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oliwan posted:When I lived in the UK I lived with a man who seriously thought that British food is held in high regard throughout the world and that the UK is famous for its cuisine. I've seen this attitude in other Brits too, and it is equally funny as it is terrifying. i had a dutch friend stay with me years ago. he cooked dinner for me, which turned out to be a ball of unspiced hamburger mixed with shredded carrots i think he challenged me to a duel
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You see that in the USA a lot too, people from random shithole town in Indiana or wherever all think that their city is famous for food and you ask them what food and they name several barbecue places or bars with hot wings. People just really want to hold on to their local food as special even when it's not.
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Jan 30, 2021 12:29
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except me, i'm from the best food area in the world
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Jan 30, 2021 12:39
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I've always just told people that if you want to find terrible food in the UK then you will easily succeed If you're looking for excellent food on the other hand, you also have a pretty good chance of succeeding if you know where to look.
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Jan 30, 2021 12:51
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in '99 i did do the whole london touristy thing and getting greasy fish and chips wrapped in newspaper was pretty fun. i think i paid like $16 back then though; the exchange rate was very bad
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Jan 30, 2021 12:53
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i say swears online posted:i had a dutch friend stay with me years ago. he cooked dinner for me, which turned out to be a ball of unspiced hamburger mixed with shredded carrots why do americans call ground beef hamburger
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Jan 30, 2021 12:56
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Ground beef? Forrin muck Get that mince up yer
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Jan 30, 2021 12:59
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Jose posted:why do americans call ground beef hamburger i thought the limeys called it mincemeat??
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Jan 30, 2021 13:02
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mincemeat is actually fruit hth
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Jan 30, 2021 13:03
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Mince is meat, mincemeat is fruit
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Jan 30, 2021 13:04
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Jose posted:why do americans call ground beef hamburger Because we had a poo poo ton of German immigrants
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Jan 30, 2021 13:05
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Meat that is minced is just called mince.
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Jan 30, 2021 13:06
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Mince is a misnomer because minced means chopped very finely and the meat is actually ground, so ground meat is more correct.
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Jan 30, 2021 13:17
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shirts and skins posted:Because we had a poo poo ton of German immigrants
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Jan 30, 2021 13:24
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spankmeister posted:Mince is a misnomer because minced means chopped very finely and the meat is actually ground, so ground meat is more correct. thanks for well-actuallying our bland flavourless heritage, god
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A Buttery Pastry posted:But the Germans don’t call it that. If Germans had given you the name it’d be hack flesh. Right, because German-American culture isn't about Germany anymore, it's about passive-aggressiveness and Big Special Boys from Ohio But the real explanation that I've heard is that it comes from the dish hamburger, which may have been named after a dish served on the Hamburg-America Line consisting of ground beef between slices of bread. Since a hamburger is by far the most common way to consume ground beef here, "hamburger meat" just became "hamburger" as a shorthand. shirts and skins has issued a correction as of 13:36 on Jan 30, 2021 |
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Jan 30, 2021 13:33
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It's only really the olds and born-olds who like bland food, I eat a lotta good food here with spices and poo poo. Now what's absolutely true is you should NEVER follow a British recipe. It's so tiring every time I cook to scroll through the 2 pages of Google results for BBC good food and Jamie Oliver where they haven't attempted to make the same dish at all. Or guardian recipes where it's just an excuse to write fancy ingredients and nobody tasted the result.
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Jan 30, 2021 13:34
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they tried to take away bbc good food a few years ago and had to stop because people would seriously have hurt them
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shirts and skins posted:Because we had a poo poo ton of German immigrants Germans don't call it hamburger. E:FB
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Jan 30, 2021 13:39
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Venomous posted:as usual, most everyone saying they don't like haggis has never tried it It tastes like turnips. (Yes, I am aware there are no turnips in it.)
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Jan 30, 2021 13:48
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i say swears online posted:i thought the limeys called it mincemeat?? Back in the olden days (12th century, crusades etc), mincemeat was meat and fruit, apparently they got the idea from Middle Eastern cuisine. In Victorian times, the meat bit gradually got left out until it was just fruit. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crusades-christmas-history-mincemeat-pies-180966981/
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Jan 30, 2021 14:25
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Food history can be so weird
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Jan 30, 2021 14:26
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Haggis is good
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Jan 30, 2021 14:46
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silvergoose posted:Food history can be so weird If you like weird food history stories, check out The Food Timeline
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Jan 30, 2021 14:51
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prefect posted:It tastes like turnips. (Yes, I am aware there are no turnips in it.) I mean, it's served with turnips, but either way, turnips are good so I don't see the problem 
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Jan 30, 2021 14:53
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twoday posted:Haggis is good
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Jan 30, 2021 15:21
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twoday posted:Haggis is good I loving hate liver but yes, haggis is like a flavoursome deconstructed sausage and I approve
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Jan 30, 2021 15:37
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Venomous posted:I mean, it's served with turnips, but either way, turnips are good so I don't see the problem It wasn't intended as a criticism. It just weirded me out when I finally tried haggis. I think there are lungs in those things -- I had no earthly idea what it was going to taste like.
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Jan 30, 2021 15:51
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I miss going out and getting a Surinamese-Javanese chicken stomach sandwich. So good.
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Jan 30, 2021 15:57
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Haggis owns, skirlie owns, cullen skink owns
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Jan 30, 2021 16:00
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one test tube burger please
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Jan 30, 2021 16:02
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prefect posted:It wasn't intended as a criticism. It just weirded me out when I finally tried haggis. I think there are lungs in those things -- I had no earthly idea what it was going to taste like. This is the reason authentic Haggis is unavailable in many countries outside the UK (including the US), since lung meat is prone to certain bacteria and is forbidden for human consumption in many places
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Jan 30, 2021 16:33
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Jose posted:Its Americans who are bad at bacon hth We and the Canadians definitely have it right, also maple syrup.
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Jan 30, 2021 17:21
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when i was in france i had gizzard pizza and the gizzards tasted pretty similar to haggis (no oats of course) since then i've been pretty open minded about offal (although tripe is pretty loving poo poo, there's no way around that) HORSE-SLAUGHTERER has issued a correction as of 17:55 on Jan 30, 2021 |
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Jan 30, 2021 17:52
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Jose posted:why do americans call ground beef hamburger Real answer: Back in the day there used to be lots of vendors selling chopped / minced steak along the docks in NYC where passenger ships crossing the atlantic would arrive. Lot of this ships had their home port in Hamburg then, and so everyone called it Hamburger Steak because the ship crews and passengers would buy it frequently (being right there at the docks). Eventually every kind of ground or minced beef became just 'hamburger'.
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Jan 30, 2021 18:04
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Alternatively the idea of 'Hamburger Steak' was imported with German immigration generally but the root of it is people thought Germans just loving loved chopping up their beef.
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Jan 30, 2021 18:08
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prefect posted:It tastes like turnips. (Yes, I am aware there are no turnips in it.) Have you ever eaten a turnip?
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Jan 30, 2021 18:14
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Has anyone considered moving money out of the pound? I dont know if I need to explain why I expect the pound to fall.
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Jan 30, 2021 18:43
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mrmcd posted:Alternatively the idea of 'Hamburger Steak' was imported with German immigration generally but the root of it is people thought Germans just loving loved chopping up their beef. I mean, looking at our cuisine, its true. We eat that poo poo raw, with onion, on bread, for breakfast.
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kecske posted:mincemeat is actually fruit hth and it is a crime against humanity. it's gross as hell in and of itself, but there's nothing more disappointing than someone offering you a mince pie which is actually a christmas mince pie (i.e. the loving fruit mincemeat, instead of a good, wholesome pastry filled with gravy and some sort of meat product)
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