I have eaten food for 36 years and a lot has been English food. I cook every day but don't usually make 'standard' English recipes but there are some which I would really miss:
Shepherd's Pie, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Toad-in-the-hole, Bangers and Mash with onion gravy, Beef Wellington, fish and chips...and the classic full English breakfast!
They are not in my top 10 favourite foods and they're not that healthy but before English cooking is totally slagged off, bare in mind that England is not on the equator and we need calories in winter and most recipes are served with vegetables.
2006-11-21 08:48:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Curry has been developed over centuries after we traded in India and brought back the flavour.
I do consider this as an English food now in the same way as the potato dishes of many countries come from a vegetable that originated in South America.
2006-11-21 09:08:00 · update #1
No, to the fool (see below) who says we should be politically correct and call it 'British' food - this insults the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish in one go!
2006-11-21 09:16:19 · update #2
Oh and as for Gordon Ramsey - he is not Englsih either you fool, he is Scottish!!!
2006-11-21 09:17:32 · update #3
I like the fish and chips, beans on toast, fries or chips, shall I say, with mayo is not bad either. But I don't eat beef, so some of options you listed above are no-nos to me.
2006-11-21 10:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by FaithinJude 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, although the attractiveness comes mostly from students accommodations at human beings's homes and being fed the most inexpensive and nastiest stuff the British supermarkets might want to provide. i'm a Spaniard residing in England, I practice dinner a mixture of Spanish and English dishes and the family contributors loves it. Fish and chips are an impressive dish, yet when that's made in oil that hasn't been replaced for a lengthy time period, will be revolting. Bangers and mash, authentic convenience foodwherever there became some, yet again, if finished with most inexpensive sausages and instant mash, in high quality condition only for the garbage bin. See what I advise now?
2016-11-29 08:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha LOL. I love the equator bit. I love the way English people have their food, how it is and everything. I am proud to live in Britain big time! They might be full with fat and calories, but they are good for now and then. I went to Arizona, United States of America in the summer holiday and i missed my English standard of fish and chips and all the other British stuff.. I missed the Britishness, im glad to be back though.
2006-11-21 08:57:17 · answer #3 · answered by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love English food. It's hard to find in the US unless you are in a really big city, and it is always a cuisine of choice when I am able to go to an English restaurant. Fish and chips are my absolute favorite food in the world. Without the English I guess I would be wondering what to eat for about 7 out of 10 meals. Yay England. Not only great food, but a great ally to the USA for years.
2006-11-21 12:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by darciedarcie 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some English food (I used to work for an English Chef) tends to be bland. I love food that has a lot of flavor. I use a lot of garlic and fresh herbs in my cooking. I do make Shepard's pie, but as I can never find ground lamb in my local stores I use ground beef.
2006-11-21 08:58:47 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We should be politicaly correct.....and talk about "British" food!
There is no doubt that these days, we can hold our heads high in the culinary stakes! British food is now regarded by serious epicureans as offering some of the best cuisine in the world.
That must be why English chef Gordon Ramsay is now leading the way in the USA & taking New York by storm!
2006-11-21 09:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
having only spent 2 or so weeks in england, I can say I was not fond of the food at all. even the bangers n mash was ruined by fatty bland sausages. I am not psyched about how they have adopted curry as the national flavor either.
2006-11-21 09:02:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The main complaint I've always heard concerning English cooking is that the vegetables are way overcooked, and that many dishes lack seasoning. Since I haven't eaten much English food, I can't speak from experience....
2006-11-21 08:54:16 · answer #8 · answered by white_bunny_slippers 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I can't speak much on the subject. But I'm just glad you've eaten food for 36 years. I don't know what else you would have been eating though!
2006-11-21 08:56:12 · answer #9 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
well i think its nasty y'all take like two different things and push them together and they dont make sense and are gross together
like...
liver & pudding
liverpudding...nasty!
you've ruined the liver and you've ruined the pudding!
pudding ruiner
2006-11-21 08:52:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋