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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Unappreciation Thread

AG77
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Something I have not seen (or miss) outside of England is blackcurrent squash.
 
Peemacgee
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I got to disagree with the Yorkshire's.

My grandma (from Yorkshire) used to do a traditional Sunday roast every week and the Yorkshire's were served as a starter. The size of a large plate, cooked in beef dripping which she saved in a dish in the fridge, with thick beef and onion gravy. I’ve never tasted anything like it.

She used to say as soon as you close the oven on Yorkshire puddings you can’t open it until they’re done. No opening to check how they’re doing - the door stays closed.

Yep - in Yorkshire the large Yorkshire puddings are served as a course in their own right (traditionally, to fill you up before the main meal)

The fat has to be ‘pinging’ hot before you pour the batter in - and as you say, no opening the oven door before they rise.

A far cry from the poor excuse pub versions that are usually offered.
 
sheepdoll
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The Father The Father
urban legend. You can buy sheep Kidney. Not a high demand. Most is done via the mail/UPS and shipped frozen.
Well the meat pie booth at the ren faire and the local 'kit pub' promoted this legend. It is not a big seller though. It is surprising what can be bought through the mail. The nany state here banned things like de natured alcohol and kerosine. But you can still buy 'kitchen solvents' and perfumed lamp oil on Amazon. Or simply drive over the state line.

Now for the real word. "Marmite.' (or vegimite for those on the south side of the planet.)
 
sheepdoll
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Trev Trev
Beef Wellington!
I learned how to fix it. Takes two day do do proper. Also works with salmon. But you have to have mushy peas with it.
 
B
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My mom was British and she made an awesome roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. She died over 20 years ago but she passed on the recipe and skillset to my sister.

We moved to the USA when I was 8 and I've never been back. The only foods I remember were bangers and mash, fish and chips with smashed peas, hot cross buns and figgy pudding with custard sauce.
 
Fallout Boy
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Peemacgee Peemacgee
- and a roast dinner, with a good gravy, can be served without the meat (if you must)
Better not eat it, just wear it
bean truthahn.webp


(Mr. Bean)

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riimar
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Nothing beats haggis for dinner, paired with a delightful glass of Buckfast. A true culinary experience.
 
JimInOz
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riimar riimar
Nothing beats haggis for dinner, paired with a delightful glass of Buckfast. A true culinary experience.
Ah didnae ken haggis wis English!

😉
 
MRC
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JimInOz JimInOz
Ah didnae ken haggis wis English!
English Haggis is very similar to the Scots variety but bred to walk anti-clockwise around hills, so its legs are shorter on the left side instead of the right.
 
Faz
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Bubble and squeak
Somebody has to tell this ignoramus (me) what prompted calling a cabbage dish “Bubble and squeak”.
 
AHW
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As an Englishman and someone who enjoys food/cooking, I don’t agree that these stereotypical foods are the best or even eaten that often.

I think the key with British food is that many of the individual ingredients, beef, lamb, fish, cheeses, seasonal vegetables etc. can be extremely high quality. Then how you cook them is up to you.

For the stereotypical foods my favourites would be:

Baked beans with cheddar on toast ( I have this more often than I would like to admit).

Stilton.

Rhubarb and gooseberry crumble with custard.

Black pudding (I had the most amazing black pudding and onion and cheddar toastie in Scotland once). Black pudding seems to vary a lot, and the version in the country I live now is disgusting. So maybe don’t try that one.
 
flw
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Waltesefalcon Waltesefalcon
Spotted Dick!
I had that once, in graduate school. A few rounds of antibiotics cleared it right up.
 
MRC
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Faz Faz
Somebody has to tell this ignoramus (me) what prompted calling a cabbage dish “Bubble and squeak”.
Does anyone want to tackle explaining "Snake and Sidney pie"?

Or one of my mother's favourites "It's a Sort-Of."?
 
Ron_W
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Faz Faz
Somebody has to tell this ignoramus (me) what prompted calling a cabbage dish “Bubble and squeak”.
Something with flatulence....
 
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