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Severn Bore

2007-04-30T00:09:52Z

Volpone: New page: The Severn Bore is a tidal bore on the River Severn. It takes place twice daily, and is popular with surfers. Plans exist to harness it for energy generation.

The Severn Bore is a [[tidal]] [[bore]] on the [[River Severn]]. It takes place twice daily, and is popular with [[surfers]]. Plans exist to harness it for energy generation.

Plynlimon

2007-04-30T00:08:14Z

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Plynlimon (752 m)is a mountain in [[Ceredigion]], [[Wales]], and the source of the [[River Severn]] and the [[River Wye}}. The name, meaning 'Hill of the lemon (trees)', and recorded as early as the 6th century CE, is a potent reminder of the impact of climatic variation over the centuries

River Severn

2007-04-30T00:04:44Z

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Longest [[river]] in [[Great Britain]], rising on [[Plynlimon]] and running through [[Llanidloes]], [[Welshpool]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Bridgnorth]]., [[Bewdley]], [[Stourport]], [[Worcester]], [[Tewkesbury]] and [[Gloucester]] before debouching into the [[Bristol Channel]].

Second Severn Crossing

2007-04-30T00:00:23Z

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[[Cable-stayed bridge]] carrying the [[M4]] [[motorway]] across the [[estuary]] of the [[River Severn]] between [[Caldicot]], [[Monmouthshire]], [[Wales]], and [[Redwick]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]].

Severn Bridge

2007-04-29T23:57:50Z

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[[Suspension bridge]] carrying the [[M48]] [[motorway]] across the [[River Severn]], linking [[Aust]] in [[Gloucestershire]], [[England}} with [[Beachley]] in [[Gloucestershire]]; the motorway immediately crosses the [[River Wye]] to [[Chepstow]] in [Monmouthshire]], [[Wales]].

Since the opening of the [[Second Severn Crossing]], the Severn Bridge has been known as the [[Old Severn Bridge]].

Severn Bridge

2007-04-29T23:56:50Z

Volpone: New page: Suspension bridge carrying the M4 motorway across the River Severn, linking Aust in Gloucestershire, England}} with [[Beachley in Gloucestershire; the moto...

[[Suspension bridge]] carrying the [[M4]] [[motorway]] across the [[River Severn]], linking [[Aust]] in [[Gloucestershire]], [[England}} with [[Beachley]] in [[Gloucestershire]]; the motorway immediately crosses the [[River Wye]] to [[Chepstow]] in [Monmouthshire]], [[Wales]].

Lincolnshire

2007-04-29T23:52:37Z

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'''Lincolnshire''' is a low-lying county in Eastern England lying between [[the Wash]] and the [[River Humber|Humber]] Estuary. Lincolnshire borders with [[Northamptonshire]], [[Yorkshire]], [[Norfolk]], [[Leicestershire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]].

It has an extensive [[North Sea]] coastline with many popular beaches. Principal towns and cities include [[Lincoln]], [[Gainsborough]], [[Skegness]], [[Boston]], and [[Grantham]].

Part of the county lies below sea level and is at severe risk from flooding if sea defences are breached.

Lincolnshire folk are popularly known as 'Yellowbellies'. The county has the highestb incest rates of any location in the EU.

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Alford

2007-04-29T23:51:08Z

Volpone: New page: 1. Alford (pronounced ''Afford'')is a town in Aberdeenshire, west of Aberdeen, famous for its transport museum and battle of 1646. 2. Alford is a town in Lincolnshire.

1. Alford (pronounced ''Afford'')is a town in [[Aberdeenshire]], west of [[Aberdeen]], famous for its transport [[museum]] and [[battle]] of 1646.

2. Alford is a town in [[Lincolnshire]].

Dormouse

2007-04-29T23:38:14Z

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The '''dormouse''' (Muscardinus Avellanarius) is an [[arboreal]] mammal that, although once common, is now an endangered species in the [[British Isles]]. Similar in appearence to the common mouse, dormice have a long bushy tail that is used to assist in climbing of trees and live primarily on [[hazel]] nuts and other seed based foodstuffs.

[[Lewis Carroll]], the writer included a dormouse in the [[Alice in Wonderland]] stories and portrayed it as a fat lazy creature. This is not far from the truth as the dormouse (named from the Latin ''Dormeus'' or "sleepy one") spends more than three quarters of its life asleep.

Due to the human destruction of its traditional habitats, the dormouse is in decline. This has become a particular problem in certain [[British]] towns such as [[Hebden Bridge]] and [[York]] where basted, baked stuffed dormouse (normally stuffed with sage and leek) is something of a popular foodstuff. Hebden Bridge locals have experimented using water [[vole]]s from their famous [[canals]] in place of dormice whereas York residents have attempted to use the far more ubiquitous [[rat]] (rattus rattus) in the local dish "spoogie" (the name given to baked, seasoned dormouse ). This practice may have a long pedigree: excavations at [[Housesteads]] and [[Vindolanda]] [[Roman]] forts on [[Hadrian's Wall]] have uncovered huge numbers of dormouse bones, both within the forts themselves and in the civilian settlements adjacent. Distribution patterns suggest that certain premises may have served as dormouse 'take-aways' (shops serving ready-cooked food).

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Welford

2007-04-29T23:29:38Z

Volpone: New page: Welford is a village in Berkshire, southern England, 5 iles north-wet of Newbury and a few hunderd yards north of the M4 motorway, to which, however, it has no immediar...

Welford is a village in [[Berkshire]], southern [[England]], 5 iles north-wet of [[Newbury]] and a few hunderd yards north of the [[M4]] [[motorway]], to which, however, it has no immediare access.

Bacon

2007-04-29T23:20:50Z

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'''Bacon''' is the flesh of a [[pig]], usually from its back, cured and possibly smoked.

It is often sliced thinly to be fried as part of the [[All Day Breakfast]] in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Transport Cafe]]s. Rashers of bacon are also an integral part of the [[BLT]] and the [[bacon butty]].

Cooking bacon, by frying or grilling, is a fine art, as to be at their best the rashers need to be fried or grilled to a state that is neither crispy nor slimy, which requires precise temperature control and careful attention. Flash-frying both sides of the rasher first is recommended (a few seconds for each side) in order to seal in the meat's juices. This is particularly important when cooking cheaper cuts of bacon with high levels of added water and growth hormones. In [[Scotland]], even at the [[Carter Bar]] mobile cafe 10m north of the English border, deep-frying is ''de rigeur''.

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Garibaldi

2007-04-29T23:16:24Z

Volpone: New page: Garibaldi biscuits, a British delicacy, are popularly known as squashed fly biscuits from their appearance. They are flat, measure approximately 2ins by 1in, and contain currants. They are...

Garibaldi biscuits, a British delicacy, are popularly known as squashed fly biscuits from their appearance. They are flat, measure approximately 2ins by 1in, and contain currants. They are so named in honour of the Italian radical Garibaldi.

Pie

2007-04-29T23:10:00Z

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'''Pies''' are a filled, baked pastry dish, distinguished from [[quiche]]s and [[tart]]s by the presence of a topcrust.

== Types of pie ==

Many things have been historically put into pies, such as "four-and-twenty-[[blackbird]]s". Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables or even cheese, almost anything that is solid enough not to seep out during the baking process may be used.
*Steak and [[kidney]] pie is a traditional meat-based recipe.
*[[Pork]] pie is a traditional Northern English staple, generally served cold. It has a distinctively cylindrical form; most other pies are somewhat flatter.
*[[Mom's apple pie]] is a traditional American fruit-based form.
*[[Custard pie]]s are either pies of set [[custard]], or more often fake (and topcrustless) pies used in cinematic and theatrical [[slapstick]] performances as non-lethal missiles.
*Stargazy pie, a traditional [[Cornwall|Cornish]] dish is made with fish, traditionally with the [[stargazer]], an upward-looking, bottom-dwelling species.
*Shepherd's pies, despite their name do not contain agricultural workers, but instead are made with minced meat, historically [[lamb]].
*Cottage pies are similar to shepherd's pies, but contain [[beef]] instead of lamb. They do not contain small houses.
*Admiral's pies likewise do not contain high-ranking [[navy|naval]] officers, but rather white fish.
* Hairy Pie is a colloquial term in Great Britain for pie served on a bed of parsley, other herbs, or shreedded cabbage or lettuce (depending on location and season)
*It should also be noted that Scotch pies do not generally contain [[whisky]].

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Cross Fell

2007-04-29T23:05:32Z

Volpone: New page: Cross Fell is, at 893m the highest point of the Pennines. Itb was formerly known as Fiend's Fell.

Cross Fell is, at 893m the highest point of the [[Pennines]]. Itb was formerly known as Fiend's Fell.

Totnes

2007-04-29T22:46:18Z

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Totnes is a small market town in east [[Devon]], south-west [[England]]. It lies in the 'Bible Belt' of the south-west peninsula and is known for the rigorous Bible Christianity practiced locally.

Talk:Chip shop

2007-04-29T22:32:44Z

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How can you not mention the fact that in renowned glaswegian chippies they offer such delicacies as battered pizza, battered mars bars and battered ice cream?--[[User:CatWatcher|CatWatcher]] 03:24, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
see http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041227_deep_fried_mars_bars.html

[[Image:300px-Deep-fried mars bars.JPG | thumb | left]] Now doesn't that look delicious?
:Yes it does. Can you add the picture to the article? [[User:Dorpfeld|Dorpfeld]] 03:34, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
:Good point. We could have sections on the various differences in regional and national cuisine served in these establishments. [[User:Dorpfeld|Dorpfeld]] 03:27, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

::Will add it later if someone else hasn't done so by then.
--[[User:CatWatcher|CatWatcher]] 03:37, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Re: merger. I don't think this should be merged. The chip shop (or 'chippie') is a very distinctive cultural, as well as culinary, institution specific to Britain and Ireland.

How can anyone talk of merging this article. It;s probably the best one on Conservapedia. I think we should go for [[irony|featured status]]. --[[User:Felix|Felix]] 06:53, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

"Fish Bits" are called "scraps" in Birmingham and Humberside. Also mayonnaise is offered in Birmingham chippies although I am unaware as to whether this has anything to do with Dutch or indeed Belgian immigrants. Not sure if any of this info is apposite. --[[User:Olly|Olly]] 07:29, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

We also refer to fish bits as scraps here in Yorkshire. [[User:Trashbat|Trashbat]] 07:44, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

== Merge article? ==

Absolutely not; the articles deal with two entirely different things.

Potato chips is the American term for what are properly called (in Great Britain, home of the English language) potato crisps.

Chip shops are purveyors of the much more substantial and wholesome British older relative of French Fries (which is a distant relative, at best). The importance of chips in British culture, and their incompatibility with French Fries (chips are always prepared from the finest locally-grown potatoes, and must be sliced on the spot, as opposed to being reconstituted, extruded and shaped in a factory like French Fries) makes it absolutely inappropiate to merge the articles. --[[User:Jeremiah4-22|Jeremiah4-22]] 09:05, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

I think the proposal to merge must have been made by someone unfamiliar with the use of the word chip in British English. As others have said before. Chip shops do not sell cold crisp thin slices of deep-fried potato (which are known in the UK as potato crisps), but rather piping hot finger-sized chunks of deep-fried potato.[[User:FriendOfDorothy|FriendOfDorothy]] 09:46, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

I am really convinced that these folks here at Conservapedia are really benefitting from finding out about the delicacies of British Haute Cuisine. --[[User:Felix|Felix]] 09:54, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

The chip shop is also culturally essential in addition to being of gastronomic import. Chip shop tradition is far greater than the sum of its peas, chips and fine, fine pickled eggs. And surely sharing of cultures and knowledge is the very essence of an encyclopedia. [[User:Trashbat|Trashbat]] 09:59, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

I agree absolutely with Trashbat. Chip shops have a strong cultural significance which alone justifies a separate article; but in any case, to cnflate the (completely different) UK and US chips would be absurd. [[User:Volpone|Volpone]] 18:32, 29 April 2007 (EDT)