UK and America are two countries separated by a common language, UK and US Q&A cont'd

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Started another one in case anyone wants to do it again...

What is it with the meat? My America cousin says its really hard to get grass fed meat and also lamb and when you do it is so expensive.

You have so much space, surely that would be the easiest option.

Also don't all the hormones and antibiotics worry you?

I understand we use antibiotics to an extent over here but not to the same level.

All of the meat sold at my local grocery is hormone-free, but a lot of the beef is corn-fed. They do have beef, chicken, pork, and lamb that's all natural/grass-fed/free range, etc. I usually buy that, it's $1 or so more per pound than the other meat.

Hugh Laurie was pitch perfect in House. In all the years of watching, I only heard him get one word wrong: "placard."

Alan Cumming (Scottish, of course, not English) has mastered a very good accent in the Good Wife. In the beginning, he was sometimes a bit off, but now he is excellent.

I have not liked Alan Cumming since he played that creepy creeper in Circle of Friends. I know that's terrible, but that's how I always think of him now.

How do you do "see all messages" on this damn/bloody new mobile app?!

Oh, I had forgotten about that role. He is good at smarmy. Remember the vicar in the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma? I really like him as Eli Gold, though.

A new thread! We're moving fast.

I think I'm pretty good at noticing British actors using American accents; they mostly use a very specific kind of accent, something like a California accent (as it dominates television) but it doesn't sound natural to me as it's too exact; I think many Americans usually have something of a mixture of accents.

Hugh Laurie is very good. Emma Watson is hopeless but I love her, you can tell how hard she's concentrating and she still doesn't get it right. Christian Bale is particularly bad and annoying to me, especially in Howl's Moving Castle... Howl is meant to be Welsh! Why did they do that?!

Oh, and Hugh Jackman. Excellent.

He's just a perfect man in general.

"Cooooraaalll!" :o

I'm from Minnesota and always laugh at the accents in Fargo...can't wait to watch the show and see how Martin Freeman tackles that one! (Is that his name? Too lazy to Google)

Is anyone going to watch Gracepoint?. Seems to be a US remake of Broadchurch, it even has David Tennant in it with an American accent. Hoping that it's not the same ending otherwise what's the point?

Oh, Martin Freeman did pretty well in Fargo.

butterfliesinmytummy I read Gracepoint is going to be shot for shot remake of Broadchurch. That was a while ago, though, maybe they've changed it. We watched Broadchurch, but I don't think a lot of Americans did, so I think it won't matter much to anyone but us. :) We will check it out, though.

According to the Gracepoint FB page, they have said the ending is different. I am glad, I guessed the ending of Broadchurch fairly early on.

Oooh what's Broadchurch? I want in!

My husband and I are into The Great British Bake Off right now. We started watching because we liked Sue so much in The Supersizers Go and The Supersizers Eat.

What is golden syrup? Is it like maple syrup, or corn syrup? I feel like they have used it in recipes where I would have used maple syrup.

What's the story with Paul Hollywood? Is Hollywood his given last name? His eyes freak me out. They're pretty, but also kind of creepy. I feel like it's what the devil's eyes would look like.

Phew, I'll watch it then, thanks (as long as David tennants American accent doesn't make my teeth itch!)

Oooh what's Broadchurch? I want in!

It's a detective show with David Tennant. It takes place in a small seaside town, a little boy is found dead on the beach, and David Tennant's character is the head detective on the case. Fox (I think) is remaking it, set in California, in a show called Gracepoint. It also stars David Tennant. It starts in October.

Golden syrup looks like honey. It is refined from sugar cane and pretty difficult to find a USA substitute. You can get is on amazon though and my local supermarkets sell it. Great in flapjack recipes.

Paul Hollywood was inexplicably popular with uk females until he cheated on his wife with his co host on the American version of GBBO (which never really took off in the same way). He's now reunited with his wife but I don't think his popularity has recovered yet. He's very full of himself and I don't like him very much but he's a good contrast to Mary Berry.

Golden syrup is like corn syrup but different; I had a mumsnetter send me some! :)

I think it's cane sugar or sugar beet sugar syrup.

I guess I can see how Paul Hollywood might be attractive, except his eyes make him look evil and his pants are always too tight. I had to re-read the paragraph about the affair; I thought you were saying he had an affair with Mary(!).

CheerfulYank, what did you do with it?

I saw Broadchurch on BBC America. I thought it was very good.

golden syrup is used in the same way as corn syrup but is a completely different animal and is far far nicer. You don't just use it in cooking but also as a topping for things like porridge (yum) or with lemon on crepe-style pancakes (the kind of pancakes most of us in the UK would make. Although I make fluffy American ones as a treat with corn, bacon and maple syrup and have converted many friends to the weird deliciousness)

steff how are you watching the gbbo? I really want to watch it but can't access it anywhere.

I made flapjacks with it! Not our flapjacks (pancakes) but the oat bars :)

Speaking of BBC miniseries, does anyone want to talk about Richard Armitage in North and South? Suh-wooooon!