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nikimcbee 11-17-11 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1789504)
It does if you combine it with a crate of lager and a woman of dubious reputation.:O: Fosters anyone?



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Osmium Steele 11-17-11 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by August (Post 1789380)
Reminds me of a Wish Sandwich.

A wish sandwich is where you have two pieces of bread and wish you had some meat.

Bow bow bow...

Gimme a ricochet biscuit anyday.

Randomizer 11-17-11 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1789252)
...A chip buttie is never complete unless it is accompanied with lashings of Heinz Salad Cream :sunny:

The Wife loves chip butties and had a friend in Newfoundland mail her bottles of Heinz Salad Cream for years until she found a local supplier. I tried one once with a side of defibrillator.

vienna 11-17-11 05:20 PM

Odd, I always thought this was the British National thrift foodstuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE



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By a strange coincidence, on a local Los Angeles radio morning show, one of the guests was a PBS travel show host named Rick Steves. His show is quite popular and he gives a lot of inside information about inexpensive travel. One of the radio hosts, who has travelled extensively throughout Europe, asked Steves why British food is so awful. Steves tried to not be critical of the food and offered that it is getting better do to a rise in the British public's acceptance of foods from its former colonies. This caused me to think of two questions:

1. Is there really an indigenous cuisine in Britain?

2. If Britain is turning to the quisine of its former colonies, will the Brits take over our uniquely American fare such as chow main, spaghetti and meatballs, chimichagas, and swiss steak (among others)? :hmmm:

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1552891.html

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22145/...-foreign-foods

Jimbuna 11-17-11 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1789554)
The Wife loves chip butties and had a friend in Newfoundland mail her bottles of Heinz Salad Cream for years until she found a local supplier. I tried one once with a side of defibrillator.

Not good if your a calory counter mind....I can't eat the 'light' variants :DL

Cohaagen 11-18-11 11:47 AM

There's nothing wrong with British food, but Americans like to cling to these tropes regardless. Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it.

Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

Sailor Steve 11-18-11 11:53 AM

You're absolutely right. On the other hand we don't complain that British food is bad. Quite the opposite. We just complain (along with the rest of the world, including some British members here) that it's boring.

That said, the article that started this thread is British, and seems to be true, which means that our complaint is also true. :sunny:

Herr-Berbunch 11-18-11 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Cohaagen (Post 1789833)
Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it.

The schoolchildren may have the healthiest teeth in the world, it's the adults that don't! :nope:

August 11-18-11 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Osmium Steele (Post 1789519)
Bow bow bow...

Gimme a ricochet biscuit anyday.


Is that the kind of a biscuit that's supposed to bounce back off the wall into your mouth. if it don't bounce back... heeheehee,... you go hungry!

Bow bow bow... :D

frau kaleun 11-18-11 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cohaagen (Post 1789833)
Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

Seriously? Grits are awesome.

And mac and cheese is hardly an American invention, at least according to Wikipedia...

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Macaroni is mentioned in various medieval Italian sources, though it is not always clear whether it is a pasta shape or a prepared dish. However, pasta and cheese casseroles have been recorded in cookbooks as early as the Liber de Coquina, one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. A cheese and pasta casserole known as Makerouns was recorded in an English cookbook in the 14th century. It was made with fresh hand-cut pasta which was sandwiched between a mixture of melted butter and cheese. It was considered an upperclass dish even in Italy until around the 18th century.
Also "chitterlings" were apparently found in English cookbooks as far back as the mid 1700s and can be found in some form in most if not all pork-eating cultures throughout history. And (also according to Wikipedia) processed cheese was invented in Switzerland. :haha:

vienna 11-18-11 01:27 PM

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...McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese,...

Is anybody else feeling a bit peckish?... :DL

August 11-18-11 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cohaagen (Post 1789833)
There's nothing wrong with British food, but Americans like to cling to these tropes regardless. Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it.

Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

No offense intended but you have no clue about American cuisine. Our fast food is no worse than fast food found elsewhere in the world. You don't believe go to Tijuana and buy a burrito from a street vendor.

frau kaleun 11-18-11 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna (Post 1789914)
Is anybody else feeling a bit peckish?... :DL

Yes indeedy... only I don't think I'm properly dressed for a high class Old World dish like mac & cheese. :haha:

Randomizer 11-18-11 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cohaagen (Post 1789833)
There's nothing wrong with British food, but Americans like to cling to these tropes regardless. Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it.

Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

As other's have noted, your knowledge of American cuisine seems lacking and with all due respect NOBODY bad-mouth's bacon...

Also without Spam the world would be short one of the better Monty Python sketches and your email inbox might be full of unwanted "bangers and mash".

STEED 11-18-11 03:16 PM

16p for a pack of six cheap cheerful pitta bread from my local supermarket. :D

vienna 11-18-11 03:19 PM

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As other's have noted, your knowledge of American cuisine seems lacking and with all due respect NOBODY bad-mouth's bacon...
Amen, brother: :yeah:


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Also without Spam the world would be short one of the better Monty Python sketches and your email inbox might be full of unwanted "bangers and mash".
Dang, and I just paid for new Norton Anti-"Bangers and Mash" software...

Jimbuna 11-18-11 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by August (Post 1789948)
No offense intended but you have no clue about American cuisine. Our fast food is no worse than fast food found elsewhere in the world. You don't believe go to Tijuana and buy a burrito from a street vendor.

So that's where he's at...selling fast like spam and stuff like that? :o


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