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Where the fuck did the Indian food come from?
Chicken Livers, did you go to Nandos by any chance? That's the only place I know that serves food like that. I fucking hate that place. It's like a McDonald's type chicken place. Nothing wrong with Chicken Livers though, I made Spicy Chicken Livers last week. I also made a Thai Green Curry, Moroccan Style Vegetable Cous Cous and a nice rare steak.
Duck is a good meat. Depends how it's served and cooked.
The English eat all types of foods. We don't have a typical diet.
I used Indian as an example. I am talking about staple English foods. Duck is one of them. Baked beans and toast? Only the English eat that shit. I am not talking about foods from other countries in England. Like Indian food. Which I ate in Southall. Which was good.
I ate at a hotel at a wedding. Not sure where it was catered from. Like I said, chicken liver on toast was one of the meals. I have never eaten or heard of that here in the States. And I've been to fine dining establishments where they serve some weird ass shit.
You need to travel more, you are coming across as a stereotypical American.
Duck is not a staple of the English diet. Not sure where you got that from? In pancakes, from a chinese restaurant... maybe.
As for beans on toast. It does get eaten in England. Whether it is a dinner is debatable. What is English food? Much like the English language it is a mixture of many different cuisines. We don't eat "English Food". Like the example of what I ate last week, we eat food from many different cultures. Our food is varied and if you look at the number of English Chefs taking over American TV, it seems to be popular. If you was to ask me what a typical English only food (not eaten elsewhere) is, I would say A full English Breakfast, a Roast Dinner or Fish and Chips. If you were to ask me what a typical American only food is, I'd say a hamburger and moutain Dew. Do you eat hamburger every night?
Like I said. You need to leave America more often and try seeing the world. Chicken Liver on toast is not an English food. I believe it is Italian. But I could be wrong.
Sure, people in England eat anything, but when I think of English food, I think of meat pies, sausages (bangers and mash), black pudding, and crumpets. I don't associate those things with any other cuisine. (I asked for beef Wellington and Yorkshire pudding in a Chinese restaurant once.)
American food, yes, hamburgers, hot dogs, BLT, pizza. Coke, Pepsi, orange soda, iced tea. Oh, and crumpets.
American food, yes, hamburgers, hot dogs, BLT, pizza. Coke, Pepsi, orange soda, iced tea. Oh, and crumpets.
See Jokerman's post below.
I still think you are taking it too literally. I'm not saying that the English eat that shit every day. It may not have even been created by them, but like Jokerman said, there are some things that are just stereotypically English. Tea is something associated with England. He mentioned mince pies and pasties. You don't really see that in the States.
But to cut this conversation short, I'll redact my statement and alter.
"The food I ate while in England was shit. I don't know who invented liver on toast but it was shit."
Also, read this. I am not being "ignorant." It is perceived by others that certain foods are staples of England. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/305475
Obviously I don't think you eat it every day. I don't even care if you've never had it.
Also, I have never seen more duck dishes than I have in England. It's more common there than in the States. Sure the Chinese eat duck and Chinese restaurants in the States serve duck, but I don't see anyone ordering it, not often at least.
In M&S, there were duck sandwiches on the shelf. I haven't seen duck sandwiches served in a similar store or fashion here in the States. My point was that it is just simply not as popular here but seems to be popular in the UK. Curry is popular in the UK, but I am smart enough to know it's not an "English dish" but still a big part of what many people in the UK eat.
Jokerman's post was spot on. I'd agree with that.
Duck is expensive. M&S is a high end food store.
Regarding Beans on Toast. See the post a few down on the link you posted. It was eaten during times of rationing. It is still eaten now. Mostly by students who spend all their money on drink. But it is not a typical food. It is cheap. Less than £1 for a "meal". Also... It turms into a laugh at the ignorant American thread. So doesn't really back up your point.
Like Jokerman says... American's are known for junk food. But I don't think that it is a staple of most American's diets.
As for tea. I'd agree with that. It is a very English thing to do. But you'll find that what you may find culturally English, is no longer the case. These are generalisations which are a generation or 2 old.
As for the chicken liver thing. I can't let that go. I'd never eaten them at all, until 2 years ago. And that was when I tried Nandos (a sub par chicken restaurant - Think Tony Romas but with Chicken)
As for the cowboy hat.... I thought I made a great Raylan Givens-esc cowboy. Definitely not the Brokeback Mountain kind.
Anyway.... I think I have made enough posts about the English diet. And the American perception of the UK. I'm still waiting for SOFI, ARon and KECO to come to the UK. I'll treat them to beans on toast and a cup of tea.
I did scoop up two jars of Marmite, though. My family loves it on toast. The checkout lady at M&S commented on it and asked who ate it. Said she hated it. Oh well.
It's also weird to see "Marks and Spencer" turn into "M&S." Or shortened, I should say. I understand why, but I don't think it was ever informally referred to as "M&S" in the 90s.
Also, Harrods was pretty neat. Full of Arabs in hijabs still shopping for four-digit purses. I suppose that's all they really can show off, other than shoes. But it's a pretty neat store. I wish the US had something similar; just a retardedly high-end store with pretty much everything in it. Instead, we just have stores just a few rungs down but more of them. But Harrods seems like a tourist attraction for outsiders more than anything else.
I was so out of place there, I thought a $20,000 living room set was just some chairs to rest on. They had the price on a placard on the seat so no one would sit down. $20K. Why?
I think I was the only one that walked out of there empty handed though, from my family. I'm all for having some nice clothes or something but I just couldn't do it there.
It's also weird to see "Marks and Spencer" turn into "M&S." Or shortened, I should say. I understand why, but I don't think it was ever informally referred to as "M&S" in the 90s.
Also, Harrods was pretty neat. Full of Arabs in hijabs still shopping for four-digit purses. I suppose that's all they really can show off, other than shoes. But it's a pretty neat store. I wish the US had something similar; just a retardedly high-end store with pretty much everything in it. Instead, we just have stores just a few rungs down but more of them. But Harrods seems like a tourist attraction for outsiders more than anything else.
I was so out of place there, I thought a $20,000 living room set was just some chairs to rest on. They had the price on a placard on the seat so no one would sit down. $20K. Why?
I think I was the only one that walked out of there empty handed though, from my family. I'm all for having some nice clothes or something but I just couldn't do it there.
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