English Food Is The Best In the World

gavmeister13 · Post by **gavmeister13** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:25 am

Forget German or Indian food a good roast can't be beaten. if out a nice fish and chips ore a nice big pasty finished off with scones is amazing...can't be beaten!

Rev. Mike · Post by **Rev. Mike** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:56 am

It's not the food, it's the preparation. I have had excellent food in the UK, but I have also had some of the most bland, cooked to death stuff imaginable. All depends on who's in the kitchen.

Baltasar · Post by **Baltasar** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:28 pm

I thought english food was the reason why the british actually run for their boats to sail elsewhere, thereby acciedently creating the British empire.

heinz kling · Post by **heinz kling** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:13 am

It was the cheapskate Brits back in the mid 1880's who created a market for cheap, processed food like white bread, refined sugar and the likes.

Reb · Post by **Reb** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:29 am

I'd waited all my life to try Yorkshire pudding but when it finally
arrived on my plate...It was like meeting the girl of your dreams
and she turns out to be ugly!

I'll leave cuisine where it belongs - in France!

cheers
Reb

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:32 am

Well it certainly lasts if nothing else. I still have my great-grandfather's 'lucky' hardtack biscuit from WWI. Hard being the operative word - I could probably drive nails into planks with it!

Reb · Post by **Reb** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:44 am

Liam

In the Rhodesian Army we were issued Brit Army rations dated 1936.
Bully beef only gets better with age! You wouldn't believe some of the deals I offered QM to get better or even more recent food!

We called the Hardtack 'dog bisquits.' They actually weren't all that bad...
And we got quite creative at cooking bully beef. But ultimately, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Some guys actually boiled the hardtack to make them soft, then fried them and used jam to make what modern gastronomes call 'pop tarts!'

I read some where (and I believe ther to be some truth to it) that canned food changed the nature of warfare more than the advances in weaponry.
(19th Century)

Cheers
Reb

Peter H. · Post by **Peter H.** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:44 am

Reb, there must have been something wrong with that Yorkshire pudding you ate. It should be light and crisp and puffy. Unfortunately some people make it heavy and soggy.

It's definitely worth trying again.

gavmeister13 · Post by **gavmeister13** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:53 am

yorkshire puds are amazing i like them cold with golden syrup

Brian67 · Post by **Brian67** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:46 am

gavmeister13 wrote: a good roast can't be beaten. if out a nice fish and chips ore a nice big pasty finished off with scones is amazing...can't be beaten!

And what's about peppermint sauce?

gavmeister13 · Post by **gavmeister13** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:02 pm

god the smell of that damn suace makes me want to retch, absolutley rank! wouldnt eat it if you paid me

Dogmeat · Post by **Dogmeat** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:26 am

come to turkey,i'll buy you guys kebabs.yum yum

Reb · Post by **Reb** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:36 am

Dog

I may take you up on that - I love kebabs.

Reb

ps - I enjoyed your Haiku so much I'll return the favor:

"Death is light
as a feather
But duty as
heavy as a mountain."

Gen. Kuribayashi

Andy H · Post by **Andy H** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:42 pm

Yorkshire puds are best when there hot, crisp and served with just gravy and beef inside the case

Lacplesis · Post by **Lacplesis** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:42 pm

I have been to England 4 times and most of the time ordered pub food and have not been unsatisfied. For the price it has fillled our neeeds. Anyone going to the Brit Ilse. should think of this food for you will get fillled up at a good price

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English Food Is The Best In the World

English Food Is The Best In the World

Yum

Reb, there was something wrong with that Yorkshire pudding!

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