I can’t say the word on here as it’ll probably get flagged for hate speech, but Mr Brains Pork . . . (rhymes with Baggots) with Mash are the ultimate winter comfort food and remind me of my Nan.
I swear if they permeated the world and instead of an offensive slur, that word became associated with tasty high fat balls of Porky goodness then that would be truly an enrichment.
Proper sized chips. Fed up of getting fries, or slightly bigger fries. A portion of proper sized chops at restaurants, or bags of proper sized chips at the supermarket, would be great.
It’s such a shame as a bit of an amateur baker that I don’t like crumble, or cooked fruit generally. I find the texture deeply off putting. Is there any way to try the crumble topping over something different?
The best rhubarb I've had recently was grown on pit pony poo in the mining cottage garden at Beamish Open Air Museum. I complimented the gardener and he gave me an armful.
I saw a video of an American trying it on a hotdog, he put in the same amount as he would with the American stuff.
He very much didn't enjoy his hotdog :D
Have you just never been to a supermarket?
There are far more sauces than just Brown Sauce and mustard, and also far more ways to season things than just sauce.
Hell, you can't go to a farm shop or garden centre without stumbling across a bunch a small-batch chutney, pickles and sauces.
You realise that custom-build kitchens in the UK have a built-in spice rack option, right? And that even people with small kitches usually have a smaller, non-fitted spice rack, even if it's just one that fits on the counter? And they literally sell jars of dried herbs and spices in Poundland, and spice sets with a small spice rack in places like B&M and Home Bargains... I mean, fucking he'll mate, what do you think the sage in *sage and onion stuffing* is? It's a fucking herb, you numpty.
Maybe, I don't know, actually listen to the actual British people about what sort of food gets eaten here rather than falling to an old TV stereotype that hasn't had any ties to reality since the end of rationing.
I lived in the UK for years. There’s still a lot of highly specific uses of herbs and spices (as in sage stuffing, mint sauce, etc.) but used sparingly otherwise. When people talk about English food being unseasoned or underseasoned they’re referring to seasoning during preparation and cooking, not adding sauces, pickles/relishes or condiments afterwards.
Strongly flavoured foods in trad British cooking *excluding* anglo-indian food:
Lots of strong acidic soft fruits like gooseberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant, sloes etc.
Mustard, garlic, watercress, horseradish, black pepper, peppermint.
Smoked or salted fish (kippers, anchovies etc)
Strong cheeses like Stilton and mature cheddar
Pickled sauces including piccalilli, Branston, pickled walnuts pickled eggs etc.
Baked goods with cinnamon, cloves, mace etc esp around Christmas.
Rhubarb
Licorice
Not exactly a dish, but the habit / tradition of having a Sunday Roast.
It's cosy, it's (/it can be) relatively quick and easy, it's reliable, it's comforting, and it marks an end point, sort of, for the week that has just passed - when you and your loved one-s can talk it all over, be relaxed and silly together, breathe, and regroup.
Even better with a kettle on for 1-2 hours right after.
Well, yes... that's why I added "it can be": one can 'cheat' (making stuff in advance, freeze and reheat, buying insted of making, asking family/friends to share the burden, simplifying recipes, even compromising on quantity or quality, if necessary).
There's really no need to do it "correctly" if what you aim to 'produce' and protect, first and foremost, is the cosy, relaxing, loving experience of 'being home with people you love'.
It's like trying to host stress-free holiday dinners: there are ways to do it, if everyone is on board that achieving perfect food (plus decor, presents, etc.) is not the point.
Lorne sausage
Haggis (the 3-legged variety)
Black pudding
White pudding
Soda bread
Stottie cakes
Pease pudding
Toad in the hole
Mushy peas
Balti from the legendary Imrans in the Midlands (dont need cutlery, just a table sized naan bread and 8 friends)
I suspected that might be the case. Had one called once and I found the fried outer layer to be too much of a turn off cold. I would definitely eat warm or perhaps at room temperature though, bacteria allowing.
In Indian cuisine they have a lot of crispy pancake things like parathas, appams, and dhosas. What about Yorkshire pudding with curry? I think it might work quite well.
Very good question. I would say…um dunno. Perhaps were shit at it? Curry, not really British. fry up, fish and chips, a roast? Oh I know. The pie! Our pies are the best and the fact that the yanks call a meat pie an Australian pie really fucking irks me. Where did those opptie colonials get the idea that they invented the saviourie pie from?
“Yanks” do not call meat pies Australian pies and do not think they invented them. Where do you people come up with such nonsense.
We have pot pies and also eat shepherd’s and cottage pies (but not often). Never once heard anyone claim that they originated in the US. Get over yourself,
OK, thanks, but thought masala sauce became popular in curry houses around Birmingham. Spme of these Spice sauces originated from Portugal but were widely embraced by the Indian restaurants in the Midlands
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