Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by Yissachar1
reply to post by boondock-saint
BOONDOCK SAINT!!
Where are those pics at then?
well I do have a couple, but I don't
think ATS staff would take kindly
to it
She has not given me her permission
to post them here even though I took
the pics, they are mine but if ATS says
it's ok, then I'll post a decent pic
staff .... what say you ?????
British food has a bad reputation stateside. "Really? We produce the best chefs in the world! Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White. The thing about Britain is that we know how to eat the right portions. I mean here, you just eat too much food. All of you! You just eat too much. So we, at least in Britain, just like the size of our country, we eat things smaller in portion. We just don’t eat as much. Come here and in about a week you’ve put on about eight stone!"
Do you think with people like Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver that British food has gone global? "Totally. Nigella, Jamie, Gordon, Marco – they’re the best at what they do in the world. I’m not hearing many American chef first name superstars. Are you? Can you think of any? OK, you’ve got five seconds to think of a famous American chef by his first name."
n an unrelated note, why are British candy bars so much better than American candy bars? "It’s true! The chocolate tastes better. Our chocolate tastes better than your chocolate. There’s nothing you can do about it - it’s just a fact. You do some things better than us but actually when it comes to chocolate, we are so far ahead of you. Yours tastes weak, sort of insipid - it’s not real chocolate. Ours is proper chocolate. You get stuck in a Jaffa Cake and you’ll know what we are talking about."
Can’t be any of that American wine otherwise you haven’t got a chance. You’ve got two hopes of success with American wine – no hope and Bob Hope."
I love
'em.. but I swear.. the folks Ive been in contact with really have a my food is better than yours issue. Between us as people.. no problems... just
dont bring up the F (ood) word. 
Note to Brits here.. if you want to freak an American out.. offer them Bangers and Mash for breakfast without a smile on your face.
Sometimes pride can get a hold of both
sides, they start with the "we're better than you, because" conversations, and next thing you know, some choice words are exchanged. I
wasn't born in the U.S. and I've had a couple of Americans make fun of my original culture, so I understand what it's like. Now that I've lived in
the U.S. for many years, I can be a little sensitive when I hear the French or the British criticize the U.S. in one way or another. If we're going
to mention pride, I should also mention Armenians. Having known a few, they are a very proud people. Name anyone famous or great at sports, and
they'll find a way to trace their origin to Armenia.
Man was she kinky !!! She was into B&D, S&M and such and she liked pain.
if you want to freak an American out.. offer them Bangers and Mash for breakfast without a smile on your face.
Originally posted by Riffrafter
reply to post by Advantage
Note to Brits here.. if you want to freak an American out.. offer them Bangers and Mash for breakfast without a smile on your face.
I love Bangers and Mash!
Shepards Pie and Kidney Pie are great too.
Unfortunately, that's about it for British cuisine.....
I remember being in a Pub / Restaurant with my wife in London and she ordered a hamburger. I tried to talk her out of it, but she was adamant. In a surprise move, the burger was a burnt hockey puck so I ended up having to give her half of my Shepard's Pie which was a crime because this place did an outrageously good job on that Shepard's pie.
Now the Scots on the other hand can cook. Even the Haggis was decent in Edinburgh, although totally inedible in Inverness.
One embarrassing moment for me was when I ordered Kippers & Eggs for breakfast when we were staying at Gleneagles (awesome place!). I guess the word Kippers sounded to me like they'd be cute little fish...kind of like sardines. I'm not a huge fan of of the idea of fish for breakfast but I figured what the hell, I'd try it as a few small anchovy like bites might be pretty good. When the dish came and I saw the size of those monsters with the eyes still in them and looking at me and sticking out over the ends of the enormous plate - that did freak me out and kill my appetite and had the waiter cracking up after seeing the look on my face.
When he offered to get me something else, I said yes - Laphroaig please, in a very large glass....
edit on 1/10/2011 by Riffrafter because: (no reason given)
