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James Lee 
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 Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:15 |
Try not to mention ethnic foods in a country that invigorated the cuisine traditions of so many cultures? Probably can't be done. After all, both the pizza and the egg roll are technically American, and at least half of the 'Mexican' entrees we all know and love came to be within the borders of the US. Even the gloriously American Hot Dog is little more than a german sausage, right?
My Italian friends love to tell me how relatively seldom marinara is used in traditional Italian cusine, too. What the US did (and maybe still does) best is allow folks access to a variety of cultures, and encourages 'riffing on a theme'. There are entire segments of cuisine that came to be from this dynamic (my favorite, "Southwestern", is the result of Mexico meeting Texas...maybe the only positive result  ).
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Reed Lover
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:43 |
The only exotic thing about most of the "International Cuisine" we eat is the name. The vast majority of dishes would not be recognised in their supposedly native country.
Besides, only the Vietnamese eat their dogs hot!
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:58 |
LOL, of all the animals that could end up in a hot dog, I'm sure dogs are lower on the possibility scale than rats and cockroaches.
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aqualung28
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:23 |
some guy in california made fortune cookies,not the Chinese,contrary to popular belief. Oh, we also made spam I think
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:23 |
For some real British food, try some faggots in gravy, followed by some nice spotted dick.
To say nothing of deviled kidneys, liver and bacon, stuffed hearts, ox tail soup, black pudding, tripe and cows heels - and you don't want to think about what goes into our sausages.
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aqualung28
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:25 |
Faggots in gravy and spotted dick don't sound too appetizing, but they have great names
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:26 |
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And then there's always the traditional scottish deep fried mars bar
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:30 |
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now that sounds good!
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:33 |
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It certainly is, no matter how it sounds, it is in fact really tasty
(I've only ever eaten one though, can't bring myself to do it again)
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:56 |
Well as many places as I've traveled.. and I've been around the world a few times... the foods always better at home... and I mean "down South"
- Fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy with bisquits
- Country fried steak with potato salad and collard greens
- NC pit bbq - pulled smoked pork with vinegar and spices.. with cole slaw and hush puppies... Hush puppies being deep fried corn bisquits..
- Since I'm from the outer banks of NC...Fried shrimp, oysters and clams..clam chowder, crab chowder, fried spots, trout or sea bass....
- Grilled spare ribs, pork chops, sausages, ... (my uncle owned a hog farm - talk about fresh)
- Grilled steak... on charcoal
- Fresh tuna off the boats (my cousin owned several deep sea fishing boats)
- Bacon, Eggs and bisquits...
Now there was stuff there, you really didn't want to eat.. sort of like Haggis.. if you know what I mean
- Fried Tripe - (the muscular lining of a cow's stomach)
- Chittlins - (the large intestines of a pig). As such, they possess a distinct, er aroma when you cook them.
- Brains N' Eggs - Pork brains fried with eggs... my Mom use to make this for breakfast sometimes...
- Fish Roe and Eggs - Fish roe scrambled in eggs...Another fine breakfast meal...
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 16:17 |
Oddly enough, a lot of that Southern US cuisine is similar (in the range of ingredients) to traditional Northern English fare. With the possible exception of chittlins, all are wonderful when prepared by someone who can actually cook, just like Britain's much maligned cuisine. Sadly, most people in the UK but the stuff pre prepared (this also goes for an alarming number of pubs and restaurants) and this is why visitors to the UK often complain about how crap the food is. In most cases they're right. If you're ever in London, visit Porter's restaurant in Covent Garden. They know what the stuff should taste like.
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Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:37 |
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Speaking as a true Brit, I will hear nothing against our cuisine - there is nothing wrong with a good faggot, washed down with a pint of Holden's mild; then for breakfast, bacon, eggs, pork sausages (1% meat, 99% 'unmentionables'), black pudding, (all fried in copious amounts of lard, of course), beans, fried bread (lard, again), fried tomatoes (eeer, lard), mushrooms (......), more beans, tinned tomatoes, toast, and lashings of tea!
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Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:49 |
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a good faggot? WTF WTF
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threefates
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Posted: January 23 2005 at 17:55 |
Actually Eddy.. a faggott in the UK.. is not unlike chittlins here... its the same animal intestines in a sausage wrap.. with some spices.. and a lot of bread...
Otherwise.. its like a hot dog...
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: January 23 2005 at 18:06 |
I can honestly say that I've never seen a British person eat food.
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 03:06 |
 threefates wrote:
Actually Eddy.. a faggott in the UK.. is not unlike chittlins here... its the same animal intestines in a sausage wrap.. with some spices.. and a lot of bread...
Otherwise.. its like a hot dog... |
Wrong wrong wrong!!!!
A faggot is a shaped mass of offal (with usually a high percentage of liver, depending on the region), served with a rich gravy, and preferably mushy peas & chips.
Yum!
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 06:27 |
aqualung28 wrote:
I heard the Indian food in Britain is better than the actual British food. |
Amazing fact: The curry is now officially, Britain's national dish
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:23 |
Jim Garten wrote:
threefates wrote:
Actually Eddy.. a faggott in the UK.. is not unlike chittlins here... its the same animal intestines in a sausage wrap.. with some spices.. and a lot of bread...
Otherwise.. its like a hot dog...
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Wrong wrong wrong!!!!
A faggot is a shaped mass of offal (with usually a high percentage of liver, depending on the region), served with a rich gravy, and preferably mushy peas & chips.
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Otherwise.. its a hot dog with gravy and some mushy vegetables....
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sigod
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:29 |
threefates wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
threefates wrote:
Actually Eddy.. a faggott in the UK.. is not unlike chittlins
here... its the same animal intestines in a sausage wrap.. with some
spices.. and a lot of bread...
Otherwise.. its like a hot dog...
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Wrong wrong wrong!!!!
A faggot is a shaped
mass of offal (with usually a high percentage of liver, depending on
the region), served with a rich gravy, and preferably mushy peas &
chips.
Yum! |
Otherwise.. its a hot dog with gravy and some mushy vegetables.... |
I was always quite partial to 'Toad In The Hole' myself. 
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 10:40 |
I'm not one to brag, but I make a wicked toad in the hole. My liver and kidney dishes kick some serious bottom as well.
As for the Indian food question - it's the most popular restaurant and take away food by a long chalk, but the standards can vary greatly, just as with anything else. I have my local curry delivery service on speed dial.
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