. These are smaller than the commercial sized loaves.

When I make this and then compare the ingredients list with a commercial bread - I really do wonder. I can live with the stuff they need to make it last a reasonable time for distribution but the sugar ????

Edited May 31, 2014 by rjm_cmyk