How to eat the British ?

I've had worse.

 

Is that an idiomatic phrase ?
Let me see.
I'm trying hard to translate it.
"After all that" I understand.
"you'll probably get", ok, I understand it.
"lightly" is from "light" ("not heavy" or "that has a light" like a lamp).
"to mother" ??? (from "mother", "mummy" ???)
"leather" ok (like "skin")
"to garnish", ok (like "to dress")
"Daffodil" ??? Is it a yellow flower ???

 

Yes, I believe my wife has the recipe...

 

Sorry Maxim, its one of those opposite things, mothered in this case meaning burnt to a crisp, you can't lightly burn something to a crisp, its a joke.

Loosing something in translation turns the onion gravy into a dressing made from a different bulb, the yellow daffodil yes, which is poisonous

 

Come on, Zig, stop trying to justify it. :WINK1: Take no notice, Maksim. He's just being silly. One might as well try to analyse the Monty Python box of chocs. It contained, if I remember correctly, a lark's vomit soft centre and something called Spring Surprise. When bitten, the latter released two large springs which embedded themselves in the mouths of unwary eaters.

 

Wasn't justifing, just explaining, yep thats whats inspired me alright The Box with the "Lightly Killed" Frog.

 

They don't make 'em like that any more

 

I've just translated it into italian and explained to my ucranian wife.
While I was reading it to her, she says: In Ucraine we have some dishes not so different from "Yorkshire pudding"...
And I believe her.
Indeed, in Ucraine and in all former Soviet Union as a whole (expecially in Russia) they have a dish called "Piroshki" (пирожки) that - if I am not wrong is not so different from "Yorkshire pudding".
They also add to it a lot of heavy-fat sauces (Onion gravy is very "light" if compared to them) and accompany them with Vodka that they use to drink as a table-red-wine...
But red wine is 11cc. Vodka is 40cc (nearly like fuel...).
Then, when they have properly eaten and drunk, they go out in the snow in T-shirt and shirt (with temperature at minus 20) and start singing...

 

Forgive me, but when I read these two bits, the narrative in my head automatically did an Eastern European accent. There is something about 'Yorkshire pudding' that I think would sound very good with a husky Eastern European accent.

That happens round here sometimes. Especially if the spirits have been flowing freely.

 

Those Ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the West behind.

 

Maksim, Yorkshire pudding is simply a batter mixture and I think a lot of cultures have something very similar. They probably don't eat it with roast beef and onion gravy, however.

 

If you make Yorkshire puddings, and they fail to rise properly, and/or fail to crisp up, then don't be disappointed. While they might not be suitable for their intended accompaniment of roast beef and gravy, they become an excellent sweet pudding. Simply spread a thick coating of jam or marmalade on them and serve them warm (jam warmed up too) with a nice cup of tea.

 

The only thing that I know about "eastern european accent" is the fact that they speak without using any articles (since in any slavic language there is not any article).
For example, they don't say: "I eat an apple".
They say: "I eat apple".
Furthermore, they do not use the verb "to be" (because their language has not the "to be" verb).
So, they don't say: "I am russian" but they say: "I russian".
Still, they have not the verb "to have".
So they don't say: "I have a car".
They say: "by me - car".

 

"Fail to rise"...how very dare you

 

Evil wife also says "Buy me Car" She is half blank Czech