Posted on 08/20/2004 1:39:00 AM PDT by BritishBulldog
Like 'Pushy' mother, like daughter By REBECCA ENGLISH, Daily Mail
08:30am 20th August 2004 Tall, Blonde and statuesque, Lady Gabriella Windsor has clearly inherited her mother's looks. In addition, Princess Michael of Kent appears to have passed on her tendency to rub the Americans up the wrong way.
Months after graduating from university and starting work as a writer, 23-year-old Gabriella has already run into a spot of bother.
In an article on food for the Spectator magazine, she describes British fare as 'bland' and consisting of 'warm beer, grey curries and unidentifiable soup'.
Her real venom, however, is saved for cuisine in the U.S., where she has spent the past four years studying. 'American food is overrated, unhealthy and revolting and the sooner my friends wean themselves off it, the better they will feel,' she says, writing under the name Ella Windsor.
The biggest purveyor of junk, she says, is the popular family restaurant chain the Cheesecake Factory. 'Grotesque' is the word she uses to describe its slices of dessert the size of bricks.
'It must put a strain on family life, having to watch your nearest and dearest eating this gunk,' she says. Ella singles out for attention the Tons of Fun Burger, described as: 'Double patties, double cheese, triple sesame-seed bun and secret sauce served with fries'.
She writes: 'A pastrami sandwich comes with a good six inches of meat in the middle - how do you get your mouth around something that is bigger than your head? After a few attempts, any appetite you might once have had is gone.
'Have you tried an American apple? They look perfect - enormous, red and shiny - but have the consistency of cotton wool. 'It's the same with the meat: huge, juicy-looking steaks and chops, perfectly grilled, pink inside, but tasting of wet paper.'
Back in the UK, however, Lady Gabriella, who is 30th in line to the throne, still isn't happy. 'I flew back from America looking forward to shepherd's pie and pints of beer only to be confronted by an upsurge in American fast food in London.'
It is not the first time that the outspoken royal has risked the wrath of her friends in the U.S.. Shortly before graduating from Brown University on Rhode Island she wrote a 'searing exposé' of her fellow students' alcohol abuse, drug taking, sexual licentiousness and all-round bad behaviour.
And recently her mother - dubbed Princess Pushy for her regal airs - caused a storm on both sides of the Atlantic when she allegedly told a group of black American diners to 'go back to the colonies'. In an interview to rebut the claims she stirred up even more trouble by using the world 'half-caste' and referring to black South Africans as 'these adorable people'.
Ella's attack on U.S. food was greeted with disdain by experts.
Sally Clarke, of Clarke's restaurant in London, credited with bringing Californian-style cooking to London, said: 'Fast food is bad food wherever you go in the world and unfortunately she seems to have lumped it together with every other type of American cuisine.
'I can honestly say that I have learnt more about food in America than anywhere else. In terms of quality, freshness, seasonality and taste, the restaurants there are second to none.'
Well, the reason that the Brits drink warm beer is because Lucas made the refrigerators! lol
(Inside joke for Brit car and motorcycle enthusiasts... "Lucas, the Prince of Darkness!")
Mark
Is it true that Marmite is ground up marmosets?
Mark
She's an idiot. Obviously some foreigners are desperate now for reasons to hate America when you start slamming its cuisine. Hubby and I just had a couple of Angus T-bones the other day--they were yummy. Not that she would ever get her "delicate, pwescious, widdle" fingers dirty, but if she's tasted any of the BBQ listed on that thread recently, she's out of her mind if she thinks that isn't great cuisine. What I love about living in the states is the variety of food. So many cultures, some specific to our country(southern/soul food, wide variety of BBQ, etc). It is a treat if you love food to travel this country by car since you get a real flavor each place you go. Americans wouldn't be so "fat" if our food wasn't so good!
Agree. This country didn't get famous for Mom's Apple Pie for nothing;-) And the only thing I don't like about the apples here is the wax they put on them, otherwise, I've had a number of tasty apples.
ROFLMAO!! I'll say no more lest I get banned.
You just need to know where to buy your beef: Or continue to buy Kobe!
The best beef I ever had was at a shooting match in Garden City, KS. The guy who hosted the match was a rancher, and on the second day of the match, he had a BBQ. The "guest of honor" was a cow that he slaughterd the previous day. No stress to the cow at all, unlike those who go through the slaughterhouses. This cow was just calmly standing around, chewing its cud, and he walked up to it and put a .357 round into its skull. It just dropped dead on the spot. After 24 hours in a BBQ pit, it was the best tasting, most tender meat I've ever had.
Mark
Now, now, that is not entirely true. My mom is a Brit and there is nothing like a good Shephard's Pie(with ground beef, no surprise kidney or liver please! LOL), Scotch Eggs, Trifle, and my mother makes the best pot roast--she can throw it in an oven with a few spices and not much else and the thing is awesome. My mom is a hell of a baker too--makes great cookies and cakes. The brits can get it right;-)
I've found much of the Brits food though to be comfort food like ours with, yes, a little more bland palate.
My mum says there is nothing wrong with a little "bangers and mash" and Toad in the 'ole is to die for.(yes, she happened in next to me on this one).
She stands like a Barbie doll--
LOL--yes American food has left its mark on me as well;-)
I have a similar story. My mom is a Brit and we took several trips back to England. Tea is a light affair, but many of choices. I remember butter sandwiches, pickled onions, beets, and of course tea was served at my grandparents' place.
Reminds me of the old line..."why to the Brits drink their beer at room temperature? Because their refrigerators are made by Lucas..."
LOL! As much as I talk up my mother's cooking, there are some things I could not touch on the British menu. My grandmother tried to get me to eat some kind of liver and I hated it. They also were partial to lamb(with a mint jelly on the side) and I can tolerate lamb, but I'm not crazy about it. Blood pudding is not happening here--LOL!
BTW, my grandpa(rest his soul died at 81 almost 18 months ago) used to love eating some of that stuff we thought was gross and in his thick British accent tell us "Oh, it's lovely" while eating it right in front of us with vigor--oh he was a card.
Well yes, I believe a certain company featuring Golden Arches and a clown is quite popular...at least with the lower classes ;o)
As grandpa would say, "You scallywag".
Someone should have told her that one can eat WHATEVER she WANTS in this country but then people would think I was catty or somethin'. ;o)
Is your mom a brit too beaversmom?
I can't remember exactly where my mum grew up--I want to say Kent, but her parents lived in Bedfordshire for many years(we first visited them in 77 and they already lived there) . You'll find a bench dedicated in her parents' name in the Millenium Park in Tempsford and they are buried at the little church up the road from their house there.
What about the ever-popular "Marmite". It looks like axle grease and has a flavor akin to all the bad medicine you have ever had in your life.
The name for a hamburger does not come from Germany. Nor does the name sandwich come from a town on Cape Cod (or it's namesake on the rock across the pond), but the Earl of Sandwich, who wanted an easy-to-eat food while playing cards
Hamburg is as german as french toast (From some guy named French's restaurant in upstate new york) or french fries.
Don't want to turn this into a recipe thread, but you got to me - Brisket - yum!
What's your recipe? What temperature and for how long?
Agree with you both on Yorkshore pudding. Throw in some "bangers" for Toad in the 'ole. Good stuff!
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