Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???

[greynotsoold]

I think what many people forget is that Britain like America is not a mono-culture. We have nationalities, cultures and races from all over the world, some of whom who have lived here for centuries.

Chinese
Greek
Italian
Polish
Indian
Pakistani
Caribbean
Irish
Spanish
Nigerian
Portuguese
Iranian
Moroccan
E.T.C

They have all left their mark on our food culture and opened delicatessens, market stalls and restaurants selling their own regional produce and recipes and influencing many of the tastes and styles in British Cuisine.

Indian Food - People in Britain love Indian Food it may not be the exact authentic style eaten in homes across India but there are thousands of Indian restaurants across the UK some of which are as good as any in the world. It is definitely as a take- away one of our favourite fast foods and as a regular treat a British tradition to go to a restaurant for a curry.

Chinese - Not far behind Indian

I could go on but you get the picture

We used to, as recently as when I was a child. I understand that is in some places, from neighborhood to neighborhood, you can find ethnic restaurants. But if you homogenize everybody, get them all hooked on McDonalds, then marketing is so much easier.
Where I live, we have a Chinese place that is over 100 years old (ancient by US standards) another that is in it's 70s. But our food here generally follows a couple simple rules...beef, a lot of it, enough to take home and feed the rest of the family. Pork chop sandwiches are very popular, though they were better when they used an actual pork chop and not a 'pork patty.'
I rather like our local pasties, but I'd be afraid of the reaction of a more discerning crowd.

[Beanz]

I think what many people forget is that Britain like America is not a mono-culture. We have nationalities, cultures and races from all over the world, some of whom who have lived here for centuries.

Chinese
Greek
Italian
Polish
Indian
Pakistani
Caribbean
Irish
Spanish
Nigerian
Portuguese
Iranian
Moroccan
E.T.C

They have all left their mark on our food culture and opened delicatessens, market stalls and restaurants selling their own regional produce and recipes and influencing many of the tastes and styles in British Cuisine.

Indian Food - People in Britain love Indian Food it may not be the exact authentic style eaten in homes across India but there are thousands of Indian restaurants across the UK some of which are as good as any in the world. It is definitely as a take- away one of our favourite fast foods and as a regular treat a British tradition to go to a restaurant for a curry.

Chinese - Not far behind Indian

I could go on but you get the picture

We used to, as recently as when I was a child. I understand that is in some places, from neighborhood to neighborhood, you can find ethnic restaurants. But if you homogenize everybody, get them all hooked on McDonalds, then marketing is so much easier.
Where I live, we have a Chinese place that is over 100 years old (ancient by US standards) another that is in it's 70s. But our food here generally follows a couple simple rules...beef, a lot of it, enough to take home and feed the rest of the family. Pork chop sandwiches are very popular, though they were better when they used an actual pork chop and not a 'pork patty.'
I rather like our local pasties, but I'd be afraid of the reaction of a more discerning crowd.

I know what you are saying but there is also a lot of food snobbery. A pasty is a simple working man's food, originally a convenient way to wrap meat in one end of a parcel of pastry and apple in the other so that a Cornish Tin miner could eat his lunch without getting krap all over the contents. The original fast food. They should be simple. Peasant food is often the best because it has few ingredients and the quality of the produce speaks for itself with no need to over process. Like the difference between patties and a chop it may be convenient to take the bone out and mince meat but cooking simply with the bone in leaves much more flavour and unadulterated texture and tastes like what it is. Meat. Pork. A Chinese place over a 100 years old is old by any standards !

A lot of food in Britain is regional in origin and easily identifiable by the inclusion of that area in it's name. So you have BARNSLEY chops, WELSH rarebit, CORNISH Pasties, YORKSHIRE pudding, MELTON MOWBRAY Pork Pies, LANCASHIRE Hot Pot, CHEDDAR Cheese, and these and others like them are popular all over the UK. Then you have other food that is eaten elsewhere around the country by a few but is much more popular where it originated. Haggis in Scotland, Jellied eels in London and then things like Pie and mash (mashed potatoe) which when eaten in London will have like a parsley liqour from the stock used to cook eels eaten with it but in other places will have a more traditional beef type gravy, particularly in the North of England where they love gravy so much they put it on their chips (fries).

[Gandalf]

The muck Greggs sell are not pasties. They are pasty shaped pies. If you can't get to the westcountry then you can get one in Euston and a few other London train stations the next time you are in the old smoke. I think they are called ,"the real Cornish pasty company" or something like that.

What's wrong with Gregg's

I shall bear that in mind next time I venture dahn saaarf.

Greggs is basic, but for sausage rolls they are alright. I never really eat anything else though so have no idea.

[Dia bando]

I make my own corn beef pasties, easy onions tin of corn, potato carrot , tomato ketchup
salt and pepper, puff pastry egg wash, Beanz I NO I'm a philistine but they do taste good
sorry my lovely.

[Beanz]

Noooooooooooo!

[Dia bando]

Noooooooooooo!

I shall go fourth eat half a dozen of my pasties, and never be seen in Cornwall or Devon ever again.

[Cressa121]

There are few things better than a good homemade pasty. My nan makes great ones, proper massive. I'm fairly confident that they're proper pasties too and not some shite Northern knock off.

Question: has anybody here tried/heard of suet and onion pudding? I always thought it was a just a common British meal but I've got friends who aren't from the area and whenever I've mentioned it in the past I've got a confused look and they've said it sounds disgusting. Are they just being stupid or is it a Northern thing?

[Dia bando]

There are few things better than a good homemade pasty. My nan makes great ones, proper massive. I'm fairly confident that they're proper pasties too and not some shite Northern knock off.

Question: has anybody here tried/heard of suet and onion pudding? I always thought it was a just a common British meal but I've got friends who aren't from the area and whenever I've mentioned it in the past I've got a confused look and they've said it sounds disgusting. Are they just being stupid or is it a Northern thing?

Suet puddings have many different fillings, sweet and savory I like onions sounds fine to me,
you can't beat long slow cooked food, for the taste and flavor.

[Beanz]

My Mrs makes a to die for toad in the hole. With mashed potatoe carrots and onion gravy. Puts hairs on your chest and makes you feel all warm and content inside. Real comfort grub.

[Fenster]

If you come from London a traditional pasty is called a Jamaican patty. Fantastic. I used to eat one for lunch, almost daily, with my fellow work pals.

[p4pking]

Ah cool, have wondered about that. There's a Caribbean deli that I go to lots, they have really delicious stuffed pastries which upon googling it are indeed Jamaican patty’s I had no idea if they were even close to what you hear about in the UK, so damn good though.

[greynotsoold]

There are few things better than a good homemade pasty. My nan makes great ones, proper massive. I'm fairly confident that they're proper pasties too and not some shite Northern knock off.

Question: has anybody here tried/heard of suet and onion pudding? I always thought it was a just a common British meal but I've got friends who aren't from the area and whenever I've mentioned it in the past I've got a confused look and they've said it sounds disgusting. Are they just being stupid or is it a Northern thing?

My aunt made pasties for 3 of her daughters weddings, and made, by her count, 10,000 more to build this: Our Lady of the Rockies
She once got irate with me because I said I liked the product from Joe's Pasty Shop. She preferred to make her own. A good friend of mine once quit speaking to me for the same reason; she prefers Nancy's Pasties.
Butte is known as the "festival City" because, during July, we host the Montana Folk Festival, Evel Knieval Days and the AnRiRa Irish Festival. These are all three international events- at least a few people come from abroad, though we'll see over 100,000 extra people here each July. The guythat runs Park Street Pasties runs a booth through all the events and, I've heard, makes upwards of $50,000 that month. I have never had his pasties- Joe's is closer.

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[Jerry Rice]

Looks like an empanadas, first time I've heard the word pasty.