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If you guys had to pick a few dishes that absolutely defined Britain, what would you go with?

Is it the full English breakfast?

Toad in the hole, which by the way as an American I found harder to make than I would have thought? (my sausages didn't float).

Is it Chicken Tikka Masala, which as O understand it isn't really an Indian disk but actually British? (mine also didn't come out right but I think I know what I did wrong).

Scotch eggs? Those I made, and they came out great!

Why aren't there any British restaurants in the US? Is that like that in other countries? (Honest questions, I don't know).

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Sunday Roast, Stew and Dumplings, Fish and Chips, Beans on Toast, Egg and Soldiers, to add to what you mentioned.

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What are eggs and soldiers?


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Soft boiled egg in an egg cup, with strips of toast that you dip in the egg.

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Roast Dinner, egg and soldiers, fish and chips, full english breakfast, steak and kidney pie with chips, full cream tea, smoked kippers, fish finger sandwich, stew and dumplings, Toad in Da Hole.

That's effectively a British diet if you want it to be. The heart attack is extra.

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Don’t forget the many forms of pudding with custard. One of my favourites being treacle tart; for our American cousins, it’s kind of like Pecan Pie, but without wasting all of that space on nuts...

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Don’t forget the many forms of pudding with custard. One of my favourites being treacle tart; for our American cousins, it’s kind of like Pecan Pie, but without wasting all of that space on nuts...


Oh God yes. Jam Roly Poly. I almost forgot.


 
   
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Oh and by “pudding“ I mean “dessert“.

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I recently had this discussion with a friend of mine whos from England (and travels back and forth regularly and is somewhat involved in the restaurant industry back there). In response to some of the dishes listed here (bangers and mash/fish and chips, etc.) he basically said, and I quote "Nobody back home eats that gak anymore, our national cuisine at this point is really indian food - curries, tikka masala and vindaloo especially."

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I agree with the stews, pies, casseroles, roasts and puddings etc. There is a lot of regional differences though, like in Cornwall it is Pasty, in Bristol its Clarke's pie etc.
Breads and cheeses are also heavily regionally dependant and combined with cold cuts of meat and an array of pickles to form a Ploughmans which is pretty British.


Out of interest Ouze what went wrong with your Masala? Did you try the recipe I posted up?

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When I think of British food, the first dish I think of is fish and chips. Second is Haggis (specifically the deep fried ones you get at a chip shop), but that is pretty much unique to Scotland as far as I know.
I lived in England and Scotland for a short while, and fast food was basically my only exposure to "British" food, since we still ate "normal" food at home. So beyond fast food, I never really have had much British food. But given the lack of enthusiasm most foreigners display for British food, I doubt whether I missed out on much

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Out of interest Ouze what went wrong with your Masala? Did you try the recipe I posted up?


I think it was a bad recipe we found online.

I don't recall which ingredient there was too much of (one of the spices like turmeric or cumin), but after it was finished and it came out badly, we looked at other recipes and there was like 400% more of it for some reason. I don't think we tried again.

It was a long time ago so I really should try again with a good recipe. Where did you post yours?

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 Ouze wrote:
 ingtaer wrote:
Out of interest Ouze what went wrong with your Masala? Did you try the recipe I posted up?


I think it was a bad recipe we found online.

I don't recall which ingredient there was too much of (one of the spices like turmeric or cumin), but after it was finished and it came out badly, we looked at other recipes and there was like 400% more of it for some reason. I don't think we tried again.

It was a long time ago so I really should try again with a good recipe. Where did you post yours?


Well my recipe is pretty good if I do say so myself! Its on the second to last page of the DCM cooking thread, just over halfway down. Give it a go!

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 Ketara wrote:
 Jadenim wrote:
Don’t forget the many forms of pudding with custard. One of my favourites being treacle tart; for our American cousins, it’s kind of like Pecan Pie, but without wasting all of that space on nuts...


Oh God yes. Jam Roly Poly. I almost forgot.


Pies (especially apple made with good bramley apples, add blackberries from a hedgerow if wanted), crumble (apple, rhubarb etc.), rhubarb and custard, bread and butter pudding, bakewell tart/pudding, sticky toffee pudding, treacle sponge/jam sponge/syrup sponge, eton mess etc.

We really like our puddings.

For savoury you have fish and chips, bangers and mash, toad in the hole, variety of different roasts (with their matching condiments), pie and potatoes (chips, mash or new) with gravy, stews such as lancashire hotpot, tikka masala, english breakfast, crumpets, muffins, egg and soldiers, cheese on toast (if in wales, welsh rarebit), marmite and cheese (sandwiches, on crackers etc.), cucumber sandwiches.

All cheese should be proper british cheese. If the cheddar isn't extra mature, crumbly, and preferably aged in a cave then it shouldn't be anywhere near the plate.

And, finally, a cup of nice, hot Tea.

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A new coffee shop just opened up round the corner from my work, and they have corn-flake tart (but no pink custard)!

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Cheese on toast with lea and perrins, bacon sandwich, fried egg sandwich, cucumber sandwich, tea and scones rump steak and chips, did anyone say fish and chips yet?
   
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Gin.

Steak and kidney pudding.

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I was coming in to say steak and kidney pie and pork pie. Meat pies and pastries generally are one of the things I miss the most from the UK.

   
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There's nothing better than a hand-raised cold water pastry pork pie. The ones they do at the Queens' Farm Shop in Windsor Great Park are superb.

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More regionally Scottish than British, but fried things in rolls. Bacon, sausages (link and square), egg, potato scones, black pudding, chips (fries for the Yanks), crisps (chips for the yanks ), a scotch pie and beans (yes, in the roll).
   
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Yorkshire Pudding. Shepherd's and/or Cottage pies are also quite British (and yummy IMO).
   
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My reflex answers are very Scottish, but I’d point to haggis, black pudding, hough, clootie dumpling, bridies, and stovies. Like most British foods, I don’t think they really translate well across borders because they’re largely poverty foods that most places have some version of. Most places have a form of blood pudding, pies, fruit puddings and so on. Everyone does good broths or stews to make do with cheap meats and veg (cultural deitary restrictions notwithstanding. The more expensive things we do very well, like cheeses and preserves, again most nations also have good lines in.

I guess beef wellington gets around? Whether it’s legitimately British, or just got a British name I don’t know, though.
   
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Marmite.

Bangers.

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Bangers and Mash (sausages, mashed potato, gravy - assorted veg)

Toad in the Hole (bangers in yorkshire pudding mix with gravy and veg)

Shepherds Pie (minced meat topped with a layer of mashed potato - note technically its only a shepherds pie if its made with mutton whilst its a cottage pie if its made with beef; though casually most people call it sheperds pie even if its got minced beef in it)

Sunday Roast (roast leg of lamb or chicken - gravy - mashed potato - roast potatoes (giant chips basically) and veg)

Full English Breakfast (whatever the heck you want made up of Bangers, bacon, hash browns, baked beans, fried tomato, toast, fried bread, mushrooms, fried egg (can be poached, diced, sliced or whatever you want), black pudding (many many people don't have that) and lots more. Basically if you can fry it in a pan its worthy - someplaces will throw a steak on top too).

Steak and Chips (like it says - oft served with veg)

Fish and Chips (note proper fish and chips has soft chips cooked in a magical frying machine that makes them extra special tasting)

Ham Egg and Chips

Steak and Ale Pie (to name but one as there are LOADS of pies)

Cornish Pasty (minced meat, assorted veg, wrapped in a pasty wrapper - traditionally served to miners and contained more food with an open top; they'd hold it in the pastry and eat the inside and then throw away the pastry because of the heavy metals and such on their hands. Today its more refined, has an enclosed top of pastry and you eat it all)

99 Flake (ok that's an ice cream but its very British though it no longer costs 99pence and is now closer to £2.50 in some places!)

Creamed Tea (Tea with a scone, cream and jam)

Scotch eggs (hard boiled egg wrapped in meat and breakcrumbs); Pork Pie (pork in a pie with a boild egg); Haggis (technically British but no one considers it as such, that's Scottish through and through).

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Loads more and all that was mentioned before. As for the whole "people don't really eat that stuff any more" it depends where you are from. Curry has certainly risen to dominance in many areas, esp urban areas. But head out to a pub and most will be serving traditional foods alongside a curry.

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Boiled baby.



Marmite.

Bangers.


What is in that? It's curious, and could either be amazingly delicious, or a trap.

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Flour, suet, currants or raisins, nutmeg, cinnamon, milk.

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Hmm, I'd give that a solid try. Sounds good.

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