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16 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

This is my advice for British expats.  As you know there is not a day that passes without a random little French guy or American asking you what British food is like.  It can happen multiple times in one day.

 

How not to talk about food if you are British:

 

We got f all mate.
Not sure really.  Mc Donalds is good.
Yeah it's pretty bad haha.

 

A better way to answer:  Thank you for your question.  Here is a list of information pertaining to British cuisine:

 

Starters & Snacks:

Cheeses (cheddar, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Wensleydale, Lancashire, Yorkshire Blue, Stilton, stinking bishop, Shropshire Blue, Cornish Blue, Smoked Applewood Cheddar, Shropshire Sheep Cheese)
Boiled eggs and soldiers, pickled eggs, scotch eggs, egg salad sandwich
Bacon, sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, pies (savory - steak and ale, Lancashire hotpot, fish pie, etc.)
Puff pastry (used in savory pastries)
Cold cuts (ham, roast beef)
Baked beans on toast, jacket potatoes, coleslaw
Marmite, brown sauce, tomato sauce, mustard, chutneys (mango, cranberry, mint, tabasco), international sauces
Crisps (potato chips)
Welsh rarebit
Salads (a vast selection)
Soup (mushroom soup, lentil soup, pasta soup, chicken noodle soup, tomato soup, vegetable soup, cream of broccoli soup, pea and ham soup, minestrone soup)
Kebabs
Fish fingers
Savory pastries (cheese and onion pasties, pork pies)
Twiglets, pork scratchings (savory snacks)
Scotch quail's eggs
Black pudding
Crumpets with butter, marmite or jam
Samosas
Deviled kidneys
Prawn cocktail
Sausage rolls with brown sauce or ketchup
Crisps with salt and vinegar flavor
Pickled ginger
Branston pickle (a popular British pickle relish)
Pork scratchings with apple sauce or mustard

 

Main Courses:

Full English breakfast
Eggs (other breakfast dishes - omelettes, poached eggs, cheese and ham omelette, curried eggs, egg flan, eggy bread)
Roast dinner (roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, vegetables, gravy)
Fish and chips
Lamb with mint sauce
Vegetarian dishes (pasta bakes - tuna pasta bake, spag bol, broccoli and cheese pasta, macaroni and cheese, sweet and sour beef stir fry)
Rice dishes (pilaf, curries, fish and rice variations, steamed ginger fish and rice, salmon and rice, cod in parsley sauce with rice, mince and rice, ragu mince and rice, sardines and rice, meatballs and rice)
British Indian Food
British Chinese Food
British Italian Food
Chicken Tikka Masala (British Invention)
Outdoor barbecues
Toad in the hole (sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding batter)
Steak and kidney pie
Cottage pie
Shepherd's pie
Lancashire hotpot (a hearty beef and vegetable stew)
Bubble and squeak (a traditional British dish made with leftover potatoes, cabbage, and onions)
Liver and onions
Beef Wellington
Bangers and mash
Chicken tikka masala
Steak and ale pie
Jellied eels
Corned beef hash
Cumberland sausage with mash and onion gravy

 

Sandwiches - The sandwich was invented in England in 1762:

Fish finger sandwich, chip butty, BLT, fried egg sandwich, corned beef sandwich, tuna sandwich, cucumber sandwich, ploughman's lunch, roast beef and horseradish sandwich, Christmas dinner sandwich, egg and cress sandwich, ham and mustard sandwich, Branston pickle and cheese sanwich, crisp sandwich, watercress sandwich, marmalade sandwich, jam sandwich, prawn mayonnaise sandwich, piccalilli and cheese sandwich, cheese and tomato sandwich, cheese and onion sandwich, Coronation chicken sandwich, Smoked salmon sandwich

 

Biscuits, Cakes & Pies (sweet):

Pork pie (can be savory or sweet)
Custard creams, shortbread, chocolate digestives, jam tarts, scones (plain, jam, blueberry, cheese), Battenberg cake, jam roly poly, apple pie, victoria sponge, mince pies, rice pudding, spotted dick, sticky toffee pudding, carrot cake, trifle, jelly and custard, hot cross buns, gingerbread man, after eights, twiglets, monster munch, quavers, retro sweets, jelly babies, vast range of crisps and confectionaries.

 

Desserts:

Banoffee pie, Dundee cake, Chelsea buns, gypsy tart, Mr. Kipling's cakes, butterscotch tart, fresh cream cakes, apple crumble, black forest gateau, pumpkin pie, cheesecake, treacle sponge, choc ice, jam and coconut school cake, pineapple upside-down cake, fruit salad, strawberries and cream, Eton Mess, Bread and butter pudding, American Pie (British Invention)

 

Beverages:

Tea, coffee, beer, whisky, gin and tonic, soft drinks (horlicks, ovaltine, etc.), mulled wine, Irn-Bru, Lucozade, Ribena, Vimto

 

Breakfasts:

Toast with various toppings (marmite, scrambled eggs, etc.)
Cereals (a high-quality selection)
Full English breakfast (can be a main course too)
Crumpets
Eggs (all types - boiled, fried, scrambled, poached)

Other:
Bread (a vast selection - soda bread, tiger bread, etc.)
Condiments (mustard, brown sauce, tomato sauce, ketchup, chutneys, pickles)
Rice (a vast selection of flavors and recipes)

 

Ten Major UK Food Companies:

Cadbury

Rowntree's
Terry's of York
Bassett's
McVitie's
Associated British Foods (ABF)
Premier Foods
Unilever
Tesco ''Lotus'' worldwide supermarkets

 

Ten British Wines That Are Recognized Around The World:

Chapel Down English Sparkling Wine
Nyetimber Classic Cuvée
Hush Heath Estate Balfour Brut Rosé
Ridgeview Estate Bloomsbury
Bolney Wine Estate Bubbly
Tinwood Estate Rosé
Gusbourne Estate Brut Reserve
Winbirri Vineyards Ortega
Black Chalk Classic
Hush Heath Estate Balfour Brut

Ten Michael Star Restaurants in the UK:

 

The Ledbury
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Core by Clare Smyth
The Waterside Inn
Le Gavroche
L'Enclume
Alyn Williams at The Westbury
Pollen Street Social
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library)
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught

Ten achievements that show the UK's place in the global culinary landscape:

 

Michelin Stars - Continually awarded annually. For instance, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay has held three Michelin stars since 2001.
World’s 50 Best Restaurants - For example, The Ledbury was ranked 27th in 2014.
James Beard Awards - UK chef Heston Blumenthal was honored in 2010 for his contribution to culinary arts.
The World's 50 Best Bars - Dandelyan (now Lyaness) was named the World’s Best Bar in 2018.
The Good Food Guide Awards - Continually updated annually. For instance, The Ledbury was named Restaurant of the Year in 2014.
International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) - Chapel Down won the International Wine & Spirit Competition Award in 2015 for Best English Sparkling Wine.
The International Hotel & Property Awards - The Langham, London received the Best Hotel Design Award in 2016.
San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants - The Ledbury was ranked 27th in 2014 and 19th in 2017.
GQ Food & Drink Awards - Gordon Ramsay was named Chef of the Year in 2015.
Global Restaurant Awards - The Ledbury was named one of the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2015.

British celebrity chefs:

 

Nigella Lawson
Gordon Ramsay
Ainsley Harriott
Michel Roux Jr.
Heston Blumenthal
Marco Pierre White
Gordon Ramsay
Sat Bains 
Prue Leith
Paul Hollywood
jamey oliver
Antony Worrell Thompson
Lesley Waters
James Tanner
Delia Smith
Roger Verge
Pierre Koffmann
Nichola McHugo
Paul Hollywood
John Torode
Gregg Wallace 
hairy bikers
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

 

How about you?  Are you a simp that just says we won't have any decent cuisine or do you try to educate the person?

If you're going to copy and paste, word for word a post from r/british, a subreddit for British people, you should at least give credit to the original author.

15 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

More "As you know" nonsense.   I have never been asked that question once in seventy-two years, never mind every single day, multiple times, not by, either, "little" French men or  massive Yanks.

Me too! I've never been asked by anyone, in my life, about food from my home country or any other country I've lived in, yet the OP is asked at least once a day... It never comes up in conversation.

30 minutes ago, kickstart said:

 

As you can read, stevenmercer said actively farming these fish ,not catching them in the wild. 

Yes, understood. I suspect there will be a way to determine if fish were caught in the wild or famed due to what farmed fish are fed.

27 minutes ago, kickstart said:

 

As you can read, stevenmercer said actively farming these fish ,not catching them in the wild. 

This is irrelevant as the problem is wild Blackchin Tilapia, and the price per kilo relates to fish caught, not farmed.

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

If not by law enforcement then most certainly by the community. In general I'm not an advocate of vigilante justice, however I do think there is a time and place for it. 

I remember you were an expert on the Philippines. This couple would have been taken care of in the provinces there, and it wouldn't have taken 10 years.

7 hours ago, soalbundy said:

The man must be mentally labile to have put up with this situation.

Your comment is rather harsh and lacking in empathy and understanding.

They took their time breaking him down over a decade. Everyone can be broken down and made to feel worthless. A single rice meal a day indicates he would be severely malnourished and with that comes a brain that doesn't function well, and depression.

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 No doubt there will be parts of Harris's record Trump will attack. He always dishonestly focuses on the negatives of opponents. Problem: He once donated $5000 to one of her campaigns.

 

Which presidential candidate doesn't focus on the negatives of opponents?

In 2020, the Democrats' entire campaign can be summed up as: "Trump is a bad man, vote for me" (the corpse in the basement).

Nothing has changed. Read all the Trump-bashing in this thread by Democratic devotees to get an idea of how these loonies operate.

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

IIRC he's never got on a witness stand to be cross-examined by prosecutors. Harris is a former prosecutor, do I need to draw pictures?

He did have a field of 17 candidates in the 2016 Primary, the largest field to date at the time.

There were several attorneys in that field. Ted Cruz is as sharp as they come. Chris Christie is a former federal prosecutor and he didn't do too well... twice.

Hillary Clinton was/is a lawyer; The National Law Journal twice listed her as one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America.

No, when the time comes, he will have no problems with Kamala Harris.

The only reason this conversation started is because Harris is pushing the talking point that Trump is afraid to debate her. It's nonsense.

6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Correct. He was considered an absolute joke around the world. And the 43rd worst president ever. 

 

Here is what Trump has done for America!: Only 13 Presidents failed to get re-elected. Only 5 Presidents failed to win the popular vote. Only 4 Presidents have been impeached or resigned. Only 1 President has ever been criminally indicted. And only ONE President has done ALL FOUR. -

DJT didn't lower taxes (He deferred them) -

He didn't get Americans that healthcare coverage -

He did not unite the USA, he divided it -

He didn't lower prescription drug prices -

He didn't get roads or bridges built He didn't decrease the deficit -

He didn't end the opioid crisis -

He made over 250 visits to his golf clubs costing us taxpayers $150 million -

He didn't revive the coal industry -

He didn't make covid-19 'disappear' He didn't make Mexico pay for the wall 

He is ranked the worst President in history 

He added $2 Billion a month in tariff costs to the American consumer

He has a net-negative jobs creations for his administration 

He decreased corporate taxes, passing the tax burden to the workers 

He added $ 7.8 Trillion to the deficit - a full 25% of the total deficit 

He incited an insurrection against our government 

He is the only president to never achieve 50% approval. 

He didn't put "America first" and he sure didn't "Drain the Swamp... 

He left office with the worst job numbers of any President since the Great Depression with a net job loss over his term 

He is the first former president to be a CONVICTED FELON (34 times). 

The presidency is very much about character. Trump is a lowlife convicted felon.

 

I don't think your constant campaigning efforts are of much benefit in these threads. You're preaching to the choir as most members posting in these threads already hate Trump...  

3 minutes ago, Peabody said:

Nope. Convention is still in the future.

I deleted that post.

4 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

How much more can they possibly be deceived? 

I can see you're doing your best to make people believe that, by being quite active in all these threads.

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Thought he was only the presumptive nominee.....might be wrong.

Yes, maybe you're right. They aren't confirmed until the DNC vote? Maybe at that time, everyone was confident Biden was the candidate.

It should be pointed out that the title of this thread is fake news and an attempt at gaslighting by the OP, creating another excuse to vent on Trump. Harris is campaigning the narrative that Trump is scared, and of course, all the Trump haters immediately get on board.

Here's a report on the subject by the Democratic Party's own media outlet: 

CNN — 

"After Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of “backpedaling” on a debate, the Trump campaign said Thursday it would not commit to any future debates until the Democratic Party formally chooses a nominee.

Steven Cheung, Trump’s campaign communications director, said in a statement late Thursday that it “would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds,” since Harris is only the party’s presumptive nominee."

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

That acronym could stand for alot of other things. Trump deceives his supporters. Trump doesn't stand up to strutiny. 

One could also say you're trying to deceive his supporters. 

5 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Trump is a coward. 

Yes of course, as you probably are too. An illiterate Trump hater started another thread so the rest of you can vent. These threads are getting a bit dull.

23 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

That was a possibility before. Not now. Everything has come together very well and too many dems have jumped on the train. She is going all the way. The longer Don waits, the more cowardly he appears. Which is what he really is. Afraid. Very afraid. Panic stricken, a very old 78, incoherent, semi senile and frail. 

Saying that Trump is a coward is the height of ignorance... or someone who lives under a rock.

9 hours ago, 3STTW said:

 

One of the interesting characteristics of Thai people is their incapacity to plan for the future.  

That's an absurd statement when considering Walking Street. You can't plan for the future of Walking Street as the future will be a complete redevelopment of the entire block. These works just keep it moving along until the day it will be demolished. Walking Street will continue to be patched up until that day arrives.

11 minutes ago, monkeykangsar said:

Basa is nile Tilapia, for your information. Would you appreciate to eat blackchin Tilapia while rejecting the regular one?

No, Basa is a species of catfish completely different from Tilapia, for your information. Tilapia have scales, catfish don't. Catfish have barbels (whisker-like appendages) located on the chin and sides of their mouth.

However, you missed the point of my message. It's not about the fish, but where they are grown, caught or reared. I won't eat Vietnamese Catfish (aka Basa) because they are farmed in the Mekong River Delta, not because I don't like the mild flavour. I'm concerned about the pollutants in the fish, not their nutritional content.

2 hours ago, kickstart said:

Farming these fish, for selling at 15 baht/kg I do not think so, no money in it, a farmer farming Bla Nin, Tilapia  are selling them at 60 baht/kg straight from the pond, and a lot of them will not be making a lot of money at that price, fish food is not cheap .it is a high protein feed, made mainly from dried fish

The Blackchin Telapia will be caught in the wild, so they won't need to be fed.