🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Unappreciation Thread

Felix_La_PuBelle · Thurs. 10:14am

Archer
Cheese on top of beans with toast is not something I had ever considered...might have to try. I assume a sharp cheddar would be most approriate/traditional?

If the bean dish is evocative of a chili (hearty, tomato based, even a bit of spice) then definitely a good cheddar would be my traditional approach. If not, then I'd experiment with other cheeses as well.

ghce · Thurs. 10:16am

Charlemagne1333
I think most would consider grated cheddar to be the norm, but I prefer a milder, creamier red leicester. Might even have a squirt of tomato sauce (ketchup) on top, for that extra fine-dining experience 😉

Sounds delish you could also add in as I have done sweet corn kernels and green peas to fully ripen and extend the experience to include 3 plus vegetable in your modern neo take on BB, with added cheese of course. Grated or grilled the culinary perfection makes a legendary dish!
PS I have done this and also other more exotic variations and some of the combinations were extraordinary in flavour or taste but there nothing more fun than butchering a Brit classic.

Archer · Thurs. 10:32am

Felix_La_PuBelle
If the bean dish is evocative of a chili (hearty, tomato based, even a bit of spice) then definitely a good cheddar would be my traditional approach. If not, then I'd experiment with other cheeses as well.

Well, not to sway this topic into US "cuisine" but I regularly eat a dish based on a (in)famous Cincinnati, Ohio classic - 3 way chili. The two brands I've had are Skyline or Gold Star.

This is chili con carne, served over noodles of some kind (traditionally spaghetti) and topped with a mountain of bright orange grated cheese (American cheese, whatever that actually is). In some case beans are added (there you go!) along with chopped raw onions. If those are added it is considered 5-way chili. Here it is:

This is my version, with our own home made chili, aged cheddar (which in this case was very crumbly), served over radiatore pasta...it is infinitely better than the version above.

Beans are already in the chili, and chopped raw onions are on top. So this sort of dish is not completely foreign to me. So, next time we have beans and toast, I'll be adding some cheddar on top!

Felix_La_PuBelle · Thurs. 10:42am

Archer
Well, not to sway this topic into US "cuisine" but I regularly eat a dish based on a (in)famous Cincinnati, Ohio classic - 3 way chili. The two brands I've had are Skyline or Gold Star.

This is chili con carne, served over noodles of some kind (traditionally spaghetti) and topped with a mountain of bright orange grated cheese (American cheese, whatever that actually is). In some case beans are added (there you go!) along with chopped raw onions. If those are added it is considered 5-way chili. Here it is:

This is my version, with our own home made chili, aged cheddar (which in this case was very crumbly), served over radiatore pasta...it is infinitely better than the version above.

Beans are already in the chili, and chopped raw onions are on top. So this sort of dish is not completely foreign to me. So, next time we have beans and toast, I'll be adding some cheddar on top!

The top dish is appropriate in certain settings (e.g., quick hot meal on a cold drizzly day while waiting for car to be ready at the mechanic's across the street). While the bottom dish looks worthy of serving to polite company as the "house chili".

I, for one, love the chili, cheese and raw onion combination on almost anything. The only downside is when I pile it on something you'd eat with your hands, like a hot dog, and embarrass myself as it drips all over the table as I eat.

arturo7 · Thurs. 10:44am

Charlemagne1333
I think most would consider grated cheddar to be the norm, but I prefer a milder, creamier red leicester. Might even have a squirt of tomato sauce (ketchup) on top, for that extra fine-dining experience 😉

I'm thinking the soft, creamy texture and flavor of goat cheese would do work well.

Is that the Scottish version?

arturo7 · Thurs. 10:52am

Archer
Well, not to sway this topic into US "cuisine" but I regularly eat a dish based on a (in)famous Cincinnati, Ohio classic - 3 way chili. The two brands I've had are Skyline or Gold Star.

For those who don't know, Cincinnati chili has cinnamon it it.

I advise against it...

Archer · Thurs. 10:58am

arturo7
For those who don't know, Cincinnati chili has cinnamon it it.

I advise against it...

Indeed it does. Not something I add to my own...

Waltesefalcon · Thurs. 12:12pm

arturo7
For those who don't know, Cincinnati chili has cinnamon it it.

I advise against it...

For those who don't know...

I advise against Cincinnati chili.

Waltesefalcon · Thurs. 12:12pm

Isn't beef Wellington just a corn dog that grew up on the right side of the tracks?

sheepdoll · Thurs. 12:21pm

Charlemagne1333 · Thurs. 12:48pm

arturo7
I'm thinking the soft, creamy texture and flavor of goat cheese would do work well.

Is that the Scottish version?

The Scots don’t eat caprine products. They just wolf the goat, whole, and cut out the middleman.

Spruce · Thurs. 1:22pm

Waltesefalcon
Isn't beef Wellington just a corn dog that grew up on the right side of the tracks?

What’s a corn dog?

MRC · Thurs. 1:35pm

Spruce
What’s a corn dog?

M'lud, we understand that is a battered, deep fried sausage. A Scottish dish that has been adopted by our ex-colonies. My it please the Court.

Charlemagne1333 · Thurs. 2:11pm

Vercingetorix
Taking a canal boat tour next year so maybe I’ll try it in England.

On what canal, may I ask?

Spruce · Thurs. 3:08pm

MRC
M'lud, we understand that is a battered, deep fried sausage. A Scottish dish that has been adopted by our ex-colonies. My it please the Court.

I had no idea 😮 but I don’t understand why they’re called 'corn dogs'.

Dahn sarf in Lunnon we call 'em 'battered sausages' - got no idea who thought up a ridiculous name like that up for them 🤔

AHW · Thurs. 3:18pm

Spruce
I had no idea 😮 but I don’t understand why they’re called 'corn dogs'.

Dahn sarf in Lunnon we call 'em 'battered sausages' - got no idea who thought up a ridiculous name like that up for them 🤔

Maybe corn dogs are considered the healthy option and almost a vegetable in America?

Archer · Thurs. 3:25pm

Spruce
I had no idea 😮 but I don’t understand why they’re called 'corn dogs'.

Dahn sarf in Lunnon we call 'em 'battered sausages' - got no idea who thought up a ridiculous name like that up for them 🤔

Th coating has corn meal in it...

noelekal · Thurs. 3:28pm

It's a wiener on a wooden skewer wrapped in a thick batter made with cornmeal and deep fried. Guaranteed artery-clogging good!

Get 'em at Allsup's travel stops in the western regions of Texas and in New Mexico. Comes in plain or jalapeño They are actually yummy, if unhealthy.

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Or, the Texas State Fair. State Fair corn dogs are uniquely good. State Fair brand corn dogs are sold in the frozen foods sections in our supermarkets, but they are not the same as the "real deal" found at the State Fair in Dallas in October.

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Decent, yet not the same level of yumminess as the "real deal" at the Fair.

Vercingetorix · Thurs. 3:30pm

Charlemagne1333
On what canal, may I ask?

In not sure. Nothing is set in stone yet.

Spruce · Thurs. 3:54pm

Thanks for the clarification and photos.

This 'ere is wot we call a battered sausage and you get them at the fish and chip shop in the same batter as the fried fish - yum 😋

(And it’s not a weiner(?) but a regular English pork sausage)