The best of Britain 2

GRUB: This is another word for food, as well as being the larval stage of an insect development. Therefore, care is required when ordering!
PUB GRUB: Pubs that do food will often advertise "pub grub" outside on a sign. It just means pub food. These days lots of pubs do decent food, not just sausage, eggs, and chips!


HORLICKS: Malted milk drink supposed to make you relax in the evening and sleep well. Hence the old joke: "Twelve children? Have you never heard of Horlicks?".




NEAT: If you are in a pub and you ask for your drink neat, it means it comes with nothing added.


NOSH: This is another word for food. If you were going out for some nosh, it would mean you were going to get some lunch or dinner at a restaurant. "Posh nosh" is what you get at expensive restaurants.
NOSH-UP: Feast.


PECKISH: If you are a little peckish, it means that you are hungry and need to nibble at something.


PORRIDGE: This has two meanings. The first one is cooked oatmeal that you would have for breakfast. The second one is doing time in prison.



SARNY: Sandwich.


SCOFF: This word is both a verb and a noun, both related. If you were off home for some scoff, you would be on your way for some food. However, you might then scoff it down, meaning to eat it!


SOLDIERS: We dip soldiers in our soft boiled eggs. They are not actually men in uniform. They are slices of toast.



STARTER: This is what we call the appetizer on a menu. The more upmarket restaurants would use the word "entree", the French word for the first course of a meal.


STODGE: Heavy food.


STUFFED: When you have had enough to eat, it is quite acceptable to tell everyone that you are stuffed. It means you are full.


WHITE: When someone in the UK asks you how to take your tea or coffee, you should say "black", "white without" or "white with". White means with milk and the "with" and "without" bit refers to the sugar.