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Non-Wargaming Discussion => Chat & News => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 27 June 2018, 08:46:13 AM

Title: England invaded
Post by: FierceKitty on 27 June 2018, 08:46:13 AM
In about two weeks, Lee and I are coming. Worrying. I've taken her to Italy three times, and France once. Now she's got to adapt to English cooking, and locals whose bad English has no excuse!
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: paulr on 27 June 2018, 09:07:50 AM
England, you have been warned ;) ;D
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Techno on 27 June 2018, 09:35:50 AM
As long as he doesn't stray over the border into Wales............ :P

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Ithoriel on 27 June 2018, 09:43:21 AM
Should've come to Scotland :)
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: FierceKitty on 27 June 2018, 09:49:50 AM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 27 June 2018, 09:43:21 AM
Should've come to Scotland :)

Wish I could. I'm a quarter haggis myself, and I've never been there. Disgraceful. But time...!
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Leman on 27 June 2018, 11:27:46 AM
And their where i thinkin it wear gonna be abaht  late Victoriana, la. Dialect eh? what a jape! Does keep the foreign Johnnies on their toes though.
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 27 June 2018, 12:55:10 PM
Were dat suposedd to be cockernney ?

I've alerted border force to approaching undesirables, wall going up

IanS
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: toxicpixie on 27 June 2018, 02:31:47 PM
If you pass Brum do wave :D

Although we might be down in Pembroke again by then, which is far nicer!
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Leman on 27 June 2018, 02:33:25 PM
What's all this baloney about English cooking. English restaurants are as rare as hen's teeth these days. However you should have no difficulty finding Chinese, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Lebanese, Moroccan, Italian, Greek, French, Spanish, Turkish, US, Mexican, Chilean, Argentinian, Brazilian or West Indian, and you may even stumble across Hungarian, Austrian, Russian and Scandinavian.
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: toxicpixie on 27 June 2018, 02:41:22 PM
The classic "English Restaurant" is probably Nando's, serving chicken in interesting hot sauces from everywhere except the UK :D

Mind you can always get a fry up or a roast dinner.
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 27 June 2018, 03:00:37 PM
Traditional English food - balti, it were invented in Brum....
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: toxicpixie on 27 June 2018, 03:04:25 PM
Best Indian dishes in the world are made in Brum :D

Usually from Pakistani-Kasmir end cuisine by people whose families are from Bangladesh, using ingredients from Europe and North Africa.

Now that's proper British for you!

*goes off humming "Curr-rr-y will unite the human race" to the tune of "The Internationale"*
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: Ithoriel on 27 June 2018, 05:19:56 PM
James Nicoll's quote about the English Language could easily be adapted for British cuisine

"The problem with defending the purity of British cuisine is that British cuisine is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow ingredients; on occasion, British cuisine has pursued other cuisines down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new recipes."

:D :D :D
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: toxicpixie on 27 June 2018, 06:00:09 PM
 ;D

Goes well with "the British conquered the world in search of a good restaurant" ;)
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: FierceKitty on 28 June 2018, 12:58:16 AM
It's easy to eat well in the civilised parts of England; just not to eat good English food there. I agree, btw, that I've had better Indian and Chinese nosh in the UK than in their countries of origin.
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: steve_holmes_11 on 28 June 2018, 05:28:12 AM
Quote from: toxicpixie on 27 June 2018, 02:41:22 PM
The classic "English Restaurant" is probably Nando's, serving chicken in interesting hot sauces from everywhere except the UK :D

Mind you can always get a fry up or a roast dinner.

In the case of Nandos, the source of the sauce is specific to Mozambique and Portugal.

2 geographical asides:

Take a look at the Ugandan flag; I wonder how many revellers have stumbled into their consulate thinking it was a branch of Nandos.

Piri Piri chicken aside, the other great foodstuff of Portugese exploration is the mighty Vindaloo.
Traditional sailor food I'm told: They must have left the hatches open after dinner.
Title: Re: England invaded
Post by: fsn on 28 June 2018, 06:40:05 AM
There's lots of English food - it's now called "Traditional Pub Food" - roasts, pies and cheeses.