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In Defence of English Cooking

In Defence of English Cooking

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Jellied eels.
Whelk on a stick.

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They might work well as insults. Curd tart!

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Originally posted by Nordlys
They might work well as insults. Curd tart!
There's nothing worse than a curt tard.

To anyone still attempting to defend English cuisine may I direct you to the George Orwell paper titled the same as this thread.

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English cuisine?

... a contradictory term

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Originally posted by Mathurine
English cuisine?

... a contradictory term
Is Scottish cuisine batter?


(No Noodles, I didn't.)

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Of course you are all forgetting Champagne.
It's true. The English developed a taste for fizzy wine in the 16th century, importing barrels of green, flat wine form Champagne and adding sugar and molasses to start it fermenting. The English also developed the strong coal fired glass bottles and corks to contain it!
The records of the Royal Society show, what is now called methode champenoise was first written down in England in 1662. The French added finesse and marketing flair but it was not until 1876 that they developed the modern day dry brut (and even then it was for the English market). So there!

Also there are English dishes such as Beef Wellington, Lancashire hotpot, sticky toffee pudding, and Eton mess which are comparable to anything some of the renowned gastronomic countries have ever produced. The problem with English cooking is that the English tried to copy everyone else and lost sight of its heritage and its traditions. That is the true fault with English cooking (and maybe society). We became ashamed of who we were. I applaud the Americans, the Scottish and French for example for their national pride. Id anyone wants traditional English recipes to try for themselves then please drop me a line.