Please save my friend from the UK
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Genuinely what even is he eating 😭😭😭
Posted by Fire_Power@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 645 comments
Genuinely what even is he eating 😭😭😭
Jamesyroo@reddit
Pie, mash and parsley sauce (called liquor) is absolutely fine. The side of jellied eels will split opinion
Undark_@reddit
I'm honestly so confused by the number of (I'm guessing Americans) in this thread who are disgusted by the mere notion of parsley sauce.
Injury-Inevitable@reddit
It’s just the consistency
I’m sure it tastes fine but it looks too watery and thin
anonymoose_octopus@reddit
And the amount. That's a plate full of pure gravy, lol.
Parsley sauce sounds great. I just don't know why everything is always swimming in it, or it's being served like soup on a plate.
Acewasalwaysanoption@reddit
It sounds a lot less thick and heavy than traditional gray. Recipe calls for 50g flour and butter for 500ml chicken stock
HughMungus77@reddit
I’ve noticed that many sauces in the UK are made thinner than when made in the US. Must just be a cultural preference or something of the sort
ejpk333@reddit
Unless you are in the north
Tonythepillow@reddit
Gravy? One slice or two?
Srg11@reddit
Need to stand the spoon in it to make sure it’s good
AbhorsenDoctor@reddit
If it's not the consistency of treacle I don't fucking want it
EsseElLoco@reddit
Pitch or nothing
Intelligent_Plate182@reddit
Nah, thats a good rice pud if you can stand your spoon in it
A good gravy wants to be thick enough it runs off the spoon slow n steady. No lumps either, they should be in your mash..
Srg11@reddit
Sacrilege. I want big bastard lumps.
Intelligent_Plate182@reddit
Each to their own i guess.. but if i see lumps in my gravy and smooth mash.. ill be asking questions.
mattlloyd_18@reddit
If my chip doesn’t stand up in it at KFC then it’s too fucking thin
rationalomega@reddit
My Scottish mother taught me how to make gravy and it’s always fairly viscous.
smolfox_2@reddit
A lot of us down south make 'gravy' more like the French, a jus type consistency. Up north its whole different story. If we're making a sauce that involves a roux though, like a parsley/white sauce/béchamel it tends to be thicker.
Expensive_Time_7367@reddit
Cannot stress enough that the French in my experience consider gravy of any thickness a total abomination!
smolfox_2@reddit
Yeah I mean an actual jus
Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit
Depends where you are. There's a thing here where the more birth you go the thicker people like their gravy. I. Serious. Londoners like watery gravy and Pie & Liquor it a traditional for specific to London.
jajay119@reddit
Nope, I like a gravy you can slice (not literally but you get the drift) and I’m British.
Tuskral@reddit
Idk where these photos are taken every sauce I've ever had as been suitably thick
Living-Pin-4538@reddit
I'm guessing London, I don't think they serve this anywhere else. Eels is a definite no for me, but I'm honestly not tempted by the pie mash and liquor either. Not typical for England at all.
smolfox_2@reddit
Yeah I had never even heard of pie and liquor till I started seeing it on these subs, its not served where I live in the UK at any rate.
danny264@reddit
In London it's more of a thing for the older generations. I don't think new pie and mash shops open up but the old ones are still running.
Tuskral@reddit
All I want is for my country's food to not be slandered 😭
anonymoose_octopus@reddit
That actually makes a ton of sense. I'm imagining a thicker gravy consistency and maybe that's what makes it a little nauseating to me. I'm determined to try this for myself.
Laylelo@reddit
I’ve seen plenty of American sauces and gravies that fall out of the jug in chunks. If thinner than that is weird then that’s fine with me.
HughMungus77@reddit
I wasn’t saying either is better or worse. Just pointing out an interesting differences in two cultures that typically share a lot of similarities
Ancient-Awareness115@reddit
Liquor is a very thin parsley sauce. If I make normal parsley sauce it is much thicker
Veenkoira00@reddit
Chicken ? Heresy ! It's the water, where the earls were boiled.
Acewasalwaysanoption@reddit
Earl stock, heard!
Left-Equipment7137@reddit
If it was proper gravy, that's nowhere near enough.
Year3030@reddit
I think this would be better in a bowl, layer the mash like a cone then flood it with the parsley sauce then top it with the pie. Much more manageable.
soggyarsonist@reddit
I'd happily eat a bowl of parsley sauce.
It's amazing
anonymoose_octopus@reddit
I'll have to find a recipe and try it for myself. I'm intrigued! Is it thick like gravy or is it more like a jus? Just trying to understand.
soggyarsonist@reddit
Depends on how thick you want it to be.
I like it gloopy
Conscious_Gur7659@reddit
Because it's fucking delicious, that's why
anonymoose_octopus@reddit
I mean, onion gravy is delicious too, but you're not supposed to eat it by the spoonful, lol. I don't doubt that it's tasty though!
Rambler9154@reddit
Yeah, it seems like a lot. At that point Id have it in its own dish to pour as needed. Like a gravy boat.
Ivy_Adair@reddit
Yeah I actually thought that was just the pattern on the plate at first.
Practical-March-6989@reddit
Shut up I have had your so called 'gravy', weird goo, with meat bits in on a shitty tasting scone.
SpinMeADog@reddit
it is. any brit with taste will tell you liquor is shit, and pie should be served with gravy
Salt_Act_4894@reddit
Yeah anything other than gravy with a pie will get you shot if you come to Yorkshire
Catsic@reddit
Why would anyone go to Yorkshire.
Salt_Act_4894@reddit
Usually they have one thing in connection and it’s been a smart human
Adventurous-Vast281@reddit
So what is the difference between a pie and a pastie? Is it the hot water crust?
ElectricalSoftware26@reddit
A pasty is a traditional Cornish meal for going down mines. It is meat and potatoes based put into a pastry round then folded over. The edges of the pastry are sealed up and all onto oven. A pie is case and top. 🔝
Salt_Act_4894@reddit
One comes in a flat pastry and the other is a pastry dish filled with goodness and topped with a pastry lid
Adventurous-Vast281@reddit
So structure is the only real difference?
Salt_Act_4894@reddit
I guess yeah, probably more too it I just eat them don’t make them though
Adventurous-Vast281@reddit
Love me a good pork pie.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Pasties are steak potatoe and sweed. Good cold or hot. More of a quick meal.
Pies have a variety of filling steak and ale/kidney being favourites but anything from balti or minted lamb.
Both fantastic
RevolutionaryDiet847@reddit
Yes all pies should be served with a pink of thick gravy.
Adr_LDN@reddit
What is this northern blanket nonsense? Pie is fine with gravy. Pie and mash is fine with liquor.
memeleta@reddit
Also the pastry is sitting right in it getting all soggy.
LesserShambler@reddit
Eat it before it gets soggy then
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Thats the point. Its really great especially with chilli vinegar
Sensitive-Throat9278@reddit
As a Brit, it does not taste fine.
British food gets a bad reputation because people ignore the condiments it is supposed to be served with, and that being where flavour is is rather typical for northern European food as a whole.
But parsley sauce 100% lives up to the stereotypes.
markedasred@reddit
Well it isn't; it's fucking delicious, and has been, there at Manze's for 40 years that I know of and 130 years in total, there or therabouts.
P-l-Staker@reddit
Spoiler alert: It's actually very nice. And very saucy.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
pfizerdelic@reddit
Maybe Americans need to eat food that's "too thin" lol
Boomstickninja87@reddit
Yeah it looks like a soup.
Little_Miss-Sunshine@reddit
Because you Brits and your disgusting foods are offensive! Our refined palates have been honed from a lifetime of fine foods, such as cheez whiz and kool-aid pickles.
KenBoCole@reddit
Speak for yourself, my refined American palate has been honed from an lifetime of Mexican and Creole food, so unless my food has enough seasoning to blast an European out of their socks, it all just taste like plain rice and white bread to me lol
Tonkkka@reddit
You are Europeans. So are Mexicans (or most of them).
Originally.
girlinthegoldenboots@reddit
As a representative of the Cajun faction, I concur with my friend here about spices.
Also, as someone who lives in the south, it’s not that hard to get Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, etc., food in America. I think the only time I have “American” food is when I go to brunch on the weekends.
Jaggysnake84@reddit
You can eat all of that in the uk
GreenZebra23@reddit
I've never understood why people in the US and UK insist on having these asinine internet wars about who has the worse food, based entirely on the worst stereotypes about each country. It's so monotonous and dreary
girlinthegoldenboots@reddit
Yeah, pretty sure that thanks to globalization everyone can get all kinds of international food wherever they are. I don’t know why these ideas about Americans only eating sugar and Brits only eating bland are so persistant
LesserShambler@reddit
Internet.
Adr_LDN@reddit
I mean Britain’s ‘national dish’ is a variant on Indian curry, so the 1950s stereotypes from the land of High Fructose Corn Syrup and hormone stuffed meats is amusing.
The difference is probably in mass market vs artisan stuff. The UK and US both have excellent artisan producers, but all too often US mass market stuff is shocking in terms of ingredients and quality - a prime example: the fact most US chocolate tastes like vomit.
TheGeordieGal@reddit
That’s the problem. You guys basically cook something so you can cover it in seasoning. Everywhere else in the world likes to taste the actual food and not just seasoning - largely because we have high quality produce and meat which isn’t selected just because it’s bigger or pumped full of hormones. So when Americans go places where food isn’t covered in ranch or salt or whatever other seasonings you get a shock and it tastes bland because it tastes of actual food and your palette is wrecked. We use a lot more herbs for subtle flavours rather than covering everything in spices - and yes, most of us in the UK have a cupboard full of herbs and spices to use when appropriate.
melxcham@reddit
Yeah, the US definitely has high quality produce & meat that isn’t “pumped full of hormones” readily available for purchase at just about any grocery store or farmer’s market. And I say that as someone who’s lived all over the country, in both rural areas and major cities.
You’re defending a plate of beige mush. Tell me, where’s the high quality produce and meat in this image?
inedibletrout@reddit
Having a head chef from Louisiana knocked about 18% of the caucasidy outta my ass.
joemorl97@reddit
Kool aid pickles? Is that a real thing?
donkeyrocket@reddit
It’s a Mississippi Delta regional thing. Not widespread.
GrizzlyDust@reddit
I always like to slop up my meals with some herb infused water
GreenZebra23@reddit
Let's slop 'em up!
highfiveselfoh@reddit
It’s the jellied eels I have a major problem with.
Undark_@reddit
Don't knock em till you try em, they're absolutely delicious. I get that they don't look good though.
GreenZebra23@reddit
Biscuits and gravy don't look very good either, but they're delicious. I would definitely try jellied eels
Fit_Stable3081@reddit
500 ways to make it better and British people landed on making it the consistency of water
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Oh man.. And everyone who ever read an American recipe knows Americans can't cook shit. It's sugar, a can of this, sugar, a mix of that add some sugar. Dont forget yellow plastic cheese, white bread and grease, lots of grease,preferably bacon...
dragondildo1998@reddit
Come here and eat some creole food, or bbq, or Mexican food, or soul food...or many of the other great cuisines that are present here, it will shut your mouth right up.
Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit
That's not alien food to us. We have all of those cuisines in the UK.
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Well.. You took the bait. Why is it aloud tro talk shit about other countries but not yours? 🤔
dragondildo1998@reddit
Talking shit works a lot better when you actually know what you are talking about.
Jaggysnake84@reddit
Yeah none of that is available in the uk...
Acewasalwaysanoption@reddit
The "plastic" cheese can be 99+% real, quality cheese, the added citrate makes it melty and super easy to combine with both watery or oily phases. In many dishes this quality makes a lot more useful than for example pure cheddar.
But if we're at the reality, please don't judge a cuisine based on social media shitty recipes. Just as UK has great foods that aren't just cheese and onion sandwich or artifical vinegar on chips, the US also has fantastic dishes that are cooked from scratch. It's not forbidden to cook in any country.
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
I'm not even British. I'm Danish.. It just provokes me when Americans talk down other countries cuisine. The American Kitchen in Europe is basically known for fast food, and premade dinners. I do know that there is, of course, Americans that can cook with ingredients and not only by opening stuff and mixing it with other stuff. It is actually kind of sad that we dont see more of the delicious food I'm sure you are capable of creating in the US.
Acewasalwaysanoption@reddit
You need to look at better places then, there is no lack of it at all. (And I say this with Eastern-European algorythm)
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Feel free to point me in the right direction. I dont have tik tok or Instagram, so no videos. 😅
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
You literally eat canned beans on toast lol
Adr_LDN@reddit
You people think Grits is a food and believe ‘gravy’ is an overly thick white sauce to be doled out on top of scones. Zero right to comment on anyone else on the planet.
And that’s before we get to your rank inability to make decent chocolate.
JackxForge@reddit
I get that your country is just a small little guy and that the region of my country you just described does dwarf your country by 4 or 5 times, but in actuality the south inst a large part of the country or even that populous.
Adr_LDN@reddit
Those were examples, chief. We can go for the high fructose corn syrup slop that’s in everything or the hormone laced, flavourless meat if you’d prefer.
Extremely funny to hear waffle about a ‘small country’ too.
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
Lmao those are all regional southern foods. We eat cannibal sandwiches where I’m from, get your slander right 😘
Adr_LDN@reddit
Ah that’s the raw meat and onions thing in the Midwest isn’t it? Bizarre, but hey ho.
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Not really.. I'm from Denmark 😘
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
https://nordicexpatshop.com/ENG/food/tins-cans-packets
My apologies! Let me rephrase that. You guys literally eat canned Aspargessnitter.
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Only in tarteletter 😂
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
I went with the asparagus bc i figured the tinned fish was too easy 😂 Slightly different, but one of my coworkers was actually telling me how much he likes tinned tuna in tomato sauce this morning!
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
I think he meant mackerel in tomato sauce, I never heard of tuna in tomato. We grow up on those cans. Fish are good for kids and those cans are easy for the parents. The worst thing about them is the bad breath after 😂
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
I know people who like it but it’s not for me! My grandma fed her cats canned tuna so it’s all i can think of. But i might try mussels or clams instead. I recently was by the ocean and it reminded me how much I love seafood
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
No matter where I go there's not more than one hour drive to the sea. But I'm not really into seafood.. I like fried fish with remoulade, salmon, tuna and makrel i tomat 😳
frank3nfurt3r@reddit
https://nordicexpatshop.com/ENG/food/tins-cans-packets
My apologies! Let me rephrase that. You guys literally eat canned Aspargessnitter.
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
Looks like you're going out of your way to find those kind of recipes. I don't cook anything like that bs you just claimed.
raisinbreadandtea@reddit
And the overwhelming majority of British people aren’t eating pie, mash and liquor.
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
Well? This is what they show us. So how would we know?
raisinbreadandtea@reddit
You get shown this because this is what you engage with, lol.
There are more 3 star Michelin restaurants in London than in any city in the US. Do you think they’re all doing fry ups?
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
And 24 stars on 14 restaurants in Copenhagen with a population of 650.000...
raisinbreadandtea@reddit
Yes, Copenhagen has very good food as well? Not sure what your argument is
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
I just think Europeans in general eat better than the majority of Americans...
Visual-Floor-7839@reddit
Lol I love this stereotype. It mashes so well with other ones too. Such as Euros and Brits not knowing geography or distances.
Comparing UK, a tiny island series of islands, to USA, a country only slightly smaller than the entirety of Europe, is wild and just shows your ignorance. Doubly so when you consider that you're excluding class and economy with your opinion of American food.
I_Hate_Tyops@reddit
Haha.. Over here it is well known that its you guys that dont know geography. The funny thing about this though is how some of you take it as a personal insult if someone talks shit about US, while having no problem talking shit about the rest of us
JemmaMimic@reddit
American here, the parsley sauce comes in a distant second to the eels sitting in gelatin.
Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit
Contrary to popular belief most English people have never eaten Jellied Eels. It's a 'delicacy' specific to one small part of London.
Sea-Badgers@reddit
Im English and never even seen jellied eels let alone tried some. They aren't exactly a common thing here
newtonbase@reddit
I tried some at a dog track. It was an experience.
LesserShambler@reddit
That’s because you don’t in London tourist traps
BritishGuitarsNerd@reddit
I had them at a cockney wedding once. Like I imagine cat food to be
StallionDan@reddit
East London and eastwards thing mostly, check out this map of Pie n Mash shops.
https://pie-n-mash.com/map-trad
Undark_@reddit
That's absolutely fair lol. Jellied eels do actually taste great and they're a heritage food, but they absolutely do look a little bit off-putting.
JemmaMimic@reddit
I eat eel every few months at our local sushi shop, grilled with a kind of teriyaki sauce on them, quite tasty, it's mostly the color of them in that gelatin, really.
Homeless-catfight@reddit
American here, parsley sauce or liquor is delicious. I’m gonna have to pass on the jellied eels though, I’d need a few drinks to consider it. lol
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
The problem here isn't parsley sauce. It's preparation, presentation, plating. Yes, that sauce is way too thin. And what is this technique of spackling the potatoes around the edge of the plate? That is not appetizing at all.
That's a pie? Really? What's in it? Why is it so lacking in filling?
LyKosa91@reddit
It's basically peasant food, and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense, I mean that it was literally a very cheap, very fast, hot meal for London's working class in the Victorian era.
It's basically one of the OG fast foods, and fast food does have a tendency to be a bit shit. The mash smeared across the edge, I'm pretty sure the simple answer is that it's a quick way of getting the mash off the serving utensil and onto the plate, maybe with the added benefit of providing a rudimentary barrier to help keep the watery sauce on the plate.
I'm not sure how widely popular pie and mash is these days to be honest. I know very few people who have vocally expressed their love for it, shit I'm 35 and I've never even tried it. Part of me thinks I should, just out of a sense of curiosity, but I can't imagine it being anything other than mediocre at its absolute best.
silvercuckoo@reddit
Possibly industrial / dock workers city food rather than peasant food? Traditional peasant food is often reasonably wholesome and nutritious. This is just quick carbs.
LyKosa91@reddit
OK ok, peasant has agricultural connotations, sure. I think you know what I mean though, Victorian dock workers often lived in extreme poverty due to poor wages and irregular work.
markedasred@reddit
Why offer an opinion with no understanding of why the plate has that appearance?. It is a delicious plate of food from a continuously working cafe that has served that same food in this identical style every week for well over a hundred years. We all go there (me travelling down from the West Midlands to do so since 1983) to enjoy sharing a rare traditional meal with a century of Londoners. Other places doing something like this are heritage museums, this is business as usual great value local cooking.
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
I understand "that's how they do it." Who cares? Watery shitty "gravy" is "how they do it." Ok, doesn't mean it's good plating or good gravy.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
The liquour is delishous and works well with the mash.
The plating doesnt matter they are not trying to make a plate that looks good. Theyre making a plate of food to fill you and it does that.
Grits and gravy looks like shite, its delicious.
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
Grits and gravy doesn't look much different than proper mashed potatoes and gravy.
This type of slop, is indeed, slop
diomedes1885@reddit
Have you ever tried it or you happy to talk out your arse online? The pie is home made, good quality, well seasoned beef. 2 types of pastry, suet on the bottom and the lid is shortcrust - again all homemade. Condiments are chilli vinegar and white pepper - it tastes great. Simple working class food designed to be nourish and comfort - people on the Internet don't half have a habit of exposing their ignorance in front of the world. Well done.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Such is opionions.
It is truely delicious (bar the eels) and i would highly reccomend to anyone. If you only eat based on how things look you will miss out on some incredible dishes
CraabGPT@reddit
The answer is that it's tradition. I won't lie and pretend it looks appealing- there's a reason I've never ordered it- but it's made like that because that's how it's always been made.
This is an especially east London fare, and that part of London has been steadily shrinking and overrun with rich bankers from central, hipsters from Shoreditch, and hipster cafes, so even though it looks like wank, I'm inclined to defend the little bit of culture they get to keep.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Because its a meal from and for the working class. Presentation isnt the point its ease of serve. Tradition does play a role but its not meant to be haute cuisine its what you eat after a long day
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
Professional_Pick557@reddit
Spackling is an interesting word
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
That's the technique they used. Or should I have said "stuccoed?"
Adventurous_Week_698@reddit
Dabbed
BeholdTheMold@reddit
Exactly what's in "pie" is regional in the UK. From the jellied eels and liquor this is from London so it's probably some sort of steak pie at a guess. Now Glasgo is where you get real pie, no question.
Brief-Inflation1202@reddit
It’s not the sauce brother, not the sauce…
mournthewolf@reddit
I don’t even know is it’s so much an American thing or just a lot of people on Reddit will fall into that category or people that just eat chicken tendies and different foods are terrifying. There is a weirdly large group of young folks terrified of food that isn’t very specific to like a couple things. Americans as a whole is at a ton of varied foods as much of our food here is from many different culture.
TheSaltyseal90@reddit
Cuz we have tasted this parsley sauce and it tastes like someone threw parsley into hot water with zero seasoning.
platypuss1871@reddit
Seasoning = salt, yeah?
JackxForge@reddit
WE DONT LIVE IN THE 1400'S ANY MORE!
TheSaltyseal90@reddit
Anything is seasoning when the default seasoning is nothing
JBerry2012@reddit
"this plate is missing something... Can you make it green and wet?"
TheSaltyseal90@reddit
“Can I get some salt please?”
Ok_Economics_536@reddit
Since when does water taste like eel stock
TheMasterFlash@reddit
It looks like medieval peasant slop but I’m sure it’s not that bad.
Undark_@reddit
Medieval peasants probably are a lot more fruit than the average Victorian Londoner tbf lol.
I won't pretend it's a super exciting meal, I'm just honestly bewildered that anyone could look at the pie/mash/sauce and say "that's disgusting", it's like what a child would say. The eels are fair game though.
TheMasterFlash@reddit
Has the same vibe as biscuits and gravy. Overall looks incredibly bland though.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Its very well made. The pies are incredible. Mash is good but basic, and the liqour is really good despite how it looks. Top it all with lashing of chilli vinegar and its a class meal.
TheMasterFlash@reddit
You had me at chili vinegar, I think I’m in
masonic-youth@reddit
It's just the presentation of the plate on the right. It probably tastes good but it's plated awfully lol.
ConflictDesigner4293@reddit
I’m English, have had it, would much rather actual gravy. That green stuff is subpar at best. The jellied eels tho… oooo I’ve got a soft spot for those
Spattzzzzz@reddit
Cover it in cheese and deep fry it and the Americans would yum it up.
greens1117@reddit
Don't they eat jelly with bits in for a side on Christmas dinner 😁
Gloomy_Seaweed193@reddit
Not disgusted just confused. So many different flavours and combos you can sauce and you choose parsley?
c_monies_@reddit
It's a dish for piss poor workers from the east end from Victorian times. Parsley was abundant at that time. I'm not sure what people would expect it to be? Kimchi, Marsala, Red wine jus?
Gloomy_Seaweed193@reddit
Not expecting it to be anything. And not I’m confused about the parsley part anymore cuz u explained it thanks. While I’m sure it tastes good it looks like a plate of shit putting it kindly. Pretty sure many other places in the world other the North America would say the same
c_monies_@reddit
Yeah it gives me the ick that they spread the mash side of the plate, I guess it's to keep the sauce from spilling.
I don't think many british people who disagree that it doesn't look great either!
ian9outof10@reddit
This is one place I think, it’s famous for this stuff so it’s become a whole thing. Personally I think it’s unappealing but it is also cheap and generally people enjoy it. But we’re never going to persuade the Americans about the quality of our food, and the choice to either eat it or not. So instead we’ll sling insults online.
HGHW2008@reddit
I mean kimchi and masala are also poor people’s food….
c_monies_@reddit
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/marsala-sauce
It wasn't a typo
You'd expect a dockwalker from Millwall in 1890 to get the ingredients for Kimchi from where exactly?
HGHW2008@reddit
Fair enough on the Marsala, I wasn’t aware of that. I’m actually agreeing with you that pie and mash is good.
It’s just you trying to justify it as good by saying it’s poor person food is a bit redundant. Some of the best food in the world is poor person food. Just because it’s simple doesn’t mean it’s bad
Tonybham01@reddit
Tackle them about that white shit they call gravy
Scary-Try3023@reddit
Never even tried it before but it looks nice!
enoimard@reddit
i personally hate the taste of parsley so a parsley sauce is my nightmare
Jaggysnake84@reddit
Oh no...
Enough_Fish739@reddit
Dissing parsley sauce in Denmark will get you killed.
Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit
I'm Canadian, and it sounds delicious (probably a lot like the filling comes out for a "chicken pot pie").
We are a much more traclvelled and educated populace though, compared to our meth-head older brother, whonoives in our basement.
Undark_@reddit
It's just butter and parsley with a dash of milk. Sometimes people add a tiny bit of mustard of lemon juice or something similar.
smallwonder25@reddit
At least mustard or lemon add an actual flavor.
Undark_@reddit
I'm starting to put the pieces together.
Americans think the UK has bad food because our dishes are pretty simple.
The same dish in America would taste bad because the quality of your ingredients is extremely low. That's all I can think of, because parsley has plenty flavour and you're not the first person here to say it doesn't.
It's like saying basil or oregano or rosemary don't have flavour. They are herbs - the flavour is the entire reason we use them. If you think parsley doesn't have flavour then either your taste buds are fried from all the salt and sugar in everything over there, or you literally have no idea what fresh ingredients taste like.
coreyander@reddit
Oh good Lord. Parsley just isn't commonly used over here as a primary flavor. Basil or cilantro would probably be more familiar. Cultural differences exist.
The United States spans from one ocean to another; do you honestly think that only low quality food is produced in the entire country?
Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit
Yes.
Your standards are questionable, as is the health of the country.
coreyander@reddit
Ask the Italians and the French about holy basil or cilantro, is there something wrong with them that they don't traditionally highlight those ingredients? You clearly have a problem with many of the world's food ways, as much of the world uses different ingredients and techniques than continental Europe.
Being ethnocentric and using propaganda to justify it isn't the move you think it is. Someone is selling you a made up story about how food in the US is and you just eat it up uncritically.
producerofconfusion@reddit
I visited the UK almost every year between 2002 and 2018, and every year would have plenty of flavorless sandwiches, soups, and salads at cafes and pubs and restaurants there. I am also a home gardener in an area with a lot of good organic farms, and eat fresh herbs and vegetables everyday. The tasteless herbs isn't just a US thing, any place that uses fast producing cheap greenhouses will end up with varietals bred for storage and visual appeal without a good flavor. Have you ever eaten in the US, some where other than a fast food place?
British Mexican food is a warcrime, btw.
Undark_@reddit
Yeah British Mexican food doesn't really exist, just a geography/history thing. You're right about herbs too. And ofc it totally depends where you get your sandwiches from, the best sandwich shops are the ones that look like shit on the outside and charge barely anything. Anything pre-packaged is not worth talking about.
Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit
If it doesn't taste like Takis or hot Cheetos, they think it has no flavour.
cityshepherd@reddit
Hey that’s fair… we aren’t all meth heads. Plenty of us are too busy doing our version of yoga (the fentanyl fold) to deal with tweakers.
Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit
If a country can be compared to an archetype of a person, compared to Canada, the US is our meth-head older brother. At least based on the last 10 years.
We've tried to hold out hope he could turn it around, but we have had to walk away to save ourselves... The bottom line is held firm, after the latest intervention.
Best of luck, bros.
RoundSherbert7006@reddit
As an American, insole laughed so fucking hard.
atuan@reddit
It looks like diarrhea
LonnieJaw748@reddit
I once made a version of this sauce for a roasted carrot dish using the carrot tops instead of parsley. It was quite tasty.
ForumFluffy@reddit
It lacks all those delicious food colourings and preservatives.
Stubee1988@reddit
Brit here, this style of pie and mash literally makes me want to puke. The sauce looks like green bin juice
dragondildo1998@reddit
The one Brit in here not being overly defensive of their cuisine "Americans don't know how delicious this puke is! All they have to eat is plastic laden with sugar!"
GreenZebra23@reddit
It's so funny how Brits and Americans have these stupid internet battles about who has the worst food, when they both have a lot of crappy food and a lot of delicious food. Just to address the delicious food, one has fryups and fish and chips and chicken tikka masala, the other has barbecue ribs and lobster rolls and gumbo. And now I'm hungry
sylanar@reddit
I've never even tried it, don't think I've ever even seen a restaurant that serves this kind of food.
Pie and mash isn't uncommon in pubs, but it's usually a nice big steak and ale pie with a gravy, I've never seen this kind of thing other than online lol
Maybe it's a regional thing, I've only ever lived in southern England (east and west)
dragondildo1998@reddit
I assume it's some old school regional dish, kinda like Altoona style pizza in the US. Not for everyone. I hope no one judges all of the food in the US based on Altoona style pizza either lol
UnSpanishInquisition@reddit
Its not even regional its local to a small area of London.
Expensive_Time_7367@reddit
I’ve got a pie and mash shop near me in SW London. It’s a general London dish just not very popular anymore.
aenteus@reddit
Heh. +1 for Altoona reference.
Escari@reddit
It's a London thing.
cbxcbx@reddit
Regional and traditional. 99.9% of places where you order pie and mash, it wont look like this.
OPs friend has gone to a (now) niche traditional cockney pie shop.
towblerone@reddit
i’ve seen a lot of people online say the shop this comes from is a tourist trap sort of place, but idk as i’ve never been there
i__Sisyphus@reddit
Everything in this picture is delicious
w_a_w@reddit
Looks like a bowl of dog sick
-malcolm-tucker@reddit
I'll pass on the eels, but I'm eating the absolute fuck out of the rest.
Echos_light@reddit
parsley sauce???
Jamesyroo@reddit
Parsley sauce.
Echos_light@reddit
I can’t believe Britain is a real country that was once an empire sometime ago.
Undark_@reddit
Have you never tasted it? It's fucking delicious. I just realised I haven't had it in years and years and actually got a little bit emotional. One of my childhood favourites that I've been neglecting.
Dorithompson@reddit
Better than American biscuits and gravy?
Short-Shopping3197@reddit
You’re talking about scones dipped in sausage fat. Don’t get me wrong it sounds delicious, but I don’t think it puts you in a position to criticise.
Undark_@reddit
What you call "biscuits" we call scones, and I've had your "gravy" and it's not great, just really salty.
The absolute last country that should be criticising anyone's food is the USA. You guys have the worst diets on the entire planet.
And I don't think it looks good, I know for a fact it's good.
Succ-MY-Scythe@reddit
At least we know how to properly season. Brits spend nearly a thousand years invading other countries for spices and still somehow yall don’t know how to use them.
Undark_@reddit
Yeah that is actually just a total myth. And your knowledge of history is questionable too lol.
Fingers_9@reddit
I cant wait for this nonsense to die.
Prime624@reddit
Biscuits and gravy are served a ton of places and most places do them wrong. Good biscuits and gravy is heavenly. OP dish also looks really good though.
Dorithompson@reddit
The rest of the world disagrees with you and I believe your comment proves my point.
I realize that you have a different name for biscuits.
As for taking hits at American food, I think you are referring to the obesity problem and not the actual taste of American food. If England were a state, they wouldn’t even be one of the healthiest/least obese states. You guys shave a major obesity problem and still have crappy food (generally speaking). Not a slam on England as I love the country but let’s be honest here. The world has been laughing and englands food for centuries.
poisonbeverage69@reddit
Embarrassing comment.
LoquaciousLamp@reddit
Toad in the hole would maybe be the equivalent here.
Straight_Bathroom775@reddit
American biscuits and gravy makes you think of an egg cooked in the middle of a slice of bread?
Undark_@reddit
That's just sausages baked in batter
LoquaciousLamp@reddit
Yeah but smothered in gravy and called comfort food. I can't think of any savoury biscuits here off the top of my head. Scones in gravy doesn't sound appealing.
citharadraconis@reddit
Yorkshire pudding is the closest analogue I can think of.
Undark_@reddit
Oh you mean the equivalent to American biscuits and gravy? That makes sense. American "gravy" is also really different to proper gravy, it's a lot gloopier.
Biscuits and gravy is pretty good, don't get me wrong, it's just nothing special.
despairingcherry@reddit
I am not British and I am extremely lost as to why you find this strange
anonymoose_octopus@reddit
I can't speak to the people who actually think parsley sauce sounds gross (because nothing on that plate theoretically looks like it tastes bad).
But all of the videos I've seen of people getting this exact meal, it's always like 1 tiny pie, a scoop of mash, and a plate full of the sauce, almost like the sauce is the main course. It's like soup on a plate. I imagine scooping a spoonful of mash and it's dripping in wet sauce and it makes me kind of queasy. No hate to the actual food though-- for me it's the proportions.
shaygitz@reddit
Traditionally, the mash is made without butter or milk, so the sauce probably livens up what would otherwise just be a mouthful of dry potato
Echos_light@reddit
This ^^^ like it just doesn’t look appetizing and the name doesn’t help but everyone’s murdering me over the fact that I don’t like the look of the parsley sauce
Echos_light@reddit
Well I mean just going off the name it just doesn’t sound that appetizing and looks exactly as it’s named. IMO it just looks like someone blended parsley in water (I understand it’s not the British are destroying me in the replies below for that even though I also acknowledged then that it’s not just parsley in water) It just doesn’t look that appetizing. Not something I’d really choose off a menu if that’s the picture I was shown. Presentation problem I guess 🤷♀️
despairingcherry@reddit
If you hear parsley sauce and you assume it's just blended parsley and you don't preemptively decide to check before making a bewildered comment I think that speaks to a tendency to make wild negative assumptions about cultures other than your own
smallwonder25@reddit
That’s so fucked up 😂 omg 🤮
Master-Strain4268@reddit
How is parsley sauce fucked up? It's just butter, milk, flour and herbs
Rhorge@reddit
Americans can’t fathom a sauce that isn’t 50% sugar
Echos_light@reddit
Not even bro it’s just the fact that it’s name is a singular herb and it looks like it was specifically made with just that herb and water I saw the comment of someone saying what was actually in the sauce but you can’t tell me it doesn’t just look like someone threw parsley and water in a blender
ChaoticxSerenity@reddit
I mean... Chimichurri is mainly parsley and it's tasty AF.
smallwonder25@reddit
Thank you! It’s just flavorless nothing water lol
Table pepper has more flavor.
Echos_light@reddit
Getting down voted to hell by the angry Brit’s for making jokes about their parsley gravy
smallwonder25@reddit
I knew it would happen, inevitable really 😂
oat_milk@reddit
hate to be there when you find out about soups or smoothies if the concept of ingredients blended with water is giving you such a hard time
Echos_light@reddit
My brother in Christ that is NOT the point I was trying to make but go ahead and try to feel good about yourself lmfao. It’s the fact that it looks like TWO ingredients (water,parsley)….. I don’t think water and parsley would taste very good lmfao. and if you put water in your smoothies, I know your smoothies taste bland asf throw some oj in there atleast damn.
smallwonder25@reddit
Yeah, but smoothies are made with things that have and ADD actual flavor. To taste.
oat_milk@reddit
sauces are not?
TheGoldenCowTV@reddit
As opposed to stock and parsley, famously tastless ingreadients
chykin@reddit
Have you never eaten parsley?
puyi5@reddit
Your skull must be thick like a smoothie if that’s what you extracted from that comment.
puyi5@reddit
No no no, the isles are just known world wide for their notoriously shitty food. That’s an actual fact not some dumb typical American joke.
Master-Strain4268@reddit
It is not an actual fact
puyi5@reddit
Keep living in denial pal.
Master-Strain4268@reddit
Just like how everyone in America eats aspic huh?
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
Our food is quite notorious the world over I'm afraid, even if it's wrong to be. It could be worse, we could be eating Dutch food
Master-Strain4268@reddit
That doesn't make it fact
Undark_@reddit
What's fucked up about parsley? Do you not eat food?
smallwonder25@reddit
It’s great as an addition. Zero parsley hate. But in no way does parsley have enough flavor on its own to warrant a whole sauce.
My lawn grass has more flavor than parsley and that’s not getting a sauce either.
Undark_@reddit
You use quite a lot of parsley in the sauce, and it has plenty flavour. Like any other herb, the flavour is literally the reason it gets used as an ingredient. The parsley you're getting must be shit.
TheGoldenCowTV@reddit
It's a (fish) velouté flavoured with parsley not weird at all
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
American gravy is generally a velouté, and is the correct consistency, but you all see fit to call it dog sick. And country/sausage gravy is a béchamel with browned sausage, served over buttermilk American biscuits. Which you all also call dog sick.
And this is the garbage you serve. Why would we care what you think of our cuisine?
TheGeordieGal@reddit
This is something eaten in 1 small part of 1 city and very niche - unlike your cat sick looking breakfast which seems like it’s eaten everywhere.
taterrrtotz@reddit
that sounds even worse tbh
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
You don't like veloute?
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
We like it when it's thicker than water.
Echos_light@reddit
Yeah hard pass
Radish23@reddit
Yummy pie
Electrical_Business2@reddit
Northerner (UK) here, is liquor just parsley sauce? Always been confused why someone would put liquor on a pie 🤷♂️
Debsmassey@reddit
Reminds me of the little frozen packs of cod in parsley sauce, a staple in ours growing up. Apparently its made with eel juice so think I will just stick with bisto best
Silver-Climate7885@reddit
I think traditionally liquor was made with eel juice, like parsley sauce but made with eel juice, don't think it is now but back in the ye old olden days
pocketMagician@reddit
Its somehow so fascinating in a other side of the tracks way. Here I am in a world of spices, but I want to know sometimes what jellied eels tastes like.
AGrandOldMoan@reddit
I can't say anything about jellied eel specifically but eel meat in sushi has a almost red meat taste about it, it's quite nice, the only disgusting part of jellied eel to me would be the jelly
JackxForge@reddit
its a very very different style of preperation. the eel youve had at sushi places is all maranated in at least eel sauce before being grilled.
Truth be told i dont know what they do to the eel before jellying it but i dont have high hopes.
pocketMagician@reddit
Yeah I love me some grilled eel
Wamims@reddit
'orrible.
Source: I am a cockney.
Silverdodger@reddit
Londoner here. No thanks
MrCoolest@reddit
In hell the cooks are British
asa1@reddit
I'd probably pass on some jellied eels. The rest of it sounds good.
Fresh_Category6015@reddit
Jellied eel is the best part.
HeadChefDom@reddit
Pie, mash and parsley sauce is indeed fine. That example looks like an abomination though
Jamtarts-1874@reddit
If its traditional liquor then it will have been used to cook the eels. So that will also put people off.
a_dude_from_europe@reddit
Why would one go through the effort of crisping up a pie just to mush it down with a super liquid sauce?
Known-nwonK@reddit
Eels up inside ya
Findin an entrance where they can
TheSaltyseal90@reddit
Fine as long as you add copious amounts of seasoning.
shanloulie@reddit
huh TIL what liquor is
scouttack88@reddit
I'm British and I've never seen this stuff in real life. I think it's a London thing.
Disastrous-Appeal642@reddit
That's southern food for you. 🤢
Player_Slayer_7@reddit
Pretty sure that's from a specific restaurant that's like the oldest local fast food establishment in the nation or something. Pretty sure that plate is fairly cheap and good, considering its their main dish.
s_n_mac@reddit
Looks like M. Manze on Tower Bridge Road. Was there just last week. First opened in 1892. "The oldest surviving eel and pie house."
Delicious_Aside_9310@reddit
Goddards at Greenwich 1890 would like a word
OwlBeBack88@reddit
If it's the place I'm thinking of, we went there because my dad wanted to try it for the experience. I'd never tried liquor before and was confused what "pie and liquor" was on the menu! They do veggie pies too.
ms_emi@reddit
Theres literally hundreds of independent pie and mash shops i doubt this is your specific place youre thinking of
ms_emi@reddit
Its pie and mash, theres loads of pie and mash shops in london, mostly in east
AnsticeAva@reddit
I keep seeing that 9yo Munchies video in my feed about F Cooke's. Lol
frankenboobehs@reddit
Jellied eels with LIIIIISSSSSSAAAAAAA
Putrid_Lifeguard_617@reddit
Mash looks a bit yellow but prolly fine liquor is a little watery bit prolly fine pie looks decent still, eels though gtfo
Big_Translator7475@reddit
Add some tabasco to that and I'll scoff em.
Dont know about the Jellied Eels, fuck them off back to the Victorian era.
shrimplypibbl3z_@reddit
scottish person here, no got a fecking clue what’s on that plate🤣
Curious_Strike_5379@reddit
Nasty American foods consist of a massive European melting pot which ended up producing the likes of Amy & Tammy and a many more.
bigbadaboomleigh@reddit
Ok but that mash looks top tier!
needspace8@reddit
Rotten bananas?
InfiniteBoxworks@reddit
This is one of my bucket list meals. Everyone makes it sound abhorrent, but half of that plating looks like part of a perfectly pleasant side dish, and the only real controversial part is the jellied eel, which is historically a poverty food. If I ever make it over to London, I am cleaning the plate
Short-Shopping3197@reddit
Jellied eels are nice if you like that kind of thing. Eel in general is a very savoury, umami taste and only slightly fishy, with a firm white meat texture. The jelly is a savoury aspic rather than a sweet dessert jelly, tastes nice but might be an acquired texture for people. Often sold cold but I prefer it much more when warmed.
Magic_mousie@reddit
Pie and liquor is unironically great, nothing wrong with that.
Jellied eels I've never tried and I will happily live the rest of my life not knowing what they taste like.
InSearchOfAFeeling@reddit
The eels waggle while you slurp them
Silver-Climate7885@reddit
Same, I'm not sure I'll like it, I probably would but Its on my bucket list to try if and when I'm down in London again and close enough to find a pie and mash shop
yanmagno@reddit
Your friend is from the UK, there is no hope
Curious_Strike_5379@reddit
I tried your grits & biscuits which is basically poverty food, nothing wrong with being poor! just saying.
alsdkchl@reddit
They jelly eel? 🤢 sure it’s not a prop from the office?
marmmalade@reddit
Your mate’s a legend and you sound like a fucking fairy.
Smooovies@reddit
Brits eat like goddamn pirates
Curious_Strike_5379@reddit
Get back to your grits n biscuits 🫣
Additional_Candy_400@reddit
I don't get the pie and mash hate.
As a northerner it's not exactly to my taste. Would prefer a proper steak and ale pie with gravy.
But it's honestly FINE.
Better the less said about the jellied eels, thankfully I can't eat seafood.
istealreceipts@reddit
This is a very specific meal, only availabile from the few pie & mash shops left.
I don't think this is shitty food porn, it's a remnant of a culture that's slowly disappearing and becoming part of London's history.
Mysterious_Tiger_725@reddit
i think british food is really overhated in general. I haven't personally been but I've recreated a few dishes & they've all been pretty good, if not great. Granted they all looked like things I'd enjoy anyway.
Plus, we like to act like the US hasn't conjured up some absolutely vile shit before. "Chitlins" or chitterlings are fucking disgusting.
Short-Shopping3197@reddit
You know we have chitterlings in the UK right? I mean nobody eats them anymore because tripe in general is unfashionable, but my nan used to make them all the time. Tasty enough but they fucking stink cooking them.
TheMasterFlash@reddit
Chitlins were originally and English recipe funny enough.
And let’s not pretend that the US is the only country eating intestines. The Mexicans have it perfected imo (if you haven’t had tripas tacos yet, do yourself a favor)
petera181@reddit
My Portuguese mother in law does lovely a stuffed intestine/tripe dish. Served alongside slow roasted pork. Always a treat when we have it.
istealreceipts@reddit
Tbh, I'd demolish a haggis any day.
petera181@reddit
100%
Mysterious_Tiger_725@reddit
huh, you're right. dunno how i didn't surmise that from the name lol.
i'll rephrase, the way all the americans cook chitlins has made me want to throw up. even with all the cleaning, i just can't do it.
which is weird cus if i'm not mistaken both tripas & chitlins come from the small intestine & the latter is good. menudo, which admittedly is the stomach, is also good as hell.
it's not the part of the animal, i think it might just be my seething hatred towards chitlins.
TheMasterFlash@reddit
That I’ll give you, I think the chitlin prep method leaves a ton to be desired and would turn off most people from wanting to eat them.
istealreceipts@reddit
I'm from the UK, have lived across the world, and British cuisine punches above its weight.
The UK is a has such a variety of quality local produce, dairy, livestock and seafood, so I don't get the hate either. Food standards are high, predictable and you know where your food is coming from.
Most of the hate coming from the US is born from a misconception driven from extended post-war rationing, that went on for decades post-war, and impacted palates and recipes well into the 80's. British food culture has been on the up for 35 years.
constanto@reddit
The things that I have to hunt for in the States that I used to take for granted can be very frustrating sometimes. Beef that tastes like beef, good cheeses, real apple juice...they are available here because everything is available here but in most parts of the country you can't just pop into the shop for them.
dobeeb_@reddit
Oh my god good CHEESE! I lived overseas for a few years and finding good cheese was so hard. (S.Korea and the only options were mozzarella, cheese slices, or these “cheddar” sticks that tasted like bitter feet)
sjdr92@reddit
British food isn't rated abroad because it doesn't travel well. Partly because of ingredient quality, and also partly because of technique or ingredient substitution. Plus, it's a cold, dark and wet northern country. British food is at least as good if not better than the rest of the countries on a similar latitude.
Moash_For_PM@reddit
Sushi after a day of work when the rains lashing down all day would be crap.
Pie and mash will fill the void all brits experience for 6-10 months of the year
c_monies_@reddit
Exactly this, essentially these places are like working museums, I'm sure you get exceptions but the majority of people in the East End of London aren't rushing down to these places on a daily basis, in fact the most noise I hear about these places are Americans on YouTube. I'm in my 40s and have only heard of one person who eats Jellied Eels on a regular basis.
This food was made for poor industrial workers in the Victorian era, eels being plentiful in the Thames at the time. Every person who looks at this and goes "how vile" is just punching downwards, it was really only food for people at the bottom rung of society who wanted to make it through to the next day.
Unsupervised_Unicorn@reddit
I’m from the North West of England, and I have no fucking clue what that is.
M1kbee@reddit
Your friend is a southerner judging by that plate of vomit.
There's no hope.
Sorry.
HisWifeTheirMum@reddit
I love a pie, mash and liquor. Eels 🤮
OutlandishnessNo7138@reddit
That all looks good to me ha, but as a filthy American I will most definitely say no to those eels.
Prudent-Level-7006@reddit
I'm English and would've have a clue what this is
I'm terrible at being English
adamsharif85@reddit
Brit here - this looks disgusting. To be fair though, our country has some of the most bland cuisine imaginable 👎🏼 Had never heard of parsley sauce but that sounds god awful.
HotDogSeeker@reddit
I'd eat it
No-Way-9777@reddit
Jellied eels, lovely 👍
daveyboy2009@reddit
Just a tiny few square miles of it, go outside that area and you’ll never encounter that sort of food anywhere.
terryturbojr@reddit
It won't kill them and as long as they put a teaspoon of salt on it it will be edible
ShreddedBanjoString@reddit
I love pie and mash but I’ll take a red wine gravy over that parsley sauce wank any day.
And jellied eels can just fuck all the way off.
fordfocus2017@reddit
They really can!
Afraid_Percentage554@reddit
Literally no one eats this outside of tourists in east London. I lived in east London 3 years and never ate jelled eels once
FlowerDance2557@reddit
absolute goyslop
Twinkubusz@reddit
You think a traditional meal that dates back hundreds of years is 'goyslop'?
Are you a bit of a moron or something?
FlowerDance2557@reddit
yes but that’s unrelated, it’s a joke term, not meant to be taken seriously
Twinkubusz@reddit
So your entire comment was just this, then
Twinkubusz@reddit
So basically just this, then
tomegerton99@reddit
Pie and Mash is a London thing, it’s not a thing anywhere outside the M25. As someone from outside the M25, this is vile.
sneaksby@reddit
It is on the South Coast, and Essex, but you'd have to hunt it out.
ikeabIahaj@reddit
I’d recognise Manze’s anywhere
Extreme_Swimming3837@reddit
My stomach can’t do spicy and I wish I lived in the UK because that appears to not be a problem they face
sneaksby@reddit
These often come served with chilli vinegar.
Free_Measurement1829@reddit
This isn't UK food. It's 1950s post war east London ration food that has somehow endured.
sneaksby@reddit
More like late 19th century.
blufflord@reddit
Where the fuck do these American tourists go to find jellied eels? Lived in multiple parts of England and never seen it nor do I know anyone in real life that's eaten it
DankOcean______@reddit
Jellied eels are nice.
If u eat sushi u can eat jellied eels. Your not meant to eat the jelly. U just eat the eels around the bone.
Tiny_Chance5050@reddit
Americans have a massive hard on for imagining British people eating mash and eels
Substantial-Motor247@reddit
We market it to foreigners for a laugh, see if they’ll actually eat it. You know, the ones who think we pledge allegiance to the King, who writes legislation and beheads people with his valerian steel sword for treason and the like.
FLOHTX@reddit
Is it your equibmvalent to surströmming? Its an internationally known dish that nobody actually eats because its disgusting?
Oggabobba@reddit
It’s not that bad
Acrobatic-Ad584@reddit
It is nothing like surstrumming. Also, a lot of people do eat them, they are very nourishing.
Substantial-Motor247@reddit
Haha, from the look of what I just saw on Google, very possibly!
AtroposMortaMoirai@reddit
I think it’s one specific corner of London, which is on the whole a cursed place that no god-fearing soul should ever tread. I did once encounter jellied eels, but that was working at a specialty fishmongers in the West Midlands and we ordered them in on request from a customer. They were not widely popular, and after a while the owner started trying to goad young staff members into eating it for his own amusement. Got to recoup something from the investment I guess.
Acrobatic-Ad584@reddit
You can get them on the South East Coast
RedRamblerUK@reddit
You can find them all over the uk. Rochester, Canterbury, Maidstone, Reading, Corby
ConflictDesigner4293@reddit
Yeah I’ve not seen it often, but at least a dozen times over the last couple decades. They’re actually quite nice 😋
For some reason people seem to think it’s just from 1 restaurant, it’s not. It’s a British dish
LazarusOwenhart@reddit
You can buy them in bloody Morrisons.
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
East London
OnPointTip1@reddit
Nobody outside of East London eats that shite
2ndharrybhole@reddit
I know right plate would be delicious… and I know I would not touch left plate
hundreddollar@reddit
Cunts the fucken lot of yizz. Pie and mash and liquor with the mash properly scraped on the edge is god tier. Fuck the haters.
sec713@reddit
"Can I interest you in a selection of assorted goops?"
Puzzleheaded-Round66@reddit
Looks delicious.
Alissan_Web@reddit
english food is genuinely shit. they dont believe in seasonings and theyre about 2 centuries behind on cuisine.
GrizzlyDust@reddit
How am I supposed to break someone out of a European prison?
manlovergulp@reddit
Im from the UK and not even i know what this is
Adventurous-Start-98@reddit
As a Brit that food looks disgusting and I don’t know where in England you are but find somewhere else and get better food 😭
finniruse@reddit
You'd lap that up if it was put in front of you.
Crispy pastry with some succulent meat. Creamy mash. And a random sauce.
Username169420@reddit
Im from the UK and I have no fucking idea what that is
nimrag_is_coming@reddit
Hi I'm from the UK and I've never even seen this before
alliedg@reddit
Local dish in London does not mean whole of UK. That would be like Aspic salad is a US national dish or costco hot dog is the only meal Americans eat.
Infinite-Highway3432@reddit
Probably 0.01% of Londoners eat jellied eels.
Prawn_Scratchings@reddit
Much, much lower.
This-Preference-9578@reddit
costco hot dogs are a national dish and deserve to be celebrated
halfbean@reddit
Yeah that comment reads a bit like Costco hot dog slander and I am pretty sure that’s illegal.
jjcoola@reddit
[freedom intensifies]
aenteus@reddit
Welcome to Costco…
rationalomega@reddit
Nah Kirkland original
Sunny_Cant_Swim@reddit
Hot Dogs are an American dish tho? LOL tf
GoldenSonOfColchis@reddit
They didn't say they weren't an American dish.
Terrible_Cod_7903@reddit
You all know what we’re thinking though, right? 🇺🇸 🫶 🌭
Rebeccarebecca200@reddit
I’m from Yorkshire. This is a place in England.
That is a southern dish & I can confidently say I will never try this. It looks rank.
sneaksby@reddit
You're missing a treat with the Pie & Mash, the eels is fine to skip.
CardinalCreepia@reddit
It’s is not a ‘southern’ dish. It’s from a very specific part of London. Don’t turn this into some north vs. south thing.
Omega1459_@reddit
The ooze beckons
HoneyBeaIsBack@reddit
Jellied eels 🤢🤢🤢🤢
JellyBeansOnToast@reddit
Eel is such a light and delicious fish that is not too “fishy” tasting, why would you make it into a jelly??? 😭
sillygoofygooose@reddit
I would guess it originated as a preservative
Skepsis93@reddit
Gelatin was originally very labor intensive to extract and cook with, mostly reserved for the elites. Eels are an exception, boiling them creates a stock that will solidify into a jelly rather easily. Eel were also readily available along the Thames. If you lived in England and wanted to try a savory jelly/aspic but weren't rich, jellied eels were what you had available.
sillygoofygooose@reddit
That’s interesting, thank you!
Pritchy69@reddit
They don’t. When eels are boiled they release their collagen, this forms the jelly post-cooking.
Acrobatic-Ad584@reddit
That's what happens when you boil it and it cools down, natural gelatine.
eastmemphisguy@reddit
In the olden days, the Thames was an enormous sewer so that may have impacted the quality of the food that was caught in it.
YetAnotherMia@reddit
Very tasty and nutritious
Obvious-Catch8833@reddit
They have the audacity downvote when a slice of cheese in Usa includes the entire periodic table
Xfuck1tX@reddit
DameStorm@reddit
Yeah so .... The American version of the office.. enough said
lickthismiff@reddit
As a Brit, this looks absolutely grim. It's not even the jellied eels, which I swear aren't a thing people actually eat unless it's for the bit. It's the fact I can't even hide behind, "oh well it's a regional dish blah blah." The pie, mash, and parsley sauce all look like a shit attempt at those things. The pie looks like a frozen mass produced thing, the mash looks like gunge, and parsley sauce is the most inferior sauce anyway, and it's far too thin.
-10/10
Low_Reserve_5248@reddit
Living in the UK many years.
What on earth is THAT!
McDonald's, KFC, Subway ,Indian food , Chinese takeaway it's all in the UK! 😅
MachineMuted7292@reddit
Very overrated 💯
Redboo27@reddit
I am from the North of England. Wtf is that monstrosity.
crimsxn_devil@reddit
Nah wtf even is that (from Birmingham)
moonshineTheleocat@reddit
Jellied eela is just plated homicide
Jailer69@reddit
I am from the uk I don’t do sauce nor gravy so my pie and made is gravy less lol the jellied eels are quite the acquired taste haha
Electronic-Stay-2369@reddit
Pie mash and liquor is the food of the gods. Jellied eels though, the vomit of the devil.
Opalnoise@reddit
This dude poor
OnlyOneWithFreeWill@reddit
I hate that I even know that those are jellied eels
JackxForge@reddit
i wish i could go back to a time when i thought they were bananas D:
Scotsmanryno@reddit
Looks rancid who eats jellied eels :(
Debsmassey@reddit
Southern food. Apparently its lovely but for some reason that sauce looks like it would make the pie soggy in a bad way. Unlike gravy which would be perfect obviously as a Northerner 😉
atworkthough@reddit
cover it with a napkin and put it face down in the garbage.
Important-Poetry9849@reddit
I've lived here all my life and I've never eaten something that looked like that.
New-Courage5021@reddit
Da fuck is that???? I’m from the uk 😅 never seen slop like that. Is he in jail? I’ve never been to jail…
saturday_sun4@reddit
Pie and Mash? I wouldn't personally eat it as I don't eat beef but it looks fine to me.
I'll give you the jellied eels though.
Substantial-Bake6521@reddit
Click bait shush now
ruudeyyy@reddit
This looks like shit but I bet it tastes alright
Specific-Sundae2530@reddit
It's pie, mash and liquor with a side of jellied eels. That's what it's supposed to look like
Prawny-C@reddit
I'm British and I don't know anyone who has eaten jellied eels. It's like going to America and having nachos cheese loaded meatloaf stuffed with gritz, butger king whoppers and wrapped in pizza. Just because it is available in that country does not mean it is commonly eaten or a reflection of their cuisine.
Although having read my previous paragraph I feel that most Americans wouldnt be that disgusted at that food concoction
SupportNo9543@reddit
You don't fuck with peas pudding mate
Eltrew2000@reddit
Jellied eel is sooo good I want some now
shanshanita@reddit
Why 😢
Adventurous_Use8278@reddit
The reality is most Brits have never eaten this, and never will. It’s regional and is only really eaten in and around the east London area
EliBloodthirst@reddit
Glorious meal
sud_ouest@reddit
Food of the gods
PresidentPopcorn@reddit
Stop judging the UK by the disgusting habits of Londoners.
Capbrit@reddit
Any food that doesnt have chemicals, e numbers and a load of sodium rub on it, the americans seem to dislike. Pie and parsley sauce is legit. Also theres a reason most tv chefs on US tv are Brits
Allnamestaken69@reddit
This pie and mash is actually really fucking good. The jellied eels ain’t for me but the pie mask and the liquor is great.
Due_Crow_8626@reddit
i am from the UK and i cannot confidently identify wtf is on either of those plates
Training_Ad9049@reddit
Jellied eel & what looks like buttered dripping. Healthy stuff.
SecsCboy@reddit
Was America just a project for the English to get rid of the weak? Eat your goddam potato’s and eels
samir22cool@reddit
the fuck is this...
franki-pinks@reddit
Pie,mash and parsley sauce is a great meal. Keep the jellied eels though they are gross.
mousepallace@reddit
This isn’t UK food, this is London food. Very, very specifically , London.
suitcasehandle64@reddit
Food of the gods
Billabong1066@reddit
Save him from The East End of London, No one else eats this kak
Brain_lessV2@reddit
As most other people here said, it's pie & mash + parsley sauce (the green sauce) and in the other bowl there's jellied eels.
It's served in a few old restaurants in London and that's about the only places you're getting this stuff, as it's a very dated dish.
You'd be better off with something like a sausage roll, haggis or a steak and kidney pie/pudding.
onesimus54@reddit
I'm english and I'm disgusted 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Dea-Dea0710@reddit
I’m not a parsley sauce lover myself I’m gravy all the way although I’m from south east London but have northern blood in me. My husband however is from a cockney family and loves it. It’s actually thicker than you might think or looks in the pic lol.
weatherwaxs_broom@reddit
Pie and mash. Absolute comfort food.
chili6f@reddit
Wouldn't scran
jaBroniest@reddit
He needs to walk 260 miles north lad
Top-Bandicoot-3013@reddit
I was just in England and the meat pies are fucking delicious as well as the fish and chips. That pic looks gross though.
InSearchOfAFeeling@reddit
Yeah you went cod and chips and decorate it with vinegar lad?
Top-Bandicoot-3013@reddit
Actually lass and I used the tarter sauce provided. It seemed to taste different than the stuff we have in the states.
Wag_Rulez@reddit
I’ve never even seen jellied eels in my 26yrs oof life in the UK 😭😂 who tf eats that
Kim_catiko@reddit
How dare you! This is my FAVOURITE meal ever. Minus the jellied eels, they can fuck right off.
The liquor is so good with a shit ton of vinegar. My most local one is Cockney's in Croydon and they used to do a vinegar with chilli in it that was amazing. I don't put that much of it on my plate though, that's way too much. The pie is delicious too, the beef mince inside is finely ground and no gristle.
Retardedastro@reddit
Is the jellied eel served cold or hot
Mediocre_Ingenuity76@reddit
Yes cold and gloppy
Chessapeak-play@reddit
Stop you’re making my mouth water
FLOHTX@reddit
My mouth waters before I vom too
Mediocre_Ingenuity76@reddit
If you vom fast enough, the glops stay gloppy on their way back up too.
Billoo77@reddit
They usually serve jellied eels cold, or you can also get stewed eels hot in a pie and mash shop.
Radiant-Wash9191@reddit
I always assumed it was cold idk how that place would smell if jellied eels served hot
Jumbalaa@reddit
Eels actually don't smell much. They sell hot stewed eels at these places as well.
Radiant-Wash9191@reddit
They always say to learn one new thing a day, didn’t realize my one bit of knowledge today would be disgusting but hay a learn is a Lear I guess
Xanimede@reddit
The hot eel stew definitely reeks. I had it this year and I couldn’t get more than a bite or two. The taste is fine, the smell is foul.
Nottheface1337@reddit
Cold. With some spicy vinegar. As an American I was genuinely surprised that these are decent. If you’ve ever tried gefilte fish it isn’t far off. I’ll grab them every time since they are harder to find. The pie, mash and liquor doesn’t deserve to be on this sub.
Extension_Display504@reddit
Wouldn't be jellied if hot. ( The jelly liquifies when heated - think jello before you cool it down)
Fire_Power@reddit (OP)
I can kind of see that , nice
Geetar-mumbles@reddit
Do you mean “please save my friend from a particular cuisine from a small part of a rather large city”?
Nihilistic_Marmot@reddit
I don’t know what I’m looking at here
CupcakeOfInnocence@reddit
Meanwhile American be eating filthy ranch and dry pop tarts. No thanks
BPTempMonkey@reddit
Tbf I am from the north and wouldn't touch jellied eals so for once I am with the yanks
Used-Avocado5170@reddit
Found only in London, in a very specific part of London. Unlikely to find this anywhere else in the UK
e-streeter@reddit
Amazing
No-Mongoose1797@reddit
Pie and mash with jellied eels. What’s not to love lol
Adept_Deer_5976@reddit
Yeah - because that’s what we eat all the time 😂🤦♂️😂
Excellent_Property34@reddit
Thats a very specific London thing, and even then only in certain places. This is not something widely eaten in the UK.
artrald-7083@reddit
Dear sir, ma'am or other, this is like judging the USA by the McDonald's dollar menu. Yes, I could make a version of that same dish that would make Ratatouille's food critic weep for the good reasons, but criticising that food has the working class catching strays, and we xan all do better.
stevie242@reddit
There is nothing funnier to me than people thinking only the UK bad food when every country does...
xStealthxUk@reddit
Save Him?? He's about to be in heaven!!
I'm so jealous
Pandypupz@reddit
Ts looks so fucking good, y'all are just used to shitty chemicals that make your food look like a commercial.
Jimithejive@reddit
Oh is that the tiny pie and mash shop in Deptford?
Jimithejive@reddit
Pie mash and liquor is surprisingly good btw, if ever given the option, go double double
explodingbaconman@reddit
Cod in parsley sauce. Boil on the bag. It proved to me that even low quality parsley saucing is banging.
Snoo_67993@reddit
Maybe not the side of eels, but that mash looks buttery and smooth, the pie we wouldn't know without seeing the inside and the source is gorgeous.
Valdred_@reddit
I'm pretty sure there's a documentary somewhere, behind the scenes of the oldest pie and mash shop in London.
Impossible_Owl_1625@reddit
Honestly he just needs to move further north, the food gets better up there… that pie and mash looks gopping!
miahmakhon@reddit
Pie is alright, hold the eels though.
petera181@reddit
“Jellied eel” and “pie and mash”. Both old school traditional London food.
Jellied eel is absolutely rank. Like fully disgusting. It exists almost as a practical joke. Probably for tourists to send pictures of gross English food.
“Pie and mash” is nicer, but still a long way from Britain’s best food. It’s very much an east London thing, served with a parsley sauce. Would be far better if you get pie, mash and gravy anywhere in the north of England.
sacrelidge@reddit
It’s too late
LMikeyy@reddit
Hand swashed brickle brackle with beans and fizzy wiggets
TheW1tchK1ng@reddit
It's pie and mash with some liquor, let's calm down with the pearl clutching.
Ni66aNotNamedLarry@reddit
Smash except the jellied eels.
cartmelian@reddit
If it was an Asian dish they'd be all over it.
xSEARLEYx@reddit
This is a southern thing ain’t it?
Some football grounds sell it, when I’ve been on away days I’ve noticed it. Leyton Orient for example
Own_Translator7008@reddit
Convincing the world we stopped eating jellied eels has led to remarkably stable eel prices
SpunkMcMuffin@reddit
Parsley sauce is not supposed to be a river in which your food can swim
scarletOwilde@reddit
That’s a “speciality”, certainly not normal Brit fodder.
FartenBallon@reddit
Elite tier
VynQeu@reddit
Ooh eels in aspic. Lovely 😭
ClericalRogue@reddit
There was a whole country of places to eat, and likely s whole menu of other items beside these ones, and yet they chose to order these options. This is traditional food, its not for everyone but its not stupid.
Els236@reddit
Pie, Mash, Parsley Sauce and Jellied Eels.
Only place I've seen do Jellied Eels is F Cooke - there was one in my city (not London), but it shut-down and got turned into some event venue thing that I've never seen open.
4x6x8@reddit
ThrowRA020204@reddit
Not saving her from anything this actually seems delish. Next time she should try parsley sauce the eastern European way. With cooked potatoes and with a sunny side egg. Some also eat it with beef patty.
herbneto@reddit
I just have the way they scrape the mash potato on the plate like that.. just give me a few dollops.
ManicMudslide@reddit
Pie mash and liquor may be considered "traditional" but not typical. You'd really have to go out of your way to find it, especially to find it accompanied by jellied eels.
Square_Region_748@reddit
Save them from London. Send them up north better food no jellied fish lol
Beneficial_Local9776@reddit
Im from the uk and thats fkn disgusting
tammybiscuits@reddit
My grandad grew up in the east end of London used to love jellied eels. Almost impossible to find anywhere. This isn't a 'normal' restaurant or 'average' cuisine.
sujubidlee@reddit
I'm Spanish living in the London and I have to say, whilst I dont think any "English" food is particularly good, Pie and Mash is honestly delicious lol!!!
CombinationCandid294@reddit
Looks delectable, what's wrong with it?
occasionalrant414@reddit
I had jellied eels on a stag do during the day, before we started drinking. We arranged a 50 pub crawl and started at this jellied eels shop - the guide the bedt man had arranged said this was the place to go. The front of house staff were "cockney" and yeah it was cringe as fuck.
Cold eels in slimy jelly was bloody awful. I love fish, and I love eel but prefer it in fried butter and garlic. This was just grim and I forgot about the bone in the middle.
Pie and mash though, lovely but needs proper thick gravy.
Go for a full English or a hotpot, roast dinner, or a stew. We do brilliant puddings. Cream tea as well. Beef Wellington. Anything but this!
CartoonistPlayful870@reddit
Manze's Pie & Mash with liquor sauce?
Electronic-Fennel828@reddit
Absolutely fine aside the jellied eels. Definitely a southern (English) affliction. We don’t do that shit up north.
808Distort@reddit
I’m British and this is disgusting
CASHSANTANA@reddit
GeorgeBrown57@reddit
Bowl of Jellied snot, and plate of pie, mash and licker 🤮
BenchClamp@reddit
I’m in london. Live half a mile from a traditional pie and mash shop and have never eaten it- and frankly never would - the amount of people who eat this food is miniscule and focused on one London demographic, it’s not available outside about 5 cafes.
Fish and chips or burgers or curry or Thai or stir fry or pizza or chicken wings or fish-fingers and beans is what people in the uk eat.
AdShoddy9638@reddit
It's traditional pie and mash. It is presented traditionally like this with no regard to aesthetics. It tastes, and eats a lot better than it looks.
The other thing is jellied eels, it's a traditional London dish but one that only stays alive as a curiosity in pie and mash shops. Apart from the most hardcore of cockneys, it's not really a thing people eat here other than to try. The dish hasn't travelled beyond London for a reason...
Silver-Climate7885@reddit
Pie mash and liquor and assuming jellied eels, this is just a London thing, I think it's more an east end thing. Don't think it's a thing outside of London tbh
les_catacombes@reddit
I would love to do a food tour where I go to the countries where my ancestors immigrated from and eat all the grossest foods. Jellied eels and surströmming, here I come!
Loose-Pea6419@reddit
Wouldn't touch the jellied eels, but don't knock pie and mash from a classic pie and mash place. It is one of the few positives we have left when it comes to food. And it's somehow still a cheap meal.
External-Item9395@reddit
Baaaaaash
MysticSquiddy@reddit
The slimy eels is questionable, but the rest doesn't even look that unappetising, said friend probably just isn't used to this type of food.
Patient-Conflict110@reddit
*east London... I wouldn't be seen dead eating this
Pseudonymoussy@reddit
Omg i watch this guy on youtube, its a proper traditional establishment where they specialise in only this
New-Connection4613@reddit
I'm only really familiar with G Kelly's bit it's actually a really decent meal for the price.
MaybeLikeIdontKnow@reddit
Lord, deliver me from YouTubers and articles claiming this is a UK staple when no one I’ve met has ever even eaten this
Planet_Booty69@reddit
British people will look you dead in the eyes and swear by this.
Nashley7@reddit
Weare never beating the allegations 😂
Infinite-Highway3432@reddit
You think English people eat pie with parsley sauce with jellied eels?
AnEvilMuffin@reddit
Eh, fish and chips is hard to beat, greasy fried fish and potatoes that you can dip in curry sauce is pretty good after a night of drinking.
Unfortunately I think the Irish might have gotten y'all with the spice bag.
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
We have the same thing in our Chinese restaurants but it's not as popular or as much a cultural staple as it is in Ireland. One thing Ireland genuinely has over the UK imo is the white pudding that goes on their version of a full English
Charming_Ad2323@reddit
I’m from the UK and this food sucks. Southern slop that has no business on a plate.
No-Professional-160@reddit
The rage bait haha, chosing one of the less regularly eaten traditional British meals, and presenting it like it's the daily diet haha
_Kabr@reddit
Istg people from other countries (usually the USA) take the 1% of UK food and conflate it into being the 99%
Thesilentbake@reddit
Pie and mash is amazing lol
DoNotCommentAgain@reddit
There is a small section of British people who insist living like we're still on rations is part of our culture.
KR_Steel@reddit
Get them up to Scotland so we can give them some Haggis, neeps a d tatties.
MonkeyPaws1205@reddit
Lived in the UK for 30 years and never had this, looks very tiktok bait/tourist trap recommend food
SelectFondant8886@reddit
Them Cockernillies will eat anything? 🤮😂
LevelRevolutionary25@reddit
is that eel in jelly, im british and that is nasty
KindaOddYk@reddit
Lad I've never seen something so rotten, where do you get this stuff? 😂
urbusinesspaysme@reddit
As a black person pie and mash is TOP TIER food and I am Jamaican eat good food regularly
Daveey_h87@reddit
Looks rough man that’s gotta be a joke
who-gives-a@reddit
Im British and wouldn't dream of Parsley sauce on pie & mash. This is a East and South London, not a UK thing. As regards jellied eels, id rather eat my own snot, they're minging.
ItalianCoffeeMorning@reddit
Has he presented that mash with a plastering trowl?
Weird-Recipe1406@reddit
i’m confused i live in the uk and i have no idea what he’s eating lol
Least-Programmer9417@reddit
Uk born and raised. I have NEVER had jellied eels. They’re super uncommon where I am.
Find a big massive portion of battered fish and chips. That’s a lot more indicative of our traditional junk food that EVERYONE has had a go with
Desperate_Cook_7338@reddit
That looks good to me
Recent-Guava5685@reddit
We dont eat that here in Liverpool . Looks grim . I would eat the pie though
Wild_Shroom_@reddit
Chuck a load of vinegar on that pie and mash and get it down your Gregory!!! Bloody lovely.
Inevitable_Lab_5014@reddit
I'm from the UK, and this is the first time I have ever actually seen jellied eels. This is a very old traditional meal from a very specific part of London that thankfully isn't available anywhere else.
Katain935@reddit
Brit here, never actually had jellied eels before, they look...
I'd have to try them first.
Pie and mash with parsley sauce, in my opinion is very tasty once you mix it all in. I think the presentation of the picture is doing it a disservice. It's not a meal I'd have every day, or week for that matter. But that's the same for most meals, I like my varied options.
It might not be everyone's favourite, but I do recommend it to everyone ^~^
I gotta do some research on where to find the eels dish, I doubt my local pub will sell it.
Daveofthewood@reddit
Mango mash?
iam-leon@reddit
Brit here. Absolutely nothing would ever compel me to eat a jellied eel. Wtf were they even thinking when they first created that shit?
Squirt_Meister@reddit
Bosh!
jazerlu@reddit
Id give all that food a try. Im sure the parsley sauce is fine. I know the mash will be fine. They bread looking thing looks fine. Its the jellied eels that im sort of not so sure about. I think the fish jelly would throw me off.
Jadee789@reddit
If I had to eat this id want rescuing from the UK to haha.
I promise not all food looks this bad here!
Defiant-Split6756@reddit
Tbf pie and mash is lovely but I loathe liquor (parsley sauce), should be proper gravy and bin the jellied eels
Kiggz_-@reddit
As a UKian wtf is that
neo4025@reddit
I’m early 40s and I have never heard, or seen this before, lol. Must be a regional thing.
Mysterious-Nose-457@reddit
The Pie, mash and liquor will be great. The liquor looks weird, but it’s a parsley sauce and works well. The eels are rough.
ApproachableGent@reddit
Pie n mash. We dont fuck around with food here.
Krissy_Goes_Meow@reddit
Save them from London more like, this is not a UK wide thing in the slightest
MagicCurtis@reddit
Don’t you dare insult pie and mash
TeaSufficient853@reddit
Slap him with some butter chicken, that's the only way
Iguanabewithyou@reddit
Are those like, oyster ice cubes? Is it oyster gelatin shots? Whatever they are, they frighten me
tturtlejosh@reddit
IM SO CONFUSED CAUSE PARSLEY DOESN’T HAVE A TASTE
howchildish@reddit
I've wanted to fly to the uk just to try this ever since I saw it on a Munchies Video.
ulnek@reddit
Go look up "Chinese food in the UK" then come back.
TheRealMeltyCrispy@reddit
This is generally a very cheap, tasty substantial meal... what's the problem?
Turkledurk@reddit
There's plenty of British food to be made fun of, but pie and mash is one of those dishes that genuinely looks delicious. I'm more adventurous, so I'd give the jelly eels a try, but they definitely aren't winning any presentation awards...
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
Butthole_Ticklah@reddit
Bro eating like Zeh Germans are still coming
wackadoodle4201@reddit
Looks weird but everything, aside from the jellied eels that I haven't tried, is actually great
Main_Cauliflower5479@reddit
There's nothing you can do for them. They think this is food.
ZombieGash@reddit
I’m from uk but the pie and mash is lovely but the jellied eels is RANK
Jolio1001@reddit
Pie and mash is elite food, you are uncultured.
Parking-Code-4159@reddit
I always think the hatred of British food is sometimes really unfair. But when I see this and read the comments about what it is, it really makes my stomach churn. And I usually try almost everything, I've eaten all sorts of offal, have no problem with blood soup, eat the heads with eyes and brain of fried fish, and I know those aspic dishes my grandfather liked since I was a child. I've also tried several insects and other stuff. But parsley sauce or jelly eel alone sounds more disgusting than anything I've ever eaten.
Undark_@reddit
Jellied eel is actually really good but I totally understand that the concept/appearance might be off-putting if you don't know what it is.
That reaction to parsley sauce is just ridiculous though. Parsley is a fucking herb...
BreakfastBeneficial4@reddit
I’ve had many butter+herb based sauces, although I can’t say parsley has ever been one of them.
I understand that it’s an herb. I just prefer thyme/rosemary/coriander for their flavors.
I wouldn’t say no to trying it, of course.
I_Rarely_Downvote@reddit
You genuinely think that parsley sauce sounds more disgusting than brains and offal?
LoquaciousLamp@reddit
I like parsley sauce but that looks like like parsley waste water.
04-09@reddit
NOT THE JELLIED EELS!!!!
CanadaEh97@reddit
Would try minus the eels.
WishfulStinking2@reddit
Oh mate shut up. I am so bored of people posting pics of jellied eels like it’s something that is commonly eaten. I’d say about 1% of people in London at the absolute max have eaten it. The green sauce is just parsley sauce. Pie and mash is straightforward and delicious. Even that’s not a common thing with the parsley sauce included.
ExcellentWolf@reddit
They wear this cuisine as a badge of honor and duty. Since the UK is superior to the other nations of the world in every other way, the Brits feel it only right they should place themselves dead last in least one category. They chose food.
proe90@reddit
Turn that pie upside down 🙃
Snukes42Q@reddit
It's so beige.
HardLithobrake@reddit
Pie and mash with gravy, jellied eels.
I'm on your friend's side on this.
Instantsoup44@reddit
Apparently it is called 'liquor' and not gravy
HardLithobrake@reddit
It's a parsley sauce traditionally derived from the leftover stock from boiling the eels.
Both dishes above are very low class foods, which makes them great.
Early-Potato-6124@reddit
im not sure id be down for the eel sauce, but meat pie and mashed potatoes sounds awesome!
MyOverture@reddit
It’s parsley sauce
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
It is often made with fish or eel stock
MyOverture@reddit
Every sauce is made from some form of stock
BreakfastBeneficial4@reddit
Lolol what??
Skreech2011@reddit
What no it isn't lol
MattyFnGames@reddit
Accurate_Group_5390@reddit
Save?! They’re sitting pretty and no mistake.
xPhilip@reddit
Not a fan of the jellied eels myself but there is nothing wrong with pie and mash….
PapaCristobal@reddit
im guessing he watched this video and went there or somewhere similar https://youtu.be/ogfyJICT9aI
dildo_schwaginz@reddit
That Pie Guy has some nice relaxing shorts about that food too. https://youtube.com/@leytonstonepiemash?si=Q-NDZk5yY7esg7Rk
PapaCristobal@reddit
oh yeah, seen that too
xzanfr@reddit
Pie mash and liquor is delicious. Jellied eels however are bloody awful.
My cockney grandad always ate them when we went to Southend on holiday and used to try and get me to eat them. Every single thing about them is horrible, to include the taste, texture and smell.
wavemelon@reddit
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen all day.
Rob_Haggis@reddit
We built an empire on food like this.
Pickle_boy@reddit
Best in the world
xiipaoc@reddit
Your friend can just eat around the nasty mashed potatoes and focus on the pie and the fish. Jellied eels are delicious, and anyone who doesn't like them is just being silly. The only bad thing about the dish is how the eel is cut, because you have to eat around the bones and stuff; these aren't fillets for some reason. If it were up to me, I'd debone that eel but obviously still keep the bones to make the jelly. You guys do know it's just a really nice fish stock, right? And eels have this pleasant sweetness, which is why they're so popular on sushi (you don't actually need the sauce; they're sweet on their own). Jellied eels, man. If we could somehow fish for these eels sustainably, this should be all over the world. So good.
Sargash@reddit
Eels make me gag from the taste. Jellied eels are great weight loss because they taste so bad I don't want to eat anything else.
xiipaoc@reddit
Do you seriously not eat unagi?
HoneyBeaIsBack@reddit
Completely different preparation and species
xiipaoc@reddit
It tastes pretty damn similar. Unagi, anago, those little Chinese eels, jellied eels, those live eels at Chinese seafood restaurants, they all taste... like eel. They have that eel flavor. It's not exactly the same, but it's close enough.
HoneyBeaIsBack@reddit
Jellied eel is completely different taste and texture. You're just lying 🤥
xiipaoc@reddit
It's different texture because they're steaks instead of fillets, but they taste about the same.
HoneyBeaIsBack@reddit
That's just a lie.
Sargash@reddit
Unagi does not use the same eel as jellied eel, or is cooked or prepared in any way similarly. The comparison is beyond idiotic and you should feel ashamed for trying.
xiipaoc@reddit
It tastes pretty damn similar. Unagi, anago, those little Chinese eels, jellied eels, those live eels at Chinese seafood restaurants, they all taste... like eel. They have that sweetness that makes them delicious. It's not exactly the same, but it's close enough.
TF are you talking about? You clearly know nothing about fish.
quake0430@reddit
Keep the bones to make the jelly you say??
Pale_Row1166@reddit
I usually just grind the bones to make me bread
all-hail-glow-cloud@reddit
We just need one more kind of bone to make peanut butter and we’ve got a heck of a sandwich on our hands!
xiipaoc@reddit
You do know that's where gelatin comes from, right? Bones? Usually pork, but you can certainly make it out of fish.
Fire_Power@reddit (OP)
Lmaoo , that's so interesting
HoneyBeaIsBack@reddit
I'm dual citizen UK/can
Jellied eels are fucking horrendous.
eugeneugene@reddit
this made me hungry
AnimatedBasketcase@reddit
How?
eugeneugene@reddit
Because I like pie mash and liquor lol
VFiddly@reddit
That's the worst mash I've ever seen. What the fuck did they do
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
It looks to me like it's purely just mashed potato with no butter or cream or anything in it
Curious_Strike_5379@reddit
Get me some mountain wholesome food!
Professional-One972@reddit
I used to think this was utter gutter trash. I tried it and it was horrible. Almost as bad as steak and kidney pie, which guess what - tastes like steak and kidney!
BUT - had a friend from the less nice parts of London who told me about how it was a huge nostalgia thing for him; coz it used to be a huge treat food for this parents who grew up very poor. I feel otherwise now.
ForumFluffy@reddit
My favourite pie to pick up is steak and kidney lol people are allowed different tastes but also that is some of the least offensive food on this sub.
Nyeep@reddit
Same with jellied eels, it was the only fish(?) you easily get in London for a long time because they're really common in the Thames. Jellying them was just an easy method of preservation.
Extension_Display504@reddit
Hanging out in East London ,is he? Pie mash and liquor is top notch. Jellied eels are not for everyone but I like them. That's a solid meal and this coming from a German.
Chairmanwowsaywhat@reddit
A German complimenting our food isn't really helping it's reputation ;)
owl_jojo_2@reddit
Eel, Japan: 😊
Eel, UK: 🤢
charliekelly76@reddit
This restaurant has been making the round on TikTok lately. Their pies are always burned.
LukaIncic@reddit
the jellied eel will male you forget your name
ParablanskiReformed@reddit
British food is really the most depressing and ugly one
Master-Strain4268@reddit
Any kind of aspic salad would like a word
smallwonder25@reddit
freakmeout123@reddit
why is it good or bad?
flarai@reddit
This is literally prison food somewhere.
kindagaybean@reddit
Im a massive slut for cooked eel with Japanese eel sauce, look what they did to my boy 😭
Relevant_Writer3980@reddit
And take him back to America ? With your "American food" ?
ChefAsstastic@reddit
What penitentiary is he in?
Fire_Power@reddit (OP)
😭😭😭
Mediocre_Ingenuity76@reddit
tavsan1@reddit
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Squidgyboot123@reddit
Is that jellied eels in the bowl?
Vile.