cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35679472
Nah, British are kings of pastries, pies and cakes. Also don’t underestimate British cheeses. Cheddar cheese is the most popular cheese in the world, and where was it made? Britain. Then there’s stuff like Stilton, Wensleydale, and while Somerset Brie is really just a variant of Brie, it’s still really nice.
That’s not even digging into the various curries that gained their current forms in Britain, mainly by British Indians, who are just as British as any other.
Fat Americans out here standing in the world’s largest glass house hurling rocks with gay adandon.
Technically a lot of the classic curries are british food
That semi-colon made me wretch.
Much like your colon after having British food.
It’s weird because a comma or colon would have been fine, but a semicolon just feels wrong.
I have been to London a few times. The best food in London is Indian or Turkish food. English food is trashy.
The taste of their food and beauty of their women made the British the greatest sailors on Earth.
We got bread. We got cheese. We got beans.
What more do you want?
Flavor
Salt?
Now that’s a pro’a bri’ish flavor
Sausages ?
Ah yes a banger in the mouth.
ANUSTART
Including beans in breakfast is a British culinary achievement that I will never stop defending.
Beans for breakfast is also in Mexican food. So not weird to me.
As an American, I ate a sushirrito and a pizza sandwich.
Beans for breakfast upsets you, you haven’t lived.
Ate a what?
Oh no… no no no no no! This cannot be real
I live in the UK. Tonight we had fresh haddock and chips, caught locally. Yesterday we had lamb curry, made with locally sourced lamb. Local produce is abundant, and high quality. How you cook it is up to you, but we also have some of the best chefs in the world.
Local produce is abundant, and high quality.
French sounds of incredulity
Dans l’arène des imbéciles sans complexe méritant mépris, moqueries et mépris absolu, les Français trôneront toujours sur une tribune d’honneur. Cela est dû à leur provincialisme arrogant et absolu lorsqu’ils se proclament arbitres du goût. Leurs prétentions prétentieuses et élitistes à être la source des meilleurs délices épicuriens du monde ignorent toujours leur plagiat puéril des techniques, des saveurs et du talent artistique de leurs voisins européens, notamment italiens, et de leurs lieux de pillage asiatiques : les Indiens, les Chinois et les Japonais.
N’oubliez jamais de leur rappeler leur grossièreté inconsciente lorsqu’il est question de goût, d’art et de plaisir de vivre. Sinon, leur pompe étouffera tout.
Et surtout, faites-le en français. C’est le comble du bonheur que d’insulter les porcs français dans leur propre langue absurde ; c’est vraiment comme s’essuyer le derrière avec de la soie.
The Quebecois
Nice. It’s cool that curry has become a national English food. And well-made fish and chips is hard to top.
Yeah, the produce is high quality… for your British standards.
Ha, you’ve no idea what you’re talking about, Amigo. North Sea fish from the waters of Shetland is amazing. Shetland lamb, Scottish Beef. Google it. I suspect it shits all over the drugged up fodder served in American cities :-)
I’m not American, man. I’m from a place with actual excellent food.
I’m also just trolling 😁
Paradise is a place with Spanish food and British music.
Hell is a place with Spanish music and British food.
Not gonna lie, the food in Spain is tremendous. And yes, historically our recipes have been bland (but with decent produce). Post WW2 staples were dreadful. But we’re a fairly multicultural clubtry now, so Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Thai etc are all on the menu these days.
Sounds like somebody never tried a warm plate of Scraggledy Numps, or a bowl of Thumps in a Bodice, or even a hot cup of Singeshammy Longerjohns in Tabbernickywammelty sauce.
I genuinely believe these are actual names of actual british foods.
Go back far enough, and you uncover dishes with wonderful names like Farts of Portingale.
well america has shit on a shingle
So called because the toast in military kitchens were nicknamed shingles, as in roofing tiles. Evocative of bad cooking, which I’m betting was rampant.
Honestly, shit on a shingle (s.o.s. appropriately) is better than it sounds, even when not referred to under that name. But it’s definitely a comfort food. It’s not good for you, it’s just creamy, beefy, and starch. Inoffensive, cheap, and easy to make in bulk. (Kinda want some now.)
I had a hot cup of Singeshammy Longerjohns in Tabbernickywammelty sauce once.
Never again! I prefer mine cold.
Ever tried some bubble and squeak?
I don’t remember where I heard/read it first, but someone said that the British eat like they’re still going through the blitz. I thought that was hilarious, and it seemed true.
British Food is awesome. It’s not very colorful or ultra complex but it’s the kinda food that warms the soul.
- A good Sunday Roast with yorkshire pudding, lamb, roasted potatoes, peas, and gravy
- Fish and Chips served with a good curry or mushy peas
- Fresh warm scones with clotted cream and jam
- A proper fry up with a cup of tea
- Beef Wellington
- Pie Mash
- Meat pies
- Bridies
- Scotch Eggs
- Minemeat Pies
- Spotted Dick (Yeah yeah)
- Treacle Tart
- Banoffee Pie
There are few things that bring me more joy than popping into a Greggs on a cold rainy morning for an overheated cup of generic tea and a sausage roll.
Some other great British dishes:
- Tikka Masala
- Shepherd’s/Cottage Pie
- Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Cornish Pasty
- Crumpets
- CUSTARD
Tikka Masala ok.
Every one of these are top dishes
Love Shepherd’s Pie
Those sound good to have now and then, but not every day
My mom dated a Englishman when I was a kid and he made us “Yorkshire Pudding” that shit was excellent.
The best 'Fish and Chips" are made at this little seaside rstaurant in Oregon and made with Salmon. They must have ran out of chips because I got French Fries instead. Was still excellent though.
Ba dum tiss!
Best Fish n’ Chips Ive had was at a small pub near the old harbor in Reyknavik, arguing with two brits about toy internet spaceships, where the fish was alive that morning.
Euro food is the best, even the simple things, its just better.
Euro food is the best, even the simple things, its just better.
I certainly wouldn’t want to limit myself to “Euro” food exclusively. It’s good, but so is Mexican, Argentinian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese etc. I love how diverse food culture is.
I mostly am refering to food quality, no matter the quisine. When ever I fly back to the US from abroad, it takes a few days for everything to stop tasting like plastic, or having something off about it.
Its quite sad…
When you fly back to the US from abroad it takes a few days for everything to stop tasting like plastic? So you like food that tastes of plastic? I’m not sure what you are trying to say.
Still? Greggs is a rip off now and there are far too many of them. 16 in the damn centre of Manchester.
Just so none of us have to do a web search. What is spotted dick and why is it called that?
Dick refers to pudding.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
It’s a steamed suet pudding made with raisins or sultanas which make it look spotty.
Really not beating the allegations with that one.
“Dick” is an archaic way of writing dough. It can also be called spotted dog
I once had a conversation with my boss who was well-travelled. He said the secret to Europe is to eat in the Catholic countries. If you must spend time within a Protestant country, look around for a Catholic enclave within it. Not only will the food be superior, but people will be falling over each other to make sure you are well fed.
I looked at him incredulously. How can you say that? It’s such a sweeping generalization! And then I went to Europe…
I don’t know… my experience is that in Muslim communities they wont let you leave until your stomach explodes… then they offer you coffee and sweets to go with.
That’s good to know! Actually, now that I think of it, my wife and I visited the one and only mosque in our home town during a public event in a show of solidarity after it got vandalized. And I have to say, it was an absolute food fest in there!
It’s ok, we all think American food is shit too.
why
Their bread is sweet, their chocolate tastes like vomit, and everything has high fructose corn syrup in it
On the other hand, real Texas bbq is amazing
Yeah mass produced garbage is garbage, but there’s good food outside of that. 3-4 distinct bbq styles all great in their own right. Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. NY pizza, Detroit Pizza, Chicago Pizza and hot beef sandwiches. Biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, fried okra. Blackened seafood, crawfish boils, jambalaya, beignets. Where I’m at, smoked fish, wild rice, and pasties.
Are you saying that the popular outside image of the cuisine might be inaccurate then?
Yes. If you avoid the mass marketed junk food and chain restaurants, you can find some delicious and unique cuisine almost anywhere.
Yeah, it’s a shame how we’ve exported all of the worst of American cuisine. There is so much good shit
I would add “Tex Mex” among the list of good American food, along with “Chinese Food”.
By Chinese food of course I mean the food Chinese Americans and immigrants serve in the U.S. From what I understand it’s not really authentic Chinese food, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t tasty. I think it counts.
British food is still made either like the Luftwaffe is flying overhead or we are celebrating the fact that the war is over and we can cook with butter and oil again. There’s nothing in-between.
We’d hope y’all could come up with something better than deep-fried butter tho
Uhh, what could possibly be better than deep fried butter?!?
Butter-glazed butter-filled butter-fried butter fritters
With a beurre-blanc sauce
Have you smoked a spotted dick?
Not since boarding school…
Say what you will about British food, but a full English breakfast is the best thing after night out drinking.
So every morning then
We have something similar in the US, but we leave out the beans because we are not savages.
Your opinion is WRONG.
Ok, you are right. We are savages. We still leave out the beans though which I appreciate.
