Mincemeat cheesecake, prune brownies and other British Xmas delights

[mjgkramer]

Back in the early 90s I lived and worked in Oman. Once when some American colleagues and I went to the desert camps we were invited to spend the evening in the bar with the largely British workers. It was quiz night and we were invited to join in the fun. Unfortunately all the questions had to do with British topics and we didn't get a single answer correct. Finally the emcee had pity on us and announced that the next question was one that the Americans would surely get right.

The question was "What is the favorite pudding at Thanksgiving dinner?" We hadn't a clue. The answer - pumpkin pie. It seems that "pudding" is Brit for "dessert".

As they say, the British and the Americans are two peoples separated by the same language.