"cradle Episcopalian" - "christened" (renamed to "baptized" ) and confirmed in it.
My parish is Anglo-Catholic in that, as someone else pointed out upthread, has all the "smells and bells" - literally everything gets the incense treatment and Communion gets its own set of bells during the recitation of this sacrament - and is often dubbed "High Church".
My parish includes the "common cup" (chalice), has an ornate carved wood Confessional Booth in the back, AND has 14 stations of the Cross on columns around the nave of the church (vs 12 that most others have), plus has a somewhat "isolated" High Altar behind an intricately carved partition (where the choir is also seated).
There ARE big differences for other things between the Anglo-Catholic and Catholic however, number one obviously being no "Pope", among other things, but the liturgies are similar.
There is also the "Book of Common Prayer", which had a huge update here in the U.S. in 1979, basically becoming what I call a "mini encyclopedia/how-to" for the various services - with the options for the readings for that day's services from the Old Testament and the New Testament (Gospels). There were additional updates since.
For Communion, it's how you hold your hands - cupped and you'll receive a host in your hand, and if you cross your hands across your chest, then they will dip the host.
I have been to other church services (although a long time ago) that do Communion and for instance, the Baptists had the little cups of grape juice.
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