French Fries, Poutine, Pommes Frittes

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

I never saw a difference between English Chips and a good hoem cut fry. They're just thick fries.

Yep, same here. Easy to make those at home. But Skybird asked for the perfect »pommes frites«, and this seems to be an art form lol
No really, it is not easy. Best results yet were with frozen pre-fabricated ones, directly put into the oven.
I will try to follow Oltn Strand's tips next time.

OT

[...] was also weirded out by the beds had no sheets, just duvets. No phones in the hotel rooms (and we were just across the river from Parliament). And that you need to look right when crossing the street.

"Reisen bildet". We were always surprised about England
From 70-year old music apparatus 'machines' in the hotel apartment to the aforementioned sheets and duvets, to putting loads of Kardamon on a sweet continental(?) pudding. Prices were very high though, for dining as for hotel or "Bed and breakfast". Foreign restaurants were good and cheaper though (and indian ones always excellent). The smell that developed in the 1300 Triumph Herald we drove around was awful, but cannot be blamed on the english cuisine. No pork pie is being made with the expectation to last for ten or more weeks in warm and wet conditions under the driver's seat, obviously forgotten by its previous owner. And of course we had our share of near-misses on those pesky roundabouts when looking for the wrong direction
But it was always great, from nice people to interesting experiences of all kinds, very positive. I am sure we had some germn lunatic bonus though.

from a friend of mine: "I take it that after brexit, and when things go on, we will be able to visit England in say 15 years with an entry fee, to visit an island that has turned into being a museum"