Subj : Re: food in england
To   : Abbub
From : k9zw
Date : Fri Apr 28 2023 12:02:30

On 26 Apr 2023, Abbub said the following...

 Ab> I mean...sausage rolls, pastys, pork pies...yorkshire pudding (with or
 Ab> without the roast!)... It's all super heavy and terrible for your
 Ab> cardiovascular health, but delicious. Decent beer. Great cheese. Yeah, I
 Ab> think that the bad rap that the UK gets for food is probably 50% just
 Ab> French propaganda.

There is some lovely food in the UK that is traditional and is good for you.  

Seems the cheaper take-away stuff is all people think of when writing about UK food.  

BTW properly done Yorkshire Pudding (pop-overs) are not heavy and broken down are pretty high quality ingredients.  

The meat rolls/pies avialable commercially compared to a scratch-kitchen made are heavy, where the better made are a delite.  

The seafood and freshwater fish are really good.  If you want to do a vegitarian meal, I've had UK ones that were simply awesome.  

  
 Ab> Having said that, most of the *bread* we got in the UK was pretty
 Ab> mediocre. We had good soda bread when we were in Ireland. But the French

You weren't trying very hard, as everything from the Hovis (about the only commercial I would eat in the UK) to their sourdough can be world class.  I actually brought back my sourdough starter from a place called the Sourdough Revolution in the Cotswolds.  

That said there are some bread styles popular that are modern- day wonder bread bland & blah. 

I certainly didn't loose out eating local for school & work in the UK.  Not at all.

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