Posted on 08/20/2004 1:39:00 AM PDT by BritishBulldog
She's got a big mouth on her so I fail to see her problem with a huge pastrami sandwich. Or a tube steak for that matter.
Poor dear should have come to Iowa for her meat...
This from a country that eats cold squid sandwiches??
She's right about the apples, but the rest of her opinion is nonsense.
She's right about the apples, but the rest of her opinion is nonsense........
There's no such thing as "the apples'. There are good ones, bad ones, and inbetween. She picked a bad one.
I don't think anyone from the UK should be bad mouthing American food. The British have apparently never seen a single recipe book because their food is generally awful.
I was just a kid when I tasted English cuisine, but it did taste different--their bread, their potatoes, their meat. Now that was back in the 70's so I'm not sure how the times have changed the quality but it seemed to me the ingredients in the food were better--not as many artificial ingredients. Things could have changed since then though.
The English have their big meals at noon and boy can they put on a spread. Sometimes even a "tea" is a pretty big meal.
Anyway, I have no problem with American food since I am an American. My figure gives away that fact too.
"This from a country that eats cold squid sandwiches??"
LOL, never had those, but I'd like to try 'em just so I can say I have.
Any idea where they might be available?
"Not to mention such other notables as "bubble and squeek", "bangers" and "spotted dick"."
Fine fare all of it!
And lets not forget faggots, tripe, haggis, black pudding (made with pigs blood in case you didn't know) and countless other delicacies.
You Yanks just don't know what you're missing!
;o)
"My English grandma used to to eat jellied eels."
Very popular around these parts as it happens. But I've never been able to force myself to try 'em.
Yuk!
Hey, don't burgers sell pretty good in the UK?
I will give the Brits credit for some very good beer. Of course if you drink it warm it has to be good to start with. It's still much better cold though.
"lol
Hey, don't burgers sell pretty good in the UK?"
Well yes, I believe a certain company featuring Golden Arches and a clown is quite popular...at least with the lower classes ;o)
Actually though isn't "burger" short for "Hamburger"? Named after Hamburg in Germany where it originated? Not sure about this, could be wrong.
Some of the food in post #12 I have heard of but I don't know what all of it is. My mom would know. I ate the tame stuff: shepherds pie; yorkshire pudding, roast beef and potatoes, raspberries and clotted cream, fish and chips. What's the name of the icecream over there--Walls? Another thing I really liked were the ham sandwiches that you would get at the train, coach stations or the shops. My mom's a big fan of marmite. I never could get into that. What part of England are you in?
McDonalds is also selling a lot of hamburgers in France, no matter what their elites like to say.
I like making my own, with tiny specks of jalapeno and two slices of cheese and several slices of bacon.
I like english muffins. when McDonalds makes them and calls them McMuffin with egg, cheese and sausage
"I will give the Brits credit for some very good beer. Of course if you drink it warm it has to be good to start with. It's still much better cold though."
Actually, I think the "warm beer" thing comes from the 2nd world war when GI's were posted here. At the time refrigeration was not widesporead here and traditionally British ales were sold stright from the barrel at room temperature. Nowadays, german style lagers outsell ales, bitters and stouts and almost all beer is sold chilled (as it is in the States). You can still buy certain bottled beers (Pale Ale, Bitter, etc) at room temperatre in some pubs but in the main it's only the oldest drinkers who still drink these.
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