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How about pancakes, biscuits, and fruit?

Man I'm so glad I already ate lunch.

Pancakes? Nope, afraid not.

Biscuits are more of an Elevensy's thing (11 O'clock Teabreak, oddly when I start work!).

Fruit? Only if you're some sort of ponce watching your weight

Oh, and putting Maple Syrup on your brekkie, as well as putting Sugar on Eggy Bread (also known as French Bread but why I know not) is a crime punishable with not being allowed to eat your brekkie and an enforced Vegan diet.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Ozymandias wrote:Remember I live in San Luis Obispo, recently named the "Most Californian Town" in all of California and a fast growing wine region. Here we do fusion cuisine right and since CA is the home of a large part of the country's fresh produce, we get fresher fruits and vegetables than the rest of the US (for the most part). Fresher food = better taste. Always. And as you mentioned the variety in CA can't really be beat.

Yup, fresh veggies are a major plus.

When I'm over that way again, I'll give it a go, but I'm going to need a recommendation for a decent fusion place.
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Big Sky Cafe on Broad St. Good California cuisine (fusion Asian and Mexican with a little Cajun as well) and a great local wine list.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Pancakes? Nope, afraid not.

Biscuits are more of an Elevensy's thing (11 O'clock Teabreak, oddly when I start work!).

Fruit? Only if you're some sort of ponce watching your weight

Oh, and putting Maple Syrup on your brekkie, as well as putting Sugar on Eggy Bread (also known as French Bread but why I know not) is a crime punishable with not being allowed to eat your brekkie and an enforced Vegan diet.

-Son, if you're eating that kind of manly breakfast then you need to experience the obsolute glory of pancakes/waffles with real Canadian maple syrup. be prepared to go into a diabetic coma shortly therefafter though but its so worth it

Pffffrt. You can keep your girly poncy sweetness!

I'll get that from my Sugar Puffs!

Watch out MDG. That knock you may hear at the door shortly is really not a delivery service but Canadian special forces, coming for you. Don't open the door, even if the offer you Tim Hortons donuts eh!

Canadian Maple Syrup?? No heathen, you must have real American Vermont Maple Syrup.

Seriously MDG you need to have good waffles with Maple Syrup. The waffle is designed to take stuff like this with all the little cups to catch the syrup!

Ozymandias, King of Kings

HA! I laugh at the Canadian Special Forces!

I will simply point out the lack of Kraft Dinner available in the UK, and they will cry.

Breakfast is a cool subject. Here in New England we have a lot of diners and breakfast restaurants which specialize in it.

Usually there are lots of different starches on offer- “English” muffins, croissants, toast, “French” toast, pancakes, waffles, hash browns (in shredded or chunky variations), pan fries (chunks of potato fried in the pan or on the griddle, usually with peppers and/or onions mixed in), bagels, and sweet baked muffins. Toppings for “English” muffins, pancakes, and waffles can vary from simple butter, fruit preserves or jam, to authentic maple syrup (or mass-produced imitation maple-flavored, more commonly). Bagels have many different things that get baked onto them, and can be topped with cream cheese, butter, fruit preserves, or lox.

Several variant preparations of fried eggs are popular, such as scrambled, sunny side up, and over easy. Omelets are popular too, with all kinds of fillings. “Southwestern” style omelets are enjoyed everywhere.

Meats include sausages (in patties or links, pork, beef, or a mix), BACON (typically thin-cut, can be floppy or crispy), and ham.

Fresh fruits are also popular. Grapefruit, sliced cantaloupe and honeydew, kiwi, and sometimes grapes and oranges.

Breakfast sandwiches are very common, in which you take a sliced English muffin, bagel, or croissant, and fill it with egg plus one of the aforementioned meats.

Drinks: Coffee is generally king, though tea also is popular. Milk and juice (usually orange- fresh squeezed is best- or cranberry) are usually consumed by the kids, sometimes by adults too.

If I’m planning on stuffing myself with breakfast out, it’ll usually be something like:

3 thick slices of French toast with maple and a little butter, three or four slices of bacon (crispy), maybe a small sausage or two, an English muffin with butter and a little salt, pan fries (with peppers and onions please!), a little mixed fruit on the side, all washed down with coffee, milk AND orange juice.

Edit: Vermont Maple syrup is king. The stuff we make here in NH is basically the same, though we don't have as much of it.

When I can be bothered, my Brekkie is usually just a bowl of cereal and a cigarette.

When I can't be bothered, brekkie is usually just a cigarette.

However, sometimes I do make myself a massive greasy fry up. Though never on a work day. Afterwards I need a couple of hours to let it settle. Yums!

Mannahnin can I have breakfast with you at Adepticon? That is like my perfect weekend morning breakfast.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

i'm going to have to agree with MDG here in regards to breakfast, bacon, sausage, egg, tomato, beans, mushrooms (not for me i dont eat anything that can potentially grow between your toes), toast, fried bread anything designed to give you a heart attack is a great way to start a day, also a great hangover cure (all that grease just soaks the booze right up)

OH, and I prefer fairly well done but gone cold toast to it being hot.

Always have. I know it's odd, but thats how I like it! Yum!

MDG- Yeah, what I actually break my fast with on a typical day is usually a far cry short of that stuffing. Usually it’s more like an English muffin (or some pancakes; I usually have a few left over if I make them on the weekend), a glass of water, a glass of ovaltine, and a banana. The first three stuffed in my face as fast as I can before running out the door, and the last eaten as I drive. Then I get the coffee as soon as I arrive at work. If I’m running late I’ll often bring the English muffins and butter with me to work and toast a couple here.

Ozy- Absolutely! Since the Saturday and Sunday events start early, Friday is probably the best chance of that, or Friday night. They’ve switched hotels, so we should check with the Chicago locals for a good place.

whatwhat wrote:Last month when I was in the US I went into a certain fast food chain in which they had mild sauce, hot sauce, and fire sauce. The fire sauce, supposedly the hottest, which my American friend refused to try, was weak as hell. That kind of makes me think they're not a society brought up on spicy food, curry for example. I may be wrong however.

Not brought up on spicy foods?

We're freaking Americans. The world's "great melting pot." We're brought up on EVERYTHING.

It's jut that MOST people here choose NOT to eat overly spicy food. Where *I* would use the fire sauce, simply so I could feel SOMETHING from its' spiceness, that stuff's really hot to someone who chooses not to eat spicy food often.

The names aren't chosen, literally, to infer that they really are that hot, but "Weak, Mild and Slightly Hot" are not choices that would "test" well in marketing.


Eric

legoburner wrote:One of my favourite things about having people visit from the US is getting them their first good chicken tikka dish. Then some high quality Korean barbeque and top quality sushi, and perhaps if there is time some Nepalese or proper Chinese food

I tend to eat in the rural midwest, freshness is a factor

Holy god, no wonder you think food in London is "good". Aside from variations of meat & potatoes, there's not much remarkable in midwest.

Now of you were to go to SoCal or SLO, you'd be able to get *authentic* Korean BBQ, sushi, and Chinese food.

Also, would it kill you to ask a local Chinese person for a food recommendation some time? They can nearly always point you to the best Asian food in the area. Even in the Midwest.

Tho if you're focusing on tiny rural places, well, there's not much anyone can do. That's why we move from the farms to the cities....
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whatwhat wrote:Wow this thread didn't take long to start annoying some americans did it.

I mean the best example of a good american meal was ribs and pizza?

Quite frankly the attitude is more from you than anything else... :S

I can get excellent, 4-star and 5-star meals pretty much anywhere in the US. Indeed, when my wife and I dine out, we tend to only eat at finer dining establishments - otherwise we save and eat at home. My examples were of native (regional) American foods. BBQ is uniquely American, famously Southern, and the babybacks are easily the best of class. Chicago-style stuffed pizza pies are from the midwest and stand as top eats against anything else in the world. Cajun is native to Louisiana and, again, has a sense of flavor that you won't find anywhere else.

Quite frankly, for inexpensive & spiced, Cajun food easily beats Indian food hands down. It's laughable that you'd even compare the two if you've ever had the experience.

But then, "British cuisine" and "British fine dining" are pretty much the definitions of "oxymoron".
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Mannahnin wrote:

whatwhat wrote:And btw, british food is not just fish and chips and haggis.

I’d certainly be interested in hearing more examples of tasty British cuisine.

As I said earlier, "rosbif"
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:A British Breakfast? Traditional, Full English would be.....

Proper Bacon, Sausages (Pork not Beef) Eggs (Fried or Scrambled, I prefer Fried) Fried Bread, Fried Tomato, Blackpudding and Mushrooms. Perhaps Beans as well if I'm really hungry. Is also referred to as a Fry Up. I like Toast and Butter afterwards, and of course a fresh pot of Tea is a must, stronger the better (let it mash!)

Yum, I love this kind of thing! I can almost eat breakfast all day long...

For me: bacon and multiple kinds of pork sausages, fried egg, a bit of fruit, thin flapjacks or crispy waffles with butter & maple syrup, and tea or black coffee to wash it down.
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Ozymandias wrote:Big Sky Cafe on Broad St. Good California cuisine (fusion Asian and Mexican with a little Cajun as well) and a great local wine list.

Danke, danke!

Yeh I've already been told about this attitude I have. I should be locked up or something me.

Yeah! Locked up in a good restaurant somewhere in the US, to repent for your sins through glorious yankee gluttony.

Mannahnin: Cool, I'm doing the Fantasy Escalation so I'll have a long morning.

JHDD: One of the things I miss from growing up in the LA area is the lack of more authentic Chinese and Korean food. I had lots of Asian friends when I lived down in your neck of the woods and they'd always take me to their fav spots in China-town or Korean-town. I miss Korean BBQ (one thing we don't have in SLO... :( ).

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Yeh as always the old, if somebodies opinion cant be changed just tell em theyve got an attitude problem comes through.

Yeah the old, I have an attitude problem and you guys called me out on it so I'll say its you being defensive and not me.



Lighten up dude.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

lol

You're really taking umbrage to some, clearly sarcastic, comments about food? You didn't like it? Fair enough. I don't particularly care for French, or English food. Their cooking methods are useful, but the balance of spices is off to my mind.

People were annoyed because you went from the benign territory of food, into the charged area of cultural judgment without substantiating yourself.

And how exactly did I do that?

I give my opinion on your food, some dont like it and try to convince me otherwise, im not convinced, i have an attitude problem. Rather than my own opinon.

as I said before, meh.

Take it from someone a little closer to your age group. You've got an attitude problem. You're being unhelpful. You posted a sniping 'lol'. This isn't a broad generalisation like 'americans eat pizza and ribs', but incidentally I do have pretty stereotypical opinions on UK students, from my experience. Contribute or shut the hell up.

whatwhat wrote:And how exactly did I do that?

I give my opinion on your food, some dont like it and try to convince me otherwise, im not convinced, i have an attitude problem. Rather than my own opinon.

as I said before, meh.

Mannahnin wrote:

whatwhat wrote:After reading back the comments i'm not convinced, I mean the best example of a good american meal was ribs and pizza?

No, those were examples of great food that is (more or less) FROM here. Our pizza is usually so divergent from the original that one can easily see it as an American creation. And our version(s) of BBQ is (are) also fairly different from other places’ variations on grilled meat. Cajun food was another example of "American cuisine".

There are lots of other good ethnic cuisines here, but most of them are fairly direct descendents from elsewhere. You can get plenty good Italian food, for example, and it’s a staple in many American diets, but if we get it at a restaurant we still identify it as Italian. Same with Mexican. There’s plenty of good food in this country. But there’s plenty of bad too (as you clearly experienced).

whatwhat wrote:I kinda know now why you call that cheap processed cheese that comes in slices " American cheese" cause its typical of the stuff you eat in your diet.

Here’s where you started getting offensive. Obviously the people participating in this thread care at least a little about what we put in our mouths. When you draw unfounded conclusions about our diets based on crap that some of us wouldn’t even feed our pets (like processed cheese slices), naturally we think you’re out of line.

whatwhat wrote:But you obviously assume that because I didnt like your food I only went to fast food joints and franchises.

Well, we’re honestly surprised that you couldn’t find something good, particularly with this “friend” helping. If the guy couldn’t find you anything decent to eat over a span of weeks, even in Florida, then either he has no taste or he’s not really a friend and was deliberately messing with you.

whatwhat wrote:And btw, british food is not just fish and chips and haggis.

I love nice fish & chips. I’m not much of a fan of puddings. Other than the fish & chips, when I was in England most of the tasty things I ate were foreign (like kebabs and Indian). I’d certainly be interested in hearing more examples of tasty British cuisine.

whatwhat wrote:And how exactly did I do that?

I give my opinion on your food, some dont like it and try to convince me otherwise, im not convinced, i have an attitude problem. Rather than my own opinon.

as I said before, meh.

When you said "...its typical of the stuff you eat in your diet." Blanket generalizations tend to get at people. Especially if, when they respond, your response is 'meh'. If you're not interested in discussing something there isn't really a point to saying so unless you're trying to enshrine your judgment as superior.

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This thread is sliding into a personal discussion. For the good of the nation (movie quote-Bueller? anyone?) I am going to shut this down but invite MDG or others to post more food related threads well, NOW






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