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Originally posted by Bob Cole:
biscuits or cookies? When I lived in the UK I got the oddest looks when I asked for biscuits and gravy for breakfast. (Once someone brought me cookies and brown gravy). And you can forget ordering grits!

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Hah! I remember getting the most utterly horrified look when I mentioned biscuits and gravy as a meal. I had to explain the concept of American biscuits ("sort of a cross between a scone and a roll, served hot") and cream gravy.

I'd just as soon forget about order grits anywhere, though.

Andrea

Then I moved from Oxfordshire to Waco(shire?) for law school and was horrified to learn that anyone would "chicken-fry" an otherwise wonderful piece of beef!

Bob,

Whereas I moved from London in high school to New York in undergrad, and every summer my roommate (a fellow Texan) and I made a point of stopping as soon as we'd crossed the Mason-Dixon line on our way home for a decent chicken-fried steak!

The quote actually ends..."Thud"

After reading this thread, and being reminded of the recent mac and cheese thread, I am now awaiting the appearance of a new poster with a name similar to "R.J. McChicken-FriedSteak".

Technically, Clay, "thud" is a noise, not a quote from the Sicilian. But you are right, the thud did immediately follow the last "Ha!"