British Food: Actually edible?

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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:51 pm

ParaNoid:

You're American? I thought you were from the UK and emigrated to America recently.

Now as for British food, I can't really say that I've actually had it before. Unless you count the British version of "Kit Kat", "Milky Way", and "Smarties" than yeah, good chocolate but that doesn't technically count.

But I did see the British version of New Zealand "Marmite" which I hear is similar to Aussie "Vegemite." Neither of which I've tried.

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:13 pm

Nanny Ogg wrote:

What you really want is a white puddin supper, from the east where we use sauce not vinegar on out chippy takeaways
mmmmm < drools>

I remember getting some good white pudding on the Isle of Lewis, and there's a great butchers in Beauly if you're ever up that way - I had been there for work but also made a detour there on my way back from Skye just to visit the butchers and Beauly Tandoori!

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:17 pm

Good luck with "White Pudding"
I've made it Shocked

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:50 pm

I've been to England. I like their breakfast, their pub menus, their sandwiches, their tea houses, and all those little snack things you eat during the day there.

But their suppers? OMG!! Shocked

I've been to Ireland too. I don't really see a big difference.

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:45 am

you brits and you black puddings... Wink

Now down here in the antipodies, we ozzies have our own special burger... The BOGAN BURGER! Chips, steak, burger, the whole enchilada... calorie intake for this baby? 7,500 calories!

http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20070413-The_Bogan_Burger_Napier_Hotel

For the record, I HAVE finished one of these babies off Smile

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I had mine with chips (of course)

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

^ Do you think the salad was there just to make it look colourful?

Speaking on colourful try RED pudding
The ones we have round here come in a red case

btw black pudding is the one made with blood, white pudding can be vegetarian as its made of oatmeal, vegetable suet and onions in some places

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:43 pm

TheDane wrote:

I've been to Ireland too. I don't really see a big difference.

Lamb stew and soda bread? Mmmmmm.

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:34 pm

@internationalchrysis Thanks for the heads up.!
more on the BOGAN BURGER

Quote:

Chef Charlie Shepherd created it for "flannelette shirt, barrack for St Kilda" type customers.

"It's become immensely popular. We'd sell about 15 a day," he said.

"It's mainly blokey action - pre-football to soak up a lot of beer, but you get the rowdy nurses too."

My bolding.

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:37 pm

Koko.Dk wrote:

But I did see the British version of New Zealand "Marmite" which I hear is similar to Aussie "Vegemite." Neither of which I've tried.

Koko, vegemite and marmite are incompatible. If you can eat one, the other is unbearable. If you weren't raised on either though, they'll both be unbearable. The Kiwis have another version also called 'Marmite' but incompatible with the other two, if you want to try British marmite, you want what the kiwis call 'my mate' (black glass jar yellow cap).

Salty yeasty goodness, you love it or hate it, there is no middle ground.

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:02 pm

Don't know if this is universal, but never seen this until I moved to NE

IN A CAN??

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:30 pm

^^^
And then you spread CheezWhiz on it! Classic American fodder!

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:54 pm

^^^
Also with the brand name on the can, don't know if it's a before or after it's eaten picture on the can label.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

I loathe Marmite
Hubby used to go on and on and on about Vegemite that he'd had in the land of Oz so I found some here

I loathe that too

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:09 pm

^^ Vegemite is an acquired taste, you have to start training your children before they realise they can say "no" to different food.

Vegemite on Vogels Original Toast? Best stuff out Very Happy

Actually, toast, vegemite and a poached egg on top is divine.

The best meal I ever had in Scotland was at The Bothy in Fort Augustus.

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:30 pm

TheDane wrote:

I've been to Ireland too. I don't really see a big difference.

I had Ireland come to me. My paternal grandmother was second generation Irish and in my youth I got my fill of the cuisine of the Auld Sod. To this day I have a strong aversion to boiled foods, especially cabbage, potatoes, and chicken.

I actually took a liking to meat pies in the UK. Cool

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

^ I shall point the van towards Fort Augustus when the weather gets better and check it out
One good meal I had in Scotland was at Burt's Hotel in Melrose

There was also a fantastic cream tea in Cornwall , Jameson's (?) in Tintagel

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:06 pm

@ Bart Fargo I love brown bread in a can. You can get it with raisins or without raisins. That company Burnham & Morrill Co primarily did brick oven baked beans.

The brown bread is still available in some parts of the country, but it available online at the company. My very British former mother-in-law warmed it a bit and poured hard sauce on it. Yummy in the tummy.

For the Yanks a hard sauce is a sweet, rich dessert sauce made by creaming or beating butter and sugar with rum, brandy, whiskey, sherry, vanilla or other flavorings. It is served cold, often with hot desserts

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:10 pm

^^^
Very familiar with the product, easily found in the supermarkets here in Maine (and I think they are based out of Portland)

When I first moved here, I sent a can of it to my brother out west. His reaction: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?? Laughing

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:39 pm

^^ After seeing the pic and talking about it I ordered 4 cans of it with raisins since we cannot get it down in the Deep Deep South

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:25 am

Koko.Dk wrote:

ParaNoid:

You're American? I thought you were from the UK and emigrated to America recently.

Oh Koko, that is just precious! I could just pinch you cheeks. I am going to consider this as the final notable quote for the year!

Now I suppose you won't cut me any slack. Laughing

We had the bread in a can once when I was a child. It wasn't that bad. Cheese does help!

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:58 am

^^'Noid? Just make sure you know which way Koko is facing before you go pinching any cheeks Wink

And as for Cheese, as otterfan will testify, cheese always makes everything taste better

well ok, maybe not everything,

most things

well, some things, like toast, bacon and tomatoes with capers, anchovies, capsicums, onions and garlic with a smattering of fresh ground black peppercorns

gently grilled in the oven

then eaten with several cans of the local sponsors product

insults and more · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:24 am

My sister is engaged to the son of a very, very Scottish man.

I can tell you with certainty that all of Scottish cuisine comes from people getting riotously drunk and then deepfrying everything in sight. And it is delicious.

The closest American parallel seems to be what happens when a bachelor gets his own deepfryer and then gets severely smashed. "Hm. I have a loaf of bread, a pound of bacon, some eggs, a half-empty jar of peanut butter, some sriracha chili sauce, and a few candy bars. I know! I'll stick everything between the slices, pack it into the fry basket, and in a few minutes be set for food for the next week."

Let this continue for generations, create an industrial revolution and conquer the entire world just to get tea and Indian food, and you will have Scottish cuisine.

Note: her fiancee has recently purchased a deep fryer. We are all terrified for his arteries.

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:37 am

Quote:

Coronary heart disease mortality is higher in Scotland than in the rest of the UK. The premature death rate for men living in Scotland is 50% higher than in the South West of England, and around 90% higher for women.

Scotland- the heart attack capital of the world!! I wonder why Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:41 am

^^ you need to meet the women there, believe me, a heart attack is a blessing

apologies to Gytha who is a queen among scrubbers there

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:46 pm

Quote:

Coronary heart disease mortality is higher in Scotland than in the rest of the UK. The premature death rate for men living in Scotland is 50% higher than in the South West of England, and around 90% higher for women.

Ahh, but down yur in the South West we all live on Pasties and Scrumpy
- it don't stay in your body long enough to affect your arteries !

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