11-11-2004, 08:09 PM | #21 |
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[EDIT by Eärniel: This thread is split off the To the Citizens of the United States of America and added to an already exsisting thread about cooking. Please continue the conversation about food in this thread.]
JD, they don't have cooking, merely sturring mushy stuff together
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what about good old fashioned roast with pigs in blankets? fish n chips? bangers n mash? these are all popular, delicious english foods, when you substitute the meat for meat alternatives (and i aint talkin 4 day old lentils and a lettuce leaf ) |
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Batter fried fish is gross. Fish should be broiled - broiled flounder is much much better.
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The fish should be very fresh, and halibut is best IMO, followed by cod. The batter shouldn't be too thick, and it should be crispy and not too oily. Deep-frying is a dry method of cooking and shouldn't leave too much oil. *glares at cafeterias everywhere* Then it should be served with thick cut French fries aka chips. Leave the skins on, and again, no too greasy. A dob of coleslaw makes a nice garnish. This is a seriously delicious and very filling meal, I recommend it to everyone!
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11-15-2004, 10:30 AM | #25 |
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Num!
It's a Scottish thing to deep fry everything. When I was a kid, they used to do deep fried pizza. In fact, I thought that WAS pizza! And, of course, tis the home of the deep-fried mars bar. No wonder it's the heart disease capital of the universe. |
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and you be perfectly right - fried food aint sposed ta be greasy |
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Gaffer - Scotland is home to the deep fried mars bar? What about the disgusting deep fried oreo?
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Gaffer,
Do they deep fry their ice cream? Being from the South in the USA and by family being Scots-Irish, nearly everything was fried. Guess it goes to the old country, then. By the by, since it is now proper to use Scots-Irish I elected to to do so, but growing up in South Carolina the proper term was Scotch-Irish. AND damned proud of it too!!!!! Ever had 'forced eggs'?
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i love deep fried cadbury creme eggs - they truly are gorgeous!!
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Good point. I don't know. But just in case you haven't, there's the best way to eat it. And if you don't like fried fish at all, that's not a slight against English cooking. *glares at Spock*
The reason I feel I must stick up for English cooking so ardently is because all the English food I've ever had is delicious! Barring two things - overcooked broccoli by my grandmother, which is probably the only thing she can't cook, and food at this awful tourist trap restarurant in London. Really, bad English cooking is a thing of the past. Us North Americans aren't ones to talk anyway, there is a sad lack of good cooking abilities floating around (though not in my family ).
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The term "Scotch-Irish" originally referred to Protestant Scots who went to live in Ireland, especially Ulster after "King Billy" defeated the Catholic James II's army at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. So, my guess is that you're descended from that group. They were particularly prominent in emigration to the New World, having strong ideals about how to go about building society anew. Deep fried creme eggs! Ye gods. Last edited by The Gaffer : 11-15-2004 at 10:58 AM. |
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11-15-2004, 11:27 AM | #32 |
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Ohh, deep-fried ice-cream is an excellent dish found at any fine Mexican restaurant here in the states. It usually sits in an open tortia, also fried to a crisp.
I suddenly want a limed beer and chicken-soft-taco with tomatoes/lettuce/sour cream........I'll trade anyone my stapler for a taco....any takers *feeling faint EB scarfs down leftover Halloween candy and stale Mountain Dew......Burp.
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I've been to England - I wasn't impressed with the food at all.
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Nothing wrong with a good steak and kidney pie. Although this whole Bubble & Squeak thing always made me nervous.
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I love Bubble and Squeak. My love for it survived a children's story I has when I was a kid about two hamsters, named Bubble and Squeak, which contained a scary moment where their owner thought they'd been eaten...
The traumas of childhood. But that really tests your loyalty to a food.
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...I'd kill for a bacon butty........Onslow
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You know, this has reallypopularised the cultural exchange idea.
PS: Had a deep fried mars bar once. Almost died.
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Gaffer,
"Forced eggs" ala Scotch-Irish South Carolinian tradition are boiled egss which having been peeled and completely surrounded by ground sausage are then fried. The 'forcing' appears to indicate the process forcing the sausage flavorings into the already cooked eggs. Delicious served with fresh buttermilk biscuits and real butter! Of course, one needs a heapin' helpin' grits on the side with plenty of butter and salt to complete the feast. A side of milk gravy from the suasage drippings wouldn't hurt, either. Now if Paul Newman had eaten those as Cool Hand Luke, the numbers would have been lower in total eggs but the flatulence would have been greater, don't you think? And if the room temperature had been low enough, he would have solidified in that cruciform position as well!
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Nurv, I'm trying to decide if I want to agree with you or not on the horrors of english cooking... NZ cuisine *used* to be based on that mucky stuff (sunday roasts, three vege & meat, etc), but has modernised a lot over the last few years. Now our cuisine generally tends to represent a micro-cosm of world cuisines, and is a LOT yummier! So I can only imagine that England has under-gone a similar transformation recently....
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