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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35679472
Sounds like somebody never tried a warm plate of Scraggledy Numps, or a bowl of Thumps in a Bodice, or even a hot cup of Singeshammy Longerjohns in Tabbernickywammelty sauce.
I genuinely believe these are actual names of actual british foods.
Go back far enough, and you uncover dishes with wonderful names like Farts of Portingale.
well america has shit on a shingle
So called because the toast in military kitchens were nicknamed shingles, as in roofing tiles. Evocative of bad cooking, which I'm betting was rampant.
Honestly, shit on a shingle (s.o.s. appropriately) is better than it sounds, even when not referred to under that name. But it's definitely a comfort food. It's not good for you, it's just creamy, beefy, and starch. Inoffensive, cheap, and easy to make in bulk. (Kinda want some now.)
I had a hot cup of Singeshammy Longerjohns in Tabbernickywammelty sauce once.
Never again! I prefer mine cold.
The taste of their food and beauty of their women made the British the greatest sailors on Earth.
British Food is awesome. It's not very colorful or ultra complex but it's the kinda food that warms the soul.
There are few things that bring me more joy than popping into a Greggs on a cold rainy morning for an overheated cup of generic tea and a sausage roll.
Some other great British dishes:
Love Shepherd's Pie
Tikka Masala ok.
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Every one of these are top dishes
Those sound good to have now and then, but not every day
We got bread. We got cheese. We got beans.
What more do you want?
Flavor
Salt?
Now that's a pro'a bri'ish flavor
Sausages ?
Ah yes a banger in the mouth.
ANUSTART
Including beans in breakfast is a British culinary achievement that I will never stop defending.
Beans for breakfast is also in Mexican food. So not weird to me.
Oh god, quesadillas for breakfast one day, baked beans the next, and ful another. Three different types of bread, and like at least four different types of beans. 😍
As an American, I ate a sushirrito and a pizza sandwich.
Beans for breakfast upsets you, you haven't lived.
Nah, British are kings of pastries, pies and cakes. Also don't underestimate British cheeses. Cheddar cheese is the most popular cheese in the world, and where was it made? Britain. Then there's stuff like Stilton, Wensleydale, and while Somerset Brie is really just a variant of Brie, it's still really nice.
That's not even digging into the various curries that gained their current forms in Britain, mainly by British Indians, who are just as British as any other.
Fat Americans out here standing in the world's largest glass house hurling rocks with gay adandon.
I honestly think British food is some of the most underrated in Europe. It is unfortunately a few years between each time I visit, but I am always blown away by the tea houses and pub food over there. Of course there is a lot of bad fastfood over there, but pointing to that alone would be like judging Norwegian food by our frozen pizza.
Technically a lot of the classic curries are british food
Food in Scotland is great! I had great pies, roast pig, lamb, black pudding, haggis, cakes. It was all great. Hardly any veggies though, if you're into that kind of thing.
That semi-colon made me wretch.
Much like your colon after having British food.
It's weird because a comma or colon would have been fine, but a semicolon just feels wrong.
I don't remember where I heard/read it first, but someone said that the British eat like they're still going through the blitz. I thought that was hilarious, and it seemed true.