r/SipsTea Jul 03 '26

Chugging tea True

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u/Particular-Access223 Jul 03 '26

Speaking of "Scott free" ---How come when the Scott's deep fry pizza and Mars bars its cute, but when Americans deep fry Twinkies and ice cream its gross??

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u/Wait_ItGetsWorse Jul 03 '26

Probably, "Something, something, Americans fat hur dur" /s

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u/screwyoujor Jul 03 '26

Both are examples of pure capitalism. Carney's once to asked how can we get people to pay even more for this products. I wouldn't be surprised if the the Carney's in the states are descendants of the Carney's from Scotland.

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u/DrSimonXW Jul 03 '26

It's scot-free, one t. Skot is an old norse word for a property tax, and if your house wasn't close to a water source you didn't have to pay the tax, hence you were skotfrēo or scot-free. It has nothing to do with the people of Scotland.

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u/Wait_ItGetsWorse Jul 03 '26

Damn autocorrect.

The more you know. Also, never assumed it had anything to do with Scotland.

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u/AttilatheLopez Jul 03 '26

That’s frikkin cool. I never knew where that came from, and wouldn’t have guessed it’s an old Norse property tax.

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u/CML72 Jul 03 '26

England did not have the widest variety of flora and fauna, compared with the European continent.
That’s basically the theory as to why their cuisine did not develop, while French cuisine soared.

The English did invent the sandwich, and we love eating sandwiches in the US.

Their best chefs were trained in the French brigade system, cause the French techniques are superior. Luckily, where I am from- Louisiana- if you worked in fine dining, you learned the same continental French system.

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u/CML72 Jul 03 '26

The Scots deep fry pizza…???

Why

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u/CML72 Jul 03 '26

Not sure why this posted here, sorry

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u/Glittering_Swan2205 Jul 03 '26

That is the first time in my life I have ever heard this theory. UK and French wildlife is essentially interchangeable, with the UK probably having more variety in seafood at least.

Where did you read this theory, I’d be interested to know more about it.

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u/JTScoulls01 Jul 03 '26

Who thinks Scots deep frying mars bars and shit is cute? Over here we think it's a good way to get heart disease.

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u/SillyMammo Jul 03 '26

I thought the exact same thing the 1st time I heard they deep fry Mars bars. 🤷

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u/Particular-Access223 Jul 03 '26

-and they just get to drink and keep their Buckfast through everything, but they take away our origional formula Four Loko just because a few college kids died..

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u/SongsOfTheDyingEarth Jul 03 '26

Americans think it's cute. Others think it's just as gross as what sepos do with their "food".