American food sucks

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 08/21/04 | Ella Windsor

[Legion04]

I suppose he never had a New York Pizza

[oyez]

It wasn't just religious freedom that people left England for America, it was the despicable food they had to endure.

[chilepepper]

the author has never tasted texas bbq or north carolina ribs or fresh florida orange juice or (your favorite goes here)

[mtbopfuyn]

We had escargots once. Once, never again. Tasted like oily pencil erasers and chewed just as easily.

[AnAmericanMother]

This seems fictitious as in recent years restaurants have gone out of their way to make food as requested. Its easy, professional, and makes the customer happy.

I agree. A local restaurant chain here that is a family-style, middle price range outfit is always happy to change their regular menu for my family. My husband loves their house salad but is allergic to celery - they cheerfully leave it off. My son hates shrimp (he may be a changeling! < g > ) but loves one of their shrimp dishes, so they fix it for him with chicken instead. No change in price.

[kenth]

I agree, especially about sugar...

However, I have to agree with the silliness of trying to get something omitted from an order. I've given up on ever trying to get something taken off an order from certain restaurants and fast food joints. Ask to have something removed and they honestly believe it's impossible to do.

[sarasota]

That isn't cheese. The industry calls it "cheese analogs", and there isn't a spec of cheese in it. Can't you taste the difference?

[hispanarepublicana]

MUSHY PEAS--A British Snack Staple.

[AnAmericanMother]

I have heard it said that in hell the English are the cooks, the French are the engineers and the Germans are the police.

Beat ya. ;-)

[KarlInOhio]

How about this Recipe from England :

BLACK PUDDING FROM SCRATCH (ENGLISH) Recipe By : Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Pork

This will help me lose some weight. Every time I get hungry I'll read this recipe and any desire for food will be gone. My throat is still clenching.

[Netizen]

This from a country where the difference between medium and well done is how long you boil it...

Ha! That's a good one.

[HungarianGypsy]

This is sad! Apparently, the only American food the author bothered with was what we consider junk food. Apparently never even bothered with anything else, just so they'd have something to complain about.

[chilepepper]

actually, escargots make excellent pencil erasers if you get the butter off. much better as erasers than as food, of course (unless you smother them in french's mustard)

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The Cheesecake Factory , has other foods besides Cheesecake...what is this person's problem, if he does not want Cheesecake he should not be in a Cheesecake factory.

Not to mention that if the author was truly in search of good "American" food, the absolute last place she should look for it is in a cookie-cutter, dime-a-dozen, lowest-common-denominator franchise restaurant like the flippin' Cheesecake Factory. That's like thinking the Olive Garden is the place to go for authentic Italian cooking.

[hispanarepublicana]

[steve8714]

British food, French cars, German scheizer videos...tell me again why we trade with them?

[pblax8]

Snails , Squid and Sushi make for good bait. (Maybe not the snails).

[Utah Binger]

‘Just the turkey, please.’ ‘The dish comes that way.’ ‘But I only want the turkey, thanks.’ ‘I’m sorry, miss, that’s not possible.’ ‘But I know you’ve got grilled turkey — it says so right here.’ ‘That’s our Grilled Turkey Sandwich, miss. Our Grilled Turkey’s on our dinner menu.’ ‘But surely you can just remove the bread?’ ‘No — I’m sorry. Like I told you before, the Grilled Turkey Sandwich comes with the bread.’ ‘You make it sound like it’s born with the bread.’

You forgot to credit Jack Nicholson.

[mtbopfuyn]

What are offals you say? Offals are the entrails and internal organs of an animal used in food.

So, you eat entrails too. The casings on sausage links are intestines.

[chilepepper]

barf alert!