Posted on 08/20/2004 1:39:00 AM PDT by BritishBulldog
Drink England's beer, pass on the boxed milk!
"I like english muffins. when McDonalds makes them and calls them McMuffin with egg, cheese and sausage"
Interestingly enough, what you describe is regarded here as an American product. In fact I have seen these on sale here as "American Muffins". I think most Brits would think of "muffins" as the sweet ones made with Blueberries, chocolate chips or whatever.
American muffins??
"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?"
I'm in Essex, just outside of East London. Jellied eels are very much an "Eastend" thing, I don't think you'd find them much outside of London, Essex & Kent.
Walls Ice-cream used to be one of the biggest brands and it's still around. When I was growing up it was the main mass produced brand and was pretty crap really. Nowdays they have various premium ice cream products and they compete with Haggen Daz, Ben & Jerries and plenty of other brands. But you can't beat freshly made Italian style ice cream in my opinion.
Ham sandwichs on trains? They are a national joke here! Everyone hates them!
Marmite? Yuk! Give me Bovril every time!
Otis Spunkmeyer makes good chocolate muffins
The top selling brands where I come from are usually regional. Mrs. Bairds Bread (now owned by a Mexico company named BIMBO), Dr. Pepper (now pretty big and owned by a British? company), Blue Bell Ice Cream, Borden Milk and Ice Cream and other things.
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American muffins??"
Yes, as it happens I used to work in the food industry and one of my customers was a bakery that made these Muffins. They were sold as just Muffins and didn't do very well. Then they changed the name to "American Muffins" and put them in a packet based on the Stars & Stripes and their sales took off. I suppose it's all about perception.
What's that gunk that brits put on their toast. I've heard it tastes like wallpaper paste.
"yorkshire pudding"
MMMMMMMMM....yorkshire pudding! Haven't had that in a long time. I'll have to have hubby make it for the holidays this year. It is THE BEST!
"What's that gunk that brits put on their toast. I've heard it tastes like wallpaper paste."
Not sure.
Margarine? (not really used on toast much)
Lemon Curd? (bllody horrible)
Dripping? (beef fat - again not used a lot now days)
I think most people have toast with butter and maybe jam (think you call it jelly - which we call your "jello") or marmalade. Some people but Marmite on it but you always get weidos don't you.
But you can't beat freshly made Italian style ice cream in my opinion.
That sounds good.
Ham sandwichs on trains? They are a national joke here! Everyone hates them!
Well when I was a kid visting in the 70's I loved them. Guess I'm the only one. Maybe they are waiting for me to come back?!?
And marmite and "toad in the hole."
I've heard my dad make fun of the drippings on toast thing--mom must have eaten that at one time.
That's it. There was a whole thread about that stuff on FR.
A huge slab of brisket wrapped in foil has to cook a very very long time to be perfect. With baked potatoes, ranch style beans, corn on the cob.... and a big jug of sweet iced tea!!
Grocery store apples are generally bad ones.
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