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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
That British people are the refuse of the world with a thin veneer of sophistication? Because your food certainly tastes it.


Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lover's Swiss, the police German and it's all organized by the Italians.

Thumbs up to you for recognising I made a joke and responding in kind

I knew you were joking.

At least I hoped you were joking.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
They say you can tell a lot about a nation by the food it eats. Given that American food is bright, cheap, tastes good, but is ultimately bad for you, what does that say about the Americans?

So what does British food say about you?

I will probably be at the front of the queue for trying out these new burgers.

British food says that we will eat any old muck and revert to the default position of blaming America for everything that goes wrong!

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

British food says that we will eat any old muck and revert to the default position of blaming America for everything that goes wrong!

This, in a nutshell, explains it!

No it doesn't, it's absolute balls. American food is over-processed, over-seasoned gak. They cling to this outdated notion that we're all walking around gnawing on bits of boiled gristle with teeth that would make a warboss blush. How many of these people have actually BEEN to the UK? Or, if they have been here, outside of the tourist traps of London? Because I've been to the States and let me tell you, the food ain't that good and your teeth ain't that white. Our food is far more nutritious. It probably tastes bland to Americans because it is served 'season to taste' as opposed to 'seasoned far too much, take it or leave it'. I mean, I smoke. Heavily. I like a lot of salt, but some of the food I ate in Nashville? It was so dehydrating, I was getting hangovers from eating it!

No offence to any of my American chums or anything. The myths just get boring after a while. On the flip-side, not all Americans are morbidly obese. I saw some fatties, but nothing you wouldn't get here.

"I really wish we had a british restaurant in town"- attributed to nobody, ever.


Seriously, while I'm sure british food is ok, there is a reason you don't usually see restaurants serving british food outside the UK.

You can find French, Italian, Spanish, even American style restaurants. But I challenge you to find somewhere serving british cuisine outside the UK.

Five Guys is delicious and not at all like McDonald's.

I do wonder if they're going to keep up the practice of dumping a gakload of extra fries into the bag over in Britland, though. I find it extreme even by American standards.

 Grey Templar wrote:
"I really wish we had a british restaurant in town"- attributed to nobody, ever.


Seriously, while I'm sure british food is ok, there is a reason you don't usually see restaurants serving british food outside the UK.

You can find French, Italian, Spanish, even American style restaurants. But I challenge you to find somewhere serving british cuisine outside the UK.

Challenge accepted. Apart from the fact that literally almost every restaurant I visited in the US served Fish and Chips, you all seem to have taken the sandwich and run with it. That most American of desserts, the humble Apple pie, is also a British invention. British food is deeply embedded within the American culinary tradition, to the extent that it's not seen as 'ethnic' food.

Albatross doesnt need help with ther challenge but an instant search on Google for:

fish n' chips america

Led to this:

http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/macs-fish-and-chip-shop-santa-barbara

So those septics can get some culture with their cholesterol after all.

I've never viewed fish and chips as being a uniquely british food. Its just deep fried battered fish.

Find somewhere serving Bubble and Squeak, Blood Pudding, etc... Better yet, try and find a chain.

And the sandwich? Really, you're going to try and claim all sandwiches count as british food

Do you know who invented the sandwich, who is it named for?

Obviously not.

Earl of Sandwich! Or some guy playing poker who got hungry or something right?

I don't recall having eaten any actual English food mainstays except Fish and Chips, which are yum, but there is the common stereotype that its all pretty bad, just like all American food is unhealthy and makes you fat lol.

There's a British pub up in Denver called the Baker Street (yes everything is a homage to Sherlock Holmes, but is otherwise a normal pub) and they do some fething fabulous fish and chips. Though outside of such rare places you really gotta be careful ordering fish and chips, it can confuse your community college attending waitresses. Even if it's "fish and chips" on the menu "Well it comes with fries is that okay?" "....just bring me my food and more alcohol so I can just remember you're pretty instead of remembering you speaking"

Chips and fries are different.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Chips and fries are different.

Massively different. Chips are better.

I do not consider the UK being properly invaded with....fast food stops....now....when American style steak houses with actual real grills...Texas Road House...Logan's...Joe's Crab Shack...Stafford....Butcher Shop....to name a few....start popping up over in the UK....

We send those over once the "exclusive" burger joints have established firm control over the country, we will call it the "Hearts and Minds" campaign and it will be the final phase of our invasion.

Surely that should be hearts and clogged arteries?

We have to keep it sounding good for the folks back home.

Notprop....steak houses...not fast food

Well that of course depends on how you like your steak mate.

Anyway we did have beef here along time before you lot had civilisation ! Though I will grant you it was probably a bit gak without chips or latterly onion rings ( I'm guessing yanks made them up although the whole deep fried in batter bit smacks of the scots?).

 Grey Templar wrote:


Find somewhere serving Bubble and Squeak, Blood Pudding, etc...

First, I'd have to try and find somewhere selling that stuff here. I've never even had bubble and squeak. You are aware that we basically eat the same stuff as you, aren't you? This is what I'm talking about - 'bubble and squeak'? What the feth century are you living in? Next you'll be saying we eat pig's trotters and eel pies. Also, black pudding is delicious, and not exclusive to Britain. It's also nowhere near as weird as some of the nonsense the Chinese eat, if we're on the subject of gak food and bad teeth.

Better yet, try and find a chain.

It's fairly telling that you consider chain restaurants the epitome of fine dining.

Bubble and Squeak's lovely. It's a wonderful thing to have a meal magically appear from nowhere, rising from the leftovers of previous dinners.

On-topic, I've just made my first foray into the London Five Guys. Food was plentiful, well-cooked and efficiently served.

There were a damn sight more then five guys behind the counter, though!

Pics or you never went there.........

 Super Ready wrote:
This is news?

We already have:
McDonalds
Burger King
Taco Bell
Pizza Hut
Domino's
Papa John's
KFC
Nando's
TGI Fridays
Wendy's
Wimpy's

And that's just the chains I can think of off the top of my head that were in America first, however small. There are American *themed* chains (that actually are really no such thing, but people fall for it) like Frankie and Benny's, Coast 2 Coast and we had Fatty Arbuckle's once upon a time too. Then there are the dozens of cheaper kebab and pizza places and good ol' fish and chip shops.

We've had fast food longer than I suspect most people here have been alive, myself included.

I'm seeing a lack of TexMex. Taco Bell doesn't count, as "cat" is not proper taco meat.


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 Albatross wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
"I really wish we had a british restaurant in town"- attributed to nobody, ever.


Seriously, while I'm sure british food is ok, there is a reason you don't usually see restaurants serving british food outside the UK.

You can find French, Italian, Spanish, even American style restaurants. But I challenge you to find somewhere serving british cuisine outside the UK.

Challenge accepted. Apart from the fact that literally almost every restaurant I visited in the US served Fish and Chips, you all seem to have taken the sandwich and run with it. That most American of desserts, the humble Apple pie, is also a British invention. British food is deeply embedded within the American culinary tradition, to the extent that it's not seen as 'ethnic' food.

If every restaurant you visited in the US served fish and chips, you sure didn't visit many US restaurants.
Apple Pie? Whats that? Now Tres Leches, or German Chocolate Cake, thats some desert.


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 Kilkrazy wrote:
Chips and fries are different.

Wo wo what? Whats the difference?


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 Jihadin wrote:
I do not consider the UK being properly invaded with....fast food stops....now....when American style steak houses with actual real grills...Texas Road House...Logan's...Joe's Crab Shack...Stafford....Butcher Shop....to name a few....start popping up over in the UK....

Saltgrass Steakhouse and texas Land and Cattle are good. Also a nice Landrys or Pappadeux. Be sure to get the gator tail.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Super Ready wrote:
This is news?

We already have:
McDonalds
Burger King
Taco Bell
Pizza Hut
Domino's
Papa John's
KFC
Nando's
TGI Fridays
Wendy's
Wimpy's

And that's just the chains I can think of off the top of my head that were in America first, however small. There are American *themed* chains (that actually are really no such thing, but people fall for it) like Frankie and Benny's, Coast 2 Coast and we had Fatty Arbuckle's once upon a time too. Then there are the dozens of cheaper kebab and pizza places and good ol' fish and chip shops.

We've had fast food longer than I suspect most people here have been alive, myself included.

I'm seeing a lack of TexMex. Taco Bell doesn't count, as "cat" is not proper taco meat.

...............

Yeah there's something like 2 Taco Bells here and they are best known for being involved in the Horse meat scandal.

Yeee-Harrr!

Chips are thicker.

French fries are crispier and more Belgian.

I thought it was

US chips = US crisps
US French Fries = UK chips, only ours are thicker and less Belgian.

Why belgian though?
I'm intrigued now.

French fries were invented in Belgium. American GIs thought they were French because they did not know the Belgians speak French.

There is another type in the UK called Game Chips which are very thinly sliced, much thinner than French Fries, more like matchstick thickness.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Chips are thicker.

French fries are crispier and more Belgian.

Sounds like what we would call steak fries. Frazzled loves him some steak fries.


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IronWarLeg wrote:
Earl of Sandwich! Or some guy playing poker who got hungry or something right?

I don't recall having eaten any actual English food mainstays except Fish and Chips, which are yum, but there is the common stereotype that its all pretty bad, just like all American food is unhealthy and makes you fat lol.

Never ever ever tell someone from New Orleans that a PoBoy was invented by a Brit.
1. It wasn't
2. You might be served on the next PoBoy for such insolence.