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One of the reasons france didn't recieve[ALLEGEDLY] the Olympic games was its so called "Percieved" arrogance. This was not helped by Chirac a week before describing British Cuisine as worse second only to Finland. So honestly is it that bad? Chirac coming from a country that eats snails and raw liver should perhaps take heed of the proverb involving glass houses and throughing bricks. So is it all that bad?

Britain has more varieties of cheese then france and it's as good or arguably better thanks to rich pasture's fed by regular rain. Fish and chips the original fast-food. Cornish Pasties, hundreds of fish recipies (including in London, it is a strange place, an inventive use of eels). Lanashire hot pot, Roast beef with Yorkshire puddings, Stews ,shepherd's pie (odd as it is clearly not a pie and often contain's minced beef). Chicken Tikka Masala come from Britain ( well British Indians). So your opionion's please is it really all that bad?

Well... how many "English restaurants" are there in the world.

We have Italian, French, and Spanish eating places. German beer halls, Vietnamese, Indian, and Chinese places. Where are the English ones? We even have Irish pubs the world over serving bangers and mash!!!

:):)

Just for the record, my wife is English and cooks like a chef from heaven.

Well... how many "English restaurants" are there in the world.

We have Italian, French, and Spanish eating places. German beer halls, Vietnamese, Indian, and Chinese places. Where are the English ones? We even have Irish pubs the world over serving bangers and mash!!!

:):)

Just for the record, my wife is English and cooks like a chef from heaven.

Exactly just the responce of an symmpathetic world. We have "English" restraunt serving traditional food in England but I suppose thats about it. Its just a stereotype.

Don't know. I tend to drown out the taste with a few pints. :p

shepherd's pie (odd as it is clearly not a pie and often contain's minced beef).
Shepherds Pie contains Lamb, hence "Shepherd". You're thinking of Cottage Pie ;)

You do get traditional English Pubs, one of my friends went to one in Malaysia. She said it was well weird. :eek:

Never mind British food: so long as it's boiled long enough, it should be relatively safe. What I want to know is why does Finnish food get such a bad press? I've been to Finland, and thought the food was pretty good. Not hugely imaginative, and a bit of a tendancy to be the sort of thing you can take with you on a two week trek across the Arctic tundra without spoiling. But fresh enough, natural, and well cooked.

Meh, what do I know? I'm British and I like mushy peas.

french food is the best in the world.

english food....keeps you from dying?

i havent been to britain so i dont know how good the food is really but its impossible to be better than french food.

Never mind British food: so long as it's boiled long enough, it should be relatively safe. What I want to know is why does Finnish food get such a bad press? I've been to Finland, and thought the food was pretty good. Not hugely imaginative, and a bit of a tendancy to be the sort of thing you can take with you on a two week trek across the Arctic tundra without spoiling. But fresh enough, natural, and well cooked.

Meh, what do I know? I'm British and I like mushy peas.
It gets bad press because: 1) Il Duce felt he had to tell his people once again why the EU Food Safety Agency belongs to Italy, not Finland. And 2) cos Little Napoleon felt overwhelming urge to shoot himself in the foot AGAIN.

I like how British Food looks. Never tried one but I'd be willing to give it a go. Especially Black Pudding.

It gets bad press because: 1) Il Duce felt he had to tell his people once again why the EU Food Safety Agency belongs to Italy, not Finland. And 2) cos Little Napoleon felt overwhelming urge to shoot himself in the foot AGAIN.
This raises the pleasing mental picture of what the look on their faces might have been had the EU Food Safety Agency been awarded to Britain instead. (Not to mention the cry of horror from the rest of Europe.)

I like how British Food looks. Never tried one but I'd be willing to give it a go. Especially Black Pudding.
You'd be better off with a French black pudding. It's yet one more dish they do better than us. :(

This raises the pleasing mental picture of what the look on their faces might have been had the EU Food Safety Agency been awarded to Britain instead. (Not to mention the cry of horror from the rest of Europe.)Well, it was kinda awarded to Finland already (no other country objected), but then Mr. B. threw a fit... and we thought "whattahell, not worth it to waste time arguing with that idiot, he has enough problems without us taking the agency".

I heard that Chirac statement leads back to the Helsinki EU summit. Allegedly, he still foams at the mouth because he accidentally ate a bar of soap in his hotelroom (there usually is an note, in French, in toilets here explaining what to do with a soap, but this time someone apparently forgot it). Anyways, the guy considers cow heads and hamburgers as haute cuisine. I wouldn't take his remarks seriously.

If someone says "British food" I think of corned silverside and boiled cabbage. Silverside done properly isn't bad but there is no excuse for boiling cabbage.

Mind you, Australia is overrun by "traditional" British pubs and I've never seen silverside or boiled cabbage on a menu. There are usually a few varieties of schnitzel and parma - hardly stereotypical British food.

It is a bit bland but not bad.

However I still like meat/cheese pastys, shepherds pie, and bangers

LOL but welsh rarebit is quite overrated :).

I think it has to be raining outside and cold as well, for you to actually appreciate British Food. I mean our food is meant to be warming inside (hence all the pies and puddings and so on) and meant to make you feel happy that you are inside couped up eating good food rather than outside getting wet, as is the norm.

So, British Food is the best in the world, as long as it is raining and cold and has been like that for the past 2 centuries :D :)

Well, it was kinda awarded to Finland already (no other country objected), but then Mr. B. threw a fit... and we thought "whattahell, not worth it to waste time arguing with that idiot, he has enough problems without us taking the agency".

I heard that Chirac statement leads back to the Helsinki EU summit. Allegedly, he still foams at the mouth because he accidentally ate a bar of soap in his hotelroom (there usually is an note, in French, in toilets here explaining what to do with a soap, but this time someone apparently forgot it). Anyways, the guy considers cow heads and hamburgers as haute cuisine. I wouldn't take his remarks seriously.
ha ha ha, that made me laugh.

By the way, underneath the soap is a good place to hide your valuables if you're ever in France....

(sorry, but whilst we're engaging in national stereotypes I couldn't help it)

While living in the UK I didnt care much for traditional British food. Just lacked something, couldnt put my finger on it. I found myself reverting back to what I eat in America. In fact I took over cooking duties. My brit gf loved the fact that I was cooking. Only to spare myself really, never told her that! Also alot of takeout of Indian food. Which the UK has an overabundance of.

While living in the UK I didnt care much for traditional British food. Just lacked something, couldnt put my finger on it. I found myself reverting back to what I eat in America. In fact I took over cooking duties. My brit gf loved the fact that I was cooking. Only to spare myself really, never told her that! Also alot of takeout of Indian food. Which the UK has an overabundance of.

I think what is missing is spice...not enough of it.

I think that British food isn't necessarily worse, just more homestyle. There is no fancy British cuisine, unlike fancy French, Chinese, Italian, etc. This carried onto our food, which doesn't get any fancier than a New York strip steak in a steakhouse.

Then again, British food does have some weird-ass names.

I'm not impressed with french food much either.

British food tastes lovely. Steak and Kindey Pie, y'all. Liver, Bacon, and Sausage! Roast fecking Beef! :D

Then again, British food does have some weird-ass names.
Like what? All the food i can think of is pretty straight-forward.

Like what? All the food i can think of is pretty straight-forward.
Like Spotted Dick.
... Bubble and Squeak?

french food is the best in the world.

english food....keeps you from dying?

i havent been to britain so i dont know how good the food is really but its impossible to be better than french food.

Why would you say french food is the best in the world?

Like Spotted Dick.
... Bubble and Squeak?

Steak and Kidney pie is bloody hard to make well

While living in the UK I didnt care much for traditional British food. Just lacked something, couldnt put my finger on it.
Ketchup. That's what's lacking. Go ahead, try it if you don't believe me.

British food is the best in the universe, cos there is no such thing...our culture has taken in and absorbed so many others that truly British dishes are very rare...however our chefs and cooks (coming from all around the world) are better than anywhere in the world....

I'm an american and I vacationed in the UK several years ago. I thought the food in England was wonderful! It tasted good, was reasonably priced and the serving portions were more than adequate. The "beef stew in a bread bowl" dish (not sure what that's called lol) was heavenly and I had the best fish and chips I'd ever had. Full English Breakfast (served in most B&B's) was a feast on par with what we americans refer to as "southern breakfast" - although I did miss the gravy and buttermilk bisquits and I had one heck of a time explaining the difference between a scone and an american bisquit to my hosts! I also thought it very funny (in a country that drinks so much tea) to see the looks on waiters' faces when I asked for Iced Tea - most of them had never heard of such a thing and I wound up ordering a pot of tea, a glass of water and a glass full of ice and brewing it up at table LOL.

My only real complaint on food in England was when I got something non-english, like pizza - please believe the rest of us when we say pizza is not meant to be bland and you must use more spices to make a decent one. :)

I think London will do fine! Be glad it's not in Edinburgh where someone might be tempted to sell Haggis (tried that too, what a nightmare)!!

What's wrong with boiled beef? Here, we throw in a few chopped vegetables and call that soup.

What's wrong with boiled beef? Here, we throw in a few chopped vegetables and call that soup.



Confused here - not sure which post you were referring to. Haggis is NOT boiled beef - it's various parts and organs (of a sheep I believe) ground up and stuffed into a sheep's stomache and cooked that way - very strong and somewhat gamey tasting.

Confused here - not sure which post you were referring to. Haggis is NOT boiled beef - it's various parts and organs (of a sheep I believe) ground up and stuffed into a sheep's stomache and cooked that way - very strong and somewhat gamey tasting.
Referring to the thread title, actually.

I love haggis.

I like how British Food looks. Never tried one but I'd be willing to give it a go. Especially Black Pudding.

We have a black-pudding throwing competition in my village. Its quite amusing as long as you dont get hit. I was had to explain what they were to a German visitor, who seemed quite horrified by them. I suppose it isn't especially nice to think about what they are made of. They don't taste especially offensive. In fact, they were my grandfather's favourite dish for some time. I quite like english food. Crumbly Lancashire cheese and a pork and apple pie. *drools* but i know why many other people dont...

I think its very unfair to insult the French, we'd be no better if we were incapable of making tea properly :D . While I was in France a lot of the food was barely warm but they do seem to enjoy their food more than we do.

Having been all over Europe and the US I can't see that any one country has better food than any other. Personally I prefer Thai and Malaysian food, but tht doesn't mean they are better.

I think its very unfair to insult the French, .

Its always fair to insult the French! Personally I've never been too fond of french food, I prefer Italien or Spanish and British obviously..

I like bangers and mash, as well as bubble and squeak

One of my friends recently returned from a year of study abroad in England.

He said the only food that was any good was indian food.