The UK really shouldn't talk shit in the food department π
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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Mate tikka masala is an "Indian" dish that was literally invented in England.
We appropriated all the shit from all over the world, then made it more universally good.
Meanwhile a fucking "bland" pie is wholesomely awesome comfort food, when done right.
If anything, it's our close ties to America that screw us over. We've taken their commercialised factory production and applied it to our stuff, and often the cost cutting has ruined it - just like American food. But, sometimes, we manage to make golden gems like a Gregg's sausage bean and cheese pasty.
Also, US (and Canadian) streaky bacon is shit. Back bacon - specifically "dry cured" back bacon (which is a protected term and must be done by hand instead of factory brine injected processing) - is the ultimate in piggy goodness.
But even factory back bacon is better than streaky, streaky is just the fat, while back has a chunk of meat to it. Harder to cook, but when you do it just right (render the fat at a low temp, then whack it up to cook the rest) it's bloody divine. Professional kitchens just do it in an oven, but if you carefully lay the bacon on top of one another in a frying pan, such that the fat touches the pan while the meat sits on top (except for the first piece, which is special) you can render the fat out at a low temp and then fry it perfectly all spread out. The goal is crispy fat, but tender meat.
Pigs won't fly, especially not in the US, but a good bacon bap in the UK can give you wings.
And I haven't even started talking about fresh little pork pies from small local Yorkshire butchers.
We have every culture's food here. Ha.
Haggis pakora is fucking lush.
Edit: we don't have everything, though, and post-Brexit our imported fruit is shit. I haven't found an orange (or derivative) that is worth buying, literally since the fateful day in 2019. A good orange should smell tasty through the peel, all our supermarket citrus smells (and tastes) stale now.
Edit2: and strawberry drinks are fucking rare
True, British food is so far ahead that any comparison is just plain unfair.
Lmao holding deep fried scraps up as a shining achievement in cuisine is NOT helping your case
Let me guess, you're one of those weirdos who only enjoys food that has "flavour" π
That's when the bread sandwich comes in handy!
Excuse me, I prefer something with a little flavor, like a toast sandwich.
Let's not go over the top with this. There is such a thing as flavour overload!
Any Brit defending their cuisine is automatically a lunatic.
Source : I'm a french cook.
The best British chefs were trained in France
The best French restaurants are in London.
Says someone who's never actually had scraps from a good place.
Granted, post covid and rising costs, it's much harder to find such a place. Even looking for the ones with good puns for their names doesn't work - "The Plaice To Be" or "The Codfather" aren't what they used to be.
Omg change the record.... what next our teeth? Jeezuz. Dated tropes wheeled out again. Where are you from? Let's do your country next? Yawn. Just be nice. It's freaking easy.
As if Europeans are ever nice about what happens here in America.
As the Brits say: "jog on"
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Some do, many do not. Reductionist.
Pardon my French, you dirty cunt.
It's like the kid in that meme where both paths are dark. On one side is mashed peas and on the other is literal cooked snails.
Edit: accuracy, I don't think you'd mix the mashed peas with beans at least
Both of those are quite nice if done well tbh
I don't doubt it, but you'd need to do something incredible to mashed peas to make me prefer them that way over non-mashed (and not overcooked) peas seasoned with salt and pepper
Never tried the snails, maybe one day but I've never had the opportunity
You know they are a different type of pea (marrowfat), right? Mushy peas aren't made with mashed garden peas.
Snails are nice, they are usually cooked in garlic butter so if you like that you'll enjoy them!
That's good to know on both dishes. I didn't know mushy peas were made with a different kind, and from what other commenters said the snails might actually not be that bad. Certainly no less strange than eating ~~ocean bugs~~ lobster or crab if you really think about it.
If I'm ever in an opportunity to try either I'd definitely give them a go at least once. My initial comment was, while uneducated, mostly a light riff on the local cuisines. I feel like I maybe should have deleted it when I saw it was to a UK-specific sub, but I guess it turned into a learning experience so it's not all bad in hindsight!
To be honest, if you're in a chippy and you only have a chance to have one side with your food you should get curry sauce instead of mushy peas, it's the best!
You definitely shouldn't have deleted it, nobody is going to take offence at a joke about food. Just wouldn't want you to miss out!
Its actually really good, and really fatty for some reason. Served with red garlic and parsley, it tastes like meaty butter, or (slightly softer though) octopus without the fishy taste.
But of course it has to be fresh.
mashed peas
Do you mean mushy peas, love?
There's a lot in British Cuisine that I would skip, but I could really go for some fish and chips.
When I worked in france the cafeteria called it "fish and ships"
The French just can't help but be terrible people.