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Toblerone is good, although I prefer the Guylian Seashells myself:

What country is Galaxy from? And Those American monsters don't know what food is.Any country that throws away tea has no sense of taste.

 Da krimson barun wrote:
What country is Galaxy from? And Those American monsters don't know what food is.Any country that throws away tea has no sense of taste.

Its a bit rich to rag on American food tastes when its British cuisine that's in our crosshairs.

No way is American food worse than British food, the culinary palate that had to conquer 1/4 of the globe just to get on par with everyone else.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Da krimson barun wrote:
What country is Galaxy from? And Those American monsters don't know what food is.Any country that throws away tea has no sense of taste.

Its a bit rich to rag on American food tastes when its British cuisine that's in our crosshairs.

No way is American food worse than British food, the culinary palate that had to conquer 1/4 of the globe just to get on par with everyone else.

What's wrong with British food exactly?

I've heard it stated a lot but haven't been given anything solid to go on?

Its quite bland due to lack of indigenous spices. It also makes excessive use of boiling as a method of cooking, which destroys a lot of flavor. Pickling was also a preferred method of food preservation, and that also destroys a lot of flavors.

Modern cooking methods, access to more spices, and refrigeration have fixed a lot of the problems, but if you were to make food the traditional method with 100% authentic ingredients you would see a much blander array of flavors.

Its a stereotype for sure, but its got a lot of truth to it.

I would have to say my favorite mass-produced chocolate is Cote d'Or.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Its quite bland due to lack of indigenous spices. It also makes excessive use of boiling as a method of cooking, which destroys a lot of flavor. Pickling was also a preferred method of food preservation, and that also destroys a lot of flavors.

Modern cooking methods, access to more spices, and refrigeration have fixed a lot of the problems, but if you were to make food the traditional method with 100% authentic ingredients you would see a much blander array of flavors.

Its a stereotype for sure, but its got a lot of truth to it.

That is true for almost all European cuisine, not just the British.

Not exactly. There are several Mediterranean spices that make southern European cooking a little more flavorful.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Its quite bland due to lack of indigenous spices. It also makes excessive use of boiling as a method of cooking, which destroys a lot of flavor. Pickling was also a preferred method of food preservation, and that also destroys a lot of flavors.

Modern cooking methods, access to more spices, and refrigeration have fixed a lot of the problems, but if you were to make food the traditional method with 100% authentic ingredients you would see a much blander array of flavors.

Its a stereotype for sure, but its got a lot of truth to it.

That's...a load of bollocks, frankly.

For a start, the whole "they boil everything" thing is nonsense. It would be vaguely applicable if we're talking about medieval peasant farmers, but even then stewing would be far more common than boiling.

Secondly, "lack of indigenous spices" does not necessitate blandness, Northern Europe may only have around a quarter to a third of the spices that most other regions of the world do, but there's a wide array of native herbs. We've also had access to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern herbs and spices since the time of the bloody Roman Empire ffs, you talk as if we only just figured out how to use an oven a couple of years ago. Christ on a bike, we've had access to "modern cooking methods" and "more spices" for longer than your nation has existed, and refrigeration for just as long.

Seriously, what other countries have their entire culinary history all the way up to the modern day judged on the basis of semi-accurate stereotypes of peasant dishes from over a thousand years ago?

You know, I've never had a Toblerone.

 Ouze wrote:
You know, I've never had a Toblerone.

You're truly missing out... just like our non-American friends missing out on Girl Scout Thin Mints.

Bran Dawri wrote:
Speaking as an outsider, why would you want either cadbury's or hershey's?

Although the British one is a little better, both are outclassed on all fronts by both Belgian and Swiss chocolates.

As with most things, the mass produced stuff is often outclassed by the more boutique stuff.

America has a terrible reputation for beet, yet there are plenty of (apparently) excellent micro breweries all over the place that will give the best from anywhere else a run for its money. Hell, most beer you might find in England is terrible too, and is actually mass produced in Europe

And we all know that the Australians export Fosters so they can keep the good stuff for their koala overlords

Britain mass produces good bitter beers, pale ales, golden summer beers and mild beers.

There are also lots of micro breweries.

Britain does not mass produce good quality lager.

As an American who has eaten in Britain, I can say I found the food delicious- in the case of a full English breakfast, somewhat inappropriately placed, but delicious.

Tomatoes, baked beans, and mushrooms just don't scream breakfast to me. Pancakes and waffles work much better.

Fish and chips beats a burger most any day, and pub food is outstanding.

British food tends to be a bit stodgy and on the carb-heavy side of things. Such dishes take a bit of skill to develop to their full potential; or to paraphrase MasterChef; 'Anyone can make lobster or chocolate taste really good, it takes an artist to do it with bangers and mash'.

If ingredients are properly sourced, and food skillfully cooked however, a British roast dinner or steak and kidney pie with chips can be as tasty as 99% of any other national foodstuffs. And usually a bit more filling to boot.

 Gitzbitah wrote:

Tomatoes, baked beans, and mushrooms just don't scream breakfast to me. Pancakes and waffles work much better.

See they entirely scream breakfast to me, as opposed to the cream and fruit and syrup covered desserts I see people starting their days with over here...

Love the OP . I for one welcome the "British Invasion" (my wife has gotten me into Downton Abbey already, so what's some chocolate ).

 RiTides wrote:
Love the OP . I for one welcome the "British Invasion" (my wife has gotten me into Downton Abbey already, so what's some chocolate ).

In all honesty, this could be the greatest foreign policy blunder the Americans have committed since the Vietnam war. These aggressive actions will only serve to push us into the friendly sphere of China, a peace loving nation that would never ban British chocolate

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Love the OP . I for one welcome the "British Invasion" (my wife has gotten me into Downton Abbey already, so what's some chocolate ).

In all honesty, this could be the greatest foreign policy blunder the Americans have committed since the Vietnam war. These aggressive actions will only serve to push us into the friendly sphere of China, a peace loving nation that would never ban British chocolate

Well, they did ban the last lot of tastey treats we tried to flood their market with... though it was nowhere near addictive as chocolate

 Gitzbitah wrote:
As an American who has eaten in Britain, I can say I found the food delicious- in the case of a full English breakfast, somewhat inappropriately placed, but delicious.

Tomatoes, baked beans, and mushrooms just don't scream breakfast to me. Pancakes and waffles work much better.

Fish and chips beats a burger most any day, and pub food is outstanding.

Next time you're over try the Scottish version of a cooked breakfast; bacon, lorne sausage, eggs, tattie scones, black pudding, sometimes something called fruit pudding(better than it sounds), occasionally beans, brown sauce to taste. It drops any pretense of being a balanced meal(seriously, a few fried mushrooms and a fried tomato is not "one of your five a day" people ), the fruit pudding adds the sweet element that some American breakfasts seem to have, and "filling" doesn't even come close to describing the result

All cultures have great food.

Except the Irish... they got nothing...

 djones520 wrote:
All cultures have great food.

Except the Irish... they got nothing...

They have potatoes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

Yeah I read that Cadbury's has such a low cacao content that it technically isn't even chocolate. However, Hershey's tastes like somebody left a bar of Cadbury's in the back of the cupboard for about 10 years. Belgian chocs are amazing, but they're a bit too rich to eat by the Kilo, which is what some of us require to maintain 100% blood sugar saturation.

 Smacks wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

Yeah I read that Cadbury's has such a low cacao content that it technically isn't even chocolate. However, Hershey's tastes like somebody left a bar of Cadbury's in the back of the cupboard for about 10 years. Belgian chocs are amazing, but they're a bit too rich to eat by the Kilo, which is what some of us require to maintain 100% blood sugar saturation.

That's actually sort of the idea.

That distinctive Hershey's flavor is caused by oxidation of fatty acids in the milk solids of the chocolate. If you leave chocolate sitting around it develops that flavor, which is also why Buttermilk tastes good.

Its chemistry.

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Love the OP . I for one welcome the "British Invasion" (my wife has gotten me into Downton Abbey already, so what's some chocolate ).

In all honesty, this could be the greatest foreign policy blunder the Americans have committed since the Vietnam war. These aggressive actions will only serve to push us into the friendly sphere of China, a peace loving nation that would never ban British chocolate

Well, they did ban the last lot of tastey treats we tried to flood their market with... though it was nowhere near addictive as chocolate

Besides, why not just steal the labeling and produce cheap knockoff chocolate?

 djones520 wrote:
All cultures have great food.

Except the Irish... they got nothing...

Excuse me?

 djones520 wrote:
All cultures have great food.

Except the Irish... they got nothing...

What about crubeens?

Dulse!

Ive had real Cadburys... stuffs crap. Real Kit Kats are pretty good. Swiss/Belgian/German chocoalates are very, very nice, but hands down the best chocolates I have EVER had have been from Latin America.

As for food, traditional English cuisine is rather bland and boring, most of the good stuff being made these days(much like in the USA - traditional American cuisine is similarly bland and boring) the result of experimentation and overseas influence. That being said, I vastly prefer English cuisine to French cuisine. Really, I cant find much of anything about french cuisine that I actually enjoy.

I can attest to the superiority of British candies and sweets in general.

Buy a pack of skittles in NA, its ok i guess, buy one in the UK and its awesome.

North America is losing out on squash drink mixes as well.

Even the japanese are over taking NA in sweet technology, you really need to try green tea or machta kit kats if you havnt, some asian import stores or super markets have them