You can't make a proper bubble and squeak without lots of streaky bacon!
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...
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Look for Vegimite. It's the same stuff.
Only someone who has never eaten Vegemite, Marmite or both would say something like that. A simple google search of What's the difference between Marmite and Vegemite would be a good place to start.
They have to be the most gaseous nation on Earth, what with beans on virtually everything, even curry, as well as very eggy things, everything is eggy! The Scots even deep-fry hard-boiled eggs (hence the name Scotch eggs, it took me a while to figure that one out until I had the courage to ask because there is no way in Hell I’ll be eating one anytime soon) :-)
Spotted Dick/Dog, Drowned Baby, etc.
Try http://www.amazon.com/Lobscouse-Spotted-Dog-Gastronomic-Companion/dp/0393045595?tag=dogpile-20
Ah, but she’s so beautiful many of us would like to be bitten by her!
My suggestion for what would be the all-time best-ever show on the Food Channel: "Nigella Does Italian - with Special Guest Monica Bellucci"
I wouldn't care whether they cooked anything or not...
The Italians taught the French how to cook when a French King (Francis V? or was it Henri the something?) imported Catherine de Medici (and her kitchen staff) as his bride.
British food may not be fine dining, but they have breakfast fare sewn up nicely in my opinion.
English breakfasts..yum
also molasses loaf, and eccles cakes.
black puddin’
white puddin’
blood puddin’
brown bread
...but nothing beats a good haggis.
Traveling man’s definition of heaven and hell.
In heaven: The French are the chefs, the Swiss run the hotels, the Italians are the lovers, the Germans are the mechanics, and the English are the Police.
In Hell: The French run the hotels, the Swiss are the lovers, the Italians are the mechanics. the Germans are the police, and the Brits do the cooking.
When I was in Ireland in September, I had the worst serving of roast beef in my life. Tough and dry, not even gravy helped.
Several friends who have been to Ireland have commented that the best meal they had whilst there was at a McDonald’s while touring Dublin.
When I watch TV it is usually Alton Brown on the food channel (Good Eats, or the Kitchen Stadium), or some other food channel fare. I watch a very few sports programs and never watch the alphabet news news programs. I also have one ION TV program on the Gene Scott network that I watch or record every weeknight. As of this week, there is no Nigella program on the food channel I get in E.TN. If she gets another program I’ll watch it ‘studiously’. BTW, I loved the two fat ladies, too. One of their best shows was the boys school mass meal following a cricket match.
They sell Marmite at the local hippie food store here along with Vegemite
Thanks. I’ll try my local hippie food store.
In general the food in Ireland was pretty good. The chicken and salmon was delicious. I also had filet mignon that was wonderful.
hmmmmm, Cranston Pickle with Royal Stilton on cream crackers with Newcastle Brown Ale to wash it down!
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