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Alexandra Erin The Meadow We Can Build A Snowman
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Okay, for a change of pace, let's talk about jelly vs. jam because this is apparently something that a lot of people are confused about on both sides of the Atlantic

"Americans call 'jam' 'jelly'" is a useful simplification but not actually quite correct.
We call grape jelly "grape jelly" rather than "grape jam" because it's not jam. We frequently informally call things that are "jams" "jelly" because "grape jelly" is more foundational and familiar to most of us than most fruit preserves.
But if you are in the fruit preserves section of a US grocery store you will notice that the jars are labeled with different things like "jam", "preserve", "spread", etc.
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Oh, well, maybe if we put some shredded loin fat on our blended nut and fruit preserve sandwiches and left them sitting in a pot of brandy for a couple of months it would be less weird.
Again, I'm familiar with mincemeat.

And it's in part because I'm familiar with it that I don't blame anyone for not doing a reality check when they think a ?British recipe is telling them to make a pie out of ground beef and apples.
I mean, they still use "minced meat" to refer to meat chopped fine.

And many still put minced meat (not shredded suet but actual meat in addition to it) in their "mincemeat".

It's the kind of thing that if you included in world building would ring fake.

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Oof. I know it's hard to judge based on trailers, especially when they're being purposefully cute about playing coy, but the new Ghostbusters trailer is kind of giving me Michael Bay Transformers movie vibes?
My fear is that the ill-informed backlash to Answer The Call ("They made a gross-out comedy with SNL comedians instead of actors!") might have shaped this into a movie that ignores the comedy and thus the heart of the franchise.
Ghostbusters - comedy + nostalgia + mystery box storylines = ????
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This is why we have the Electoral College and not a pure popular vote system.
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1/ I think today is a good day to follow the advice of @KevinMKruse and talk about some of the work that I’ve been doing here in Oxford, MS. First of all, I’m a part of the University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group.
2/ As a part of that group, we have developed an outreach program to the local African American community to help foster dialogue and engagement between the university and the community. We’re just getting started, but we took a big step Saturday.
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Yesterday late afternoon #Russia/n forces took 3 positions in Qusseyr and Juseh and established checkpoints. #Hezbollah, not informed of the Russian presence, came close to these forces and asked their immediate pull out+
Following the direct intervention of President Bashar al-Assad, the Russian force pulled out this morning and avoided any clash with #Hezbollah in the area.

hezbollah maantin and kept all positions. The #Russia/n move was not coordinated.+

#Hezbollah did not...I repeat, did not pull out one single element from the area.

I spoke to people on the ground: The Russian decision was unclear and considered unwelcome by the forces on the ground. Still, many elements of this move are unclear.

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