M. Chirac's words of wisdom on Brit Cuisine

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-07-05 05:00am

Mmm, thought it was a species limited to Finland. Oh well, cheaper then.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-07-05 05:27am

mr friendly guy wrote:Tried an English breakfast while transiting in Heathrow airport. Seemed nice enough with bangers and bash and hash browns.

You've eaten most of the good stuff on the English menu. Unless you encounter a good cook, the experience is mostly going to be down hill from there (unless they are cooking foreign food).

zippy · Post by **zippy** » 2005-07-05 08:29am

Steak and Kidney pudding, thick cut chips and peas. Certainly better than boiled horse flesh.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-07-05 08:33am

There's lots of sausages that are fine, Lancashire hotpot is okay, though Shepherd's pie is probably the best. That's essentially a load of minced up meat in gravy with mashed potato on top, with the top of the mashed potato crisped under a grill.

Oh and Chicken Tikka Masala was invented here, so that's national cuisine, you french bitches.

mr friendly guy · Post by **mr friendly guy** » 2005-07-05 08:39am

Shepherd pie as made in Australia taste nice. I wonder if English made Shepherd pie would be better, since it originated from there.

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2005-07-05 09:10am

zippy wrote:Steak and Kidney pudding, thick cut chips and peas. Certainly better than boiled horse flesh.

Who the hell in his right mind would think of boiling it?

It is good raw, or failing that grilled. Boiling it makes it lose all its flavor.

zippy · Post by **zippy** » 2005-07-05 09:49am

Hendrake wrote:
zippy wrote:Steak and Kidney pudding, thick cut chips and peas. Certainly better than boiled horse flesh.
Who the hell in his right mind would think of boiling it?

It is good raw, or failing that grilled. Boiling it makes it lose all its flavor.

It also makes it look grey and somewhat sluglike

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-07-05 09:52am

Chmee wrote:For my money, the Aussies are the kings of BBQ.

Probably because we have lots of summer todo it in

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-07-05 09:58am

Elfdart wrote:Oz has great grillers (it also helps that their cows aren't doped up on tetracycline like American ones),

Cattle and sheep in Australia are free range stuff, mainly due to the fact that the ground over here cant support many head of cattle/sheep per area. So we make up for it with lots of ground for them to cover.

It also helps considerably that not many of the sick cattle/sheep generally survive till rounding up. They also use choppers to round cattle up

zippy · Post by **zippy** » 2005-07-05 10:46am

Rye wrote:
Oh and Chicken Tikka Masala was invented here, so that's national cuisine, you french bitches.

What about Tandoori Chicken? The true food of the gods

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2005-07-05 11:48am

A proper Sunday Roast is up there as one of the better meals throughout the world, I think. Though they CAN be cooked awfully (pre frozen Yorkshire pudding and roast potatos are a big no-no).

...and English Breakfast is not right without a bit of black pudding (which I believe our German chums are also partial to).

That said, I'd rather eat a Chinese meal any day of the week. But China aint in the EU (yet), so they don't count.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-05 08:21pm

ggs wrote:
Chmee wrote:For my money, the Aussies are the kings of BBQ.
:D

Probably because we have lots of summer todo it in :P

You only BBQ in summer?

Soft.

BBQ all winter as well. Shit, we even drag BBQs along to our LANs down here in Tassie.

Yes, those are power points and cat 5 sockets along there with meat right by them. Mmmmm. Meat.

Don't ask me...

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-07-05 08:25pm

weemadando wrote:
ggs wrote:
Chmee wrote:For my money, the Aussies are the kings of BBQ.

Probably because we have lots of summer todo it in
You only BBQ in summer?

Soft.

lol, keep in mind most of the country doesn't have anything you would recognize as 'winter' ....

Still, I'm with you, grillin' is my primary method of cooking meat year-round, and my Weber Q was chosen because of portability ... throw that baby in the back of the truck with the small propane tank and I can tailgate anywhere.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-07-05 10:51pm

nice sausage Ando.

wait, that didn't come out right.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-06 12:22am

Why thankyou sweetie...

Ypoknons · Post by **Ypoknons** » 2005-07-06 09:12am

On the topic ...

He needs to try the steak and kidney pie around Ironbridge - it's got real steak in it, for starters! That won me over to British food; well that and a good pub ribs or bread pudding.

Of course, that makes me a single British food supporting in a place where it's a favorite pastime to bash British food.

Tiger Ace · Post by **Tiger Ace** » 2005-07-06 09:26am

Don't be so quick to knock all french food, their meat is one of the best in the world.

Lamb ribs are superior of course

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-07-06 09:56am

Fuck Ando, I grill in the snow! Last winter's blizzard had me tossing a nice thick london broil 'on the barbie' just to break my cabin fever. The heat melted a nice spot around the grill too.

Hillary · Post by **Hillary** » 2005-07-06 09:56am

English breakfasts, beautiful rich casseroles, pies, suet puddings, roast dinners with lashings of gravy and yorkshire puddings.

Luuuuvvvvvvvlllllyyyyy.

Anyone in London should try Rules in Covent Garden for some seriously great English cuisine.

I guess it's like any country's food. Done well, it's fantastic - done badly, it's very poor. I've eaten in some pretty rank restaurants in France, although I do like their cuisine in general.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2005-07-06 10:00am

Chirac wrote:"After Finland, it is the country with the worst food."

My Anglo-Finnish blood cries out for revenge!

Elfdart · Post by **Elfdart** » 2005-07-06 03:17pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:Fuck Ando, I grill in the snow! Last winter's blizzard had me tossing a nice thick london broil 'on the barbie' just to break my cabin fever. The heat melted a nice spot around the grill too.

Grilling in sleet is the true measure of manhood. I prefer grilling in cold weather since when it's hot (In TX that means April-November.) I end up drinking so much to stay cool, by the time the food is done, I don't feel like eating.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2005-07-06 05:28pm

Chicken Pie with lashings of gravey and roast potatoes or chips.

Roast Lamb dinners.

Massive Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and veg inside of them.

To name but a few gorgeous examples of British cuisine...

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-07-07 05:28am

Chmee wrote: For my money, the Aussies are the kings of BBQ.

As a Kiwi, I would like to interject witha well deserved 'Bollocks! ' to that comment.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2005-07-07 05:31am

I read about frances whining about the olympics in the paper today.
Suck it bitches!

Also Berlusconi is a fucking dolt and should have himself a finnish knuckle sandwich, lets see what he thinks of our food then.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-07-07 05:31am

Hmm British foood. I remember my time in merry ol blighty. The food I had in London was, at best, average and fucking expensive or appalling and fucking expensive. Outside of London the food was not too bad, on the whole dishes were well prepared and thought out, and resonably priced.