I love it here, but I need a rant...

Oh that reminded me of when I ordered enchiladas at a restaurant one time.  What actually came was a Chinese vegetable stir fry with sweet chili sauce wrapped in a flour tortilla.  LOL!!!  Yeah, they really haven't a clue, have they?  But still, ya gotta' love 'em.  They try. 

Haven't a clue at what? Emulating the US?

Why would we want to?

Haven't a clue at what? Emulating the US?

No. Making enchiladas.  LOL!!   Ah well, just a difference in humor as noted by the spelling I guess.  Apologies extended all 'round. 

Strange - today is the first time I've ever heard it called the 'heel' .

Maybe it's a regional and/or personal thing... some people call it the 'heel' and others call it the 'end' or the 'crust' of the loaf? Probably just depends what you grew up with.

Well I'm from Yorkshire and always called it the crust, DW from Philadelphia and calls it the heel!

This PA girl would call it the heel as well.

This PA girl would call it the heel as well.

SoCal reporting in, I've always called it the heel.

Mass/NH here and we always called it a heel 

NY and DC-er here, we say crust, or perhaps end. Never heard of heel before!

I've never heard it called the 'Heel' ever.  Hehehe

SoCal reporting in, I've always called it the heel.

Same here (socal also!)... but in the west of Scotland I've heard it called 'ender bit', and 'doorstop'.

I said TomaAHtoes, and I meant it.

 

No. Making enchiladas.  LOL!!   Ah well, just a difference in humor as noted by the spelling I guess.  Apologies extended all 'round. 

That is basically emulating the US, though, as enchiladas aren't a common (or even cultural) food here (unlike Mexican food in the US). I've had some really bad Mexican food here ("nachos" that were clearly made with water/flour paste baked in an oven for 20 minutes), but there are some good/authentic places (in London, at least). I just always expect Mexican food on menus to be sub-par until proven otherwise, because it's not everyday food here. Curry, on the other hand - I have yet to have a "bad" curry, and even the "meh" curry would be what I would consider high-end in parts of the US I've lived.

Northern Kentucky  here, grew up calling it heel. 

West Virginia here. We call it the heel as well. 

Mass/NH here and we always called it a heel 

Yup, I grew up with "heel" -- but I never know whether some of these sayings come from the Yankee side or the Irish side of me 

I grew up in NJ and I call it the heel!