Squash - the drink not the game. OT

[Thanet]

OK, so I know this is not nursing but...

I go to several (USA) sites and the question about the drink 'Squash' comes up... so...

Is there any Brits here, who are now in USA, who can help me explain to an American what 'Squash' is?

Do they have it over there in a different name?

We have tried diluted fruit juice... which is not quite right and we have tried cordial... which doesn't really fit either...

Thanks in advance,

(I've given up trying to explain 'Marmite' :) ).

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

hey anna, you didnt have the fish and chips for tea,,,,,you had them for dinner.

no such thing as tea over here unless it comes in a glass with ice,,yuk !

occasionally real people will have hot tea, but not like us brits with milk, usually flavoured and without milk.

of course we just had a food parcel arrive,,,teabags.

lol, hubby loves his tea but prefers loose tea

enjoy the food parcel

[suzanne7575]

The biscuits and gravy for breakfast looks gross, how anyone can eat that is beyond me. Then again pancakes and syrup and sausages on the same plate doesn't really appeal either.

[barrjan]

My dh likes the biscuits and gravy, i don't like it.

My son refuses to let me buy the tetley tea in Ralphes as he thinks it won't taste anything like british tea.

Our kettle takes age to boil and i joke that i can boil the kettle, make the toast , have a shower and be finished before it stopped boiling .

My kids miss their squash but i'm not paying $4-6 a bottle. they tolerate the koolaid but say it's not the same. I buy the crystal lite brand

[RGN1]

The biscuits and gravy for breakfast looks gross, how anyone can eat that is beyond me. Then again pancakes and syrup and sausages on the same plate doesn't really appeal either.

Pancakes, syrup, bacon & eggs over-easy on the same plate - YUMMMMYYYY!! I used to think yuk too until I tried them - now it's my 1st breakfast of a US holiday. Usually from "Dillons" down US 19 in Crystal River. Oh & not forgetting the side of hash browns, which my horrible DH has cheese on.

Waffle House serves it all on separate plates though, if you really can't bear the thought but trust me - it tastes way better than you'd think!

Can't say the biscuits & gravy does it for me though - have had them lunch time though, as a side - quite nice at that hour of the day!

I like how the KFC in Florida (& possibly all over the USA) serves biscuits with all their meals - have developed quite a taste for them! Not that it does my waistline any good so I'm really careful now. If we've had a big breakfast we simply miss lunch altogether!