US vs. UK round two: the food

[Minnie the Minx]

and the quality has never been the same. At the moment I tend to avoid them because they’ve been rubbish lately – they’re typically run by guys in their late 20s/early 30s who aren’t very good at cooking, even if they can skype their mums back in the Punjab for help.

i agree, it seemed when they were rarer they were better
but nowadays there has been an explosion of Thai
resturants and they are disappointing

Are they also run by people originating from the Punjab?

[The Prof]

This thread is making me hanker for a curry. If only I lived somewhere that makes good curries..

Might I suggest this



It's probably the best you're going to get.

[Goat Boy]

I bought one of those in L.A. Man it was terrible

[Rayge]

Some rubbish British food, made by a Brit in Britain, yesterday:

[Phil T]

We can do good food over here, yes.
For example, I made a lard sandwich yesterday. A whole pack of lard between two slices of bread, with some watercress as garnish.

Lush!

[sloopjohnc]

We can do good food over here, yes.
For example, I made a lard sandwich yesterday. A whole pack of lard between two slices of bread, with some watercress as garnish.

Lush!

I had one of these for lunch yesterday and it hurts to breathe now.

[harvey k-tel]

We can do good food over here, yes.
For example, I made a lard sandwich yesterday. A whole pack of lard between two slices of bread, with some watercress as garnish.

Lush!

I had one of these for lunch yesterday and it hurts to breathe now.

Damn that looks good!

*nibbles forlornly on a chick pea*

[Nolamike]

We can do good food over here, yes.
For example, I made a lard sandwich yesterday. A whole pack of lard between two slices of bread, with some watercress as garnish.

Lush!

I had one of these for lunch yesterday and it hurts to breathe now.

Burger King?

[naughty boy]

Most amazing about this discussion is how nobody has bothered to make any argument in favor of the UK other than the curry and the cheese.

How is this even remotely an argument?

[Rayge]

Most amazing about this discussion is how nobody has bothered to make any argument in favor of the UK other than the curry and the cheese.

How is this even remotely an argument?

He must have missed the 'at least it's not the USA' point in the UK's favour

[naughty boy]

Indeed!

[Thang-y]

In the UK's favour

- the Quorn range
- the chocolate
- Rayge's cooking (it's fab)
- curries
- proximity to/import of European food and wine
- breads
- the chocolate
- marmite
- teas
- clotted cream (with or without afternoon tea)
- proper (chunky) chips
- pickled onions
- British cheeses (and French cheeses, see above)
- proper cider
- elderflower cordial

[Rayge]

In the UK's favour

- the Quorn range
- the chocolate
- Rayge's cooking (it's fab)
- curries
- proximity to/import of European food and wine
- breads
- the chocolate
- marmite
- teas
- clotted cream (with or without afternoon tea)
- proper (chunky) chips
- pickled onions
- British cheeses (and French cheeses, see above)
- proper cider
- elderflower cordial

You forgot the third chocolate

[hippopotamus]

I had something called "pork belly" at the Sussex uni canteen. Then there is Semolina...

I literally can't stop laughing at this.

Its probably unwise to trawl through the pages seeing whether I answered this the first time, lest I feel too much warm and fuzzies regarding Googa of times gone by, and forget the horror of the image of him with his litres of yoghurt on that exercise bike he was (did?) get. (shudder).

Anyway.

I don't think anyone from the US or the UK should be allowed to vote.
Of course people are going to have biased taste buds.

Honestly, and not because I have the British-like tendency to root for the underdog... but I vote UK.

Admittedly I only lived in the US for 4 years, and the UK for 10...
and I've only been to about 8 states, the majority being in the north east... And I've probably missed out on a LOT of diversity of the South.

But my immediate rebuttal is that I'd venture to guess the majority of the population probably hasn't sampled THAT many types of American cuisine....plus if we are saying they are worthy of being compared, we have to immediately acknowledge that there is a size disparity and make of that what we will.

But I still say the UK.
When I went back to the US for my month long holiday the other year after having not been back for over a decade I realised I had completely forgotten what food was like there.
Pros:
Diner food
Bagels
Pizza
chinese food
Meat

Cons:
vegetables
Chocolate
Everything else
Meat

It's not that you can't get nice things... of course you can... it's just it IS a little harder to get things that don't taste like absolutely nothing, or rubber. Basic, good produce is easier to get in the UK. I put meat on twice, because you can get pretty decadently delicious steak or ribs or what have you's... but you can also get water and saw-dust that looks like meat. Meat in Britain is pretty standard fine. And maybe that goes for most things. The difference between mediocre and good is much wider in America.
Sigh... Oh I don't KNOW.

Dammit, I'm on the fence again thinking about meat.
Also Waffles... well done on those.
And Bagels.

I DID miss nice vegetables there, though.
And sweet things that didn't taste like corn syrup.

[sloopjohnc]

Most amazing about this discussion is how nobody has bothered to make any argument in favor of the UK other than the curry and the cheese.

How is this even remotely an argument?

He must have missed the 'at least it's not the USA' point in the UK's favour

[naughty boy]

- don't forget California has the best fruit and vegetables IN THE WHOLE WORLD

[BARON CORNY DOG]

- don't forget California has the best fruit and vegetables IN THE WHOLE WORLD

Good point.

[The Modernist]

In the UK's favour

- the Quorn range
- the chocolate
- Rayge's cooking (it's fab)
- curries
- proximity to/import of European food and wine
- breads
- the chocolate
- marmite
- teas
- clotted cream (with or without afternoon tea)
- proper (chunky) chips
- pickled onions
- British cheeses (and French cheeses, see above)
- proper cider
- elderflower cordial

And meat! Sausages, pies and roasts are all a hallmark of British cooking.

[Robert]

In the UK's favour

- the Quorn range
- the chocolate
- Rayge's cooking (it's fab)
- curries
- proximity to/import of European food and wine
- breads
- the chocolate
- marmite
- teas
- clotted cream (with or without afternoon tea)
- proper (chunky) chips
- pickled onions
- British cheeses (and French cheeses, see above)
- proper cider
- elderflower cordial

And meat! Sausages, pies and roasts are all a hallmark of British cooking.

Yup, there is no other country in the world where they make sausages, pies & roast. 'Kinnel, no wonder the vote fell for out.

[Hugh]

British chocolate is shit, on the whole. That said, it is a hundred times better than American chocolate.