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Full English breakfasts, meat pies, fish and chips, and British Indian cuisine disagree.

Yet another flopic.

Just put malted vinegar on it

they really be putting anything and everything on a plate huh? was that a baked potato, tuna, and fucking beans?? what the fuck is that shit all about??

I feel like it's more of a problem with how they cook and present it than the idea of the meals themselves. The concept of an "English breakfast" and others sounds fine, but most of the time the meals looks like they were cooked by folks who shouldn't be in a kitchen. I don't know what they do over there. It's like the both over and under cook things. That baked potato looked gross though. Way too much.

Then again I'm like 98% English heritage wise so maybe it's in my DNA to like this stuff. I know I could go for some beans and fries right now.

Southernfatman posted...

Then again I'm like 98% English heritage wise so maybe it's in my DNA to like this stuff. I know I could go for some beans and fries right now.

>English heritage
>fries

English heritage revoked

The British conquered half the world in search of spices but then refused to use any of them.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d0636b0.jpg

Ivynn posted...

>English heritage
>fries

English heritage revoked

I might be English heritage wise, but I'm still as Murrican as it gets. Maybe Brits need some southerners over there to fix up their food. Our ancestors brought over those meals, but they were perfected down here.

Ivynn posted...

Spotted dick

Sounds like something you should get checked.

Many brits take pride in eating bad food, unseasoned food or food that looks like you threw it in a trough and anything else is worthy of contempt, from all walks of life.

We've plenty of decent stuff but you often couldnt tell from what people call 'classics'

They spent centuries controlling other countries for their spices, yet couldn't be bothered to learn how to use them effectively. Smh.

English Breakfast and pub food are delicious. Ever had Shepard's Pie? British food can be tasty. People focus on the wrong parts of British food

Zikten posted...

English Breakfast and pub food are delicious. Ever had Shepard's Pie? British food can be tasty. People focus on the wrong parts of British food

They lose all culinary credibility once you realize that a toast sandwich unironically exists.

LordFarquad1312 posted...

They spent centuries controlling other countries for their spices, yet couldn't be bothered to learn how to use them effectively. Smh.

Using expensive currency as food?

Paragon21XX posted...

They lose all culinary credibility once you realize that a toast sandwich unironically exists.

I don't care about toast sandwiches. Shepard's Pie is still delicious

Shepherd's Pie, Fish and Chips...I gotta at least give them credit for that

As much flak Brits get for their food, it's not like other Northern European cuisines are much better, like Scandinavian or Finnish food. The climate makes them focus more on food as utility rather than presentation. And English food, for all its ugliness, is usually filling and hearty.

Nah, British food is fine. You just need to look deeper than a shitty video that went to a crappy greasy spoon, a quite obviously not very good chippy (seriously look at the state of those chips, that's a tragedy) and a Chinese were the person ordered an English meal to try and play it off like that's all they do.

DarkFists posted...

Shepherd's Pie,

i tried the safeway brand of it... wasn't that good :(.

it was bland as hell.

Pallet

my best friend is from russia, she says this is the kind of stuff they serve at family gatherings lol
the bottom pic is apparently a salad and the recipe calls for 8 cups of mayo lol
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2eecc34d.jpg

K181 posted...

Full English breakfasts, meat pies, fish and chips, and British Indian cuisine disagree.

Who wants black pudding, beans, tomatoes, and mushrooms for breakfast? This is closer to chili than any sort of breakfast.

Fish and chips is literally just run-of-the-mill fried fish with a side of flaccid, soggy potato wedges.

And "British" Indian food is Indian. You don't get to claim it as British just because British tried claiming India.

And let's not forget such British favorites as... beans on toast, and mushy peas.

ArsGoetia posted...

my best friend is from russia, she says this is the kind of stuff they serve at family gatherings lol
the bottom pic is apparently a salad and the recipe calls for 8 cups of mayo lol
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2eecc34d.jpg

That looks like something from the MidWest.

ArsGoetia posted...

my best friend is from russia, she says this is the kind of stuff they serve at family gatherings lol
the bottom pic is apparently a salad and the recipe calls for 8 cups of mayo lol
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2eecc34d.jpg

damn son thats a 15 year old pic

Americans will complain about 'British food' (that they know nothing about) then post videos like this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bbcdb2e3.jpg

Eel pie is just...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/515afb52.jpg

kurdt032 posted...

Americans will complain about 'British food' (that they know nothing about) then post videos like this

That has the excuse of being TikTok clickbait, what's the excuse for British food?

Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

damn son thats a 15 year old pic

i dont think it was personal but idk
we were both bitching about food at Christmas

kurdt032 posted...

Americans will complain about 'British food' (that they know nothing about) then post videos like this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bbcdb2e3.jpg

Except this isn't a thing people eat. You've no excuse.

the classic British staple, "4 burgers in a can"
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c0d8cf69.jpg

ellis123 posted...

That has the excuse of being TikTok clickbait, what's the excuse for British food?

Topic was literally created to share a tiktok

As people have said, American food is 50% beige garbage, and is probably the most unhealthy diet in the world.

Or you could go to France, which is basically salad every day...

GEKGanon posted...

And "British" Indian food is Indian. You don't get to claim it as British just because British tried claiming India.

There are a load of British people of Indian-descent, and Anglo-Indian cuisine is a big part of British cuisine now. Its the same as how Tex-Mex, Americanized Chinese and Japanese, and loads of Italian-American dishes including borderline countless regional variants of pizza are considered American cuisine now, just to name a few.

Southernfatman posted...

I feel like it's more of a problem with how they cook and present it than the idea of the meals themselves.

Yep. People overrate plating and food presentation way too much. You present it in a different way and you'll get people thirsting after the food

GEKGanon posted...

Who wants black pudding, beans, tomatoes, and mushrooms for breakfast? This is closer to chili than any sort of breakfast.

Remove the pudding and add some eggs and you've got yourself a typical breakfast don't you?

kurdt032 posted...

Topic was literally created to share a tiktok

*And*? The TikTok TC posted was showing off bad food that people actually eat, you posted a TikTok where someone made up some random crap to get views. It's not the same at all, even if the content is the same.

K181 posted...

There are a load of British people of Indian-descent, and Anglo-Indian cuisine is a big part of British cuisine now. Its the same as how Tex-Mex, Americanized Chinese and Japanese, and loads of Italian-American dishes including borderline countless regional variants of pizza are considered American cuisine now, just to name a few.

Ye, but then you can point out how most of the "British Indian/Chinese" is actually just stuff from Scotland/Ireland that the English just claim ownership over. For instance, tikka masala first happened in Britain... only when you dig into it the guy that claimed it also admitted that he made up the entire story about him creating it + didn't have the ingredients on hand needed to make it. Thus it would be pretty easy to say that the second place to make it, a restaurant in Scotland, is likely the real start for it.

ellis123 posted...

*And*?

My source good your source bad

Sure, but initial origin doesnt matter when it becomes an established staple and significantly modified in a new area.

Or, case in point, tea. We all agree that thats basically the non-alcoholic national drink of the UK even though tea is clearly not grown there, right?

K181 posted...

Sure, but initial origin doesnt matter when it becomes an established staple and significantly modified in a new area.

Or, case in point, tea. We all agree that thats basically the non-alcoholic national drink of the UK even though tea is clearly not grown there, right?

Fair, though that's why tikka is Scottish and not Indian. The British rendition isn't any different: the only real change is where it is being sold.

Humble_Novice posted...

Eel pie is just...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/515afb52.jpg

I hate that I think that looks good...

K181 posted...

Full English breakfasts, meat pies, fish and chips, and British Indian cuisine disagree.

English breakfast fucking sucks. Who can even eat that and not feel sick the entire day?

Every British plate looks like a struggle meal made by someone at the lowest point in their life.

CoyoteTheGreat posted...

English breakfast fucking sucks. Who can even eat that and not feel sick the entire day?

What part of it would make you feel sick?

Asherlee10 posted...

It depends on where you go in the US. In the Midwest, certainly. But the US is huge and cuisine is diverse.

Indeed. I once drove from Chicago to Atlanta and I loved how the food changed along the way. I've eaten everywhere from NY to Florida to San Diego to Oregon and Alaska.

But a lot of it is still shit.

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