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<img src="/images/graemlins/tongue2.gif" alt="" /> Oh Gosh, don't get me started about English food!!!

My Mum's English and I have been "several" times to England.
My husband complains on a pretty much regular basis on how horrid English food is. But, I don't listen to him anymore. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hat's off to English food!! <img src="/images/graemlins/heart.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/kiss.gif" alt="" />

I have been to the US and as much as I love your food, spare ribs, hot chicken wings etc, you cannot beat a good english stew and dumplings, or a home made steak and kidney pie/pastie or fish and chips or shepherds pie etc,tec,etc.
By the way I had a great english breakfast this morning with a fried egg done the way only the english can do. LOL.
From Oakley

I think England had a reputation for rather bland food in the 60's & 70's with the meat and two veg brigade! Like the rest of the world, food has changed to include our cultural diversity.

You can't beat a good English breakfast especially if you have the choice between that and "continental" breakfasts, there is just no comparison.

I have just returned from Devon and they have the most wonderful fish straight from the sea! I had some great scallops!

Hmmm...this is an interesting topic that's been ignored for awhile, so I'm going to bump it.

English food - now, I have to say how impressed I was when I first came to England. I wasn't expecting much. But we lived in dorms for 6 weeks. We shared a kitchen. We had grocery shopping we had to do weekly. And I noticed that the food didn't have the shelf life that it did in the States. That's because it had no additives or preservatives. I felt healthier that summer than I ever had. I lost weight (could be walking up and down all those hills in Bath as well). I had my share of bad food too...really nasty and greasy fish and chips. But I loved the English breakfasts, the tea (I never liked tea before I came to England), the digestives, Thornton's chocolates. There's all kinds of things I found to love about England's food. Sticky toffee pudding. BEST. DESSERT. EVER. I ate well while I was there. And I enjoyed it, for the most part.

And Sally Lunn's...how did I ever live before tasting that?

English milk, w/out a doubt, is SO much better than the colored water we drink here in the US! It's milk like we used to have here when I was a little kid - you peel off the foil cap, & the cream has all risen to the top! MMMMMMM!!!!!

As for tea, I must have a supply of PG Tips at all times, to put in my Brown Betty. Fortunately, you can order so much in the US now.

Scones, jam, & clotted cream.....heaven on a plate.

And there's nothing here like a good ol' pub lunch, w/ a pint of Shandy or lager & lime.

I think of England as my 2nd home, & just talking about this, I'm getting homesick!

Now see, that's where you and I differ. I've never cared for clotted cream. The scones and jam are great though. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If you like things a bit less runny, you could try the Double Devon. It's almost like butter, really.

I guess the closest thing we have here is "whole" milk. A little bit of cream rises to the top. But, first I had to get used to 2% (fat) then 1% because my doctor hounds me. I won't drink skim, though; I'd rather just give up milk altogether than drink that blue stuff! It's so nasty!



And I'm curious about what someone posted earlier about fried eggs. For those who have eaten them in both places, how are they prepared differently?

Thanks.

I rather eat chineese food. lol

Mmmm, fry up breakfast... :-D