British Food

Dave Smith wrote:
"Miss L. Toe" wrote:

Chirac jokes about British food
French President Jacques Chirac is reported to have cracked jokes about
British food at a meeting with the German and Russian leaders on Sunday.
French newspaper Liberation says Gerhard Schroeder and Vladimir Putin
laughed and joined in the banter.

"The only thing they (the English) have ever done for European agriculture
is mad cow disease," it quotes Mr Chirac as saying, within earshot of
reporters.

It's ironic that the French should have such a dim view of British food since
the French soldiers ate so much of it while they were hiding in England from
1940-44. War time food was pretty limited, but I it probably wasn't much better
back in France when the Germans were taking it all.

Perhaps it was the ultimate in German humour, not invading Britain and
letting the French eat that ****, whilst they themselves dined in
France and of course .... Belgium
Perhaps the Germans didn't invade Britain cos they knew the food was
crap

Miss L. Toe wrote:



"The Taste of Scotland is always to be enjoyed at the Gleneagles Hotel, from
morning kippers or a fresh egg from a nearby farmhouse; scones and cream or
Dundee cake for afternoon tea in The Bar to Angus beef, Scottish salmon,
venison or Highland grouse for dinner," the hotel's website says.

Well, aside from the fact not everyone wants smoked fish for
breakfast, that sounds like suitable competition for French
haut cuisine! (The origin of which, according to rumour,
was Belgium, not France.)

Earl Evleth wrote:

On 4/07/05 17:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:


How can London have high quality at all levels? If it was true there
would only be one level.


Good, even great, French restaurants exist throughout the world. The
real question raised by the title of this posting series is about
"British food", i.e. British cuisine based on what is British food.

So what we are talking about are specific preparations which
are derived from a British approach to cooking which makes people
sit up and cheer, gastronomically.

I think French, Italian and certain oriental foods do this. But I don't
think anything in either British (or English) and American cusines falls
into that class.

Not even roast beef and Yorkshire pudding?


As an American I still like certain foods
(some of the American hams, especially hickory smoked from the Ozarks)
but I don't think there is anything which makes American cuisine world
class.

Earl

Dave Smith wrote:



It's ironic that the French should have such a dim view of British food since
the French soldiers ate so much of it while they were hiding in England from
1940-44. War time food was pretty limited, but I it probably wasn't much better
back in France when the Germans were taking it all.

Why "ironic"? People even welcomed American "Spam" back in
WW2 days, which simply proves that "barely edible" is
preferable to "starvation".

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Miss L. Toe wrote:



"The Taste of Scotland is always to be enjoyed at the Gleneagles Hotel, from
morning kippers or a fresh egg from a nearby farmhouse; scones and cream or
Dundee cake for afternoon tea in The Bar to Angus beef, Scottish salmon,
venison or Highland grouse for dinner," the hotel's website says.

Well, aside from the fact not everyone wants smoked fish for
breakfast, that sounds like suitable competition for French
haut cuisine! (The origin of which, according to rumour,
was Belgium, not France.)

Belgie, wat lekker !

Miss L. Toe wrote:
Chirac jokes about British food

"After Finland, it is the country with the worst food."

We all know about British food - it is (not) as bad as Chirac says,
but it is clear what stereotypes his remarks come from.
But what is the deal with Finnish food? First Berlusconi maligns
it, and now Chirac. Is it really that bad? I don't believe it, unless
they have taken only the worst examples from neighboring Russia and
Sweden, and added "creative" touches of their own. What is Finnish food
really like?

--
No, no, you can't e-mail me with no no.

On 4/07/05 21:12, in article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Good, even great, French restaurants exist throughout the world. The
real question raised by the title of this posting series is about
"British food", i.e. British cuisine based on what is British food.

So what we are talking about are specific preparations which
are derived from a British approach to cooking which makes people
sit up and cheer, gastronomically.

I think French, Italian and certain oriental foods do this. But I don't
think anything in either British (or English) and American cusines falls
into that class.

Not even roast beef and Yorkshire pudding?

A single item does not make a great cuisine. Worse, roast beef and whatever
pudding has nowhere to go. Very good, great French cuisine will prepare
food in a fashion you have never eaten before. So when you order an item in
a *** place you do not know exactly how it will be served. You can ask a few
questions but often I order blindly, counting on the chef to do it right.

There are rarely really new experiences in American food preparations.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote on Mon, 04 Jul 2005
12:15:50 -0700:

?? It's ironic that the French should have such a dim view of
?? British food since the French soldiers ate so much of it
?? while they were hiding in England from 1940-44. War time
?? food was pretty limited, but I it probably wasn't much
?? better back in France when the Germans were taking it all.

I don't like Spam but many people do! It is quite a popular
component of sushi in Hawaii and, judging by the selection of
Spam and competitors on the shelves of my favorite Chinese
grocery store, many oriental people seem to like it.

James Silverton.

haute
Duh
Write about what you know

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" a écrit dans le
message de news: ...


Miss L. Toe wrote:



"The Taste of Scotland is always to be enjoyed at the Gleneagles Hotel,
from
morning kippers or a fresh egg from a nearby farmhouse; scones and cream
or
Dundee cake for afternoon tea in The Bar to Angus beef, Scottish salmon,
venison or Highland grouse for dinner," the hotel's website says.

Well, aside from the fact not everyone wants smoked fish for breakfast,
that sounds like suitable competition for French haut cuisine! (The
origin of which, according to rumour, was Belgium, not France.)

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:46:39 -0400, Elko Tchernev
wrote:

Miss L. Toe wrote:
Chirac jokes about British food

"After Finland, it is the country with the worst food."

We all know about British food - it is (not) as bad as Chirac says,
but it is clear what stereotypes his remarks come from.
But what is the deal with Finnish food? First Berlusconi maligns
it, and now Chirac. Is it really that bad? I don't believe it, unless
they have taken only the worst examples from neighboring Russia and
Sweden, and added "creative" touches of their own. What is Finnish food
really like?

I grew up on Finnish food and it's nothing to brag about. That's
probably why there are so few Finnish home-cooking restaurants in
places like Helsinki. Save the expensive Lappish restaurants with
their reindeer meet and exotic garnishes and the likes of
cloudberry sauce.

Other than that, it's mostly Italian, Chinese, Mexican, etc.

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