Posted on 10/26/2013 3:42:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If the French have the best food, how come they didn’t invent pizza?
HELL
-The food is British
-The cars are French
-The police are German
-The lovers are Swiss
...and the whole thing is run by Italians
Bacon. Bacon is the best food.
It's bacon!
I have heard it described as France having the best cooks, but Italy having the best food.
Y SHOULD THEY QUIT BASHING BRITISH FOOD? IT SUKS!
Sorry. I don’t have any respect for the French. However, they do have the best food. And the British do have some of the worst, and most unimaginative food.
Fish and chips! Seriously?
Having taken several trips to Britain and Ireland, I can reliably say the British fish and chips are the best. They do serve them with mushy peas (delicious) which are usually not found in American fish dinners. Cornish pasties are also delicious. (I’ve got to try Devon pasties sometime. There’s a rivalry between Cornwall and Devon as to who has the best pasties.)
The French, Parisians in particular, have periodic waves of fascination with peculiar things foreign to them. I recall over a decade ago, they fell in love with pumpkins and had the Champs Elysees lined from one end to the other with Jack O’Lanterns. So, the English would do well not to get too excited, it’s le trendy, fickle and fleeting by nature.
It’s always appropriate to bash British food.
I’ve always gotten a kick out of Americans who look down their noses at British food. Those of us of Scots-Irish heritage — a substantial percentage — grew up eating mostly the same stuff.
Well, without the eel, of course.
And the haggis.
Well, yes. That, too, didn't seem to make the ocean crossing for some reason. Heh.
:)
“Those of us of Scots-Irish heritage — a substantial percentage — grew up eating mostly the same stuff.”
I’ve never had the Haggis Laddie! Of course I was raised in the South and down there it was BACON!!!!
I understand that the French have been eager consumers of food provided by a famous Scottish restaurant. In fact, this Scottish cuisine is readily available in the U.S. as well.
It is called, “McDonalds”.
“Those of us of Scots-Irish heritage — a substantial percentage — grew up eating mostly the same stuff.”
Ah, hold the BLOOD pudding and the BLOOD sausage please. Any my mom’s fried potatoes never left a puddle of grease on my plate.
I actually ate the haggis at a Robert Burns dinner several years ago. I thought it wasn’t bad. Perhaps I should try it again sober and see how it tastes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_cuisine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_cuisine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_cuisine
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