A question for my English friends

[drunken_chef]

my wife watches a show on BBC America. in the show people are often talking about eating "budgies". I thought budgie was a kind of bird or the name of a rock band are you guys eating cute little birds or is budgie a slang for something else?

[SgtRock]

Hmmm....I wonder if they taste like chicken??

[Thrashdragon]

Yep, they're birds. My parents have one. Annoying little bitey critter. So if our friends across the pond are indeed eating them, then more power to 'em!

[jaspurr]

I think you may be talking about 'butties'. A butty is basically a sandwich. They even have regional specialities, the chip butty, the pie butty, the jam (jelly) butty.

What show does she watch, I think maybe the Royale family

Anyway, budgies are too expensive to eat and too many small bones

[drunken_chef]

the show is called "you are what you eat"

and yes, I couldn't see eating a bird that small

[Kriotek]

yeah its defenetly 'butties' not budgies cos there isnt much meat on those little noisy things lol.