October 13, 2005

• Jesus...check how that hairy pig is projectile vomiting a magnifying glass, an apple, and a CD!
• Just because it DOES exist, doesn't mean it SHOULD.
• Probably because it's being fucked by Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall
• There really are some very nice traditional British foods, and of course wherever you live local and fresh is best. My take is that all the great cuisines - french, Italian, various Chinese ones - are basically sophisticated versions of hearty peasant fare, and since we did away with our peasantry earlier than most we've lost sight of the joys of pease pudding and bacon or whatever. However, I have never managed to convince a single overseas friend, acquaintance or passer-by on this score, and don't expect any of you to believe me either.
• I believe you.
• Validation at last kit! I'm tearing up in gratitude. You don't know how long and lonely these years of single-handedly defending pie and mash have been
• MMmmmmm...mash.... *dribble*
• I went to the pie and mash shop in Greenwich yesterday, which engendered dreams of gravy. Gonna try and make Irish stew later.
• Can't beat a nice slice of British gravy with your canteen mash drizzled over it eh? Happy schooldays...
• *cries* I miss fresh milk, double cream, shepherd's pie, cornish pasties, mash... British food is really nice, especially if you bother to start with good, fresh ingredients. Gravy...mmmm....
• Sausage + mash + brown sauce = heaven.
• I find that it's a bit on the heavy side and veggie-lacking - but you gotta admit some of the dishes have the bestest names ever! Spotted Dick Sussex Pond Pudding Whim Wham Eton Mess Shropshire Fidget Pie Toad in the Hole
• Veg? I'm sorry, I don't understand.
• It's that dreadful green stuff Johnny foreigner eats instead of mash.
• Pish and nonesense!
• Good Brit food is sublime. The crap version is unspeakable. Summer pudding, anyone?
• Les rosbifs. It's that dreadful green stuff Johnny foreigner eats instead of mash. That's frogs, isn't it?
• pfff... food criticism, from the land of jello salad and canned-soup-in-everything. Gag me with a tongue depressor!
• I see some very mild criticism from Wendell upthread. A part cela, perhaps you could point put where all the Jello-bellies have crapped all over your pigeon pie with mushy peepees?
• I don't see cheese and beetroot butties on there anywhere. That must mean kitfisto's a communist.
• It just means I am more deeply steeped in the culinary traditions of this GREAT nation than any faux-canadaian can ever understand. Now pass me the salad cream. Oh look, there goes a moose...oh dear, you missed it. Again.
• Spare me your lies and propaganda kitfisto ... or should I call you karlmarxo??
• Why don't you go and build a dam with your Mounty friends? EH?
• Or what, you'll throw me in the gulag? Whatever, comrade.
• There are no tacos in England.
• My point exactly!!!!1!
• I could have had a taco last night, but I chose not to, Miss Maple Syrup 1985!
• You can't make tacos with borscht!!1
• You don't understand the POWER of the beetroot, Miss Beaver Lodge 1993!
• Heh, he said beaver.
• There was an awesome British pub in Santa Monica where I used to sometimes go to watch football on Sundays... nothing like bangers and mash or fish n' chips for Sunday brunch. I wish I could remember the name of it... it was on Lincoln between Rose and Ocean Park. For some reason, I can only think of the name Cock and Bull.
• Heh, he said bull.
• jim_t, did it have a little shop attached? I went to a British imported food shop in Santa Monica years ago. They had my favourite water crackers and some fantastically sharp cheddar that I carried around Northern Mexico for a week in its own cooler.
• To me, British food=comfort food. I'm a vegetarian, but there's still a lot to love. And I'm also addicted to Hobnobs.
• Hobnobs Are you talking about the digestive style cookies, some of them dipped in dark chocolate? BECAUSE IF YOU ARE YOU ARE, MY FRIEND, YOU ARE A KINDRED SOUL! We have a London Drugs nearby that seems to source food in a mysterious way for its two lonely aisles of edibles. They'll have crazy cookies and cakes that are from Estonia or Borneo somewhere that sporadically appear - probably off trucks at midnight - that I always try and they are usually pretty good. Once in a while they have Hobnobs and I leap with joy. They also have lots of European stuff with marzipan and kiwi-filled chocolate covered cake. And they're all super cheap :)
• There was an awesome British pub in Santa Monica Ye Olde Kings Head? (check out the awesome picture of Black Sabbath on the wall from when they visited in the 70s)
• There are no pubs in Britain, anymore, only bars I weep
• We went to a pub one meetup. Where were you, eh? Not drinking, weeping.
• Tracicle - No food shop, at least not one that I remember. Huzzah! Thanks to Google Local, I have confirmed the name of the establishment to be Cock N Bull!
• Oh yeah, hobnobs. Totally addictive. Hobnobs + Horlicks = heaven. You should try Horlicks, moneyjane.
• We went to a pub one meetup. Where were you, eh? Not drinking, weeping. I ended up drinking my tears. I am sorry, so sorry I will actually get to the next meet up. I am determined. I will not cry
• Hehee! He said it again!
• You should try Horlicks, moneyjane. Physician, heal thyself? I am also a Hobnobs addict. What ever happened to those pretty Peek Freans "Toxbox" biscuits? Anybody remember them? Sigh.
• Why is it that all English biscuits are named after revolutionaries? You've got your Garibaldi, of course. You've got your Bourbon. And Then you've got your Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment.
• I recently found a shop that sells Jaffa cakes down here in Oz, I've not seen them for nigh on 20 years. Needless to say there was a party in my mouth that day.
• Errr- "toybox", that is, not the famous Cockney socialist Herbert Toxbox.
• This is all making me so hungry. Let's arrange a potluck! I'll dredge the still and bring the mash! ... I don't want to know whence the bangers. British food sounds puckeringly erotic. Could be the ultimate comfort food.
• Spotted Dick, not so much.
• I used to enjoy Toad in the Hole until I came down with Spotted Dick.
• Best restaurant in the world I used to live near Bray, and it had 3 amazing restaurants, we went to the Fat Duck when it first opened. The thing about Bray, is it has about 2 streets and about 20 residents. I concede that the list is disputed and biased, but I have eaten (almost) all over the world, and the some of the best food can be had in Britain. And the worst. Of course. :-)
• Well, I have eaten the whole world.
• Jaffa Cakes are horrid. The cake's not bad, but I can't stand the jaffa. Hobnobs, though, are truly superb. I prefer the un-chocolated ones. Anything else is just gilding the lily. I strongly recommend Fox's Triple biscuits. 12 for 99p. Keep em in the fridge. You'll thank me.
• I thank you, kit
• Hobnobs! Was in love with them even more I went to UK. Lovely stuff. And healthy too! The highest ingredient in them is rolled oats. M&S chocolate thingummies (can't remember the name). Comes in small sinful tubs. Reduces women to sighing, languid somnambulists, and intelligent conversations into sleepy murmurings.
• Irish stew is heavy blud. Trust me.
• Happily, we have a local shop that sells hobnobs. Sadly, they are $6.99 a tube. Still worth it. Especially the dark chocolate ones. That's one more thing that the British do right. Dark chocolate is "chocolate", and milk chocolate is "milk chocolate". The dark is the real deal, and the names reflect that. Mmmm...now I want Hobnobs.
• $6.99 a tube!! Fucking hell! Thats.... *counts on fingers / checks exchange rate / still can't do it* ...a bloody fortune! Bourneville dark choccy is aces. However, it sounds like it would probably be cheaper to fly here and buy some then get it over there.
• You should try Horlicks, moneyjane. I'm all about it baby...I progressed from Ovaltine..you know, the gateway malted weirdo beverage. Hobnobs and Horlicks would likely cause my heart to burst with nutritional nirvana, and I plan to try it as soon as possible I can usually get Hobknobs for $1.99 CAN at the Robson and Bute London Drugs, should you be in these parts.