Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
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Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#2In jest I like to describe British native food as follows:
When people are starving, they're willing to eat things they otherwise would throw away. Unfortunately the British decided the PREFERRED those things, and attempt to make every dish taste accordingly.
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#3>>> English never had a cuisine
Fish & Chips was derived from Portuguese chefs in Goa India
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#4>>> English never had a cuisine Fish & Chips was derived from Portuguese chefs in Goa India
Interesting, wouldn't have expected that given the relative lack of spice.
As an aside, if you get to Greenwich, go get some fish and chips from the Golden Chippy. Best I've had in England.
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#5olde joke:
Heaven:
The police are British
The cooks are French
The engineers are German
The administrators are Swiss
The lovers are Italian
Hell:
The police are German
The cooks are British
The engineers are Italian
The administrators are French
The lovers are Swiss
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#6I'm the last person to wave the flag for Britain but I've never understood this meme about our food being bad, when so much of it is inarguably world class. For starters, so to speak, the Full English is obviously the king of breakfasts, a traditional Sunday roast cannot be beaten, we have the best cheese in the world by some considerable distance, and as for puddings, pies, crumbles, custard... well need I say any more?
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#7https://youtu.be/kunuXThp51E
1975 Fanny cooks Turkey. Cradock was a lodestar of how weird the British class system and the BBC were in the 70's, along with BBC A list characters like Jimmy Savile. They had little to do with real life and were extremely weird.
British cuisine these days is amazing, all the old cliches no longer apply IMO
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#8I'm the last person to wave the flag for Britain but I've never understood this meme about our food being bad, when so much of it is inarguably world class. For starters, so to speak, the Full English is obviously the king of breakfasts, a traditional Sunday roast cannot be beaten, we have the best cheese in the world by some considerable distance, and as for puddings, pies, crumbles, custard... well need I say any m…
It's all a matter of taste of course, but it's hard to take the statement that Britain go the best cheese in the world seriously. If we only look at Europe: France, Italy, Switzerland are a lot more famous for their cheeses than Britain.
The fact that almost all British cheeses are pasteurized is a clear indication that having great cheeses is not part of the British mainstream culture. That being said, there is also some high quality cheeses in Britain, but in my opinion, a lot less than in those other europeans country, by production amount and number of cheese type.
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#9I'm the last person to wave the flag for Britain but I've never understood this meme about our food being bad, when so much of it is inarguably world class. For starters, so to speak, the Full English is obviously the king of breakfasts, a traditional Sunday roast cannot be beaten, we have the best cheese in the world by some considerable distance, and as for puddings, pies, crumbles, custard... well need I say any m…
I was always surprised as a child that mint sauce was singled out in "Asterix in Britain" (or at least the English translation!) as the very worst of English food - as I think it has a delightful subtle taste!
Re: Fanny Cradock, a lodestar in the foul-tasting odyssey of bad British food
#10I'm the last person to wave the flag for Britain but I've never understood this meme about our food being bad, when so much of it is inarguably world class. For starters, so to speak, the Full English is obviously the king of breakfasts, a traditional Sunday roast cannot be beaten, we have the best cheese in the world by some considerable distance, and as for puddings, pies, crumbles, custard... well need I say any m…
> a traditional Sunday roast cannot be beaten
Huh? It's the worst way of preparing meat combined with the worst way of preparing vegetables, managing to destroy both flavour and texture of both. Having grown up in Britain, the memes are on point when it comes to traditional British cooking (though no reflection of the wealth of cooking that actually exists in Britain today).