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jamest wrote:Pubs? Do overseas peoples think that 'pubs' = English/British food?
jamest wrote:Pubs? Do overseas peoples think that 'pubs' = English/British food?
Spinozasgalt wrote:Fallible wrote:It’s not pickles, it’s green peppers, or as our North American cousins say, bell peppers. Also, I hate mushy peas, and fundamentally do not understand anyone who does like them.
Also also, the only peas I like are the one that Brits call petit pois. The baby ones. And then I disappear down a hole wondering what the French call them - petit petit pois?
Excuse the 20,000,000 edits, brain go blah.
Like, I don't even enjoy regular peas. But if I'm eating them, I want that little burst. Just mushy green sludge is not for consumption. Is wrong. Is dangerous and wrong.
jamest wrote:I'm not just talking about Britain. When you go overseas in my limited experience it's very difficult to find 'British food'. I don't know why that is. Though I do remember eating good quality fish & chips somewhere in the USA.
jamest wrote:I've never understood why I've never come across an explicitly named 'English/British' restaurant (even overseas), specialising in roast dinners; fish & chips; bacon and eggs; pies(!): etc.. I know that we don't have the greatest reputation in the world for our cooking, but there are many tasty dishes from around these parts (regional and national) which I love.
I should have posted this in the rant thread, I suppose.
Fallible wrote:jamest wrote:I've never understood why I've never come across an explicitly named 'English/British' restaurant (even overseas), specialising in roast dinners; fish & chips; bacon and eggs; pies(!): etc.. I know that we don't have the greatest reputation in the world for our cooking, but there are many tasty dishes from around these parts (regional and national) which I love.
I should have posted this in the rant thread, I suppose.
Given that you added the overseas element in brackets, you seem to be mainly asking why there are no explicitly named English/British restaurants in England/Britain. Hopefully if you think about it a bit more, you’ll understand why this is a stupid question.
SafeAsMilk wrote:Stir fry = bunch of food with some oil cooked fast at high heat in a pan, preferably a wok. Vegetables, rice, meat, whatever you got, it goes in. Great way to clear out the fridge. Stuff's usually cut into smaller pieces so it cooks more quickly, so no big hunks.
Peppers are also good raw. The red ones are very sweet, they makes a nice snack when cut into strips!
I know those are foods but that's exactly where my knowledge ends. I'll google them.Fallible wrote:Yes, good for dipping in hummus, guacamole, etc.
jamest wrote:I'm not just talking about Britain.
jamest wrote:When you go overseas in my limited experience it's very difficult to find 'British food'. I don't know why that is.
jamest wrote:Though I do remember eating good quality fish & chips somewhere in the USA.
Hermit wrote:jamest wrote:Pubs? Do overseas peoples think that 'pubs' = English/British food?
Overseas people know that you can get English/British food in pubs targeted at Pommy expatriates and tourists. That's good enough. The reason for not bothering to open an English/British food restaurant is the same one why Irish food restaurants are as rare as hens' teeth. Or German ones for that matter, although a few of the latter eke out an existence by catering for homesick German rejects and curious people with a masochistic streak. :notentirelyseriousemoj:
The_Piper wrote:
McDonalds is a famous Scottish resaurant serving some German cuisine. Hamburgers.
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