I wonder why you never see resturaunts that specialize in British cuisine

[Zuni]

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Is it hate that drives this agenda?

discuss

[chelsea0011]

1. There are only so many ways to do stilton, bread, a pear, and a pint

[BurtWorm]

2. You never ate at Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips?

Classy jernt.

[JimmyJazz]

3. Hate doesn't drive the agenda - lousy food does.

<---- will I be needing him?

[Zuni]

5. that was my intent

I am wearing asbestos undergarments today :P

[NuckinFutz]

6. You got that right...the word that comes to mind is....

BLAND......

[billyskank]

12. Must.....resist.....!

:)

[JimmyJazz]

16. Oh c'mon now! I'm not afraid of you and your lousy food....

I was thinking about traveling to London so I could lose this pesky last ten pounds that insists on hanging around my middle :P

[billyskank]

19. Be sure to try the jellied eels!

:puke:

[Zuni]

21. ooooh....I'll take the blood pudding

:P

[GCP]

51. How about some Spotted Dick!

Seriously - it's a pudding served with custard. :D

[trebizond]

22. ahem

UK restaurant named best in world

Go on, get some snail porridge down ya gullet!:P

[JimmyJazz]

23. Ha ha - You should know I love the British!

I'm just in a mood, is all. :D

[tjwmason]

32. This from the country that gave us MacDonalds

Pizza Hut &c.&c.

Some of our food may be lousy (though that stereotype is about as accurate as most), but at least it's food and it's ours.

"American cuisine", consists of taking other people's food and making it even worse, then making it mass produced so that it looks and tastes rather like plastic.

[JimmyJazz]

37. Music - YES....Food:

I don't think so.

[tjwmason]

39. Why are American hamburgers aLways served with "reLish"?

Because the food itseLf doesn't taste of anything.

Compare with the rough EngLish equivaLent - beef weLLington - which needs no such 'adornment'.

[JimmyJazz]

41. Um - You do know that I'm totally messing with you, right?

[tjwmason]

79. But of course

one of the few things better than our food is our depLoyment of humour (and we can speLL the word too).

[Zuni]

42. relish is more common on hot dogs or bratwurst

I like it on most meats in a bun, simply because I love pickle relish

[Spider Jerusalem]

80. Beef Wellington = hamburger?

Fillet in pastry crust isn't exactly ground-up second-or-third-grade meat , overcooked in grease and served on white bread. Score one for the English.

[asthmaticeog]

40. This from the nation that considers flour a spice.

I'm not going to defend McDonalds, but just because there's *some* crap American food doesn't make UK "cuisine" defensible on any level. The US has some KILLER regional cuisines. Attacking McDonald's as "American cuisine" is a pathetic straw-man.

[Zuni]

43. you can't beat southern BBQ

all spicy-like

[JimmyJazz]

52. Dayum! Who pissed on your cheerios,

birthday boy? :P

[asthmaticeog]

57. *I* pissed on my Cheerios.

It's all about ME today!

[JimmyJazz]

59. I'm really sorry to break the news to you, but it's really about me.

It's always about me. Me. Me. Me. Now get over yourself. :P

[asthmaticeog]

64. Yeah, you may think so, but

when I turn off the computer, you're GONE. It is indeed all about me. Ha!

[JimmyJazz]

67. Stop fucking with my chi, Birthday Boy.

[billyskank]

60. That's why you're so angry!

You pissed on your own Cheerios. No-one likes that!

[trebizond]

88. Pissed on Cheerios- why that sounds like the kind of thing

they'd be interested in serving down the Fat Duck!:P

[tjwmason]

76. fLour a spice?

I've never heard such nonsense, and it's evident you haven't the foggiest idea about British food.

My point is that 'American' cuisine is simpLy copying and debasing other imported cuisines.

The reaL pethetic straw-man is the tired repitition of outmoded stereotypes about British food.

[asthmaticeog]

81. The flour crack was a JOKE.

"My point is that 'American' cuisine is simpLy copying and debasing other imported cuisines."

It's not copying or debasing when the people who do it are from the cultures that originated the dishes, adding new influences based on what's locally available and encounters with transplants from other cultures, which is true in the case of all USA regional cuisines. Is the increasing popularity of curry dishes in the UK, due to the presence of Pakistani immigrants, a debasement of anything? Are the English copying the curry or is the curry besmirching the purity of spotted dick? Crikey, mate, get a grip.

And by the way, cut the L shit. You're no sniffa.

[xmas74]

84. We do have some wonderful regional food.

And we have excellent chefs that can prepare it. A great example is Bobby Flay and his preparation of Southwestern cuisine. If anyone has ever had that they would no longer argue that "American" food is blah.
We just like to think of American food as fast food. We always forget about the regional fare and even our own home cooked meals. Go to any truckstop in America and you will find something on the menu that is only featured in that area. Good prices, good food and usually great service.
America's greatest food is usually in the places that no one wants to eat because of appearance. That's why we get a bad rap-we don't gussy any of it up for anyone.

[Hugin]

4. They used to have Arthur Treacher's or something like that.

Fish and Chips.

or

Chips and Fish.

Your choice mate!

[Bunny]

7. There's a place in Pittsburgh that does British cuisine.

I think some Scottish and Irish too. They have shepard's pie, bangers and mash, and other things like that. It's supposed to be authentic British Isles food. I ate there once, I don't remember what I had but it was good. It's called Piper's pub, on the South Side.

On edit - here's their menu: http://www.piperspub.com/

[spinbaby]

48. They have that raspberry beer

Yummy.

[silvermachine]

70. I've eaten there...

...the food is great. I've had the fish fillet sandwich and the Scotch eggs, both were great. And a nice crab dip also.

[TK421]

73. I don't know...just about everything on that menu sounds damn good

:9

[Bunny]

77. A lot of it is comfort food, isn't it?

Maybe that's why there isn't much British cuisine available. There's nothing real exciting about it, but it's delicious and sticks to your ribs!

[CanuckAmok]

91. If you;re british, you need alot of comforting.

Terrible plumbing, cars that don't work, a total of four TV stations, and all the fun Brits move to Canada.

[trebizond]

94. Totally unfair!

We have 5 TV stations now...

[CanuckAmok]

97. Beggin' yer pardon, guv'!

But how many of them only show reruns of "The Golden Shot"? I'm betting three.

[trebizond]

98. If it aint broke, don't fix it!

[CanuckAmok]

99. LOL!!!

Is that still on? It was Granny's favourite gameshow.

[trebizond]

101. Tragically, it isn't.

Luckily, we still have great sitcoms--as long as we can deal with the fact that every series runs to all of 6-8 episodes...:mad:

[tigereye]

83. that is such a cool place Bunny!

[demnan]

8. Even the British don't like British food

They usually prefer Indian, French or Italian

[kwassa]

9. Yes, they're called "pubs"

English pubs can be found in many American cities.

Santa Monica, CA, has a bunch of them. So does Cambria, CA.

[billyskank]

10. I'm British, and I'm not even sure what "British cuisine" is

That's not to say the food here is bad. It isn't. There's no shortage of good restaurants to go to. But I've never seen anything advertising "British cuisine." Traditional British cooking is pretty rustic, and it's not the sort of thing you would go out to a restaurant for. So the idea of a "British restaurant," especially abroad, seems really strange to me.

I certainly don't think it's hate!

[Zuni]

17. psssst

I was joking :P

[BiggJawn]

35. Boiled, Roasted, and Boiled...

"In Hell, the police are German, the politicians French, the lovers Dutch, the engineers Italian, and the cooks British...."

Forget who said that...

A nice roast joint and a hot Yorkshire puddie are pretty hard to beat on a cold winter's Sunday afternoon, though...

[Hugin]

46. Hahahahaha!

That is *the* funniest thing I've read in awhile.

[tjwmason]

78. "British cuisine" means normaL food

Just as one doesn't get 'French restaurants' in France, so too one doesn't get 'British restaurants' in Britain - and in America their cuLture is simpLy a debased version of our own, thus to advertise as specificaLLy British there is aLmost as superfLuous as it is here.

[NV Whino]

11. If you have ever eaten British "cuisine"

you would know th answer to that question.


Beer, ale, lager, stout, however is another story.

[RebelOne]

18. Yes, I have had British food and it's nothing to write home about.

When I was in the British Isles, the only decent food I could get was at ethic restaurants, Indian, Italian, Chinese, etc.

[billyskank]

61. You mean "ethnic," right?

:D

[NV Whino]

65. Yep. That's the same thing I did.

Indian was best.

[billyskank]

75. In fact, "Indian" in Britain could be termed British cuisine

because it doesn't really exist anywhere else. Certainly not in India! It was created by Indian immigrants, or their descendents, living in Britain. For example, the Balti was invented in Birmingham. (England, not Alabama).

[trebizond]

90. Indeed--and I believe the chicken tikka masalla is a Leicester innovation!

[MrPrax]

13. Perhaps in the US it might be a hard sell...

But there are British-styled pubs in most large North American cities, but I think the drawing card is the beer and not necessarily the food.

There is of course small Elephant and Castle chain that has a good selection of British styled food, ales and Scotch...

[Dastard Stepchild]

14. When in England....

I ate Indian food. It was simply the most vegetarian-friendly. Though My mother and father swore by the rashers and the bangers and mash.

[Demonaut]

15. Pubs and British food go hand in hand, find a pub in the US

and I guarantee they have bangers and mash, shepards pie and some form of yorkshire pudding...If you've ever lived in England you'll know that restaurants are for "foreign" foods

[evlbstrd]

20. Ever read Calvin Trillin?

"I suppose I welcome the coming of British cuisine. But does 'welcome' mean you have to eat the stuff?

[dean_dem]

24. There's one right next door to my office.

Pretty decent food actually.

[yvr girl]

25. I love some of it

Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding, Shepherd's Pie and Trifle.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

26. No..it's the fact that anyone can boil water and stick meat in it

[joneschick]

27. I suspect some of the names of dishes could put one off

Spotted Dick and Toad-in-the-Hole for starters.

[BiggJawn]

36. Toad-in-the-hole is yummy.

What an inventive name. Must be popular with 8-y-o boys....

[China_cat]

28. Is there really such a thing

as British cuisine?

[5thGenDemocrat]

29. It's like Canadian food

They run everything through the blander.
John
28, 22 and four to FUNDAY over here in Saginaw, Michigan.

[Arugula Latte]

30. The Brits make some good desserts ... er, sweets.

Toffee, custards, crumbles, trifles, pour cream on anything ... YUM. :9

[crispini]

31. Bangers and mash!

Bubble and squeak! Toad in the hole! Fish and chips! Yuuuuuuuuuuuuum. Please, I'll take my heart attack on a plate, with cider, please. (the alcoholic stuff.)

Oooh. Cider. Now you've made me really want a drink.

[Sequoia]

33. In Santa Monica, CA they do.

That city has quite a population of Britts and pubs advertise bangers and mash, fish 'n chips, and brewskies. (I sure miss that town, just shoot me 'cause I moved to hell.)

[Aiptasia]

34. having lived in London

The Brits can fuck up boiled water if you don't teach them.

Don't get me wrong, they get a bad rap from a lot of the organ meats and ethnic foods, but since the 1980's they've been invaded by several different cultures with good cuisine, so it isn't as bleak as you'd think.

Don't believe me, go eat some steak and kidney pudding sometime. Bleah!

But i'll throw down on some curry now.

[Aiptasia]

54. Shandy, living proof of culinary insanity

beer
lemon juice

Disgusting right? Then why am I hooked on them? :hangover:

[trebizond]

92. mmm...I LOVE steak and kidney pudding!

[DrDebug]

38. The British are a wonderful people

But food isn't their strong point.

Is this breakfast or is this the result of a hangover?

[barb162]

45. hangover

[barb162]

44. there are only so many ways to boil meat

[dolo amber]

47. I thought British cuisine

meant curries, these days... :shrug:

[DS1]

53. Curries w/lager after a long night of bar crawling

Greasy Fish & Chips at 2 in the afternoon when you wake back up :D

[billyskank]

56. You've clearly been here before!

:)

[DS1]

58. It's where I'm from

:-)

[leftofthedial]

49. in Murka, we use all those organs

to make hot dogs

[Hugin]

50. So aren't hot dogs technically "British Cuisine"?

[DrDebug]

55. Hot dog is "German Cuisine". A Frankfurter ;)

And it seems to be true as well and a German brought it to New York as well ;)

It makes sense as well. Wurst is a typical German food

1690s - Another legend is that the popular sausage (known as "dachshund" or "little-dog" sausage) was created in the late 1600s by Johann Georghehner, a butcher living in Coburg, Germany. It is said that he later traveled to Frankfurt to promote his new product.
(...)
1867 - Charles Feltman, a German butcher, opened up the first Coney Island hot dog stand in Brooklyn, New York. According to the article Coney Island -Food & Dining by Jeffrey Stanton
(...)
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HotDog/HDIndex.htm

[leftofthedial]

66. they are if you boil them

and serve them with some sort of unrecognizeable and tasteless starchy thing

and give them a name like "bloogers and squelchy"

[cestpaspossible]

62. That's what prisons are for.

[movie_girl99]

63. we have a few places here that specialize in British food

We have a few Irish pubs and The Londoner which my husband says is not to bad but not like his mum's cooking.

[Withywindle]

68. Got a really good one right here in Chicago...

Red Lion Pub.

Bangers and mash, shepherd's pie, fish & chips, plowman's lunch, Welsh rarebit, etc... plus huge selection of ales and stouts and lagers and whisk(e)y....what's not to like? I eat there a lot. :shrug:

[chickenscratching]

69. cuisine! heh!

:rofl: oh, youre killing me!

though, in mn we do have a british cuisine restaurant called sherlock's home

[leftofthedial]

71. same reason it is you never see museums dedicated to

great freeper artists.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

72. In downtown Minneapolis, we have Brit's Pub and he Local

At Brit's Pub, you can get Cornish pasties, fish and chips, bangers and mash, and everything else you remember with fondness(?) from your trip to England.

According to a Brit of my acquaintance, however, the Local serves the most authentic fish and chips.

[Book Lover]

74. Come to Camelot Fish & Chips in Pacifica

If they ever open up, I mean... (other Pacificans know what I'm talking about...) Seriously, though, myabe it's just that they're around larger population centers? I've always known of a place to get fish & chips plus...

[xmas74]

82. I've been to exactly one.

They aren't very common.

[jmowreader]

85. We used to have one in Fayettenam

T'was called the Squire's Pub, and they served traditional British cuisine at rather high prices.

The only thing they served that was edible was the fish & chips, and every barbecue joint in town has that for much cheaper than the Squire's Pub.

IIRC there's a tattoo parlor in that building now.

[yellowcanine]

86. I don't. Have you ever had British cuisine?

[KamaAina]

87. I'll ask Mum when she gets back

Repuke Man (now also "Stepdad") took KaMakuahine ("Mum" over there) to London for her birthday! (He goes back far enough to when there actually were repukes that were capable of walking upright.) They may have eaten at a British restaurant tonight for all I know!

Oh yes, here on tropical O'ahu, nearly halfway around the globe from GMT, there is a place called the Elephant and Castle...

[kodi]

89. well, it might be because there are only a few ways to boil meat

consider it.

[solinvictus]

93. Shepherd's Pie, Bangers and Mash..Beans on Toast..

These are pretty good. Is it England or Scotland that has the worst instances of heart disease in Europe? With that breakfast, I could see why.

[trebizond]

96. Scotland--land of the deep fried mars bar!

And my beloved country of origin (oh, my chest!)

[SOteric]

95. Well one certainly sees a lot of British pubs and taverns.

:shrug: So I guess we don't hate their beer.

[rppper]

100. one word....Haggis

i know it's scottish...close enough to england....i mean really...look at it...would you like it served to you in a resturaunt????