v for frequency?

Only trouble I have in car parks is that I cause myself. Those prats who like to reverse into a space, then find I got in first.

No, because we'd need eyes in our mouths to see the colour change.

We can detect acids, though. I'm not sure whether we can distinguish them from alkalis, though. I'll have to try licking some caustic soda.

No we don't. We call it "macaroni cheese". entirely "and" free. Of course it *isn't* just macaroni and cheese, there are other ingredients.

Americans are very keen on it, and you can buy a kit of parts to make it. I don't know what they use for cheese, though.

Of course we can detect both, just don't do it with any strong ones. I can certainly detect and distinguish between citric, oxalic, acetic, hydrochloric , tartaric and formic acid.

The inorganic acids apart from weak hydrochloric are too dangerous to taste , but who of us hasn't licked a stinging hand and got a taste of battery (sulphuric) acid?

Same with alkalis - one can smell the chlorine in bleach and smell caustic soda. Enough not to taste it anyway.

My grandparents bought one in 1935 when they were virtually unknown in this country. It was still running in the 70s when my sister took over the house. I don't know whether it ever stopped working; maybe they replaced it as it was so inconvenient. It was the size of a wardrobe but the whole bottom half was the mechanism. There was about 6" of insulation around the refrigeration compartment so you ended up with an

Kit of parts? Blimey,! Doesn't everyone have cheese, egg, milk, flour, mustard and nutmeg in their cupboards? Decorate it with tomato and chorizo before baking.

Wonderful stuff, but I have to restrict it, like totally homemade Pizza, to once every couple of months, Far too many carbs...

Frozen is easy, and some brands are excellent.

I've never said that in my life. Always 'spaghetti cheese' or 'macaroni cheese' A staple food post war with rationing, when dairy and eggs and pasta made of low grade wheat were UK produced products that you could actually buy. Cheaply.

Along with fish.

Acids are sour. Bases are bitter.

The kit comes with powdered "cheese". Actually a mixture of dried, powdered cheese with other ultra-processed ingredients to make a smooth sauce.

How typically 'American'

Well, people talk funny in remote uncivilized islands.

We never had food rationing.

Are you in England? I wonder why England can't grow enough food to feed itself. The population density isn't extreme.

What sort of fish do you get?

The thing that separates sentient human civilization from primitive forms of life is the presence of tater tots.

Annie's is better than starvation. Kraft is not.

Annie's also makes a decent basalmic salad dressing, for when you don't feel like making it yourself. I add maple syrup and garlic powder.

Annie's is, in my opinion, the best ketchup too.

Not typically, it's just that we have a lot of options. Kids like this sort of thing.

We can get mac and cheese at a good restaurant for $30 too.

No, I mean having it in 'kit' form. I can buy ready to microwave macaroni cheese which isn't bad, but a kit?

Jesus H. I can cook the best there is for about $10 for a family of four.

The population density of the bits suitable for agricultural activity is extreme. Nearly all of Scotland, half of Wales and a fair bit of England is barely upland grazing suitable.

The efficiency of the actual farms is massive in terms of yield per acre. But the government keeps importing cheap labour that doesn't want to work, so the population is now completely out of control

During the war every scrap of land including grazing land for cattle and sheep, was turned over to grow food, hence the meat shortage. Pigs could be fed on scraps and chickens could eat insects, so they were in reasonable supply.

In those days it was North Atlantic halibut, haddock, cod and herring, also mackerel. That was when we had a national area to fish in before the EU let any man and his dog fish them to extinction. Coastal species like bream, sole, turbot and plaice were available, but expensive.

We were importing sheep from Australia and New Zealand and Beef from Argentina, fruit from South Africa, and bananas from the Caribbean. Until we joined the EU of course. No longer allowed.

I would have said they were rather an indication of it, like deep fried Mars Bars. PS, they are in fact 'croquettes'

During WWII we did. Our rationing ended long before the UK's.

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