Marmalade: A Very British Obsession

Re:Marmalade: A Very British Obsession by MaxBarraclough on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:54AM (#24107753)

> I think the British have a higher affinity for bitter tastes due to their own heightened levels of bitterness. Maybe it's the weather.

As a Brit, I resent that! And plenty else besides. And that's despite the brief window of nice weather we're now having.

Which, incidentally, is too hot, and is making many of us terribly bothered. Some of us even border on the flummoxed.

Still more incidentally, I personally don't have strong feelings on marmalade, but I have very strong feelings on the proper way to prepare a scone. This is an issue that divides my nation. I refer the reader to an article which is about as British as the mind can comfortably conceive:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/quee...

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Re:Marmalade: A Very British Obsession by onion2k on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:09AM (#24107915)

And that's despite the brief window of nice weather we're now having.

It's lovely up here in Sunderland in the North East.

And by lovely, I mean it has stopped raining. It's nice and grey now.

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Re:Marmalade: A Very British Obsession by MaxBarraclough on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:24AM (#24108029)

Fine work. Here in London, we've apparently done something to deserve sun.

We'll be having words about that.

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Re:Marmalade: A Very British Obsession by celticninja on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:13PM (#24113489)

A strongly worded letter to management should resolve that promptly.

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Re:Marmalade: A Very British Obsession by dnh44 on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:07PM (#24113441)

I’ve always been amused that people complain about the weather all year long and then when they finally get their week and a half of summer they complain that it’s too hot :)

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