British food stereotype?

[Saul B]

Tea, crumpets and scones. 'nuff said.

 

[Private Custard]

That reminds me. I saw American Chopper and they took a trip to England and Scotland. Whilst in England they took part in what they called 'High Tea' in which they had some tea and cake. I'm english and have never heard of the phrase High Tea. Anyone else familiar with that? lol

There's a hotel in a village about 10 minutes from where I live that does awesome cream-teas and high teas. Delicate de-crusted sandwiches, cakes, scones, jam and proper leaf-tea, served with silver cutlery and expensive china cups.....brilliant

I used to send one of my XBox Live friends in New Mexico proper loose-leaf tea, particularly English Breakfast and Earl Grey. Good tea is apparently quite hard to come by in America. In return, he sent me decent cigars!

 

[Idlemessiah]

Fish n Chips, Sunday roast, Chicken Korma and scones. Nom nom nom.

It's hard to find anywhere in the UK that DOESN'T have a chippie.

 

[Matt-Sama]

The fish and chips one is silly seeing that came from Belgium originally but it's considered our national dish just like curry for some reason. Roast dinner to me always seems very british to me, I don't feel we have a national cuisine.

 

[Nevyrmoore]

The fish and chips one is silly seeing that came from Belgium originally but it's considered our national dish just like curry for some reason. Roast dinner to me always seems very british to me, I don't feel we have a national cuisine.

Technically, a number of curries are actually British. I can't remember which ones, but they're not actually from Asia. Kinda like how most Mexican food isn't actually eaten in Mexico.

 

[Soulkiller3]

The fish and chips one is silly seeing that came from Belgium originally but it's considered our national dish just like curry for some reason. Roast dinner to me always seems very british to me, I don't feel we have a national cuisine.

Technically, a number of curries are actually British. I can't remember which ones, but they're not actually from Asia. Kinda like how most Mexican food isn't actually eaten in Mexico.

Pritty much all currys you find in a takeaway is british.

 

[Amnestic]

The fish and chips one is silly seeing that came from Belgium originally but it's considered our national dish just like curry for some reason. Roast dinner to me always seems very british to me, I don't feel we have a national cuisine.

Technically, a number of curries are actually British. I can't remember which ones, but they're not actually from Asia. Kinda like how most Mexican food isn't actually eaten in Mexico.

Balti curries are British, as are Chicken Tikka Masala's.

 

[Simonccx]

I have never eaten eel pie but if france is allowed snails and be considered a gastronomic god where is the fairness? We get the reputation cos on average not many brits know how to cook and dont cook much whereas over on the mainland its a bigger part of their culture, we pay ppl to cook for us.

 

[imp_spittle]

Never been to England, so I can't say for certain. Ignorance is my bet, just like how many in the world (including some posters in this thread) think that Americans eat nothing but cheeseburgers and call Coors "beer" without laughing hysterically.

Having fish & chips in England is something on my list of things to do before I die.

 

[chomp.]

Is beans and bacon a stereotype or just tasty? I get confused when I'm hungry.

I dont think bacon is. Beans on toast is probably ours though

 

[chomp.]

Tea and crumpets for England, haggis and porridge for Scotland, and Millers and Tennants for Ireland.

Isnt guiness more of an irish stereotype? Having said that, I dont think people really drink it that much here

 

[MercenaryCanary]

I generally thought that most British food was lousy.
Then again, I am merely referencing a rather funny material so....

 

[norsef]

It's the Simpsons. The joke they run with the English is that they are all victorian era cockney stereotypes. Eels are probably got through some plays like Oliver Twist perhaps, they were a reasonably usual food then. And the pie? Just an extension of the same joke.

I'm pretty sure eels were eaten in London when people still thought it was all right to go fishing in the Thames...

Thought? It was. No pollution back then.

The Thames was an open sewer in Victorian/Georgian times. Look up the origin of the phrase Big Stink.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Stink

 

[Iron Mal]

The one stereotype I'm familiar with in terms of English food is our habit of taking foods from everywhere else in the world.

A friend of mine once said (with a completely straight face and no sense of irony) that Indian food was the iconic dish of England.

 

[Raven's Nest]

We have The Almighty Lancashire Hot Pot! and The Illustrious Toad In The Hole...

Not to mention The Sublime Shepherds Pie! and Although I'm Not Particularly Partial To It, Cauliflour Cheese!

British food kicks arse!

 

[Helimocopter]

in response to the apple pie and hamburger crack:
no.
nothing against the guy above me, but his naming of the foods sound like something you'd find in Fable 2

 

[Soulkiller3]

in response to the apple pie and hamburger crack:
no.
nothing against the guy above me, but his naming of the foods sound like something you'd find in Fable 2

When he says toad in a hole there are not toads in it, its just a name for yorkshire pudding and sausage.

 

[zombie711]

im sorry but I live in england and the food sucks. dry meat pies, some horrible english hard candy and bland chocolate,and sooooo much freaking curry,you cant walk 2 feet with out some english (or welsh I cant tell the difference)person drinking too much beer, and asking for the hottest thing they have. now if you excuse me I have to go cry because I have to eat bloody fish and chips tomorrow at school.

 

[Nevyrmoore]

...hamburger crack...

I am now imagining a burger in the form of a builders cleavage.