A comment on this earlier AskLemmy post inspired me to ask this question. I think there’s lots of delicious British food/it really depends on how you cook it, as with any cuisine.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    311·
    3 个月前

    Nothing beats a proper English breakfast

    Also, beef wellington is pretty great if done right.

    • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      12·
      3 个月前

      Nothing beats a proper English breakfast

      English Breakfast is a brilliantly balanced meal and it helped me get comfortable with eating a wider range of things (mushrooms, ratatouille, tomatoes) when I was younger. Love it.

      Also, beef wellington is pretty great if done right.

      I’ve never actually had one - always been told it is more effort than it’s worth. Looks good though - one day I’ll have my prize

          • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
            3·
            3 个月前

            Haha yeah, we just have it from the can because it goes on potatoes and things and means you’ve got half your vegetables sorted for the meal.

            • ᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              3 个月前

              I buy it canned most of the time too.

              The canned stuff is almost identical to the homemade version anyway as there’s only like 8 ingredients in a ratatouille and 6 of them are always going to be the same vegetables in approximately the same ratios.

      • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        3 个月前

        I’ve never actually had one - always been told it is more effort than it’s worth.

        Beef Wellington isn’t even English, it started as a French dish and was refined and popularized in the US. And yes it’s way too much work to cook.

        • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          3 个月前

          Maybe the French disowned it then. “Too much pastry and too much meat, this meal is practically English!” They seem to like more fancy-shaped pastries in France.

    • ace_garp@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 个月前

      OMG

      Having a proper Full English at a farm-stay, on the way down to Cornwall, was a standout lifetime meal.

      The same exact one cooked by the wife for the farmer, to last him all day out in the field. Glor-i-ous.

      Frying the toast slices in the bacon oil was next level.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
    26·
    3 个月前

    Fish n chips hands down 100% final answer lock it in.

    To anyone whos been to both places can you get “proper” fish n chips the world over? I’ve asked a few americans on xbox a few times and they tell me that its “fish and steak fries” and its basically the same thing, but it doesnt sound like it will be the same.

    Chippy chips are a very specific thing and its incredibly difficult to explain that to someone who hasn’t experienced it and just understands.

    • KittenBiscuits@lemmy.todayEnglish
      7·
      3 个月前

      In America, the best approximation we can get to chippy chips are our steak fries. It’s the cut of potato that’s most similar, but there is a whole spectrum of doneness that one is rolling the dice on when ordering steak fries.

      And you’re right. There ain’t nothing like chippy chips. I’m over here chasing a dragon when I should just be buying a plane ticket.

    • RBWells@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 个月前

      Oddly enough, the fast food Greek place here (not a chain) gets the closest to what I had in England.

    • thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.appEnglish
      101·
      3 个月前

      Fun fact: ‘fish and chips’ was introduced to England by a Jewish migrant, same as pastrami for the USA. And shepherd’s pie is British, but it’s unclear whether it was northern England or Scotland.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        Something-something ‘cottage pie’ is usually what’s referred to when people refer to ‘shepard’s pie.’

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
    171·
    3 个月前

    Let’s start with:

    Fish and chips
    Chip butty
    Yorkshire fishcake butty
    Whitebait
    Scottish smoked salmon
    Cromer crabs
    Potted shrimp
    Scallops and Black Pudding
    Sunday Roast (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, vegetarian)
    Beef Wellington
    Full English
    Full Scottish
    Full Welsh
    Ultster Fry
    Deviled kidneys
    Mixed grill
    Gammon, egg and chips
    Steak and Ale pie
    Steak and oyster pie
    Meat and potato pie
    Pork pie
    Chicken and Mushroom pie
    Scotch pie
    Game pie
    Fish pie
    Shepherd’s pie
    Cottage pie
    Steak and kidney pudding
    Lancashire hotpot
    Irish stew
    Cornish pasty
    Scotch egg
    Sausage roll
    Ploughman’s lunch
    Haggis
    Afternooon / Cream / High Tea
    And of course the full range of BIR curries: Chicken Tikka Masala; Madras; Jalfrezi; Vindaloo; Korma; Pathia; and Balti
    And a bunch of puddings and sweet things, sticky toffee pudding, apple pie, mince pie, hot cross buns, etc., but I don’t have a sweet tooth

    Depending on where you get said foodstuffs it can be everywhere from grim inedible sadness to glorious sublime perfection.

  • ᛒᛚᚢᛖᛇᚦᛖᚱ (BlueÆther)@no.lastname.nz
    14·
    3 个月前

    Lived in the uk for just over 10 years from 2000 to 2011. there were some great pub meals in both the north (around Yorkshire and Durham) and in the south west (Swindon / Bath).

    I was very disappointed with Indian when I moved back to New Zealand so I guess that was good as well.

    We cant get good Jamaican/Caribbean in small town NZ, and that was a good go to down south.

          • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
            4·
            3 个月前

            It’s mixed in with gravy, I guess the gravy is and pastry are thick enough that no liquid component seeps out.

            It’s alright if the pie splits a bit upon serving because the gravy is going to release onto your plate when you cut in anyway.

            It’s also usually alright if some leaks out during cutting because we often put them in tinfoil pie - cups. Example

    • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      3 个月前

      I love em, but I would specify what I have them with: Roast Parsnips, Roast Lamb, Roast potatoes and mint sauce and gravy, + Steamed Carrots and Kale. That’s a full meal. Splendid.

  • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
    12·
    3 个月前

    the british food being shit discussion is never dormant for long. maybe it is shit but for me, of all the dinners i’ve ever had, nothing beats good bangers and mash

    • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      3 个月前

      Yes - If it’s “slop,” then fine, I like eating slop!

      Bangers and mash isn’t one of my favourites, just because it’s very basic - but I do always enjoy eating it and the fact it has only a few components is one of it’s strengths. Every cuisine needs some simpler fishers like that.

      • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
        4·
        3 个月前

        yeah, maybe i’m just shit at being english (i don’t like tea or football either) but i am not compelled to defend the cuisine. if i could figure out exxactly why i like bangers and mash so much i might prepare a argument for it but ‘i just really like it’ suits me fine

        • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          3 个月前

          Sausages feel very nutritious to eat, as does high-butter food like Mashed potatoes - whether they actually are good for modern people’s health is irrelevant. I imagine when it was invented it was quite important for people to refuel on protein fat and carbs all at once.

          Something I like about it is that it’s sort of like an exercise in balance and self control, you dip your sausage (pardon the… nvm) into mashed potatoes, balancing the very flavoursome meaty morsel with the potatoes. It’s like a pacing yourself kind of meal? Wouldn’t want to end up with too much potato left over, not finish it all before your sausages are eaten.

          Got to eat them both at the exact same rate.

  • Starya67@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 个月前

    Grilled salmon from the Lune river served with roasted potatoes, honey glazed parsnips and grilled green beans.

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    3 个月前

    Visited Scotland

    Walked into a little mom-n-pop fast restaurant

    Wondered wtf is a “deep fried pizza”, ordered one.

    Dude took a “frozen” pizza out of the fridge

    Dude folded it in half and stuck it in an oil deep fry.

    OMFG never tasted such sweet sin… crispy flakey crust on the outside, melty cheesy inside

    Totally worth the 10 million calories and arterial hardening