I've never had a butter tart, but to me, they largely look like mini pecan pies without the pecans. I do notice that the one you have in the picture in the bottom has pecans. If pecans aren't plentiful/popular in the UK, perhaps that's why you've haven't seen many of them maybe?
High fructose corn syrup is a plague on North America, that's for sure. Dang corn farmers! It is pretty difficult to avoid food that doesn't have some sort of sugar added. Almost freaking everything has it, including things you wouldn't expect. I feel for people with dietary restrictions.
I think most appetizers in North American restaurants are really too large, across the board. I'd only order one as an entree if I wasn't massively hungry, or if I was going to split it with other people. Serving sizes for everything in sit-down restaurants tend to be huge, anyway. I guess you are getting your money's worth. But poutine as a starter sounds like a distastuh. I thought I sent you the links describing it? The description alone seemed a bit much to me. XD Is the UK version smaller portions or less heavy or something? I thought you said there was something similar in northern areas? Anyway, it definitely sounds like it would be better in cold weather (and eaten alone).
I will say that the Tim Horton's biscuit looks pretty sad. I don't know where they fall in the fast-food spectrum, but it looks like a somewhat fancier McDonalds?
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Date: 2014-06-27 03:50 am (UTC)High fructose corn syrup is a plague on North America, that's for sure. Dang corn farmers! It is pretty difficult to avoid food that doesn't have some sort of sugar added. Almost freaking everything has it, including things you wouldn't expect. I feel for people with dietary restrictions.
I think most appetizers in North American restaurants are really too large, across the board. I'd only order one as an entree if I wasn't massively hungry, or if I was going to split it with other people. Serving sizes for everything in sit-down restaurants tend to be huge, anyway. I guess you are getting your money's worth. But poutine as a starter sounds like a distastuh. I thought I sent you the links describing it? The description alone seemed a bit much to me. XD Is the UK version smaller portions or less heavy or something? I thought you said there was something similar in northern areas? Anyway, it definitely sounds like it would be better in cold weather (and eaten alone).
I will say that the Tim Horton's biscuit looks pretty sad. I don't know where they fall in the fast-food spectrum, but it looks like a somewhat fancier McDonalds?