>> It's important to warn the innocent traveller that the only sane >> reason for trying to eat a British hot dog is imminent death from >> starvation. They are ineffable, but I'll have a go at effing them, as >> follows.
>> The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >> animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade, >> gently boiled until slimy, then allowed to cool somewhat, is placed >> reverently in a squashy roll made a couple of days previously out of >> a substance that makes Mother's Pride seem like bread; they do >> something I can't quite work out, but unpleasant, to some sliced >> onions out of a tin, and put those on top of the sausage-like thing; >> the diner is then offered red, brown, and yellow sauces out of >> plastic squirters, and relieved of an absurdly large amount of money. >> There is, of course, no plate: instead, there is a square of >> tracing-paper rather shorter than the completed delicacy. Salad, you >> say? What on earth for?
>> There is an Icelandic variant, which is pretty well the same, but >> costs even more, and is served with sugar.
Yep, that's the stand I tried. I was also bought one in Hõfn which didn't seem any different, but I really was weak with hunger and very cold, so I finished that one. The Grauniad must have sent their football correspondent to do the review.
<mike_lyle...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote: >The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade,
I'm rather partial to animal-bottom (aka rump) steak.
Mike Lyle wrote: > James Hogg wrote: >> Mike Lyle wrote: > [...] >>> It's important to warn the innocent traveller that the only sane >>> reason for trying to eat a British hot dog is imminent death from >>> starvation. They are ineffable, but I'll have a go at effing them, as >>> follows.
>>> The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >>> animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade, >>> gently boiled until slimy, then allowed to cool somewhat, is placed >>> reverently in a squashy roll made a couple of days previously out of >>> a substance that makes Mother's Pride seem like bread; they do >>> something I can't quite work out, but unpleasant, to some sliced >>> onions out of a tin, and put those on top of the sausage-like thing; >>> the diner is then offered red, brown, and yellow sauces out of >>> plastic squirters, and relieved of an absurdly large amount of money. >>> There is, of course, no plate: instead, there is a square of >>> tracing-paper rather shorter than the completed delicacy. Salad, you >>> say? What on earth for?
>>> There is an Icelandic variant, which is pretty well the same, but >>> costs even more, and is served with sugar. >> Hey, they're the best in town, and were even selected by the Grauniad >> as the best in Europe: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A6jarins_Beztu_Pylsur
> Yep, that's the stand I tried. I was also bought one in Hõfn which > didn't seem any different, but I really was weak with hunger and very > cold, so I finished that one. The Grauniad must have sent their football > correspondent to do the review.
Maybe they served you the deep-fried Mars bar by mistake.
>>> Ugh, now I shall have Stuck Smell Syndrome if I don't think about >>> something different.
>> It's important to warn the innocent traveller that the only sane >> reason for trying to eat a British hot dog is imminent death from >> starvation. They are ineffable, but I'll have a go at effing them, as >> follows.
>> The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >> animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade, >> gently boiled until slimy, then allowed to cool somewhat, is placed >> reverently in a squashy roll made a couple of days previously out of >> a substance that makes Mother's Pride seem like bread; they do >> something I can't quite work out, but unpleasant, to some sliced >> onions out of a tin, and put those on top of the sausage-like thing; >> the diner is then offered red, brown, and yellow sauces out of >> plastic squirters, and relieved of an absurdly large amount of money. >> There is, of course, no plate: instead, there is a square of >> tracing-paper rather shorter than the completed delicacy. Salad, you >> say? What on earth for?
>> There is an Icelandic variant, which is pretty well the same, but >> costs even more, and is served with sugar.
>>>> Ugh, now I shall have Stuck Smell Syndrome if I don't think about >>>> something different. >>> It's important to warn the innocent traveller that the only sane >>> reason for trying to eat a British hot dog is imminent death from >>> starvation. They are ineffable, but I'll have a go at effing them, as >>> follows.
>>> The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >>> animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade, >>> gently boiled until slimy, then allowed to cool somewhat, is placed >>> reverently in a squashy roll made a couple of days previously out of >>> a substance that makes Mother's Pride seem like bread; they do >>> something I can't quite work out, but unpleasant, to some sliced >>> onions out of a tin, and put those on top of the sausage-like thing; >>> the diner is then offered red, brown, and yellow sauces out of >>> plastic squirters, and relieved of an absurdly large amount of money. >>> There is, of course, no plate: instead, there is a square of >>> tracing-paper rather shorter than the completed delicacy. Salad, you >>> say? What on earth for?
>>> There is an Icelandic variant, which is pretty well the same, but >>> costs even more, and is served with sugar. >> Hey, they're the best in town, and were even selected by the Grauniad as >> the best in Europe: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A6jarins_Beztu_Pylsur
> Among famous people who have eaten at Bæjarins beztu are Bill > Clinton, former president of the United States...
> The woman who served Clinton still regularly works at the stand, > with a photo and caricature of Clinton being served on the back > wall.
> Sorry folks - the words "caricature", "Clinton" and "served" conjured up > an image of Clinton, his hotdog and Monica Lewinsky.
> >> Ugh, now I shall have Stuck Smell Syndrome if I don't think about > >> something different.
> > It's important to warn the innocent traveller that the only sane reason > > for trying to eat a British hot dog is imminent death from starvation. > > They are ineffable, but I'll have a go at effing them, as follows.
> > The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of > > animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food trade, > > gently boiled until slimy, then allowed to cool somewhat, is placed > > reverently in a squashy roll made a couple of days previously out of a > > substance that makes Mother's Pride seem like bread; they do something I > > can't quite work out, but unpleasant, to some sliced onions out of a > > tin, and put those on top of the sausage-like thing; the diner is then > > offered red, brown, and yellow sauces out of plastic squirters, and > > relieved of an absurdly large amount of money. There is, of course, no > > plate: instead, there is a square of tracing-paper rather shorter than > > the completed delicacy. Salad, you say? What on earth for?
> What do you mean, a large amount of money? At this price I'm cutting me > own throat.
You are Fair Go Dibbler and I claim my five dollars.
tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William > <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
> >On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: > >> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I > thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were > selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls".
> > I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title > > suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has always > > been my only possible terminology for that usage of those > > bread-items.
> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
That may be because many Americans would associate ball game iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to IKEA.
>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William >> <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
>> >On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >> >> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I >> thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were >> selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls".
>> > I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title >> > suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has always >> > been my only possible terminology for that usage of those >> > bread-items.
>> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
>That may be because many Americans would associate ball game >iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
>However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to IKEA.
For you, maybe. I look forward to IKEA's cinnamon rolls. Sticky buns. It's one of the few shopping destinations with my wife that I agree to because of them.
On Nov 4, 1:01 pm, William <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
> On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
> > I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I thought > > you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were selling "burger > > buns" and "hotdog rolls".
> I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title > suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has always > been my only possible terminology for that usage of those bread-items.
This is what it was about. Though I was particularly interested in American terms for these bread-items, I thank you and Nick for your contributions. It may not be a coincidence that people on our East Coast used the same terms as you do.
Steve Hayes wrote: > On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:59:07 -0000, "Mike Lyle" > <mike_lyle...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> The cheapest imaginable imitation frankfurter*, concocted out of >> animals' bottoms and other tissue superfluous to the dog-food >> trade,
> I'm rather partial to animal-bottom (aka rump) steak.
A faux commercial from the Newfoundland comedy troupe Codco that has stayed with me features Greg Malone staring into the camera and intoning "Any food can cause Bad Breath, even the rectal tissue of cows, or 'bologna', as you know it."
> Along some main roads, but not on others, every other layby seems to > have a van or a scruffy temporary hut selling "Burgers, Hot Dogs". > The clientele consists mostly of lorry drivers. The proprietors of > the huts are undoubtedly the most patriotic Britishers you will find > anywhere, because they usually instal a line of half-a-dozen-or-so > Union Jack flags (often with some flying upside down) spaced at 20m > intervals along the roadside on the approach to the layby.
All along the A55 North Wales expressway it's Welsh Dragon flags. It's a lot harder to fly those upside down...
> Of course, > being quintessentially British, they also sell cups of tea in plastic > mugs.
Often they serve tea in china mugs, good for keeping hands warm on a chilly morning. Patrons return the mugs to the counter when they've finished.
>Which roads have these huts, and which do not, is determined by > the level of police activity aimed at closing them down.
I'm pretty certain chuck wagons are regulated by the local council and have to pass the usual public health rules. The ones near here are a very useful amenity and many have been around for as long as I've been driving.
>Urban > legend (which I have not tried to confirm by independent research) > asserts that they nearly all fail to reach the standards of public > health hygiene required by the law, and that that is the reason why > the police in some areas are actively shutting them down.
I've not seen evidence of any of that, maybe it happens in other parts of the country, but I do travel a lot.
> The police > in other areas can't be arsed, I suppose.
I think if there's any issue of public health or health and safety the local authority (rather than the Police) generally move like greased lightening (as it were).
> I like to think that I am the sort of person who will try everything > that life has to offer (except that I draw the line at hard drugs, > Morris Dancing and jellied eels, none of which will I ever try).
Well, I thought it was Oscar Wilde that said 'try everything once except incest and country dancing', but now I've Googled it I'm not so sure.
>Be > that as it may, at 67 years of age I have never yet been a customer > at one of these roadside huts. Susan and I were discussing this > serious deficiency in both our lives a couple of weeks ago, as we > were driving along the A65 Leeds - Kendal road on our way back home > from a weekend in the Lake District. This stretch of road has an > unusually large number of burger huts along its length. We have > agreed that we will stop and buy a cup of tea (and if we feel really > brave, a burger) at one of these huts the next time we go to the Lake > District. When we eventually do so, I shall write a full report on > our experiences and post it on aue.
Richard, with enormous respect I think you're being over cautious and a little unfair. I'd way rather stop at an independent, family-run chuck wagon or truck stop than pay through the nose in one of the awful Little Chef chain restaurants or, God forbid, a motorway services, both places I loath. I've never once been to a roadside place that's dirty, and the food is usually plain and simple, and can often be very good, with home cooked pies and cakes. There's also usually a lot of good-natured banter going on with regulars (yes, lots of lorry drivers and all sorts of other travellers too). Setting out on a long journey early in the day on a cold morning I take a real pleasure in stopping off for breakfast after the first hour - a bacon barm and a mug of tea maybe - and then going on with the journey. There's a couple of especially good stops as you come down the A57 Woodhead Pass and and then onto the Stocksbridge bypass - all last bastions of free independent enterprise before hours of being the target of corporate greed in M1 service stations on my drive to London. Embrace the day and give a chuck wagon a try, Richard, a whole new world awaits you.
tony cooper wrote: > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:43 GMT, "Django Cat" <notar...@address.com> > wrote:
> > tony cooper wrote:
> >> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William > >> <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
> >> >On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: > >> >> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I > >> thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were > >> selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls".
> >> > I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title > >> > suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has > always >> > been my only possible terminology for that usage of those > >> > bread-items.
> >> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
> > That may be because many Americans would associate ball game > > iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
> > However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to > > IKEA.
> For you, maybe. I look forward to IKEA's cinnamon rolls. Sticky > buns. It's one of the few shopping destinations with my wife that I > agree to because of them.
They sound great, but I wonder if IKEA is the same in the US as here? There's always a counter after the checkout that just sells Hot Dogs (veggie or carniverous), coffee and soft drinks and chips/fries, and possibly ice cream. Cinnamon rolls may be around in the restaurant or the Swedish food shop, but I've not encountered them
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:51 GMT, "Django Cat" <notar...@address.com> wrote:
>I think if there's any issue of public health or health and safety the >local authority (rather than the Police) generally move like greased >lightening (as it were).
That would be "greased lightening" as opposed to the alternative food additive "gritty darkening".
>> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:43 GMT, "Django Cat" >> <notar...@address.com> wrote:
>>> tony cooper wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William >>>> <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, >>>>>> but I >>>> thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were >>>> selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls". >>>>> I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its >>>>> title suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the >>>>> above has >> always >> > been my only possible terminology for that usage of >> those >>>>> bread-items. >>>> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
>>> That may be because many Americans would associate ball game >>> iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
>>> However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to >>> IKEA.
>> For you, maybe. I look forward to IKEA's cinnamon rolls. Sticky >> buns. It's one of the few shopping destinations with my wife that >> I agree to because of them.
> They sound great, but I wonder if IKEA is the same in the US as here? > There's always a counter after the checkout that just sells Hot Dogs > (veggie or carniverous), coffee and soft drinks and chips/fries, and > possibly ice cream. Cinnamon rolls may be around in the restaurant > or the Swedish food shop, but I've not encountered them
They're in aisle 37 in the Warrington branch. You have to assemble them yourself.
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:43 +0000, Django Cat wrote: > for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to IKEA.
Wot no meatballs?
-- Roland Hutchinson
He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ )
>> I like to think that I am the sort of person who will try everything that >> life has to offer (except that I draw the line at hard drugs, Morris Dancing >> and jellied eels, none of which will I ever try). Be that as it may, at 67 >> years of age I have never yet been a customer at one of these roadside huts. >> Susan and I were discussing this serious deficiency in both our lives a >> couple of weeks ago, as we were driving along the A65 Leeds - Kendal road on >> our way back home from a weekend in the Lake District. This stretch of road >> has an unusually large number of burger huts along its length. We have >> agreed that we will stop and buy a cup of tea (and if we feel really brave, >> a burger) at one of these huts the next time we go to the Lake District. >> When we eventually do so, I shall write a full report on our experiences and >> post it on aue.
>I would eschew (and do not chew) the burger, which is pre-made and could >contain anything. A bacon sandwich, OTOH, is often simply prepared in >your sight and is often delicious from one of these place.
>The van in the lay-by at the end of our main road, where it meets the >motorway, is a favourite stopping place for our local police - there's >usually one or two cars there in the morning when I pass by.
Outside the country's borders, I suspect it is nigh impossible to enjoy the flavour of a typical American bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich (a BLT, as they are called there), unless you have access to American whole wheat bread, American mayonnaise, preferably Hellman's, which is possible, and, most especially and with the greatest difficulty of all, American bacon, fat and all. After many years of trying, I have not even come close to duplicating them, using Irish ingredients, which I find a little surprising. --
Regards,
Chuck Riggs, An American who lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE
<kirshenb...@hpl.hp.com> wrote: >tony cooper <tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> writes:
>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William >> <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
>>>On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >>>> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I >>>> thought you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were >>>> selling "burger buns" and "hotdog rolls".
>>>I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title >>>suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has always >>>been my only possible terminology for that usage of those >>>bread-items.
>> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
>Having seen the things sold as "hot dogs" in London, I can't picture >them being eaten, either.
The best I've eaten are found in Munich. --
Regards,
Chuck Riggs, An American who lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE
>> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:43 GMT, "Django Cat" <notar...@address.com> >> wrote:
>> > tony cooper wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William >> >> <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
>> >> >On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >> >> >> I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, but I >> >> thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were >> >> selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls".
>> >> > I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its title >> >> > suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the above has >> always >> > been my only possible terminology for that usage of those >> >> > bread-items.
>> >> Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the UK.
>> > That may be because many Americans would associate ball game >> > iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
>> > However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit to >> > IKEA.
>> For you, maybe. I look forward to IKEA's cinnamon rolls. Sticky >> buns. It's one of the few shopping destinations with my wife that I >> agree to because of them.
>They sound great, but I wonder if IKEA is the same in the US as here? >There's always a counter after the checkout that just sells Hot Dogs >(veggie or carniverous), coffee and soft drinks and chips/fries, and >possibly ice cream. Cinnamon rolls may be around in the restaurant or >the Swedish food shop, but I've not encountered them
While I am willing to go to IKEA because of the lure of the cinnamon rolls, I've only been there twice. Its clear on the other side of town, and my wife combines trips to IKEA with shopping forays to the big Millenia Mall* in the same area. That's a deal breaker for me.
IKEA, here, has a food court that my wife says offers some tasty dishes. Near the check-out lanes, there are booths that sell the cinnamon rolls, Swedish meatballs (for some reason, a featured item at IKEA), coffee, and some other goodies. By the time we check out, I'm ready to bolt so I haven't paid attention to what the other goodies are.
I am willing to go clothes shopping with my wife and offer advice on what looks good on her. She seems to appreciate my advice. However, I'm of the "If you like it, and it looks good on you, buy it" school. She's of the "Yes, I like it but there may be something better around the next corner" school. She simply does not understand buying the first thing seen that works, but she will often circle back and buy that very thing.
* The name and spelling, as they do it, is "The Mall at Millenia".
tony cooper wrote: > IKEA, here, has a food court that my wife says offers some tasty > dishes. Near the check-out lanes, there are booths that sell the > cinnamon rolls, Swedish meatballs (for some reason, a featured item at > IKEA),
Quite right. Swedish meatballs are well worth the trip. They're closer to a sausage than an Italian meatball, and they are very good.
On Nov 5, 3:31 am, the Omrud <usenet.om...@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote:
> The van in the lay-by at the end of our main road, where it meets the > motorway, is a favourite stopping place for our local police - there's > usually one or two cars there in the morning when I pass by.
Last June in Rio, spouse and I wandered for some time trying to find the right little local dining spot for some real Brazilian food. Found a place filled with what appeared to be locals and sat down. Our choice was validated a few minutes later when a police car drove up, and without their having to order anything, food was brought out to them by the staff. Didn't see whether they paid for it <g>.
Further validation ensued once our food arrived at the table.
General observations about Brazilian food: they have real cheese (local pizza place was an eye-opener), exotic fruit, and the best meat anywhere (I'm 90% vegetarian, but ate more meat during two weeks than I usually have in a year).
Jim Deutch (JimboCat) -- Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4
1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it. 2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there. 3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it. 4. - Richard Brautigan
Django Cat wrote, in <DICIm.43144$%%3.24...@newsfe23.ams2> on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:51 GMT:
> > I like to think that I am the sort of person who will try everything > > that life has to offer (except that I draw the line at hard drugs, > > Morris Dancing and jellied eels, none of which will I ever try).
> Well, I thought it was Oscar Wilde that said 'try everything once > except incest and country dancing', but now I've Googled it I'm not so > sure.
Sir Thomas Beecham is what I remember from Timothy West's version of him, except I think it was folk dancing. -- Nick Spalding BrE/IrE
James Hogg <Jas.H...@gOUTmail.com> writes: > They [cinnamon rolls]'re in aisle 37 in the Warrington branch. You > have to assemble them yourself.
They're presumably called "bonko" or "fartish" or something rather than "cinnamon rolls". -- Online waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu
James Hogg wrote: > Django Cat wrote: > > tony cooper wrote:
> > > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:43 GMT, "Django Cat" > >><notar...@address.com> wrote:
> > > > tony cooper wrote:
> >>>>On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:01:40 -0800 (PST), William > <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On 4 Nov, 19:36, Nick <3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I can't find the relevant place in the appropriate thread, > > > > > > > but I > >>>>thought >> you'd appreciate knowing that Sainsbury's today were > >>>> selling "burger >> buns" and "hotdog rolls". > > > > > > I didn't join the "American foodstuffs" thread, since its > > > > > > title suggested a regional nature to the enquiry, but the > > > > > > above has > >>always >> > been my only possible terminology for that usage of > > > those > > > > > > bread-items. > > > > > Funny, but I just can't picture hot dogs being eaten in the > > > > > UK.
> > > > That may be because many Americans would associate ball game > > > > iconigraphy with hot dogs. Or not, what do I know?
> > > > However, for many of us hot dogs are the high point of a visit > > > > to > >>> IKEA.
> > > For you, maybe. I look forward to IKEA's cinnamon rolls. Sticky > > > buns. It's one of the few shopping destinations with my wife > > > that I agree to because of them.
> > They sound great, but I wonder if IKEA is the same in the US as > > here? There's always a counter after the checkout that just sells > > Hot Dogs (veggie or carniverous), coffee and soft drinks and > > chips/fries, and possibly ice cream. Cinnamon rolls may be around > > in the restaurant or the Swedish food shop, but I've not > > encountered them
> They're in aisle 37 in the Warrington branch. You have to assemble > them yourself.
Ah, time was we had the choice of an hours drive to Warrington IKEA (West) or an hours drive to Leeds IKEA (North East). Now we have our very own IKEA in Ashton-under-Lyne (of Bill Sowerbutts fame).
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