Subject: Is British food the worst?
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Jan 04 08
Posted by: Les_Johnson
Subject: Is British food the worst?
Date: Jan 04 08
Of all the major countries in the world, is British cuisine the worst? I'd have to say yes. I suppose one could make a case for Korea, but at least Korean cuisine has flavor. The only good British dish I've ever had is Beef Wellington, and against that must be offset truly revolting dishes like "haggis." What's your opinion? Les
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stuthehistoryguy
This probably belongs in "Hobbies"
Reply #1. Jan 04 08, 9:11 AM Delete - Edit
jonnowales
I don't like British food in all honesty, and ye this will be moved to hobbies.
I like fish and chips and can tolerate Sunday roast dinners if they are infrequent. Much else is pushing it.
Reply #2. Jan 04 08, 9:19 AM Delete - Edit
BxBarracuda
Boycot.
Not because of the idea of learning more about british food, but the manner in which the subject is approached does not lead to good discussion on the subject.
Reply #3. Jan 04 08, 9:22 AM Delete - Edit
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Jan 04 08
Posted by: Les_Johnson
Subject: Is British food the worst?
Date: Jan 04 08
Of all the major countries in the world, is British cuisine the worst? I'd have to say yes. I suppose one could make a case for Korea, but at least Korean cuisine has flavor. The only good British dish I've ever had is Beef Wellington, and against that must be offset truly revolting dishes like "haggis." What's your opinion? Les
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3 replies. On page 1 of 1 pages. 1
stuthehistoryguy
This probably belongs in "Hobbies"
Reply #1. Jan 04 08, 9:11 AM Delete - Edit
jonnowales
I don't like British food in all honesty, and ye this will be moved to hobbies.
I like fish and chips and can tolerate Sunday roast dinners if they are infrequent. Much else is pushing it.
Reply #2. Jan 04 08, 9:19 AM Delete - Edit
BxBarracuda
Boycot.
Not because of the idea of learning more about british food, but the manner in which the subject is approached does not lead to good discussion on the subject.
Reply #3. Jan 04 08, 9:22 AM Delete - Edit
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griller 
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I have never been familiar with British food, except the bubble and squeak my mother would prepare when I was a child, so I have no way of knowing how good traditional British fare would actually be. All the foods mentioned so far I would be willing to try. I think before anybody could call a countries food the worst, they would have to sample food from every other country. If someone would post some recipes, I'd be glad to prepare some and tell you what I think. Reply #41. Jan 04 08, 5:00 PM |
baldricksmum
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Haggis is actually rather nice when drenched in whisky. Reply #42. Jan 04 08, 5:01 PM |
| griller
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Honeybee, chili in America is a very regional dish. Depending on what part of the country you are eating it in, it is prepared many different ways. Having lived all over the U.S., Texas chili is my least favorite. Reply #43. Jan 04 08, 5:05 PM |
looby_lucifer
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Les, you typed...."Well, there's looby again, straining to be obnoxious ... what else is new on FT? Les" I'll tell you what would be nice on FT Les... a touch of Humility, a touch of Honesty, and a touch of Reality... all from you. Your snidey bigoted shots at us Brits is getting a bit wearing. Prove your worth big-man... and appologise for being a tedious, run-of-the-mill keyboard hero, with not a single redeeming feature. Go for it ;) Reply #44. Jan 04 08, 5:13 PM |
lesley153
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We have the best ingredients in the world, and our cooking stands or falls on the quality of our ingredients, which is why we haven't needed to mask our food with extravagant, complex sauces, or spice it to add flavour and disguise putrescence. This is probably why the Vindaloo-Tex-Mex-MSG generation denounces it as bland, although the French pay premium prices for our Welsh salt marsh lamb, which is sold as "pre-salted," and our herrings and shellfish, and the Japanese tie themselves in knots trying to make whisky in Japan. We have some great traditional dishes too, from cock-a-leekie and cullen skink to Devon cream teas and star-gazy pie. Every culture has at least one dish designed to make a little expensive food or an animal go a long way, like Lancashire hot-pot, where the (expensive) mutton is bulked out with vegetables and (once cheap) oysters; pigs' trotters and calf's foot jelly; brawn; stuffed carp; chopped liver. Haggis and black pudding are among these but they aren't the be-all and end-all of British cooking - honest! Reply #45. Jan 04 08, 5:51 PM |
| lesley153
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Les, when were you in Britain? If it was long enough ago, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at the difference. Reply #46. Jan 04 08, 5:53 PM |
honeybee4
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Actually, Les, I was just trying to get a rise out of you. Yes I do love chili, and any kind of beans for that matter. Reply #47. Jan 04 08, 5:58 PM |
zonko
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so les is a chef as well as a bodybuilding lawyer is there no end to this guys talent Reply #48. Jan 04 08, 6:01 PM |
| lesley153
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Looby, what first made you dislike this energetic young man who earns loads of money and has a gorgeous body? He's a chef too, Zonko? I missed that! He'd definitely mine! :) Baldricksmum, *anything* is good drenched in whisky! Reply #49. Jan 04 08, 6:08 PM |
| looby_lucifer
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Lesley, your welcome to him... i'm going to get back to trying to cook a Findus boil-in-the-bag cod in butter sauce by staring at it very intently. The height of British Cuisine ;) Reply #50. Jan 04 08, 6:17 PM |
| lesley153
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Thank you, Looby, for relinquishing any claim you may have on Les, and please accept my apologies for omitting the best of British cooking - boil-in-the-bag fish. Beats gravadlax any day. Cooking by staring? Telekinetic heating - magic! Reply #51. Jan 04 08, 6:29 PM |
| looby_lucifer
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No Lesley, it's just that i used to suffer from short- sightedness and I had a Laser Vision operation but due to an unexpected ion storm it went slightly wrong. Now, I can cook boil-in-the-bag meals at a single glance. I definitely pulled the short straw on the super hero list... Do'h! Reply #52. Jan 04 08, 6:56 PM |
jonnowales
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LMAO! Looby, you really do make this an oddly amusing forum :) Reply #53. Jan 04 08, 7:26 PM |
fontenilles
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"although the French pay premium prices for our Welsh salt marsh lamb, which is sold as "pre-salted,"" Pardon? What? Lol! French lamb ( always sold fresh)is very expensive but very tasty. NZ lamb almost always bought frozen here is half the prize but okay. Never heard of pre salted lamb - sure it exists if lesley says so but sounds bizarre to me! Robin Reply #54. Jan 04 08, 7:29 PM |
Cymruambyth
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I was among the truly blessed, having grown up in a household with a mother who was a professional cook before she married (remember 'Upstairs, Downstairs'? My mum was the equivalent of Mrs. Bridges). I grew up in the UK eating very well, thank you. To this day my favourite dinner is succulent leg of lamb with tiny new potatoes, fresh green peas and homemade mint sauce, preceded by homemade mushroom bisque, and followed by a delicious spotted dick with golden syrup, a tossed green salad (why do North Americans eat salad first when it is supposed to be a palate cleanser?) and a tray of British cheeses (if you haven't eaten Caerphilly, real Cheddar from the Cheddar Gorge, or a nice firm Gloucestershire cheese, you haven't lived!) and nuts - fresh out of the shell, not packed in vacuum sealed cans! We ate homemade bread, always fresh not frozen vegetables, and loads of fresh fruit (it helps if one's grandfather runs a market garden). Every part of Britain has its own sausage recipe (I'm very partial to Welsh sausages and Yorkshire sausages, delicately seasoned, utterly toothsome), and who could pass up a Melton Mowbray pork pie, fresh trout, sizzling thick rashers of fried bacon with either fried eggs or fried tomatoes, Wye salmon, good old fish and chips (halibut is my fish of choice, with malt vinegar, of course),finnan haddie poached in milk with butter....oh, rats, my keyboard is covered in drool! Here in North America too much of our food is processed not fresh, and lately there's been a movement toward the hundred mile diet - eating only those foodstuffs grown within a 100 mile radius of one's home. There's also a preponderance of fast food joints and fast food is anathema to me (and my digestive system, which isn't partial to grease overload!) On the other hand, because of the diversity of the Canadian population, we also can enjoy wonderful curries from India, flavourful Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese (especially Szechuan!) and Japanese dishes, food from Mediterranean countries (I particularly enjoy fresh calamari, and spanitopika) and Austrian, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, French, West Indian (ever tried roti or jump stew made with goat meat?), Middle Eastern, Ukrainian and Russian dishes. There's also a wonderful array of native North American fare like bison stew, pan-seared pickerel and bannock, and French Canadian cuisine - my favourites: tortiere and creme brulee. I'm also lucky enough to live in a city with a wealth of superb restaurants. If one could afford it, one could eat out for 150 nights in a row and never repeat the same cuisine choices! Reply #55. Jan 04 08, 7:31 PM |
| griller
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OK, now I'm hungry. Reply #56. Jan 04 08, 7:35 PM |
| jonnowales
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I'm now wishing my area had an all night Thai restaurant! It is really appealing to me right now! Reply #57. Jan 04 08, 7:45 PM |
| fontenilles
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Cym - It's the first time all night that my toothache has died down - could be the painkillers but think your last post helped - what do you think of Cumberland sausage and Potato cakes? Robin Reply #58. Jan 04 08, 7:47 PM |
| fontenilles
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Jono I love Thai food too - Toulouse is full of Thai restaurants. Robin Reply #59. Jan 04 08, 7:50 PM |
| lesley153
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Goodness, Robin, anyone would think that you had forgotten your roots. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/food/pages/saltmarshlamb.shtml Reply #60. Jan 04 08, 8:08 PM |
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