Do the English really have bad food?

[Al Gorefiend]

Urgh English Food... Honestly right, as an Englishmen, especially from the North, I'm a damn outcast when it comes to food.

I find it dull, it reminds me of dog food, it stinks worse than dog food, and people look forward to eating it as a Sunday Meal!

Jesus Christ, feed me some cultural foreign food any day! I find it hilarious when people say our Sunday meals are healthy... excuse me? There is more salt and unhealthy fats in a Sunday Dinner than my weekly recommended amount!

Eh huh? Whats a Sunday dinner?

*American flag colored question marks over head*

Also, Chips and Bangers are delicious and also the only two words most Americans know regarding English food.

[Kalis]

Eh huh? Whats a Sunday dinner?

*American flag colored question marks over head*

Also, Chips and Bangers are delicious and also the only two words most Americans know regarding English food.

Roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, and gravy.

Roast parsnips and cauliflower cheese are optional.

No broccoli, under any circumstances.


You can substitute roast lamb or, if you are a bit odd, roast chicken, for the beef. Lamb should be served with mint sauce, the really thick kind, not the watery crap.

[Deleted]

Roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, and gravy.

Roast parsnips and cauliflower cheese are optional.

No broccoli, under any circumstances.


You can substitute roast lamb or, if you are a bit odd, roast chicken, for the beef. Lamb should be served with mint sauce, the really thick kind, not the watery crap.

That picture brings a tear to my eye.

[Notchris]

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cauliflower cheese

Cauliflower.......cheese?

I'm repulsed and intrigued at the same time.

[Deleted]

No broccoli, under any circumstances.

It's all about broccoli in a sunday roast you dirty heathen.

[Rend Blackhand]

All don't care for any fancy French gourmet meals. There's nothing I'd rather have than mashed potatoes, carrots and a big bastard chunk of British beef.

[Kalis]

It's all about broccoli in a sunday roast you dirty heathen.

I don't eat moss, I'm not a deer.

Cauliflower.......cheese?

I'm repulsed and intrigued at the same time.

It's cauliflower covered in a cheese sauce.

[Notchris]

I don't eat moss, I'm not a deer.



It's cauliflower covered in a cheese sauce.

OOOOOOOOOOH! I thought you made cheese out of cauliflower. I didn't understand how that was good or even possible, this clears things up a bit.

[Kalis]

OOOOOOOOOOH! I thought you made cheese out of cauliflower. I didn't understand how that was good or even possible, this clears things up a bit.

[Tzalix]

vem fan kör bea på kebaben?

It's a pretty common thing, actually. But now that you mention it, that is not béarnaise on that picture.

[Choptimus]

No. 10chars.

[Ettan]

Fish and chips & all kinds yucky shit stuffed into pies is what comes to mind.

[xylophone]

However i've noticed that there's a complete lack of range.

Where are you visiting? My town has ridiculous variety in cuisine, but that might just be because our population is really diverse.

[Deleted]

It's a pretty common thing, actually. But now that you mention it, that is not béarnaise on that picture.

It looks more like a garlic dressing. Bearnaise is more yellow :P Kebab med bearnaise er lidt kvalmt, hvis jeg skal være helt ærlig.

[Stelio Kontos]

I'm Greek, and honestly, aside from maybe Italian and Mexican, most cuisines are not as good as the food I grew up eating, in my opinion.

Ex-gf was Thai, school friends were mostly Japanese and Korean. Got my fill of Asian food. The novelty wears off fast and it's just as boring after a bit.

[Bakis]

Spent 10 days in London but was a long time ago. Food was shit, everyhting was dripping with fat including the home cooked meals.

[Kurioxan]

London dining isnt the same, as even the population of london is 50% non-english, so the food you eat there kind of isnt "british food"
you would have to go out of london for that, and yes its not the best.
It does have some really good curries, but outside of that? good lord.

And i also lived in the US for 3 years, it doesnt have fine dining and good food? where in hell are you O_o
It has tons of amazingly good restaurants, many from, just as in london, other cultures, but it sure has them.
Just stay away from the fastfoodnation parts.

[Orcbert]

My Chef in my fine dining restaurant is British. He'll be the first to tell you traditional British food is bland. You can always pick out highlights but there's a reason ethnic cooking is huge in Britain. The fact that you're listed 'American' foods were hamburger and BBQ just shows how limited of an approach you took to your culinary exploration of the US.

[Duridi]

Never heard that England has such bad food.

The USA however, I've heard a whole lot about from friends that has been on holiday there, and family I have in Canada. They mentioned a lot of colour and sugar dominating the stores. Nothing deep though, it just seems to be that unhealthy stuff get a lot of space on the shelves and similar.

[Usagi Senshi]

All food is good depending on personal taste or how its prepared. Simple as that really. We eat a lot of polish/english (I'm a meat, mash, veggie, gravy kind of guy)/mexican/redneck food in this house though.