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Glorious Food? English Schoolchildren Think Not
Rotherham Journal ^
| October 18, 2006
| Sarah Lyall
Posted on 10/18/2006 9:42:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Red Badger
"I've wanted to try kidney pie, but just can't seem to get past the name...........BTW when was the last time you visited a English Restaurant (in America)?......"
It's not the name, there are beef kidney's in it. Honestly, I recommend you try offal. Everyone has been force fed liver as a kid (I actually do like it with onions and bacon), but kidneys are alright, tripe is great (but chewy), sweatbreads are great on toast, and beef heart (if you cook it fast and serve it fast) is like the most tender steak you've had, with a little of the organ "it kinda falls apart when you chew it" texture.
The last time I've eaten in an English restaurant in the US was maybe five years ago at some little tea place in Greenwich Village, NYC (right next to a fish and chips place actually). I had the lentils, they were what you'd expect.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:17:09 AM PDT
by
NYFriend
To: Gondring
LOL!!!!
Even when I still lived in Delaware I avoided the Wilmington area like the plague.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:17:50 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: onyx
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:18:14 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Red Badger
Well, they are a sort of graham cracker, made by McVities. They're very good. You can now buy them (along with things like HP Sauce and - another wonderful item - Branstons Pickle) at American super markets.
To: agrarianlady
I always loved "Fawlty Towers"....:)
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:19:43 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: Red Badger
I've had steak and kidney pie many times. Done well, the kidney is difficult to tell from potato. As for english restaurants, there are (relatively speaking) lots in Florida. Not sure about other states.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:20:35 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
To: Mrs Ivan
>Given the option, eat it, or eat nothing.
Geez maam, you sound like a fascist! Why on earth can't they bring their own food???
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:20:58 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: MadIvan
Deep-fried candy bars are good. We have them at the state fair.
But, I only eat them once a yaer. I can literally feel my arteries clogging.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:21:09 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: NYFriend
Cornish pasties (basically a hot pocket made out of pie crust or biscuit dough with meat and vegetables and/or fruit filling)Is that the basis for the Jamaican pattie? They're everywhere here in Toronto.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:21:16 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
To: dljordan
To: pgkdan
Brussels sprouts are very easy to ruin and almost impossible to cook properly, but it can be done. Truly fresh brussels sprouts, lightly steamed and buttered are exquisite.
I can safely say that I never had a bad meal any of the times I've been in England. I've declined to eat a few things, particularly at breakfast, but always been able to find something decent. BBQ beans and fried eggs with toast make a lovely breakfast, but hold the white, mushy, flavourless, deep-fried sausage shaped things. Ewwwww. Yuck. Bleh. Ptui!
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:21:59 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: miss marmelstein; Gabz; Red Badger
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:22:04 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: NYFriend
You can't cook beef heart "fast". You either have to stew it forever or drag out the old pressure cooker. Otherwise you will be chewing it from now until next week.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:22:10 AM PDT
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: miss marmelstein
If you want something tasty, find dried pear halves, stuff them with Cotswold cheese, then top with Branston Pickle. It's very yummy :)
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:22:58 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
To: Red Badger
Oh man - I really miss the Irish Pub food of NYC. I make a mean lamb stew, but it would be so nice to be able to go out to eat for it every once in a while.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:22:59 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: Red Badger
BTW when was the last time you visited a English Restaurant (in America)?In Canada they're called "pubs".
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:23:00 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
To: conservative cat
It's been 20 years since we last visited, but I did not notice a trend for fresh food there Then you missed a significant culinary revolution in England (actually all of the UK & IE), as it's become quite the must-try destination for foodies across the pond as well as the continent.
Still, for all the trendy, healthy changes over there, I was thinking just yesterday there's nothing more soul-satisfying than a good,steaming, old-fashioned artery-clogging english breakfast.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:23:56 AM PDT
by
leilani
(Dimmi, dimmi se mai fu fatta cosa alcuna!)
To: pgkdan
ROFLMSS!!!!
I feel the same as you do about brussel sprouts - YUCK!
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:24:16 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: bill1952
I didn't say they couldn't. I was relaying my experience at school.
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:24:35 AM PDT
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: MadIvan; NYFriend
Do NOT try this with an American Mars bar.
You need the English variety.
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
10/18/2006 10:24:40 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
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