Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
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Fish burger the most popular ;D
Oh yeah the kids are queuing round the block for it.
I know that when I fancy some fish I head straight to the nearest McDonalds. But you know, I am British, so that's just par for the course. One of the finest fish restaurants around.
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This is all very fascinating to me...I mean, I watch Masterpeice Mystery theater 4 or 5 times a year- for a long time now- and really thought I understood british culture. When did you all get MacDonalds?
Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
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AdamGB
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We're a crazy country
No sex
No (universal) dentists
No McDonalds and Burger Kings (everywhere)
...at least according to people who have never been here.
We don't have Wendy's, we have AMPLE McDonalds and Burger Kings, but even if we didn't - those places don't fucking serve food anyway.
You call that plastic shit they sell a burger?!
Nobody ever questioned if there was a burger king or mcdonalds in the UK, and just because somebody goes to Mcdonalds does not mean they order a cheeseburger, there are other items on the menu, I would imagine the fish fillet would be the most popular thing over there, my point is that the sameway the Brits look at fish the Yanks look at beef, the sameway the Yanks look at fish the Brits look at beef.
What are you basing this assumption on? Because it's way off.
My grandmother is from Liverpool, my grandfather was from Puerto Rico, he was in the army in WW2, he ended up meeting my grandmother and they got married, her family disowned her and she moved to Chicago, maybe about 5-6 years ago that side of the family reached out to us, they visit us once a year now.
They love all kind of stuff that I wouldn't eat, blood herring/ blood sausage etc, I had one of my cousins eat some baked beans along with some scrambled eggs which was ddisgusting, anyway they tell me that a burger over in the UK is no way as big as it is in the states, they are typical fish people.
I think you inlaws just have slightly bizzare tastes... ;)
Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
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greynotsoold
This is all very fascinating to me...I mean, I watch Masterpeice Mystery theater 4 or 5 times a year- for a long time now- and really thought I understood british culture. When did you all get MacDonalds?
Most of the stuff on Masterpeice Theatre is either a peroid piece, old, romanticised or excagerates a niche and often dated part of British society (usually higher) and culture.
Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
When are we gonna get Red Lobster and Taco Bell in England :confused:
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AdamGB
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Jerry Rice
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AdamGB
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Jerry Rice
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AdamGB
We're a crazy country
No sex
No (universal) dentists
No McDonalds and Burger Kings (everywhere)
...at least according to people who have never been here.
We don't have Wendy's, we have AMPLE McDonalds and Burger Kings, but even if we didn't - those places don't fucking serve food anyway.
You call that plastic shit they sell a burger?!
Nobody ever questioned if there was a burger king or mcdonalds in the UK, and just because somebody goes to Mcdonalds does not mean they order a cheeseburger, there are other items on the menu, I would imagine the fish fillet would be the most popular thing over there, my point is that the sameway the Brits look at fish the Yanks look at beef, the sameway the Yanks look at fish the Brits look at beef.
What are you basing this assumption on? Because it's way off.
My grandmother is from Liverpool, my grandfather was from Puerto Rico, he was in the army in WW2, he ended up meeting my grandmother and they got married, her family disowned her and she moved to Chicago, maybe about 5-6 years ago that side of the family reached out to us, they visit us once a year now.
They love all kind of stuff that I wouldn't eat, blood herring/ blood sausage etc, I had one of my cousins eat some baked beans along with some scrambled eggs which was ddisgusting, anyway they tell me that a burger over in the UK is no way as big as it is in the states, they are typical fish people.
I think you inlaws just have slightly bizzare tastes... ;)
They do seem weird, however they are polite.
Jerry, do you now accept you were bang wrong about the uk/cheeseburger thing?
Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
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Jerry Rice
I don't think the burger chains from the USA are really that popular in the UK
Mcdonalds
Burger King
Wendys
They simply have no interest in mankinds greatest invention, all it is is bread, cheese, and beef which is a simple recipe, yet you act like you're eating octupus.
My friend... don't underestimate a good octupus salad (or conch salad, for that matter).
Once you've had it, you're hooked for good.
(Matter of fact, thinking of enlightening the folks over at the "Cuisine" thread). ;D
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The Kebab stands are what should come to America.... forget a burger- a decent Kebab is to die for!!!
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Jerry Rice
I don't think the burger chains from the USA are really that popular in the UK
Mcdonalds
Burger King
Wendys
They simply have no interest in mankinds greatest invention, all it is is bread, cheese, and beef which is a simple recipe, yet you act like you're eating octupus.
My friend... don't underestimate a good octupus salad (or conch salad, for that matter).
Once you've had it, you're hooked for good.
(Matter of fact, thinking of enlightening the folks over at the "Cuisine" thread). ;D
I'm from the land of the conch salad. I prefer the skorched conch over the salad- skorched conch being just the conch sliced up in thick strips, with lots of onions and salt/pepper... have that with a Sky-Juice (coconut water, lots of gin and vodka and sweet milk) and you won't leave the dock, EVER!!!
;D
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TitoFan
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Jerry Rice
I don't think the burger chains from the USA are really that popular in the UK
Mcdonalds
Burger King
Wendys
They simply have no interest in mankinds greatest invention, all it is is bread, cheese, and beef which is a simple recipe, yet you act like you're eating octupus.
My friend... don't underestimate a good octupus salad (or conch salad, for that matter).
Once you've had it, you're hooked for good.
(Matter of fact, thinking of enlightening the folks over at the "Cuisine" thread). ;D
I'm from the land of the conch salad. I prefer the skorched conch over the salad- skorched conch being just the conch sliced up in thick strips, with lots of onions and salt/pepper... have that with a Sky-Juice (coconut water, lots of gin and vodka and sweet milk) and you won't leave the dock, EVER!!!
;D
You got it. It pays to venture out from the land of meat and potatoes once in awhile.
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I lived on mofongo (the Domincans swore they invented/the Borricuas swore they invented it hahaha) and Haitian food - Caribbean cuisine, ackee and saltfish, callalloo, griot, lambi, etc. for years and years. I almost NEVER eat hamburgers and NEVER drink cola or eat fries. NEVER EVER............. it sucks and I eat Indian food daily as my wife is a superb chef, and I prepare Armenian kebabs atleast twice a week. American food is good once or twice a month --- the nice grilled cheese or Reuben sandwich, the odd macaroni and cheese or BLT, and I really do LOVE and am addicted to tuna fish sandwiches with finely minced raw onions and black pepper and mayonnaise..........----but I can't eat that American fare more than 2 maybe 3 times a month.
Re: Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???
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I lived on mofongo (the Domincans swore they invented/the Borricuas swore they invented it hahaha) and Haitian food - Caribbean cuisine, ackee and saltfish, callalloo, griot, lambi, etc. for years and years. I almost NEVER eat hamburgers and NEVER drink cola or eat fries. NEVER EVER............. it sucks and I eat Indian food daily as my wife is a superb chef, and I prepare Armenian kebabs atleast twice a week. American food is good once or twice a month --- the nice grilled cheese or Reuben sandwich, the odd macaroni and cheese or BLT, and I really do LOVE and am addicted to tuna fish sandwiches with finely minced raw onions and black pepper and mayonnaise..........----but I can't eat that American fare more than 2 maybe 3 times a month.
International cuisine's where it's at, brock. ;D
Gotta broaden one's culinary horizons.
Let me tell you the truth about mofongo. WE invented it (hahaha.... no objectiveness there). No but really. The Dominicans invented "mangú", which is a delicious concoction of mashed plantains and few other ingredients. It's mostly eaten at breakfast, and can be a good, once-in-awhile substitute for hash browns (which incidentially I also love). But mofongo is a Puerto Rican specialty.
