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[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's scottish but potato scones and square sausage is the best breakfast food ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

I'll add haggis to that breakfast food list.
Nothing better than a morning roll with bacon, haggis, square sausages and an egg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

How dare you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

These british cunts are trying to steal our fucken frogs!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Excuse me but that isn't an official, original "Colin the Caterpillar" cake from Marks & Spencer, but an inferior and entirely unauthorised " Curly the Caterpillar" clone from Tesco.

As a proponent of fine British cuisine I take offence to this dire misrepresentation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Oh god you're right. I'm sorry I was blinded by the glory of the bean pizza and didn't notice

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Look, I visited Britain a few years ago and you guys had pie with fish in it, which seemed kinda unique, fish & chips with vinegar in a newspaper, shortbread, haggis and other non-dessert "puddings" and breakfast with sausages etc.. (Also, we went to an Indian restaurant in Britain and it was really good. Like world class good ngl.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Do other countries not have fish pies?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This meme is British people poking fun at ourselves.

Americans just recycle the same jokes from Reddit "lol conquered the world but doesn't use spice". From people who've never left their home town. You can ignore those.

The French also insult our food and they have more of a point but that's another matter and I'll personally fight them over it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Pfft, what would the french know about good food, they probably don't even put cheese on their beans and toast

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

British cooking has a bad reputation, but they make really good comfort food. Sunday roast, yorkshire pudding, steak and ale pies, shepherd's/cottage pie, full english breakfast, pasties, fish pie, beef wellington, scones! I could go on. Sure it's mostly brown and beige food but cooked properly all of these dishes are really tasty!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

beef wellington

Corn dogs for rich people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's puff pastry 'round a roast, not exactly made of gold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

You must be if you're using fillet steak as a Sunday roast.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago

British Curries are different than a lot of "authentic" indian curries, but they have become a thing in of them selves, over the years, and they are great.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They should lock the whole country up for the baked beans pizza

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Heinz is a US brand. You can blame them.

I'd like to try it though. Looks... interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

On brand considering the site we're on

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I prefer to get a normal pizza and put my own baked beans with it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Look at Gordon Ramsey over here, bet he serves it on a plate and everything

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Somehow this is such a Ken M response lol

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess this is what the US thinks the UK likes, and the UK likes it enough for Heinz to keep manufacturing it and selling it in their country 😂

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

A long, long time ago when I worked somewhere that briefly made Fridays optional over time days, on a Friday we’d order breakfast to work sausage, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, and beans on something baguette like was very common. The old adage applies …”don’t knock it until you’ve tried it”.

I haven’t had beans on pizza. I’ve probably had worse though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

I'd imagine it tasting pretty good. I also imagine a severe case of food coma.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry ma'am, here's 250~~g~~ ml of ~~sugar~~ corn syrup

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You mean 32 bumblebee's, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I should have spoken to them in their language.

Here's half a cup of corn syrup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

So kind, I'll think of you on my early deathbed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the fried noodle looking thing on the left?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Turkey twizzler. There's a whole Janie Oliver backstory...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

He gets more flack than he deserves. He tried to change school dinners yes, but the government at the same time were severely cutting back the budget for school dinners in general. Once the quality fell through, they used Jamie as a scapegoat for the whole thing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jamie Oliver

Say no more. I already know it's inedible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hold on Uncle Rodger... He tried to get them banned, therefore logic dictates that they're actually pretty good!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

No no, savage is eating meat straight off the bone.

This is refined... One might even say "Ultra Refined".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Do other countries have potato waffles or is that an us thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

that's a german thing, no?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hey we also have Bärchenwurst in Germany

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

That's a Tesco Slinky. Tastes good.

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