Author Topic: English food (Read 745 times)

Dowding · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2002, 05:01:23 PM »

Kebabs suck.

midnight Target · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2002, 05:21:35 PM »

English food MUST suck and I can prove it in 2 words......

Naked Chef

Dowding · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2002, 05:27:38 PM »

Jamie Oliver (Naked Chef) sucks.

Although his wife/girlfriend is tasty.

thrila · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2002, 05:47:23 PM »

where do people get the idea that brits drink warm beer? The weather is never warm enough to get hot beer!:(

Coming from Devon, UK i eat quite a few pasties. Don't eat curries often, i don't think my toilet could take it if i ate more than i currently do. English tea with clotted cream on scones is nice......mmmmmmm....clotted cream.....mmmmm......

straffo · « **Reply #19 on:** March 14, 2002, 02:22:45 AM »

English food is ok provided you don't eat anything post-victorian

And you can survive with Pakish/Indian McDonald Fish & chips or anything not post-victorian English food

Tumor · « **Reply #20 on:** March 14, 2002, 02:45:56 AM »

GATOR!! Just discovered that was good eatin here the other day. Ordered the "Swamp Platter" at a little joint here in Florida and was pleasantly suprised at how good the gator was (if not a tad tough). The fried frog legs though... if you could give a meaty texture to water thats about what I thought of them.

Squirrel is doggone good too, but the grey's are much better'n the reds if you can find'em big enough.

Brit food? Great stuff! I actually find myself missing the occasional pork-pie snack lol. My wife is Brit, she tends to burn water but my mom-in-law is a great cook, but I'm sure I could hear my arteries hardening during her dinner's (err...Tea)

Tumor · « **Reply #21 on:** March 14, 2002, 02:47:53 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Kebabs suck.

what a HORRIBLE thing to say!! lol

Swoop · « **Reply #22 on:** March 14, 2002, 05:59:33 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
English food MUST suck and I can prove it in 2 words......

Naked Chef

There is absolutely no argument to this statement.

easymo · « **Reply #23 on:** March 14, 2002, 09:15:44 AM »

Misleading title. I thought this was a thread about killing spits.

StSanta · « **Reply #24 on:** March 15, 2002, 01:01:21 AM »

Ripsnort have a sister?

Man if I'd known this before, old Rippie here would the uncle of Danish-American brats.

Always late, that's my problem.

Better get to class - it starts in 5 minutes

VWE001 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 15, 2002, 09:13:19 AM »

My vote goes for Dove, nothing is as easy to clean, cook and eat as Dove. I prefer mine done on an open pit grill wrapped in a slice of maple bacon.

Pei · « **Reply #26 on:** March 17, 2002, 11:17:20 AM »

Swoop stop it
I'm feeling homesick now

hmmmmmmmmmmm steak and kidney pie, black pudding, curry (oh for a jalfrezi right now) .......................

but more importantly Ringwoods, Blacksheep, Eldridge Pope, Green King, Exmoor, Durham...........

The good news from the yank side of the pond is that a small number of my hosts are beginning to realize there is more to beer than it being freezing cold and tasting like piss (the two are linked in my mind; US beer has to be freezing to numb your taste buds so you can drink it).

-lynx- · « **Reply #27 on:** March 18, 2002, 11:15:06 AM »

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I'm no big fan of froggies...but they sure do know how to cook!

Two words - onion soup. Can you think of anything more disgusting than boiled onions?

I think most people have no clue what they're talking about when they say "English food". I see nothing wrong with good honest steak and chips or mash. It's not fancy but when done right it's delicious. I hate posh places when you get nothing to eat with some fancy named sauce on your plate brought to you by crappy waiter who fakes French accent and thinks that somehow that qualifies him for a tip:).

Warm beer? Are you talking about lagers, bitters, ales or what? Cuz lager's served in any pub at ~5C. It's nice and cold. Some people like traditional stuff which is not supposed to be coming from a fridge but in any case tastes better than that 0-2% ABV thing you mistake for beer over there:D. And it's not just beer - any pub in the land will have 4+ different kinds on tap not to mention bottled stuff. And hey - when you ask for a pint it's what you get too - 568ml - not like say in Holland when they whoop a great head in your glass and then take the top of it off! Rip-off place when drinking is concerned that Holland place is I tell ya;)

Not sure 'bout Jamie Oliver m'self although he's bagloads more fun that that pompous cow Delia Smith. But great chefs there's a plenty of - my GF went on Ready Steady Cook, I know it from her. They do do it in 20 minutes flat in front of the cameras with products out of the bag in front of them 5 minutes before they start shooting and the stuff they produce looks fabulous and is delicious - I trust her and I know she knows her food. Not a single Frenchman amongst those chefs too:)

To get to taste really nice English food you need to know places to go to - not available to many tourists unfortunately and heavily depends on the area you're in.

p.s had to edit out "British" - haggis is a horrible thing and I really don't want to know what it' is made of;)

Nifty · « **Reply #28 on:** March 18, 2002, 11:54:44 AM »

I prefer quail over dove, myself. Rabbits are better than squirrels as well. But sheesh, you can't talk game without talking about Bambi. Venison is where it's at.

Although it's not game, I prefer a fresh, grilled tuna steak over any wild game. That or blackened. mmm, blackened tuna steak...

Loompia (or lumpia) are filipino spring rolls/egg rolls if I'm not mistaken. Usually just pork and seasoning (sometimes a few carrot pieces) in a thin wrap. We used to have a custodian here who was filipino and his wife would make us loompia and panzit (spelling?) for our office parties. mmm, that was some good eatings there!

Curval · « **Reply #29 on:** March 18, 2002, 12:08:58 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
If Curval has his way, I admit to being mostly Italian!:D

I only put that in for completeness sake....

Everyone knows that the real "lovers" were born in Bermuda!

-lynx-...you and Swoop are right about English food being good wholesome stuff.....I eat it everyday.

French onion soup is great stuff though....forget the broth for a minute...what about all that cheese and croutons...ummmm

Question: Is Chicken Pot Pie British? I believe that it is.