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Yes, quite so - I disagree with the definitions. I guess even by those standards sunny side up is different from the other two by not...

Not really - both sunny side up and over easy generally have runny yolks (how runny depends on, honestly, the chef's preference) but...

Custards vary a little but are basically made from egg yolks, sugar, and milk, either heated up (as a sauce with dessert) or set more...

Long ago, I watched ‘Uncle Buck’ with a carpenter friend who wanted to see it because it was filmed and set in his old Chigago-area...

Koto string.

Ah, that is helpful. So they can come in spools or long coils and be cut as needed? That seems weird (and not mentioned in the book, but...

I don’t imagine ours are easy to understand either. Public isn’t public, when’s reception, how old is year 5, what’s a grammar school...

Scrambled with toast at home, over easy with brunch out, omelette for specific dishes out (omurice being an obvious one).

I’m less into sci-fi than fantasy but my personal choice would be Lest Darkness Fall by L Sprague de Camp, if it counts. It’s not sci-fi...

Dune, which is a standalone novel with no sequels that I recognize.

Not a huge fan of the American Rugby final that was last Sunday, I mean the scrum half throwing a forward pass like that :-)

In the book (not a spoiler, really) the household has a couple of koto (size unknown but up to 2m long probably) and therefore has spare...

Well, in an attempt to stick with the thread original premise ... I am very much a Brit, living (currently) in Rugby. Which also seems...

Yup, been there. It was quite stodgy but worth it to try the Queen of Puddings made professionally.

If colonial-types (;)) want to understand the true British pudding and have the chance to visit Blighty then this is an essential...