Burger King boss insults British

telegraph ^ | 3/12/2011 | Nick Britten

[wiseone]

Burger King boss insults British women and food The chief executive of Burger King has described British women as ugly and English food as “terrible”, in a gaffe likely to enrage his customers in this country.

[MountainDad]

Shark steaks, maybe? Rattlesnake? Angus you said -- Angus sheep? They have lots of critters in Angus, Scotland. Or is it Angus, Nebraska?

Lmao!. (Guess I better clairify myself next time.)

[driftless2]

My British-born wife puts malt vinegar on her french fries. She uses ketchup for just about everything else.

[Impy]

FWIW

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8379030/British-food-exports-topped-10bn-in-2010.html

And don’t forget gin.

[paulycy]

[Rummyfan]

Marking....

[alarm rider]

First of all, you have to define “British” food. Does he mean English food, Scots food, Welsh food, Irish food? All are a bit different. Is he talking traditional English food? If so, that’s country fare, just good decent stuff which by the way is making a comeback thanks to some visionary chefs.

Indian food is not “British” food, nor is Italian, nor Asian food. Just like everywhere else in the civilized world, the larger the city, the more choices you have. You can find great resturants in London and New York, you can also find crap. The food in the cities varies. What people cook at home and what passes for take away is vastly different.

[bboop]

I LOVE popovers. What did I say? (must search...). ah, yes, British food.

[ladyjane]

Yorkshire pudding. Same thing - sort of.

[bert]

Malt vinegar...... very good stuff.

I like it better than catchup and certainly better than sauce mayonnaise on fried potatoes

[Vanders9]

You mean they aren’t artificially whitened?

[Vanders9]

And the reason for that would be an industrial revolution and two world wars. With food rationing a lot of the good traditional stuff disappeared, especially that which required any spices (which were unobtainable).

Unlike pretty much everywhere else in the world, the best British food has always been served in people's homes, never in top restaurants. So I think most people have an unreasonable downer on it. It's not helped by the fact that our own chefs and gourmets do not support it in any way. The reason we have so many top chefs who major Italian, French or Indian dishes is that British food is utterly unique. If you were raised on it (as I was) then everyone else's idea of food is exotic, by definition!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Ahem....



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[petercooper]

BTTT

[Stoat]

I haven't eaten at a Burger King in decades, after I read in the news of a food-handling and intentional poisoning scandal perpetrated by employees at one of their outlets.  This could happen at any fast-food store I'm sure but it just put me off the brand.  Yes, it was THAT bad of a scandal.  I won't go into detail, given that this is a family site.

I've loved the Indian food in London.  I'll leave it at that.  It's a matter of personal taste and what you're used to, I'm sure.

That being said, there are definitely some 'interesting' things that can be found:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nkycincinnatikid]

Franz Lisbeth?
The family resemblance is truly striking!
Great picture/post.