Hi EE from just down the road in Rossett.
You may have seen the news about a chip shop and e-coli.
This shop when checked by the local council hygene police was found wanting and was issued zero stars.
Surely it should have been shut down until it satified the regulations.
I did indeed here about said chip shop, it made national news-hit the big time.
It’s a good example of how, aong with imported dishes, come imported standards of hygiene which as we know differ considerably around the globe.
Nevertheless, I agree with you, due to the harm caused, it should have been closed until health and safety standards were met.
If you wanted to single out a classic UK dish(s) that has influenced another country, what would it be?
I read somewhere that the French think the English kill their lamb twice – once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.
What about Afternoon Tea? Surely the one indisputable contribution to western civilisation…. Anyone for a cucumber sandwich?
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love the comment about lamb…how can we ever compete with the culinary wizardary of our neighbours??
Apparantly, under the reign of Louis XIV C.1682 the roast dinner found it’s way to Blighty.
But the rest has to be quintessentially British.
High Tea at the Peninsula Hong Kong anyone?
Oh my God what I would not give for a good tandoori!
Canada as a multicultural society has everything to offer – except when you reach the middle of the continent that has minus 25 to 40 temperatures – damn it!
Interesting post, one tradition of ours that has been adapted in the far east that springs to mind immediately, and one that I have indulged in, is afternoon tea at Raffles, Singapore, a colonial remnant I’m sure. I think tourists embrace this tradition over here as well.
And as Purple says, the Sunday roast has been adopted by the British and to me is the quintessential national dish.
I think we struggle for an identity via food because we are more willing to embrace other cultural identities, definitely not a bad thing, than other countries.
And to be fair, British food (of old) is quite simplistic and not really very tasty, I would imagine, to anyone else.
Right, where did I put that take away menu….
I think part of the trouble there is a problem identifying British cusisine as such is that the country embraced convenience food just as avidly as the North American market did. Which tends to water down any traditional fare to a point where it becomes just an unrecognisable, prepackaged quick fix like any other.
Ethnic dishes from other countries still tend to be prepared with more whole food and fresh ingerdients, from scratc,h by the people that bring them to a new cultural environment. That is why these dishes are still identifiable as “food” in the first place.
Tikka M. invented in Bonnie Scotland I believe Jim??
It’s difficult to find another over-seas country where British food has a long lasting influence. As Purple13 mentioned, ‘High Tea’ but that’s hardly a culinary legacy?
Chicken tikka masala was put together in Glasgow in the early 70′s. Quite good…okay now, I’m drooling. Funny thing is that we have British shops to purchase food items, but no resturants and tikka masala would be found in Peruvian and Indian resturants in my area.
Very interesting topic. Glad you are on board.
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EE I’ve heard there’s a legal wrangle of who invented Chicken Tikka Masaaaaala!!
Battered Mars bars all round!!
Having lived in Southern California my whole life, I have always had access to authentic cuisine of almost any culture you can imagine. The better farmer’s market will reveal that…yummy. For ingredients and cooking utensils you can find most or some are available online.
As an American when I think of British food, it think of fish & chips, roast beef, crumpets, scones are Scottish? (my cookbooks confuse me), lemon curd (?) and those little pastries filled with seasoned meats or veggies…hmmm…getting hungry…or would that be Hungarian. .-= ClinicallyClueless´s last blog ..Worship in Song ~ "The Great Adventure/Live Out Loud" ~ Steven Curtis Chapman =-.
thanks for your encouraging comments above.
Question for you, having never been to S. Cali myself. Can you buy, in your hometown or there abouts, any of the British food you list above?
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