'It's Time the French Quit Bashing British Food'

The Local ^ | 23 Oct 2013

[FAA]

“It’s always appropriate to bash British food.”

Well, seriously, the Brits don’t give you a lot to work with. Once you get past the fish and chips and then the bangers and mash..........your pretty much left with various blood dishes and intestines.

[FAA]

“It is called, “McDonalds”...”

Tut, tut. That would be a Royale with Cheese and plenty of mayonnaise to go with your French Fries.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“There’s a rivalry between Cornwall and Devon as to who has the best pasties”

So they have strip joints too. Cool!

[Joe 6-pack]

It used to be said that...

In Heaven:
The police are British
The engineers are German
The chefs are French.

In Hell:
The police are German
The engineers are French
The chefs are British

[Fiji Hill]

I spent a few days in Britain, and had a hard time finding anything decent to eat. It was all fish and chips.

When I visited England in the 1960's, there was a chain of hamburger eateries called Wimpy--and that was an apt description of British hamburgers. On the other hand, I enjoyed subcontinental cuisine--curries, somosas, tandoori dishes, etc. on my last visit to England in the 1980's.

[Fiji Hill]

I like haggis--both the Scottish version and Saumagen--literally, sow's stomach--popular in the Rheinpfalz region in southwestern Germany.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Ukrainian borscht with black bread and ice cold vodka that will get your motor humming!

[Dr. Sivana]

You are right. The original McDonald brothers were Irish. I was thrown off by the Big Mac, and “Old MacDonald”.

[exDemMom]

The blood sausage is really good stuff if you like black pepper.

I don't recall blood sausage being peppery (I cannot eat black pepper), but I do recall that the flavor was extremely intense and rather unpleasant. I tried it in France.

[exDemMom]

When I visited England in the 1960's, there was a chain of hamburger eateries called Wimpy--and that was an apt description of British hamburgers.

I remember seeing a Wimpy's when I lived in France in the 1970s. I never was tempted to try it, I think the name put me off.

BTW, I like your screen name. We had a very nice family vacation in Fiji a year ago, and would dearly love to visit again.

[RedMDer]

I had it in Ireland. Maybe its prepared differently.

[Vanders9]

Good question!

[Vanders9]

British food is bad? Its all French propoganda! You’ve just been drinking the bordeaux!

[Vanders9]

Thats because Haggis really IS horrible. :)

[Vanders9]

There has been a concerted effort to rubbish British food by the international cuisine elite for decades.

[Fiji Hill]

BTW, I like your screen name. We had a very nice family vacation in Fiji a year ago, and would dearly love to visit again.

Ni sa bula vinaka!

[Smartisan]

Real men eat real food.

Only a pussy would turn their nose up at some black pudding, part and parcel of the full English. Can’t take 2 eggs, bacon, beans, toast, some nice Cumberland’s, and a cuppa?

You don’t like lamb chops, mint sauce, mash, parsnips? No?

You don’t like a nice steak and chips? No?

Peh, go have a salad and a mochachocafrapacino instead.

[kevkrom]

And the haggis.

I'm still not convinced anyone actually eats haggis. I strongly suspect it's just a jape played on outsiders, to see if any of them are gullible enough to eat that monstrosity.

[trisham]

It’s on the menus of many restaurants in Scotland. :)

[kevkrom]

That doesn't mean anyone actually eats it. ;)