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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich
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The toast sandwich is a bit of a running joke. It was the winner of a competition to come up with the cheapest possible meal

knutjob posted...

The toast sandwich is a bit of a running joke. It was the winner of a competition to come up with the cheapest possible meal

The wiki says it was invented in 1861
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

The wiki says it was invented in 1861

Which wiki? The one you linked to, doesn't say that.

apparently the newspaper is integral to the taste of fish & chips

Kaiganeer posted...

apparently the newspaper is integral to the taste of fish & chips

lol
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JE19426 posted...

Genocet_10-325 posted...

The wiki says it was invented in 1861

Which wiki? The one you linked to, doesn't say that.

First paragraph
A toast sandwich is a sandwich made with two slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of heavily buttered toast.[1][2] An 1861 recipe says to add salt, pepper and cumin to taste.[1]
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

JE19426 posted...

Genocet_10-325 posted...

The wiki says it was invented in 1861

Which wiki? The one you linked to, doesn't say that.

First paragraph
A toast sandwich is a sandwich made with two slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of heavily buttered toast.[1][2] An 1861 recipe says to add salt, pepper and cumin to taste.[1]

That says there's a recipe from then, not that it was invented then.
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

First paragraph
A toast sandwich is a sandwich made with two slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of heavily buttered toast.[1][2] An 1861 recipe says to add salt, pepper and cumin to taste.[1]

That doesn't say it was invented in 1861, it just says there was a recipe published back then.

So then it was created before 1861.
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

knutjob posted...

The toast sandwich is a bit of a running joke. It was the winner of a competition to come up with the cheapest possible meal

The wiki says it was invented in 1861

It also says that version contained sliced meat.

90% of British comfort food take out is breaded shit. Which isn't all that different from the other former colonies(usa,canada,austealia,new Zealand, etc)
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Oi! Fish and chips mate!
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Gotta go with fish and chips, the classics can never go wrong.
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Hands down my least favourite aspect of British culture is our food culture. Complete lack of food culture, to put it more accurately.

People here are extremely proud of how basic and non-nutritious their diet is. If it's fried and hot - preferably dry and overcooked - you're onto a winner. Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.
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pinky0926 posted...

Hands down my least favourite aspect of British culture is our food culture. Complete lack of food culture, to put it more accurately.

People here are extremely proud of how basic and non-nutritious their diet is. If it's fried and hot - preferably dry and overcooked - you're onto a winner. Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.

Everyone I know in England only ever talks of three things:

Kebabs
Greggs
Nandos
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KillerKhan420 posted...

Gotta go with fish and chips, the classics can never go wrong.

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pres_madagascar posted...

Everyone I know in England only ever talks of three things:

Kebabs
Greggs
Nandos

You should see the wild-eyed, confused looks I get down the local pub when I use words like "braise" or "smoke" or "slow-cooked".
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pinky0926 posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

Everyone I know in England only ever talks of three things:

Kebabs
Greggs
Nandos

You should see the wild-eyed, confused looks I get down the local pub when I use words like "braise" or "smoke" or "slow-cooked".

Which is funny, because Britain actually has quite a few world renowned chefs and restaurants, including some that use true classic British cuisine too.
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Gonna try this later tbh
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The toast sandwich was discussed on The Leonard Lopate Show in an interview with The Sporkful's Dan Pashman. Host Leonard Lopate commented "it sounds weird to me".
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pres_madagascar posted...

Which is funny, because Britain actually has quite a few world renowned chefs and restaurants, including some that use true classic British cuisine too.

Yeah it is interesting. I think its because all of these guys (ramsay, marco pierre white, even jamie oliver) are seen as posh wankers. That's the reoccuring theme here. Nice food is for posh people.

Look at any other culture and the working class there will have a strong connection to food. Pasta that nonna makes, chilli like abuela makes. Street food is important and complex.

Except in the UK. We eat pies. That's our thing. Just pies.
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Brits; we make sandwiches with bread as a filling too!
Muricans; Fuck that, we use fried chicken as the bread in fried chicken sandwiches.
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My wife is from England and I love when she uses her nan's family recipe to make disheveled nigels
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Mmm carbs

I ate at an English restuarant while in Thailand (owned by an actual Brit). Apparently corned beef hash is some canned meat on buttered bread and not the delicious, diced corned beef mixed into hashbrowns I know and love.
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Made it. Wasnt as bland as I expected. Would be ok with a slice of cheese on it but thats just a cheese sandwich.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_pie


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Also, Google my name with "Staffordshire".
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hollow_shrine posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_pie

Those aren't bad actually.

I'm going to be making a pork pie sometime before Christmas. I got a pork shoulder, pork belly, and pan for it.
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hollow_shrine posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_pie

I do love a good steak pie. It's a bit of a New Year (Hogmanay!) tradition in these parts (Scotland).

hollow_shrine posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_pie

See, that actually looks good and looks like something you could easily build from.
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pinky0926 posted...

Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.

"Posh Wanker stuff" basically sums up much of our society. Anything deemed to be done by those toffs/snobs should "piss off" basically, is the attitude held.

"We do it proper and HONEST around here" etc, or however you want to phrase it. Our classist system has the very people it punishes doing their best to keep it entrenched in all aspects of life.
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I got to live abroad in Suffolk for a few years in my early twenties, and the food was my least favorite aspect (followed closely by cell phone reception). Everything traditionally British was bland as all get out. I grew up on Mexican food and had just moved from South Korea where the food was so flavorful and it was a shock. There were some good places to eat, but it was mostly thai, Chinese, and Indian places. My local pub would do a special menu once a week that wasn't just regular pub food and she would do a lot of experimentation on those days, which was nice too.
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QwelzaarKane posted...

I ate at an English restuarant while in Thailand (owned by an actual Brit). Apparently corned beef hash is some canned meat on buttered bread and not the delicious, diced corned beef mixed into hashbrowns I know and love.

I actually like corned beef hash in a can lol. It's godawful for you, but its tasty.
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pres_madagascar posted...

pinky0926 posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

Everyone I know in England only ever talks of three things:

Kebabs
Greggs
Nandos

You should see the wild-eyed, confused looks I get down the local pub when I use words like "braise" or "smoke" or "slow-cooked".

Which is funny, because Britain actually has quite a few world renowned chefs and restaurants, including some that use true classic British cuisine too.

Because they got fed the fuck up with eating bland ass British food and learned to cook lol
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pinky0926 posted...

Hands down my least favourite aspect of British culture is our food culture. Complete lack of food culture, to put it more accurately.

People here are extremely proud of how basic and non-nutritious their diet is. If it's fried and hot - preferably dry and overcooked - you're onto a winner. Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.

This is snobbish bollocks and might be true where you're from (Scotland iirc) but I can't say it's my experience at all and I pretty much only know working class British and Irish people.

Brits also came up with the Chip butty. A French Fry sandwich.


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DirkDiggles posted...

Brits also came up with the Chip butty. A French Fry sandwich.

Good food. Butter melted on chips tastes nice and pretty much every culture understands the concept that somehow most foods taste better when wrapped or sandwiched between some kind of bread product.

pinky0926 posted...

Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.

Better to be a posh wanker than a pleb tosser.
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DirkDiggles posted...

Brits also came up with the Chip butty. A French Fry sandwich.

What is this? Starches on starches on starches? No. No ma'am. Fix it, Jesus. There will be no mayo sandwiches in this house.

Why are we learning into the questionable dishes instead of showing off the ones we might actually want to eat?
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ghostmess posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Hands down my least favourite aspect of British culture is our food culture. Complete lack of food culture, to put it more accurately.

People here are extremely proud of how basic and non-nutritious their diet is. If it's fried and hot - preferably dry and overcooked - you're onto a winner. Anything broaching actual taste is deemed "posh wanker" food, unless it's a basic beef vindaloo with the spice dialled up to 9000.

This is snobbish bollocks and might be true where you're from (Scotland iirc) but I can't say it's my experience at all and I pretty much only know working class British and Irish people.

Mate the north of england is the worst for it. Peas pudding and savaloys, are you kidding me.

I'll grant you, Manchester has some good food spots. But Manchester is an actual city. What I'm talking about is your typical townie nonsense.
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