Posted on 10/26/2007 11:23:43 AM PDT by the scotsman
Who needs fancy food when you can have the delights of Marmite, PG Tips and Fray Bentos? Last updated at 00:40am on 26th October 2007
'Gravy, PG Tips, Jammie Dodgers, Brown Sauce - the British have one of the most esoteric culinary tastes in the world. Now, award-winning food writer Nigel Slater has written a book celebrating this eccentric culture and choosing his favourites...
Great British traditions include dripping, OXO cubes and trifle..'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Scots, Welsh and Ulster food tends to be both better and better cooked.
Simple British food is great though, as the article shows...
See my answer to Colorado...
Rubbish.
I have had great steaks at general restaurants and fine steaks at the best hotels.
British cooking includes Scots, Welsh and Ulster food, and the former has some of the finest natural produce in the world and many wonderful Scottish dishes.
And English food(though inferior)isnt the horror show Americans think...
The best food I ever ate in England was at an authentic Spanish restaurant.
Oh Lord, I forgot all about that! When I first came over here, people looked at me REALLY FUNNY as I was taking pictures of Frozen Faggots in the freezer section at the grocery store to send to my friends...my English boyfriend walked away really quickly so as not to draw attention to his crazy Yank girlfriend taking pictures of frozen food! I was laughing my ass off! Ahem, no wonder Brits think we’re weird, sorry!
Yea...as I wrote my celebration of French engineering I was remembering those old Fiats and Renaults of the late 50s, early 60s. They seemed more like something one would expect from the East Germans.
I would guess that it was socialism, rather than engineering that was responsible for that kind of junk. I think the high-speed TGV trains, the nuclear infrastructure, and some of the breathtaking bridges are more representative of the true spirit of French engineering. (Of course, they made a complete mess of public access to the Internet. That, too, I suppose was "statism." They were quick to impose a public solution (their "Minitel" terminals) that casued them first to leap ahead, but then fall far behind, in Internet access.)
Ireland has a fine reputation for food.
Tell them to widen their horizons.It depresses me to see Americans rush for a McDonalds. I have seen this from Austria to Scotland, Holland to Italy.
Mind you some British can just be as bad.
Never tried US fish and chips,but Scots fish and chips I would find hard to believe are beatable....
And yes, the English DO overcook their veg, but the Scots, Welsh and Irish dont.
Yeah, but you grew up on English food, not Scots, Welsh or Ulster.
All far better and better cooked.
Bless you.
English food isnt as good as the rest of the UK or Ireland.
What did you particularly hate or like or find odd/new?...
Come north or go west....lol
Shirtest Two books in the world:
“Accomplishments of Hillary Clinton”
and
“Great British Chefs”
I am a North Carolinian -- and a booster of our indigenous foods -- but I must admit that your Pine Restaurant looks more like something one would more typically see in the Northeast than in the South...roadhouses, tarverns, rural restaurants. I wish that our countryside was sprinkled with one-of-a-kind, owner/operator restaurants.
Lived there from 85 - 88. Played Polo at the Guard Club. Had home in Englefield Green, office in Windsor. Did lots of London - still have family there - so yes, I know the place.
Spend some time in Scotland and Wales.
“I can think of American abominations to food as well as many great US dishes.”
Yes, so can I.
Doesn’t mean I am not correct either.
Cheers.
Actually, I believe that London is considered to have a more vibrant, high-end food scene than Paris, these days. (Of course, I am sure that the London chefs have not earned that lofty reputation by sticking with the traditional local fare.)
“4 star restaurants”
Michelin rates w/ 3 stars
To which rating system do you refer?
Found that place in Floyd, Va. about 45 minutes S.E. of Roanoke. Built in the 1920’s and run by the same family for that long.
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