Vote For Your All Time Most Favorite Food !

[girlx]

yes, pizza

pasta

curry

kebabs

pekin duck

croissants

sauerkraut

haggis just joking

couscous

oh fish and chips from greek place

hmmm. most of those aren't really english food. the pizza and pasta are generally considered italian. kebabs are middle eastern and islamic, peking duck is from peking (maybe?), croissants are french, sauerkraut is german, haggis scottish, and couscous moroccan.

maybe you were joking?

[chonabot]

yes, pizza

pasta

curry

kebabs

pekin duck

croissants

sauerkraut

haggis just joking

couscous

oh fish and chips from greek place

hmmm. most of those aren't really english food. the pizza and pasta are generally considered italian. kebabs are middle eastern and islamic, peking duck is from peking (maybe?), croissants are french, sauerkraut is german, haggis scottish, and couscous moroccan.

maybe you were joking?

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Maybe they were making a point that if you couldn't find decent food in England , as your original post stated , then you need to see an optician.

Just as in other Western Countries we have a melting pot of cultures and that reflects in our cuisine.

You might want to try our Top English restaurants, which apparently are considered to be amongst the best worldwide.

But I doubt you could stretch to the bill , eh ?

Edited September 13, 2005 by chonabot

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I will add to that the fact that we have some of the worlds best chefs.

(Who are English I should stress)

[girlx]

no i just think it's funny that 13% of people chose english food as their favorite but no one can list a single truly english meal for me. i found ethnic food in england too but no good english food.

[SiamOne]

no i just think it's funny that 13% of people chose english food as their favorite but no one can list a single truly english meal for me. i found ethnic food in england too but no good english food.

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I suppose you must be talking about the so-called "traditional" English food. There is not much of that about, although my hubbie took me to Simsons in London, where we had roast beef with yorks pud etc, very good.

most English food has evolved into some sort of fusion with other cultures food, still delicious too. Lots of nice restaurants in Soho, not too expensive.

Fish and chips is everywhere, but as I joked, it is mainly cooked by foreigners

so what exactly are you talking about?

[tutsiwarrior]

no i just think it's funny that 13% of people chose english food as their favorite but no one can list a single truly english meal for me. i found ethnic food in england too but no good english food.

quite easy to make yerself...get a joint (leg of lamb) and put it in the oven, then mash up some potatoes and turnips with lots of butter and milk (I call mine the monster mash), steam some brussels sprouts. Have a few nips of sherry while the meal is cooking and then at least once excuse yourself from the assembled company by saying 'excuse me,...I must prod the joint...'.

(you can substitute 'rosbif' for the joint if desired...)

Edited September 14, 2005 by tutsiwarrior

[chonabot]

Have a few nips of sherry while the meal is cooking and then at least once excuse yourself from the assembled company by saying 'excuse me,...I must prod the joint...'.

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[chonabot]

no i just think it's funny that 13% of people chose english food as their favorite but no one can list a single truly english meal for me. i found ethnic food in england too but no good english food.

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Heres a few for ya Girlx

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (roast meat, two vegetables and potatoes with Yorkshire Puddings). This is England's traditional Sunday lunch, which is a family affair. Recipe

Yorkshire Pudding is not often eaten as a dessert like other puddings but as part of the main course. Yorkshire pudding, made from flour, eggs and milk, is a sort of batter baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy. Recipe

The traditional way to eat a Yorkshire pudding is to have a large, flat one filled with gravy and vegetables as a starter. Then when the meal is over, any unused puddings should be served with jam or ice-cream as a dessert.

Toad-in-the-Hole (sausages covered in batter and roasted.) Similar to Yorkshire Pudding but with sausages placed in the batter before cooking.

Roast Meats ( cooked in the oven for about two hours)

Typical meats for roasting are joints of beef, pork, lamb or a whole chicken. More rarely duck, goose, gammon, turkey or game are eaten.

Beef is eaten with hot white horseradish sauce, pork with sweet apple sauce and lamb with green mint sauce.

Fish and chips - Fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) deep fried in flour batter with chips (fried potatoes) dressed in malt vinegar. This is England's traditional take-away food or as US would say "to go". Fish and chips are not normally home cooked but bought at a fish and chip shop ("chippie" ) to eat on premises or as a "take away"

Ploughman's Lunch (a piece of cheese, a bit of pickle and pickled onion, and a chunk of bread) This dish is served in Pubs

See a sample menu of food served in pubs

Shepherds Pie (made with minced lamb and vegetables topped with mashed potato and grated cheese.) Recipe

Gammon Steak with egg (Gammon is ham)

Hotpot - A stew, cooked slowly in the oven consisting of meat and vegetables. Recipe

Pie and Mash with parsley liquor A very traditional East End London meal. The original pies were made with eels because at the time eels were a cheaper product than beef. About fifty years ago, mince beef pies replaced the eels and have now become the traditional pie and mash that people know.

The traditional pie and mash doesn't come without its famous sauce known as liquor which is a curious shade of green and definitely non-alcoholic. The liquor tastes much nicer than it looks (it's bright green!).

Jellied eels are also an East End delicacy often sold with pie and mash

Bubble & Squeak (typically made from leftover potatoes and cabbage fried together). It is an old dish, used as a way of finishing up the leftovers from a previous meal. Recipe

English breakfast (eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms, baked beans)

Bangers and Mash (mashed potatoes and sausages). Bangers are sausages in England The name comes from the tendency of of sausages during the last war, to explode during cooking due to the amount of water in them. Recipe

Black Pudding (Looks like a black sausage. It is made from dried pigs blood and fat). Eaten at breakfast time Recipe

Black pudding recipes vary from region to region, some are more peppery and some are more fatty than others.

Lancashire hotpot

Lamb and black pudding slow cooked in a covered casserole with sliced potatoes layered on top. Recipe

Bacon Roly-Poly (made with a suet pastry)

Cumberland sausage This famous pork sausage is usually presented coiled up like a long rope

Thats just a sample , as for desserts , there are hundreds.

[girlx]

cool thanks! i have had shepherd's pie in america and loved that... now i have a list of other stuff to try!

[Neeranam]

Pla tub tim sam rot

Fish in a kind of sweet and sour sauce, lovely!

[meelousee]

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Edited September 17, 2005 by meelousee