[BritishBulldog]

Just out of interest, I wonder how many of your American knockers of British cuisine have ever been here and tried it?

The Spectator article was silly, I have had excellent and also terrible food on both sides of the Atlantic (and pretty much everywhere else I've visited), but all this Brit bashing and "America is besting" that I am reading on here says more about those writing it than it does about Britain or it's food.

Just my view, feel free to slaughter me ;o)

[Steve_Seattle]

Brit bashing

It's just tit-for-tat, and probably wouldn't be happening if this Spectator article hadn't started the ball rolling.

[sarasota]

I ate it in the 70's and found everything to be overcooked, just like mom used to make it. I did seek out Chinese/Indonesian food for balance.

[Atlantic Friend]

Me, I love your Welsh rarebits.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Just out of interest, I wonder how many of your American knockers of British cuisine have ever been here and tried it?

I have. I have eaten and 'drunken' my way across Britain, from Kent, England to Fort William, Scotland.

There is some wonderful British food out there: shepherd's pie, Faggots 'n' peas, blood puddin', bangers 'n' mash, Lincolnshire sausage...

And of course the late-night fare after a bender to be had at the chippies and carts--Donner kabobs, shwarma..

However, this snobby chick need only look north of England to Scotland to see the most extreme culinary examples of excess in the world:

Battered and deep fried slices of pizza
battered and deep fried polish sausage
battered and deep fried hamburger patties
battered and deep fried white pudding (oh, God...)
battered and deep fried black pudding
battered and deep fried haggis
battered and deep fried fish
battered and deep fried Mars bars (yes, I have eaten one at a chippie in Stirling)

I have happily eaten all of the above with chips, salt and vinegar and washed it down with Irn Bru!

Not to mention that Britain has the most extraordinary selection of potato crisp flavors: prawn cocktail, onion soup, green onion, roast beef, pot roast, curry, kidney pie, cheese and, of course plain.

Having said all that, I pose you the question:

Cheeseburger with everything or chip buttie?

[chilepepper]

i have been to england and tried brit food -- great high tea, clotted cream, scones, etc. didn't like bangers much (maybe i got the kind that were illegally made with wax) -- german sausages are much better.

royal stilton rocks -- the ploughman's lunch is great, even if invented by an advertising bloke in the 1950's to sell more cheese.

love branston pickle, crazy about fish, chips & malt vinegar. so in general i'd say i like brit food, is usually pretty wholesome, but it is easy to make fun of (particularly that green stuff a few posts back), like so many things brit... find the beers and ciders to be GREAT, just way different than german/czech style...

for me, my most bizarre UK food moment was in Cardiff, Cymru. went into a shop that had a square pastry of some sort. i thought it was a cake with white icing -- surprise! it was some kind of bread topped with cold mashed potatoes. pretty dreadful...