MRE > Bri’ish food
I know that MREs are known for being disgusting, but I actually like them.
Which one do you think is the best?
Not who you asked but I’m pretty partial to the chili Mac, especially if you got some hot sauce to drizzle on it! It’s the one I look for first whenever we’re given some to choose from!
They used to come with little Tabasco bottles in them. I had little bottles of Tabasco all over the kitchen for a while after leaving the Army. Do they not come with that anymore?
I can picture that tiny Tabasco bottle clearly 😂. It was a godsend in basic training (for any MRE that came with them) I’m not sure if I had a new iteration of the chili mac or what, but when I was quarantined in 2020, mine came with crushed red pepper instead. I know for a fact I’ve had it with the Tabasco too though.
Those little bottles were awesome!
They aren’t bad. They do fuck up my digestive tract something awful. I prefer the officer’s mess.
Our drill sergeants taught us that you have to use the Kool-Aid mix, as that has something in it to counteract the digestive issues. Idk if that’s true or not, but I never had digestive issues because of an MRE, and I always used the Kool-Aid packet.
We didn’t really go over MREs in Navy boot. I doubt the RDCs would have bothered telling us that tidbit of information, since there’s really no reason a sailor should be eating those things. I just got curious and bought a few from the Army/Navy surplus stores. I never drank more than a taste or two of the Kool aid packet. Those things aren’t exactly tasty, kinda medicinal aftertaste in my opinion.
Maybe it’s true then.
The Aussies would just grab all that and wack it into a shortcut / puff pastry meat and potato pie. Not half bad actually.
It is basically a meat pie filling just with potatoes instead of pastry. People will look down their noses at this because of the plating and then happily eat hundreds of extremely similar foods.
The issue people have is with how naked the potatoes are. If they were mashed and had the stew poured over them, I bet people would be salivating.
The plain boiled potatoes do feel very UK “my parents grew up in the tail end of rationing” style. Idk if it’s because I grew up with it that I don’t mind, or if I know just putting a bit of the gravy on it means they don’t need to be cooked any other way.
Saying all that that though, I don’t tend to boil potatoes like this personally and would totally mash them or something.
My mum often served just boiled potatoes like this, due to growing up during rationing. They’re actually fine as long as they’re not over-boiled, and then when you get the Jersey Royals in season it’s an absolute crime to peel, chip, over-season or mash them.
I’m 48, my parents absolutely grew up through rationing which lasted into the 1950s. Plain boiled potatoes was a really common way of serving them all through my childhood. Even now they will commonly eat plain potatoes, with a bit of butter on them. In fact as they have got older, now in their 80s, their meal might just be plain potatoes and peas.
This dish, mince and tatties, was an absolute staple at my Scottish grannie’s house, with an overboiled cabbage as well for good measure.
Which culinary pleb made that? At least bang the taters in the stew while it cooks.
Unpopular Opinion, Sardines on Pizza are better than Mushrooms on Pizza
I like anchovies. Sometimes they’re too salty, but that’s perfect after a night of drinking
My issue is that not one pizzaria that I’ve found does anchovies the proper way. They just stick an entire fillet on each slice of pizza. Anchovies are a garnish, not a main event. They need to chop the fillets into smaller pieces and distribute evenly the same as they do with olives.
Chop a couple up until they are paste and put a teaspoon of that into 8 cups of whatever sauce you are making and watch people rave about needing to know your secret ingredient, and then totally disbelieve you when you tell them.
You’re right. Places like Papa John’s put the whole fillet on. Which I actually do love. Cuts through the sweetness of the sauce. But it isn’t good pizza by any means.
There’s a few places in NYC that do it right. My favorite is this Italian pizza place that has red and white pizzas.
The dinners aren’t the problem. It’s the baked beans for breakfast… Also, my Dad, who was born in London, insisted on eating Marmite, which I know many of you will defend, but also piccalilli and Daddies sauce and if you like those things, I will give you major side-eye.
Marmite is salty and delicious on toast :o. This is from an American.
Marmite is notorious for it’s loved/hated status. They’ve done a whole marketing thing around it in the past.
Even when describing things that have people on either side of the fence we’ll say that it’s “like marmite.”
Genius advertising
Just a coincidence that none of those things contain high fructose corn syrup then? 😒
Neither saag paneer nor gyros have such things in them either and they’re delicious. Probably because Indian and Greek food are better.
For that matter, a plain old carrot doesn’t have any high fructose corn syrup in it. Ever tried one? They’re quite nice. You don’t even have to cook them.
Of course, that’s just what THEY want you to think.
Baked beans are awesome for breakfast!
You’re entitled to your incorrect opinion.
I don’t often have them, given they are a heart attack on a plate. But an English breakfast can set you up for the day and baked beans are a staple ingredient. Particularly if they are cooked in the bacon/sausage fat.
They plated it wrong and forgot to toast the bread. BLOODY ELL
No plating in stew, all cooked in the one pot. Toast seems insane, no soakage
You uns ain’t got bowls or grilled cheese over there guvnah
Not for this type of stew, no.
That’s why it looks like shit and you chase it around the plate. Put the stew in a bowl like all normal stews and soups and the taters on a small plate with the bread.
Don’t be foolish, you mash the spuds and mix it all together with a healthy scoop of butter, I’d like to see you try that in a bowl.
My brother in Christ, It would be way easier to do that in a bowl. We can send y’all some bowls and a couple cornbread recipes if you are hurting.
Not without scraping the tines of your fork on the bottom you fiend. Your cornbread is no match for my wheaten loaf.
Lmao, for sure use a bowl if it pleases you. I was more annoyed the spuds were not stewed. There should not be elements to a stew it should all be one pot, then some brown bread with a half inch of butter dragged across it.
No guvnah here, though they tried to make it so for centuries.
Food shouldn’t look like its already been digested.
British food and women made for the best sailors in the world.
Thank god for Asian women 🫡
Deconstructed Sheppards pie
And now it is suddenly fancy enough for the insta crowd.
Exactly.
Looks like a lovely bit of scran that does. Yall too obsessed with overdone memes to appreciate a nice bit of comfort food.
Nah I’m just too obcessed with spices and would like to see some used in this meal, especially on those naked potatoes.
You can’t actually be sure that stew doesn’t have a ton of ground spices in it, because they wouldn’t show. The flavor could be so intense you might need the plain potato bites to rest your mouth. (Highly unlikely but possible.) The real crime is the complete lack of anything green on the table. It’s like they looked around at the lush greenery all around them and decided to leave it all outside.
Truthfully, I’ve been to the UK and had some great food, I just like to rag on the brits!
But yes, the lack of color is probably the real issue with this meal. You really want some fiber to go with a meal like this, to say nothing of the missing nutrients. As an American though, mocking an all brown-and-white plate of food seems a little hypocritical, haha.
You’re supposed to spice those naked potatoes with the meat and gravy. This is basically Haggis if I recall correctly, without fancy serving. And it is really good.
Haggis would have cabbage and lung meat wouldn’t it?
Haggis is traditionally sheep organ meat, oats, and spices. Black pepper and nutmeg are usually the dominant ones, although I assume that’s a development from within the last couple hundred years since neither is native to anywhere near Scotland. You’d serve it alongside potatoes and turnips, traditionally both mashed with a bit of butter.
Spices on boiled potatoes? I only put salt on mine. What are you recommending?
Try tumeric with a bit of paprika, maybe a bit of cayenne if you like spice. Add some ghee or butter if you want something more indulgent.
As an American, this comment almost made me drop my gun and steer my F-350 off the road (I was scrolling and driving ofc). I feel so sorry for you guys, I hadn’t realized you’d been living like this since we broke up.
You can do so much with potatoes and a little bit of spices. Maybe start out with some black pepper, or some chili powder or paprika. Old Bay would also go great. If you’re really feeling adventurous, instead of conquering India, you could pan fry the potatoes instead of boiling them, and use a little hot sauce or ketchup. For boiled or baked potatoes in particular, dressing them with some sour cream or sauerkraut can be very good.
I’m american, homie. I’m just not a fan of complicated potatoes is all. But i appreciate the recommendations.
I happen to love the other comment about us eating like we have universal healthcare because my favorite potato is the loaded one lol
Baked potato, sour cream, bacon, chives, melted cheese… (Insert Homer drooling image)
But like…
Why aren’t the potatoes in the sauce?
That just seems obvious to me 🤷♀️
Even then, those look like boiled potatoes served plain. Toss some herbs on there and roast them for a bit. It’s not hard.
Naked potatoes mixed in with a hearty sauce are fine.
Though imo they should be brushed with oil and salt, then roasted (or airfried!) because boiled potatoes are boring lol
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A light brush of fats makes the outer layer crispy when cooked under high heat!
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Yeah, I’m of the opinion that you should only boil a potato if you intend to mash it. Otherwise, what are you even doing? There are faster and tastier ways to prepare it.
You should boil them a bit in an alkaline water before roasting as well. It breaks down the surface into a starchy mess that crisps up wonderfully while they roast.
Alkaline water? Do you mean salt water or water with vinegar? I don’t know enough about Ph to know which one makes alkaline water… I think vinegar is an acid, but is salt a base?
Neither, I’m referring to adding a small amount of baking soda to the water. You’re correct about vinegar being acidic. Table salt is neutral. Sodium bicarbonate is basic and increases the alkalinity of the water.
Oh, that sounds great, thanks for the tip!
It’s not hard and it’s not necessary. There are different ways to enjoy a potato.
Tbh, as a British person, I think the same thing every time is see this meme. Although, I might make it worse
I’d have it with mash potatoes. Then, its like pie and mash, just without the pastry.
Can anyone tell me why there’s HP sauce there?
What do you do with it?
Squirt some into your mouth before you take a bite. What else would you do with it?
To all of you saying “this literally looks like poop”, “why are they eating boiled vomit”, etc, post the last thing you made and I’m sure I could come up with some shitty things to say about it.
It’s fucking very obviously a normal ass plate of potatoes and meat stew with carrots. Do the potatoes look a little bland? Maybe, but there’s stew to dip it in. Regardless, a well seasoned potato has a good flavor all by itself. The stew looks like every other homemade stew I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to make that shit look “pretty”, but I know y’all scarf shit like that down. Get off your high fucking horses. There’s plenty of other valid things to complain about with British culture, but making fun of their food is asinine.
I mean, do they have black pepper? Or heat for their stoves to brown stuff a bit? Because those potatoes look like they were peeled, and put right on the plate.
Pretzels
How did you make and apply the brine? I tried it once and the results where despicable.
Middle one looks like a big, ropy turd I dropped last night
You wish you dropped such a noteworthy turd.
I drop respectable amounts but mostly liquid.
Please see a doctor. That’s not OK.
Doctors are expensive ‘it be like that’ is cheap
Oh, my bad, you’re from the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have socialised healthcare. I’m so sorry.
Lol I figured that one would get the love
The german flying overhead:
post the last thing you made and I’m sure I could come up with some shitty things to say about it.
Exactly, we don’t post photos of what we cook saying it is the best dinner on the planet. Though even that was probably a joke from the OP, and people are joking back. Calm down a little lol.
I mean it’s pretty tasty, comfort food for a lot of Brits. It’s my dad’s fav too, I wouldn’t put it in my top 5, but it’s comfort food for sure.
As a german, it’s really the bread that makes me sad ;) I think the UK gets too much shit for their food though and people should shift the mockery a bit more towards Norway, haha.
Buttered white bread dipped in stew is the best way to eat bread. You should try it before you diss it
We’re white knighting mild food takes now 😂 the internet is so silly
No their food is fucking trash. And as for that stew, yeah it probably came in a can, but I’ve eaten better stew out of a can than that. This is the kind of food that my dad would make sometimes when I was growing up. 35 fucking years ago. Because it’s what he had growing up, and he has like six older siblings. It’s poor people food. And that’s fine, but that doesn’t make it good. I will say at least it is not jelly eels or some other traditional nonsense British food.
The national dish is Chicken Tikka Masala, a delicious tomato based curry invented in Birmingham in the 1970s. The country has nine Michelin starred restaurants, ranking 7th in the world. Fish and chips, pie and mash, cider. Full fucking English.
Their food is not trash.
If it’s seasoned right that stew is probably absolutely banging. It looks great; good colour, good consistency, and you can tell from the softened edges on the carrots that it’s been cooked low and slow long enough really develop the flavours.
The easiest upgrade to this meal would have been to simply mash the potatoes after boiling them; a little butter and milk, some salt and pepper, and your bland boiled potatoes have magically transformed into something absolutely delicious.
I know British food tend to be memed as “brown stuff”, but this doesn’t even look half bad, the lighting makes it look worse than it actually is.
Slap an Instagram filter on it and it will look way better.
A thick beef stew with boiled potatoes and buttered bread was a common meal in my 90s Midwestern USA childhood. It is delicious
The fact that it looks like you think that the “brown stuff” is the issue there is really funny
I don’t even know what I’m looking at. Sliced white bread with butter, HP sauce, salt or pepper shaker, and a plate with what seems to be boiled potatoes and some unknown viscous fluid with what might be sliced (presumably cooked) carrots.
It’s lentils slow cooked with various cuts of meat, sausage and veggies
It’s absolutely flavorful, filling and delicious. One of my favorite meals to eat in winter time.
https://blindinglygoodfood.co.uk/recipe/slow-cooked-sausage-lentil-stew/
lol, definitely no lentils in that.
It’s likely a version of mince and tatties, but with boiled potatoes instead of mash.
It’s reasonable food! Most people are pretty bad at making photos look good, myself included.
I’d want a bit more seasoning on the potatoes but man, potatoes are delicious in almost all forms, even when they look plain.
The unseasoned boiled potatoes and the untoasted bread are just bland.
The ground beef and carrots in the undefinable brown liquid would be a textural nightmare. I cannot fathom how it tastes because the closest thing in the US would be a sloppy joe.
The real problem with this is lack of technique and seasoning.
Here’s how I would “fix” this: Toast the bread, roast and season the potatoes, make the ground beef and sauce into a something resembling Salisbury steak, and cook the carrots as their own side dish.
The bread is a sop. You can’t sop with toast; that’s insane. The “undefinable brown liquid” is stock and is common across the world’s cuisines. If you season the potatoes further, assuming they’re lightly salted, you run the risk of overseasoning the dish (they’re sitting next to a very rich stew). You’re just making these up now.
I cannot fathom how it tastes
Then don’t say anything! Easy peasy!
Edit to add: The only problem as it were with this food is that it lacks colour, so of course you wouldn’t serve this at a restaurant. But when’s the last time anyone gave a fuck about colour when bashing out tea on a thursday eve?
Stay mad bob
Very drole.
Laugh at this ne’er-do-well who can not see the beauty of a plain slice of buttered white bread.
Stick it under the broiler for 45 seconds and then slap another coat of butter on top.
I can, but it’s better toasted
Cheers to plain white buttered bread, then 🥂
you’ve chef’d your last boyardee, Rigatoni!
Toasted is inferior for soaking up the sauce.
What do you mean unseasoned, they have salt on them. smh
Perfectly good boiled potatoes and stew.
Even cheap British bread usually tastes good.
It does not. Unless you never had actual bread.
Better than USA bread but worse than e.g. French or German.
And it would still be better toasted
I can’t argue with that!
Add butter and some green herbs, like rosemary or cilantro, on the potatoes and is an instant update on that plate
Like, make something completely different and flush this down the “loo”? Yeah that works.
I’m going to be visiting in a few months. Speaking as a foreigner of course, is it British culture to minimize both color and hope in your cuisine?
Honestly you’ll find pretty much the same food here as anywhere else.
English national dish is Chicken Tikka Masala. With a bit of garnish it can look quite colourful.
Lmao I guess when you’ve subjugated half the world, you can claim any dish as your own.
Chicken Tikka Masala appears to have credibly originated in the UK. It’s probably as British as Beef Stroganoff is Russian (okay, looking it up, it looks like the latter may be at least a bit of a myth, but it gets my point across).
As American as Mac and Cheese is my go-to, since while there were pasta and cheese sauce dishes elsewhere, Thomas Jefferson got obsessed with Elbow Macaroni specifically, and had the extrusion machines shipped to his property in the US while he was an ambassador in Italy.
He then created a simpler version of oven baked Mac and Cheese, and insisted on serving it at every formal dinner at Monticello, while he was president.
I’m not disagreeing there. But were those British chefs who came up with it? And not chefs they brought back from places which Brits had conquered? Obviously no.
And, needless to say, tikka masala is about as far from modern English cuisine as you can get.
It was invented in the 1970s. It’s not exactly classic cuisine. It definitely counts as modern British.
Well, they were British chefs with South Asian heritage who of course were indirectly here because of horrific Imperialism
But it is British, its very British. Despite what Farage and co want you to believe, we’re a multi-cultural nation and have been for centuries.
British-Indian cuisine is at this point distinct and diverse enough from traditional Indian cuisine that it is its own thing. And its super widespread - even the racists discuss how shitty they are over a curry
You know, this got my mind working for a bit. We have a similar phenomenon in the United States, where just about every ethnic cuisine is kind of a bastardized version of the more authentic dishes brought here by people emigrating from their home countries. American Chinese, Tex Mex, etc are all distinctly American but have clearly been inspired by their origin but modified for western tastes and sensibilities. It makes me wonder at what point a certain cuisine is considered to be a genuine and unique creation, rather than just something adopted from elsewhere by way of either conquest or cultural exchange? How many things do we associate with a particular nationality as being their specialty when that style of cooking or method of preparation or presentation were probably acquired along the way somewhere and forgotten with time? I guess it’s hard to know for sure.
That’s an interesting thought.
If I wanted to be rigid about it I would say it can be considered as part of the region if you can locally source the ingredients. Anything ingredient you have to import should invalidate the fish but my actual opinion is, who cares. If it’s good it’s good.
Thomas Jefferson gave us Mac and Cheese. That’s 100% American food inspired by other pasta and cheese dishes, but Jefferson just got obsessed with Elbow Macaroni for some reason.
I’m pretty sure the only reason Apple Pie is associated with the US is because Johnny Appleseed was a drunk that wanted lots of cider.
But, more to my point: let’s say I walk into an English pub, and ask what they’ve got on the menu. How many times do you think they’ll tell me about the unseasoned fried fish, or the unseasoned fried potatoes, before they mention “oh and we’ve got chicken tikka masala”
Not exactly a national dish, in my opinion.
How about 'spoons on a Thursday? Actually I think they have Curry on the menu all week now.
“British chefs with South Asian heritage” lmao. That’s one way of putting it.
Yes. I agree. It is VERY British.
Would you like to go more into the origin of the phrase “British-Indian”?
I’m not denying the fucked up colonial history. You seem to be denying that South Asian immigrants are British - they are
Another example.
Fish and chips is Portugese. Surprisingly, so is vindaloo
You just need to stick to real British food, such as pizza, curry and Chinese.
Beware their bread.
Don’t know why you are getting downvoted, you are absolutely right. The last time I was in London, which to be fair was over 10 years ago, their bread tasted sweeter than some cakes in my country.
I was there 7 years ago. I love bread and all forms of buns. I am an absolute fanatic. I cannot eat English bread, tho. It’s straight up vile to me. :< Like, I cannot say anything bad about everything else in there. But the bread is so terrible…
What, UK too?
Don’t eat at a JD Wetherspoon, it’s basically McPub.
As I said in another comment, British cuisine basically had to be neutered during the wars due to extended rationing. People lived, but long-term damage was made. The best food here isn’t British, but British takes on foreign food.
So what’s pre-war british food like ?
Curry. I’m being totally serious. The first curry shop predates both WWII and the first fish and chippery in GB.
Did they forget to add the spices back in or something?
It changed people’s perception of food. They might’ve thought spices were too strong.
40s and 50s food was simple to make and high in calories, like you’re trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse or something. My grandparents didn’t experience a lot of the post-war optimism a lot of the world seemed to have because Britain got fucked in a properly long-term way. Being an island that fought to the very end left it in a fairly unique position.
Small history rant over.
They probably forgot how exactly to add the spices.
Like others have said, the war ‘locked in’ perceptions but there were years of supply shortages and government rationing of foodstuffs afterwards, ending in the early 50s.
Cookbooks were re-written at the time to emphasize economic meals like stews and soups that used a lot of vegetables you can grow in the garden and to use up scraps. Potatoes, leeks, and cabbage grew to feature much more heavily, meat was OUT as was sugar and most fruit… You try working varied and fun meals with those limits
So combined with the more ‘bland’ cuisine of the era and extensive rationing limitations, generations of households got used to cooking and eating the basic foods. Immigration and globalization has broadened the modern offerings, but the British classics’ are undeniably under spiced shades of grey and brown.
Also I imagine industrialization did a number even before the world wars. As I understand it a lot of Northern European recipes relied on certain styles of preservation that wouldnt be possible in say a London tenement. Hell just looking at my own families recipes from back during westward expansion it heavily emphasizes cured meats and foraged ingredients. Either that or harrassing Mexicans for spices.
If you’d like to make any suggestions especially in the south London area or Southampton I’d be happy to hear them.
I don’t know Southampton very well but I see there is a “The Pig…” there. I’ve been to one elsewhere and it was really good.
In terms of London, I’d say don’t limit yourself to the south, you’re never really more than 45 mins away from anywhere really. Brick Lane is a fun area, it’s kind of hipstery/street food/vintage clothing-y but also has two of my favourite places.
SMOKESTAK - one of the best things to actually survive the barbecue revolution a few years ago. Everything is smoked on premises, no take out.
Beigel Shop. This is one of (if not the) oldest bagel joints in London. It’s open 24/7, take out only, they only do three things (lox, chicken & salt beef). Have the salt beef with pickles and mustard, expect to queue, thank me later.
E. Thought Beigel was older, it’s only from the 70s. E2. Found it, it was next door. It’s from 1855, link updated
Awesome! I will make an effort to stop by the Beigel shop especially because my wife and I love bagels.
Awesome! I forgot to mention there’s a Dishoom round the corner from all the Brick Lane stuff, it’s all based on Bombay style food. They’re open for breakfast too, can highly recommend the breakfast keema, best cure for a hangover I’ve ever found.
Also, if you’re interested in the whole salt beef sandwich thing, The Brass Rail at Selfridges is a fucking institution. Pro tip: if you see a queue but there’s a few people hanging back, it means they’re just about to bring out a fresh load of brisket. Hold off until those folks swoop in.
Edit: actually you know what, have some more recommendations.
Literally any Hawksmoor, there are a few in London, they’re always in art deco spaces, but in unusual places - Air Street is in the arches over some of the biggest shops in London, just off Piccadilly circus. If you want to know what a proper roast looks like, go here. Beef cooked over charcoal, charged by weight.
The Quality Chop House - this is an old favourite. Chop houses used to be all over London, they were a kind of after work eatery for your average businessman. Drop in after work, hang your hat by the door, have a beer and a chop, at some point later remember you have family, stagger home etc. As far as I know, this is the only chop house that still exists that has the original Victorian setup - very, very narrow benches and extremely thin tables (eat up, then fuck off!), and the folks who took it on have maintained the tradition of cooking their chops over coals. I mention this specifically because they have “mince on toast” on the menu which is what the OOP is shitting on. It’s a very traditional dinner and this would be the best place to try it outside of home cooking. Also, their confit potatoes are incredible. Small plates, expect to share, if you’re going there at the weekend it will be empty because nobody actually lives in Farringdon. They also do pretty decent set menus on weekdays and there is a roast on Sundays!
I was in London for a week last year and I went to that exact Dishoom three times, twice for breakfast and once for dinner. Probably my favorite meals of that trip. Everything was delicious, and I ended up buying a tin of their chai so I could make it at home.
I can highly recommend their cookbook if you’re into cooking. Their chicken ruby is probably one of the greatest things I’ve ever put in my face.
They call it chicken ruby but it’s basically a butter chicken/tikka masala.
The salt beef is better than the lox? I’m suspicious.
The smoked salmon is good too, but it’s more of a normal sandwich. The salt beef is a bit more obscene, like you need a lie down after.
Ahh, like a good Thanksgiving feast, got it.
Though I haven’t been there recently enough to offer any suggestions, London is packed with really good restaurants. You’ll be able to find basically whatever you want there.
If it’s not too late for your visit, the most renowned curry house in soton is Kutis. I used to live near the city rather than in it and found myself more often than not heading out to the new forest to find a country pub to go for nice meals.
It is not too late! Just a few more days.
I’ll take British cheese over any other.
Shropshire blue forever
Bleu cheese is good, but this is the first time in 43 years I’ve ever heard someone praise British cheese above Swiss or French cheeses.
Edit: looking it up that does look tasty. I’ll have to find some nearby.
Edit 2: fucking hell. It’s $20 a pound… Gonna have to get some though, any suggestions on a wine pairing? Apparently I could get an entire wheel for $130, but I don’t have a cellar to store it in, and there’s no way I’d go through an entire Skyrim sized wheel of cheese.
If you like sharp cheeses, I would highly recommend the cheese shop in Cuba, NY. They make some excellent extra sharp white cheddar.
Fun fact: the first curry shop to open in GB predated the first fish and chippery. Curry may not have been invented in GB, though apparently Chicken Tikka Masala was, but I would claim that the popularization of curries worldwide was certainly influenced more by the British than the Indians.
I would be shocked if that is true about the fish and chips coming after the curry. But, if it turns out to be true, I promise to repeat it very often.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindoostane_Coffee_House
They are the first curry shop, opened in 1810
https://docksidehhi.com/the-history-of-fish-and-chips/
According to that the first fish and chippery opened in 1860
It looks like literal poop
If your poop looks like that I worry about your diet
The way they censored the name is a new low point. Usually, you at least need to look for a few seconds, but this is just plain readable.
Had to scroll way too down in comments to find anyone mentioning this…
This reminds me of that post
“Is British food really that bad?”
“If made correctly, Yes”
