Super Genius
Posts: 1,260 
March 18th, 2006, 05:02 AM
by far the worst food ive ever had was in england
there simply is no contest here
ive not found many people that have disagreed
its pure crap
it tastes like crap
and it crappy for you
although -yes to each is own is always operative
my own consists of --anything except that crap
id rather eat snails nothing but snails for the rest of my
life-- i quite like them -- than one more bite of stuff
like kidney pie and -- anything --- fried in industrial grade grease they way they like it---
though in all honesty british food NOW consists of the many interesting dishes that immigrants bring to england with them such curry based food-- which is of course -- yummy
im waiting for blackleaf to tell us that the english make the best red wines ........
by far the worst food ive ever had was in england
there simply is no contest here
ive not found many people that have disagreed
its pure crap
it tastes like crap
and it crappy for you
although -yes to each is own is always operative
my own consists of --anything except that crap
id rather eat snails nothing but snails for the rest of my
life-- i quite like them -- than one more bite of stuff
like kidney pie and -- anything --- fried in industrial grade grease they way they like it---
though in all honesty british food NOW consists of the many interesting dishes that immigrants bring to england with them such curry based food-- which is of course -- yummy
im waiting for blackleaf to tell us that the english make the best red wines ........
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,927
March 18th, 2006, 06:22 PM
If this was say......a french messageboard, I'd bow down and say "oh please have mercy, we are not worthy, our food is rubbish please take it away"
but.....this isnt a french messageboard, it's a canadian one, with many US posters, posters who should know better...I find it rather insulting that the country with the highest percentage of fast food companies in the world can dare suggest that ANY other country has worse food.
no, britian's old stuff is poor and fatty...but it is in no way worse than that of America cortez.....unless you count Navajo Taco's.....theyre yummy
If this was say......a french messageboard, I'd bow down and say "oh please have mercy, we are not worthy, our food is rubbish please take it away"
but.....this isnt a french messageboard, it's a canadian one, with many US posters, posters who should know better...I find it rather insulting that the country with the highest percentage of fast food companies in the world can dare suggest that ANY other country has worse food.
no, britian's old stuff is poor and fatty...but it is in no way worse than that of America cortez.....unless you count Navajo Taco's.....theyre yummy
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,927
March 18th, 2006, 06:39 PM
a Navajo Taco is very similar to a naan bread, although it is also topped like a pizza....as the name suggests it's made by the Dneh (Navajo) for which I am officially a "friend of the nation"....yes I know America, I know more than most Americans, your food is as varied as one would expect of a continent so large, but I preferred to "go native" in that I would try gizzerds in the south and prairie dog to the westen native lands...as well as ur typical fried chicken and mashed potateo and cattleman's breakfast in texas.
so I do know american food
a Navajo Taco is very similar to a naan bread, although it is also topped like a pizza....as the name suggests it's made by the Dneh (Navajo) for which I am officially a "friend of the nation"....yes I know America, I know more than most Americans, your food is as varied as one would expect of a continent so large, but I preferred to "go native" in that I would try gizzerds in the south and prairie dog to the westen native lands...as well as ur typical fried chicken and mashed potateo and cattleman's breakfast in texas.
so I do know american food
Super Genius
Posts: 1,260
March 18th, 2006, 06:51 PM
actually - i live in ontario
and yes the fast food places are crap pure crap
we have the greasy fast food- like mac and burger king
but theres also--those donut places- like tim hortons- fat and sugar--
i try to avoid them
still they tastes better than the blood pudding or kidney pie -- even tried some eel over there once- puke
but it is subjective- to each his own
i think your right about stereotypical n amercian food its amoung the worst in the world
of the modernized countries from what i know the japaneese have the healthiest diet-- very low in fat and simple carbs--
actually - i live in ontario
and yes the fast food places are crap pure crap
we have the greasy fast food- like mac and burger king
but theres also--those donut places- like tim hortons- fat and sugar--
i try to avoid them
still they tastes better than the blood pudding or kidney pie -- even tried some eel over there once- puke
but it is subjective- to each his own
i think your right about stereotypical n amercian food its amoung the worst in the world
of the modernized countries from what i know the japaneese have the healthiest diet-- very low in fat and simple carbs--
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,927
March 19th, 2006, 10:17 AM
Cortez, I would generally agree with you...except...nd dont shoot me on this one....But Canada (Onntario at least) make shocking McDonald's....you go back north from the states and find McDonalds has gone to rack and ruin!!!....seriously, and Tim Horton's is owned by Wendy's (which we dont have here in the UK) anyway isnt it?.
nah I never did try a kraft dinner though
Cortez, I would generally agree with you...except...nd dont shoot me on this one....But Canada (Onntario at least) make shocking McDonald's....you go back north from the states and find McDonalds has gone to rack and ruin!!!....seriously, and Tim Horton's is owned by Wendy's (which we dont have here in the UK) anyway isnt it?.
nah I never did try a kraft dinner though
Super Genius
Posts: 1,260
March 19th, 2006, 11:36 AM
I think the McDonalds here went rapidly downhill when I was working there as a student....I think it was the animal fat laden oxygen depleted atmosphere....or maybe thats where my rebellious nature began...having to stand up to the boss who told me to put the burger id just dropped on the floor back on the grill.....
I think the McDonalds here went rapidly downhill when I was working there as a student....I think it was the animal fat laden oxygen depleted atmosphere....or maybe thats where my rebellious nature began...having to stand up to the boss who told me to put the burger id just dropped on the floor back on the grill.....
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,927
March 19th, 2006, 11:49 AM
I went to one in spadina...if you know the one, u'll know what I'm talking about, and suffice to say there was a bigger fly population in that place than actual human customers, plus the selection is a bit small there.
I actually have a shocking McD's story.....and u will wanna take note lol, my brother worked in McDonalds for a year or so, he's allergic to nuts, to save a bit of money the store manager mixed the tom. sauce with the special spicy sauce....little did he know it contained nut extracts, the manager didnt tell anyone...my brother was taken to hospital for an anaphalictic shock, he was fine, but I hear 2 small kids wernt
McD's such a caring, sharing, reputable company whichever continent ur on
I went to one in spadina...if you know the one, u'll know what I'm talking about, and suffice to say there was a bigger fly population in that place than actual human customers, plus the selection is a bit small there.
I actually have a shocking McD's story.....and u will wanna take note lol, my brother worked in McDonalds for a year or so, he's allergic to nuts, to save a bit of money the store manager mixed the tom. sauce with the special spicy sauce....little did he know it contained nut extracts, the manager didnt tell anyone...my brother was taken to hospital for an anaphalictic shock, he was fine, but I hear 2 small kids wernt
McD's such a caring, sharing, reputable company whichever continent ur on
Senate Member
Posts: 6,123 
March 26th, 2006, 11:03 AM
That's why I made a mistake when I called a hotdog "foreign muck."
And the same Englishman who invented the hot dog also invented baseball scoring cards and was the first person in the world to drink fizzy pop (or soda, as you call it) through a straw.
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The English have given the world many wonderful things. Food isn't one of them.
We gave the world the hot dog - one of America's favourite foods.The English have given the world many wonderful things. Food isn't one of them.
That's why I made a mistake when I called a hotdog "foreign muck."
And the same Englishman who invented the hot dog also invented baseball scoring cards and was the first person in the world to drink fizzy pop (or soda, as you call it) through a straw.
Senate Member
Posts: 6,123
March 26th, 2006, 11:40 AM
Many of the foods that you think aren't English, but were imported into England, ARE English.
Take chicken tikka masala. Many people think that chicken tikka masala, which is Britain's favourite food, is an Indian food. But it was invented in England.
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though in all honesty british food NOW consists of the many interesting dishes that immigrants bring to england with them such curry based food-- which is of course -- yummy
Many of the foods that you think aren't English, but were imported into England, ARE English.
Take chicken tikka masala. Many people think that chicken tikka masala, which is Britain's favourite food, is an Indian food. But it was invented in England.
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I don't know about red wine, but we're pretty good at making drinks such as gin.
im waiting for blackleaf to tell us that the english make the best red wines ........
Senate Member
Posts: 6,123
March 26th, 2006, 11:50 AM
English sparkling fizzes with delight at top honour
June 29, 2005
Adam Lechmere
An English wine has been voted the the world's best sparkling wine – against competition from 55 countries.
The RidgeView Merret Bloomsbury 2002 took World Wide Trophy for Best Sparkling Wine at the 2005 International Wine and Spirit Competition.
The Bloomsbury's sister wine, the Merret Fitzrovia 2002 Rose, won Bronze at this year's Decanter World Wine Awards.
RidgeView is based near the South Downs village of Ditchling in Sussex, in southern England.
The family-run enterprise is no stranger to awards. In the last five years it has won 44 medals and 12 trophies in international and national competitions, including English Wine of the Year in 2000 and 2002.
Last year it won two silver medals in prestigious French competitions. The estate currently produces between 40,000 and 50,000 bottles a year, specialising in the three classic Champagne grape varieties – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The Bloomsbury is a blend of the three.
It has just been given a £50,000 government grant which it will use to double production.
The recent 'Best Sparkling Wine' award was won in the Sparkling Wine category, in which Champagne does not compete. But, marketing manager Mardi Roberts told decanter.com, it was up against world-renowned labels from California, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Australia. It was 'an unbelievable success,' she said.
RidgeView wines are available at Waitrose, the Sunday Times Wine Club, The Wine Society and specialists.
decanter.com
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im waiting for blackleaf to tell us that the english make the best red wines ........
English sparkling fizzes with delight at top honour
June 29, 2005
Adam Lechmere
An English wine has been voted the the world's best sparkling wine – against competition from 55 countries.
The RidgeView Merret Bloomsbury 2002 took World Wide Trophy for Best Sparkling Wine at the 2005 International Wine and Spirit Competition.
The Bloomsbury's sister wine, the Merret Fitzrovia 2002 Rose, won Bronze at this year's Decanter World Wine Awards.
RidgeView is based near the South Downs village of Ditchling in Sussex, in southern England.
The family-run enterprise is no stranger to awards. In the last five years it has won 44 medals and 12 trophies in international and national competitions, including English Wine of the Year in 2000 and 2002.
Last year it won two silver medals in prestigious French competitions. The estate currently produces between 40,000 and 50,000 bottles a year, specialising in the three classic Champagne grape varieties – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The Bloomsbury is a blend of the three.
It has just been given a £50,000 government grant which it will use to double production.
The recent 'Best Sparkling Wine' award was won in the Sparkling Wine category, in which Champagne does not compete. But, marketing manager Mardi Roberts told decanter.com, it was up against world-renowned labels from California, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Australia. It was 'an unbelievable success,' she said.
RidgeView wines are available at Waitrose, the Sunday Times Wine Club, The Wine Society and specialists.
decanter.com
Senate Member
Posts: 6,123
March 26th, 2006, 01:12 PM
God, I'm loving this.
Americans owe their famous hot dog to Midland milkman
Feb 26 2006
By Paul Cole
AMERICA'S best-kept secret is out. The hot dog was invented not by a New Yorker but by ... a milkman from the Midlands.
New research reveals that Harry M Stevens came up with the snack that has become a byword for all things American.
The hot dog is up there with bagels and burgers, Uncle Sam and Mickey Mouse as the very essence of the good ol' U S of A.
But the Yanks owe it all to Harry, who was born 150 years ago in Derby, where he delivered milk for a living.
Archivists in the town are so convinced their records are right that they're preparing to celebrate the anniversary with a series of events - and even plan to add Midland relish to America's National Hotdog Day on July 21.
What's more, Harry invented the baseball scoring cards still used to this day in the States, and there's a suggestion that he was also the first man to drink fizzy pop through a straw.
"Everyone assumes that the hot dog was invented by an American," said Marion Nixon, the woman in charge of promoting Derby as a tourist destination.
"But that's not the case at all.
"Harry has probably made more of an impact on the United States than any other Englishman, but he's been an unsung hero whose Midland roots have never been properly appreciated."
Family tree records show that Harry, born in 1856, was the eldest son of James Stevens, a foreman on Midland Railway Locomotive in Derby.
He grew up to become a caterer in his hometown supplying, amongst others, Normanton Barracks with milk.
Those who knew him said he had a knack of inventing things. In the 1880s, Harry and his family upped sticks and emigrated to Ohio, where he realised there was money to be made from catering at large sporting events in the US.
"Hot dogs were the result of a chilly April day at New York City's Polo Ground in 1901," said tourism chief Marion.
"By now, Harry already had the catering concession for major league baseball games - but he was losing money trying to sell ice cream and cold soda. Nobody wanted them.
"Wanting something to warm the fans up, he sent out his salesmen to buy up all of the 'dachshund' sausages they could find, along with rolls to put them in.
"Then he got his vendors to go round the ground shouting: 'They're red hot. Get your hot dachshund sausages while they're red hot!'
"A newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan - short on ideas and working to a tight deadline - spotted the snack and drew a barking dachshund sausage nestling in a roll.
"Not sure how to spell dachshund, he scrawled the words 'hot dog' on his cartoon instead. The drawing became famous - and another American icon was born!"
Historians believe that sausages had been eaten in bread for centuries but the Derby milkman was first to put frankfurters in a roll and sell them as the famous hot dogs. Following Harry's death in May 1934, generations of the Stevens family maintained his traditions and developed the Harry M Stevens business into a catering giant.
In 1996, Harry's name was back in the headlines, when 166 items of his baseball memorabilia were auctioned off in New York.
They included a photograph of Babe Ruth hitting his 60th home run, inscribed "To my second dad Harry M Stevens from Babe Ruth, December 25th 1927", which sold for £10,000.
But the nostalgic lot that grabbed all the attention was a 1940's stadium hot dog vendor's fitted wicker basket, which fetched £5,000 - Harry Stevens would have been proud.
To mark the 150th birthday of the hot dog pioneer, Derby plans a Sausage and Ale Trail leading visitors on a tour of some of the most mouth-watering bangers and beer in Britain.
And they'll be singing the praises of the town's culinary hero when they set up stall at the British Travel Trade Fair, which runs at Birmingham's NEC on March 1 and 2.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html
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The English have given the world many wonderful things. Food isn't one of them
God, I'm loving this.Americans owe their famous hot dog to Midland milkman
Feb 26 2006
By Paul Cole
AMERICA'S best-kept secret is out. The hot dog was invented not by a New Yorker but by ... a milkman from the Midlands.
New research reveals that Harry M Stevens came up with the snack that has become a byword for all things American.
The hot dog is up there with bagels and burgers, Uncle Sam and Mickey Mouse as the very essence of the good ol' U S of A.
But the Yanks owe it all to Harry, who was born 150 years ago in Derby, where he delivered milk for a living.
Archivists in the town are so convinced their records are right that they're preparing to celebrate the anniversary with a series of events - and even plan to add Midland relish to America's National Hotdog Day on July 21.
What's more, Harry invented the baseball scoring cards still used to this day in the States, and there's a suggestion that he was also the first man to drink fizzy pop through a straw.
"Everyone assumes that the hot dog was invented by an American," said Marion Nixon, the woman in charge of promoting Derby as a tourist destination.
"But that's not the case at all.
"Harry has probably made more of an impact on the United States than any other Englishman, but he's been an unsung hero whose Midland roots have never been properly appreciated."
Family tree records show that Harry, born in 1856, was the eldest son of James Stevens, a foreman on Midland Railway Locomotive in Derby.
He grew up to become a caterer in his hometown supplying, amongst others, Normanton Barracks with milk.
Those who knew him said he had a knack of inventing things. In the 1880s, Harry and his family upped sticks and emigrated to Ohio, where he realised there was money to be made from catering at large sporting events in the US.
"Hot dogs were the result of a chilly April day at New York City's Polo Ground in 1901," said tourism chief Marion.
"By now, Harry already had the catering concession for major league baseball games - but he was losing money trying to sell ice cream and cold soda. Nobody wanted them.
"Wanting something to warm the fans up, he sent out his salesmen to buy up all of the 'dachshund' sausages they could find, along with rolls to put them in.
"Then he got his vendors to go round the ground shouting: 'They're red hot. Get your hot dachshund sausages while they're red hot!'
"A newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan - short on ideas and working to a tight deadline - spotted the snack and drew a barking dachshund sausage nestling in a roll.
"Not sure how to spell dachshund, he scrawled the words 'hot dog' on his cartoon instead. The drawing became famous - and another American icon was born!"
Historians believe that sausages had been eaten in bread for centuries but the Derby milkman was first to put frankfurters in a roll and sell them as the famous hot dogs. Following Harry's death in May 1934, generations of the Stevens family maintained his traditions and developed the Harry M Stevens business into a catering giant.
In 1996, Harry's name was back in the headlines, when 166 items of his baseball memorabilia were auctioned off in New York.
They included a photograph of Babe Ruth hitting his 60th home run, inscribed "To my second dad Harry M Stevens from Babe Ruth, December 25th 1927", which sold for £10,000.
But the nostalgic lot that grabbed all the attention was a 1940's stadium hot dog vendor's fitted wicker basket, which fetched £5,000 - Harry Stevens would have been proud.
To mark the 150th birthday of the hot dog pioneer, Derby plans a Sausage and Ale Trail leading visitors on a tour of some of the most mouth-watering bangers and beer in Britain.
And they'll be singing the praises of the town's culinary hero when they set up stall at the British Travel Trade Fair, which runs at Birmingham's NEC on March 1 and 2.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html
