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over a year ago
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Now that I've had a chip butty, I'd like to know what other foods I need to have in order to have had the true British culinary experience.
I'm a vegetarian, but Marc eats meat, so nothing is out of bounds. So, let's here it - what do you consider a typically, particularly British food?
-Courtney |
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on..."
Crisp sandwich? 
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread??  |
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread?? "
My uncle eats Mars bar sandwiches  so i guess not |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread?? "
Nope |
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The Balti was invented in Birmingham - curries date back to medieval times.
Interestingly, there is a place nearby called Lye. Originally it was called bucket town, due to the manufacture of pots and pans, but they went upmarket and re-named it after the soap ingredient.
More latterly, it has become known for the abundance of Balti houses and is known as the Balti strip.
Balti is Indian for bucket |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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Get Marc a dripper. Corner piece if possible. And if you're a pesctarian then a jar of cockles eaten with a cocktail stick or fried elvers. I'm assuming you've tried bubble and squeak? Or the joy that is an egg mayo sandwich with salt and vinegar chipsticks (or Wotsits) packed in? Make sure you squish it flat first. And the remnants of the gravy from roast lamb and mint sauce (sauce, not jelly) soaked up with a piece of sliced white bread. Marc will have to take one for the team on that front. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Balti was invented in Birmingham - curries date back to medieval times.
Interestingly, there is a place nearby called Lye. Originally it was called bucket town, due to the manufacture of pots and pans, but they went upmarket and re-named it after the soap ingredient.
More latterly, it has become known for the abundance of Balti houses and is known as the Balti strip.
Balti is Indian for bucket"
I never got to the Balti Triangle when I went to Brum recently. Wish I did.
God I'm hungry now. |
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Wheaten bread/farls/scones (Northern Ireland).
Champ (NI)
Fifteens (NI - very yummy)
Potato bread (NI) & Tattie Scones (Scot)
Haggis (Scot)
Black pudding & white pudding (England)
Manchester tart & bakewell tart (England)
Rarebit (Wales)
Glamorgan sausage (veggie - Wales)
Can't think of anymore off the top of my head. |
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If you're over a certain age then it's all about roast dinners, fish & chips & possibly curry.
If you're below a certain age it's all about foods you'll rarely find on a British farm |
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"The Balti was invented in Birmingham - curries date back to medieval times.
Interestingly, there is a place nearby called Lye. Originally it was called bucket town, due to the manufacture of pots and pans, but they went upmarket and re-named it after the soap ingredient.
More latterly, it has become known for the abundance of Balti houses and is known as the Balti strip.
Balti is Indian for bucket
I never got to the Balti Triangle when I went to Brum recently. Wish I did.
God I'm hungry now. "
The Balti Triangle is just outside the centre of Birmingham. It's a lot more touristy now, but the food is still good. I used to go there a lot in the 80s after gigs as they stayed open until there was no one left to serve. You'd often bump into other bands doing the same thing after driving back from London or Manchester. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread??
Nope "
My mum used to eat sugar sandwiches.
Bread and dripping.
Lardy cake.
Welsh rarebit.
Cream tea.
Cornish pasty.
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread??
Nope
My mum used to eat sugar sandwiches.
Bread and dripping.
Lardy cake.
Welsh rarebit.
Cream tea.
Cornish pasty.
Sarah "
I used to eat hot chocolate powder sandwiches. Then they invented Nutella.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've been looking all these up. I thought we all spoke English here!! 
Google dripping cake if you get stuck on dripper. Or lardy cake if you prefer pork fat to beef."
Thank you kindly! |
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As per the comedy sketch where the group of Indians go out for an English and ask the waiter to make something really bland
Give me a chinese, indian, good burger, lasagne, bolognese etc any day
Fish and chips and full english breakfast would get in to my top 10 but only if it's well made which is getting harder to find now
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I always find it amusing how much of these dishes are favourite Irish meals too. Yet, whilst most Irish are no longer anti-British, they certainly distance themselves and claim to be sooooo different. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A high tea consisting of: Potted shrimp,and cucumber sandwiches (crusts off); Bridge rolls with cream cheese; Victoria sponge and a nice pot of tea.
Crumpets dripping with butter. |
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread?? "
If it doesn't go on a piece*, it's not worth eating.
*piece is Scottish for sandwich |
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"Sausage rolls, fish n chips, steak & kidney pie, fishfinger sandwich, crisp sandwich, any suet pudding (savoury or sweet), Angel Delight, Glamorgan Sausage, I could go on...
Crisp sandwich?
Is there nothing you people won't put between two slices of bread??
If it doesn't go on a piece*, it's not worth eating.
*piece is Scottish for sandwich "
My great-great-aunt used to say "eat your piece"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Wow. We eat a load of crap. 
Better than what the equivalent American list would look like  "
Man v Food. My favourite television program. The Americans do food with gusto. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"pot noodles 
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians)."
It is. I'll have it later this week |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians)."
yeah chick n mushroom FTW
i never made a sandwich out of one but i`d break up a slice or 2 of bread into them and let it go soggy
was amazinggg |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week "
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen."
Of course not. But apparently in order to eat like the British I just have to put everything in a sandwich. It's sugar next.  |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
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Bacon and egg sandwich is a good way to start the day.
Omelettes with ham, mushrooms and cheese
Afternoon tea. Very English and you get a bit if everything
Sweet or savory scones
Victoria sandwich cake
Nice pot of tea
Fuck I'm hungry now!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Now that I've had a chip butty, I'd like to know what other foods I need to have in order to have had the true British culinary experience.
I'm a vegetarian, but Marc eats meat, so nothing is out of bounds. So, let's here it - what do you consider a typically, particularly British food?
-Courtney "
Vegetable stew and herb dumplings
Marmalade pudding
Field mushroom pie
They're all very nice |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen.
Of course not. But apparently in order to eat like the British I just have to put everything in a sandwich. It's sugar next. "
Try a poverty sandwich then - bread in between toast (with butter).
Breadception. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen.
Of course not. But apparently in order to eat like the British I just have to put everything in a sandwich. It's sugar next. "
Have tomato sauce with everything |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen.
Of course not. But apparently in order to eat like the British I just have to put everything in a sandwich. It's sugar next.
Try a poverty sandwich then - bread in between toast (with butter).
Breadception."
Paupers can't afford butter |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pot noodles
Pot noodle sandwich for the win!
you for real?
Damn straight. Has to be the chicken and mushroom one (although I believe it's suitable for vegetarians).
It is. I'll have it later this week
It's not British food, it's student food. I bet you're no stranger to ramen.
Of course not. But apparently in order to eat like the British I just have to put everything in a sandwich. It's sugar next.
Try a poverty sandwich then - bread in between toast (with butter).
Breadception."
Really ? Even I've never heard of that. Now one sided toast on the other hand  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Bacon and egg sandwich is a good way to start the day.
Omelettes with ham, mushrooms and cheese
Afternoon tea. Very English and you get a bit if everything
Sweet or savory scones
Victoria sandwich cake
Nice pot of tea
Fuck I'm hungry now!!! "
Victoria sponge is hard to beat |
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Go for the British cheeses, we have some magnificent ones. Cornish Yarg for instance.
Apple and pear perries, stovies/scouse, depending on who claims origin, rice pudding, lemon posset, fruit cake, roast beef, Melton Mowbray pork pie, Stilton and Mac and cheese the British way. |
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Judging by this thread, the British eat shite.
Only one person mentioned the great British dish that is Chicken Tuna Masala.
I love Beef Wellington but it's a faff.
For my money, you can't go wrong with an English.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=huSP7PtctC4
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dripping on toast
Duck & pease
Fish & chips but from the coastal areas
Roast dinner with yorkshires & lashings of gravy!
I'm pescatarian & this is making me reminisce |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ham and pease pudding stottie.
Pan haggerty.
Singing hinnies.
There's a reason we're fat bastards up here
Never heard of any of them "
They are all north-east classics |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Now that I've had a chip butty, I'd like to know what other foods I need to have in order to have had the true British culinary experience.
I'm a vegetarian, but Marc eats meat, so nothing is out of bounds. So, let's here it - what do you consider a typically, particularly British food?
-Courtney "
Scrambled eggs from microwave ???? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I like a full English breakfast. I have it all the time. Never thought about beans for breakfast until I came here.
Fried toast is possibly the most awful thing I've ever put in my mouth though. Right up there with tripe  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paupers can't afford butter
I stoles it alright?
And Jamie Oliver is working class "
And his parents pub is amazing, his dad cooks the breakfasts in the morning, they are lovely |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like a full English breakfast. I have it all the time. Never thought about beans for breakfast until I came here.
Fried toast is possibly the most awful thing I've ever put in my mouth though. Right up there with tripe "
We give tripe to dogs |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I like a full English breakfast. I have it all the time. Never thought about beans for breakfast until I came here.
Fried toast is possibly the most awful thing I've ever put in my mouth though. Right up there with tripe
We give tripe to dogs "
Only sensible thing to do with it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like a full English breakfast. I have it all the time. Never thought about beans for breakfast until I came here.
Fried toast is possibly the most awful thing I've ever put in my mouth though. Right up there with tripe
We give tripe to dogs "
Old folk boil that shit in milk.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like a full English breakfast. I have it all the time. Never thought about beans for breakfast until I came here.
Fried toast is possibly the most awful thing I've ever put in my mouth though. Right up there with tripe
We give tripe to dogs
Old folk boil that shit in milk. "
Yea but they used to eat coal |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Pork scratchings
Scampi fries
Proper pub food!
I prefer the bacon ones
Ooo bacon fries my favourite pub snack
the ones with hairs on them?! "
Pork scratchings with hair on are ok, but the smiths variety of bacon fries |
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Has anyone mentioned game yet? Venison is supposed to be lovely but I don't like it, too lean.
Next time you are down south, look out for rock salmon/huss. It's fished on the English Channel and the further north you go, the harder it is to find. It's actually the tail of a small shark and is juicy and fragrant. No small bones at all.
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"Has anyone mentioned game yet? Venison is supposed to be lovely but I don't like it, too lean.
Next time you are down south, look out for rock salmon/huss. It's fished on the English Channel and the further north you go, the harder it is to find. It's actually the tail of a small shark and is juicy and fragrant. No small bones at all.
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Rabbit stew is a good one |
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"Has anyone mentioned game yet? Venison is supposed to be lovely but I don't like it, too lean.
Next time you are down south, look out for rock salmon/huss. It's fished on the English Channel and the further north you go, the harder it is to find. It's actually the tail of a small shark and is juicy and fragrant. No small bones at all.
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Marc loves venison. We always buy venison sausages at the local market. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Now that I've had a chip butty, I'd like to know what other foods I need to have in order to have had the true British culinary experience.
I'm a vegetarian, but Marc eats meat, so nothing is out of bounds. So, let's here it - what do you consider a typically, particularly British food?
-Courtney "
Now Courtney, we know for sure that you are a big fan of the traditional English buffet. Cheese and pineapple sticks anyone? |
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"Has anyone mentioned game yet? Venison is supposed to be lovely but I don't like it, too lean.
Next time you are down south, look out for rock salmon/huss. It's fished on the English Channel and the further north you go, the harder it is to find. It's actually the tail of a small shark and is juicy and fragrant. No small bones at all.
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I love venison |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Now that I've had a chip butty, I'd like to know what other foods I need to have in order to have had the true British culinary experience.
I'm a vegetarian, but Marc eats meat, so nothing is out of bounds. So, let's here it - what do you consider a typically, particularly British food?
-Courtney
Now Courtney, we know for sure that you are a big fan of the traditional English buffet. Cheese and pineapple sticks anyone? "
 It was the cheese and pickled onion, actually |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A 'slap up nosh' usually seen at the end of a bash st kids/Dennis the menace comic strip....a metre high mountain of mashed tatties with around 30-50 bangers sticking out of the mash,like a big bangers n mash hedgehog! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sausage rolls and mushy peas were a favourite of mine growing up and just because my fella hasn't tried it either (despite actually being a Yorkshire man) definitely a crisp sandwich - preferably walkers cheese and onion on buttered bread |
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