Favorite British foods

[TXlib]

OK, this is a carryover from a previous thread.

What's your favorite British food?

Mine is fish and chips served with an India Pale Ale.

Hold the malt vinegar, though...

[Francis]

1. Bacon

[Phoenixtongueof fire]

13. I'm with you....

I was there a few years ago. I really loved their bacon. it was so superior to what we call bacon. I got some in a Brit food store here in Phoenix, but I wasn't able to fix it so it would taste like what I had in the UK....bummer

[HEyHEY]

2. well

It's Irish but a Colcannon is awsome
British food -- ---- I guess roast beef

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4. What's colcannon?

[HEyHEY]

8. RE;

It's Mashed potatoes, cabage, green onions, nutmeg and other spices I don't know. Make the Mash, put in the other stuff then fry it abit to get cripies....mmmmmmmmmmm...crispies.

TRy it it is amazing

[thermodynamic]

3. Jelly babies!!!

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[bocadem]

5. jelly babies?

isn't that a dirty term?

I like Bass Ale.. but that's about it. I wonder if I should go to the UK this summer for my vacation. Is there much to do there?

bocadem

[supernova]

6. Beef Wellington

is pretty decent. :D Scottish smoked salmon. Scones, from wence we get good ole southern biscuits. :9

Have never had fish 'n chips. I might like it though since vinegar is a complete food group in my house. :-)

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[Cha]

7. I'm a Vegetarian now..but Fish Chips were my favorite when..

I was in Vancouver,Canada and Victoria Island in the '80's!
With plenty of Malt Vinegar, please!

[pasadenademocrat]

9. like most of my british friends, my favourite british food

is a curry takout!!:+

[mitchum]

18. gets my vote also

I do like a nice breakfast fry-up, though...

[FlashHarry]

10. REAL bangers.

Artery-clogging breakfast sausages. Also: Lyle's golden syrup, McVittie's Hobnobs, Ribena, eccles cakes, salt & vinegar crisps, Cadbury's Flake, Jaffa cakes, Smarties, Polo mints, etc.

On edit: these are the things I miss the most, here in the USA.

[Piltdown13]

27. Mmmm...Hobnobs.

I got addicted to those during the semester I spent in London. As our residential director said, "Isn't it interesting how the packets are sized so that you can eat an entire packet at one go and not feel sick til the last one?" I also liked the Cadbury chocolate bars and Lion candy bars. I was so excited to find many of these snack foods when I visited Kenya...even brought some back for my friends.

[Skittles]

11. steak and kidney pie

btw, I dump malt vinegar on all my fish and potatoes. :D

[Kellanved]

12. That sounds strange, but...

one of the best meals I remember I had in Britain.
In The Priory Hotel, Wareham, Dorset to be exact. The food was outstandig and British (mint); the service exceptional. If you happen to be in the Region: go there.
I had food as good in France several times and in Berlin once (couldn't afford it myself), but never better.
To my shame: I can't remember the exact menu, as it was a decade ago.

On Edit: I haven't been to the UK for several years, but I miss scones with clotted cream.

[Phoenixtongueof fire]

16. I have heard for years how terrible british cuisine was........

My sister and I took a tour of Eng. Scot. and Ire. We ate mostly at the hotels where we stayed, but we had fabulous meals. One of the places that we ate on our own was a small shop in York. We had a sandwich of cream cheese and cranberry sauce on a multi-grain bread. It doesn't sound like much, but it was terrific. I haven't been able to find bread in the US to match what we had in York. we did have fish and chip in a carry away(take-out) in a small village in England. We thought the fish was too greasy. It may have just been that shop. We never had fish and chips any where else in the UK.We had a salmon salad sandwich in Bath that was also terrific.
Oh, and if anyone tells you that a Ploughman's lunch is a light lunch, don't believe it. it is a huge platter filled with cheese, olive, tomatoes and I can't remember what all, but it is big enough for two to share. We had it at a small village on the shore of Lake Windermere.

[MUAD_DIB]

14. The Imperial Pint!

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[SOteric]

15. A write in vote

for Yorshire cider.

[On the Road]

17. They Make Great Bread, Cheese, and Beer

Outside of Indian takeout, the vegetables are usually inedible.

[Jonte_1979]

19. Over cooked veggies in brown liquid

Yummy!:D

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. Fish and chips WITH vinegar and ketchup,

wrapped in a newspaper. Washed down with a pint of lager.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. Cadbury Chocolate and Cookies

The chocolate tastes MUCH better there!

[shanti]

22. prime rib

is that english? also yorkshire pudding.

[Paladin]

23. Weetabix Cereal

Outstanding breakfast cereal; have liked it for years.

[lazarus]

24. malt bread

fish and chips.

Bangers and mash.

Shepherd's pie.

Ploughman's lunch.

Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles.

Shandies.

I could go on forever. Best French soup I ever had was in a pub outside Windsor Castle.

Prawn crisps.

Yorkshire pudding and a standing rib roast.

Anything bought in a pub, eaten while tossing back lagers and shooting darts. Real darts, with metal tips.

[Pert_UK]

25. A Sunday Roast Dinner (i.e. lunch).......

RARE roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, horseradish sauce, mashed potato, roast potato, roast parsnip, cauliflower, leeks in cheesey sauce, carrots and THICK, THICK gravy!

Yummmmmm!

Of course, this should be accompanied by about 6 pints of Old Speckled Hen!

P.

[Rowdyboy]

26. Easy! English Peas!

preferably those inthe can from LeSeur...

[BritishHuman]

28. Steak and Kidney pudding

makes a cracking main course, served with bubble-and-squeak (a more english version of the Colcannon mentioned earlier).

The pub my friends and I often eat in does a really nice Lamb Shank.

For deserts I'd have to go for a sherry trifle or a jam rolypoly and thick english custard.

Mmmmmmmm.

[Braden]

29. roast beef and mustard crisps

I have been trying to find them stateside forever and no luck. No one in Britian will post em to me either.

[DS1]

30. Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding

mmm, extra gravy and onion all around.

[hussar]

31. One thing I really miss from England

Being able to get on the old dog and bone (phone) and order a balti to be delivered to the door, I lived in a small town in Leicestershire and there were about 3 curry places that delivered.



How about some mushy peas with your fish and chips ? yum



A Devonshire cream tea out on the lawn ?

[supernova]

33. Mushy peas reminds me of a bumpersticker

I sometimes see: "Imagine Whirled Peas" :D

[CBHagman]

32. Scones, but freshly made

An Englishwoman taught me how to make scones (with real butter!) many years back, and they are nothing like what usually passes for scones here in the States.

I also have fond memories of having a cream tea in Penzance, Cornwall, and that was my previous (and delightful) introduction to scones.

Aside from that, I really miss chocolate biscuits and all of those chocolate-covered Cadbury treats, though I don't go for the plain bars (chocolate from the Continent is much better in that department, I think). All of this is available in the States or can be ordered, but I can't indulge the way I did when I was younger.

[chenGOD]

34. I generally don't like british food...

but i love pork pies


fish and chips is alright


of course their beers are a different matter altogether

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[sirshack]

35. fish and chips...

....with LOTS of malt vinegar.


I also like a good, hearty Irish breakfast.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

36. DOUBLE DEVON CREAM

Can be dangerous if taken in excessive quantities.

[noonwitch]

37. Fish and Chips soaked in malt vinegar!

Scones are good, too.