Self Magazine readers - Corn is Wheat in the UK???

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starbuck

Cathlete
Hi all,

For all you readers of Self Magazine can I correct a glaring error in their September 2002 Issue.

On page 119 in a short article about corn it states that in England corn is called wheat. This is grossly incorrect in England and the rest of the UK corn is corn.

We eat popcorn not popwheat

After watching a documentary following an American family holidaying the UK for the first time, they bought food over from the US because they believed amongst other things that the English ate squirrels again a very incorrect assumption. Where do they come from.

Although I will have to point out the pie and mash and mushy peas and jellied eels are eaten here (yukkk)!!

Just thought I would set the record straight.

If you want more information on UK foods just let me know.

Babs :-jumpy
 
Hi Babs,
Stop! You are making me hungry. Jellied eels. Yum!
Reminds me of a time I was in a train station in Munich and they had a restaurant with "authentic British cooking". I guess it was for those homesick for kidney pie and blood pudding. I know Brits have brought us many wonderful things, but cooking is really not something for which they are famous...
 
Sadly that is true but my one love is fish and chips with lots of salt I could it them any day of the week and who can forget our former national drink tea.

I have to say on my 3 visits to the US in 14 years you can't get a decent cuppa.

Babs
 
Just curious - are chips like our french fries? I had someone visit from England a few years ago and he made me some tea the British way. It was good but he put milk in it - I usually
drink mine black with lots of sugar.

Oh well, England may not be famous for its cuisine but Tony Blair is awesome!

Lorrie
 
Yes they are but fatter and soak up more oil (hence I love them but they are only a treat if I do have them then it is the frozen oven baked chips).

Correct tea should be brewed and allowed to stew (or mash as they say up North)and yes we add milk normally but like US as we get more health consious more and more are drinking tea black.

Can't agree on Tony I'm afraid.

Babs
 
Hello starbuck. I just wanted to say "HI" to another Cathe fan in the UK!

I am from the North East (a Geordie!) and we definately mash our tea!

I am with you on the whole fish and chips thing. They do however taste so much better when eaten out of the bag at the coast with the North Sea in sight and the smell of the sea air adding to the whole Chip-eating atmosphere.

Oh yeah, I'm with you on the Tony Blair thing too.

Tee
 
Hi Tee

So glad there are more Cathe fans in the UK than I thought good to know that I am not the only one.

Chips aaah its a good thing I saw this after eating otherwise I might have dashed out for some. Last time I had chips was when I was in brighton in July looking out to see but your right in a bag they are delicous. I'm really getting hungry now.

Babs
 
There's also another poster, Fitnik, who is from the UK. She hasn't posted in awhile though due to pregnancy and some personal difficulties. Hope she'll turn up again soon.

Would like to hear more about your opinion of Mr. Blair - obviously I'm clueless as to his policies. I was impressed with his support to the US after 9/11 and maybe that's why I like him, he seems very pro-USA, which from a British perspective, might not be a good thing! I have mixed feeling on President Bush. I always like hearing other views.

Lorrie
 
The fact that he refuses to be interviewed by any real political journalist or anyone who won't give him an easy time.

His opposition to Ken Livingston during the elections for London Mayor (only an idiot would have thought that Ken could lose).

That's all I will say.

Babs
 
Just thought I would add that I'm in the UK too (on the coast in West Sussex), so I think there are quite a few of us from the UK posting here.

As for Tony Blair, I can't take him seriously because he just looks like a puppet with strings. And that smile is so fake!

Sharon.
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Sep-05-02 AT 08:02AM (Est)[/font][p]Hi Shaz

Can you give us some details about yourself how you found Cathe etc. I am really interested.

I have edited my comments because I don't feel comfortable critising Blair when he is not here to defend himself (not that he would this would be too real for him) but I will say his smile does need serious work. He just does not look either comfortable or happy when he smiles he looks scary like when a doctor says "this won't hurt" you know its gonna hurt and hurt bad.

Okay got that off my chest

Babs
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Sep-05-02 AT 11:58AM (Est)[/font][p]Hi Babs,

I found Cathe on videofitness.com I think. I mainly have her strength/endurance videos (I can only do step that has simple choreography). My aim is to increase muscle so I'm actually starting to train on my own more and more. (Looking forward to the new upper and lower videos). I really enyoy this site, and have to log on at least once at lunchtime!

Sharon.
 
Hi KS,

I think you mean "black" pudding not "blood" pudding, although it is made from pig's blood. I have to admit that it is really tasty (just don't think about where it comes from!) I used to eat it fried every weekend when I was a student, along with fried egg, bread, sausages... I just couldn't do that anymore - I don't think I have the same metabolism and care-free attitude about my diet these days.

It's not fair that saturated fat is so bad for us!

Sharon.
 
I know the feeling, I am doing Cathe's cardio love step and adore Cathe's moves it takes me about 4 weeks of doing a tape 3-4 times a week to get the moves, I,m exercising 5 days aweek at the moment cardio many with 2 weight days I sort of designed a rotation and I'm seeing if it works doing lots of tweaking at the moment.

I am getting into weights it will take me a while as I need to build up strength (hmm that doesn't sound right). Anyway I found Cathe through video fitness and collage.

Yes I want the new tapes I recently bought a DVD player mainly to do the tapes.

Any I must go I see from the clock that its time I left for home I will check in later otherwise if I get to relaxed I will check in tomorrow.

Babs
 
Hello to Shaz too. It is good to see other UK fans.

I "met" fitnik when she first started to post - she studied at University here in Newcastle. I hope things get better for her.

I found Cathe through a search engine when I first became interested in working out after my daughter was born. I had read in Health and Fitness about Bodypump and Bodymax classes and did a search - this site was one at top of the list.

I found videofitness through a link on this site and was amazed at the number of videoes available. Of course I was also frustrated as I didn't have a NTSC videoplayer and few of the tapes available on the UK market were reviewed on vidoefitness. So I began working out with Cherfitness, Kathy Smith and eventually Karen Voight but my goal was always to purchase and live through a Cathe tape.

I'd be interested to know where you purchase your equiptment and how you order your Cathe tapes - do you use this site and what do customs and excise charge you etc.

I'd love to see Cathe on one of the UK shopping channels instead of Mr. Motivator or Tony Little! It would be great to get the tapes without paying extra taxes AND people might not look so blank when I explain my workouts (and I could stop carrying tapes around to show people)

Tee
 
Hi Tee

I'm not Shaz but I do have a tv, video and dvd which playblack NTSC, regarding import tax yes Cathe uses UPS to ship her tapes delivery is around 2 days depending on when you order you can also track your parcel online to see when they will be delivered. Anyway you will be charged tax on them I recently got all of Cathe's dvd and the import tax cost was around £50.00.

When I was buying tapes I would normally buy 5-6 at a time the shipping then was around £25.00. If you or anyone you know is planning a trip to the US you could get them to order the tapes delivered to where they are staying and they could bring them over for you !!

Just a suggestion.

Babs :-jumpy
 
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