Yes, American, having much in common with England, seems to hvae adopted that to a degree.

However, most of the shiat named that way in America is kind of trashy food or kids food.


If you go to a fancier restaurant claiming to sell american food you aren't going to find corn dogs onaibun a basket on the menu, where as a fancy restaurant in england might indeed sell a nice version of toad in the hole or bangers and mash.

Poop-n-Slop: I always thought bubble and squeak was going to the pub with your friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_and_squeak

I love Wikipedia...

"...The beef jerky waffle, particularly popular amongst British students is a vibrant mix of regular waffle folded over beef and smothered in cheese (usually (but not always) low value mature cheddar). This would most certainly always be eaten as a snack but with its rich blend can be prepared with salad meals or as an aside with ham."

Beef and cheese filled waffle to go with my ham slices? Yes please!

Also isn't hot dog a british originating term? corn dogs are just corn wrapped hot dogs, so the childish of that name comes from england.

:P

<b><a href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4255547&IDComment=49347775#c493 47775" target="_blank">sleeps in trees</a>:</b> <i>Fruvous: OK, good, good.... Stilton's good stuff for your crackertop snacking, that's for sure.

And one must not forget their chocolate bars. The reason our Canadian chocolate bars are (frankly) so much better than the American ones is ours are all based on British ones, sometimes still made by a British company.

You Mercans eat chocolate flavoured wax! :P


We send Cadbury and Demerara sugar down south for Xmas every year. Huge hit.</i>

Tell them to find a World Market. I've gotten Lion Bars, Milky Bars, all sorts of good candy bars from them recently. Only thing I didn't like much was the Flake. Oh, and even my local Target carries some of the Ritter stuff (not English, but most importantly, not American). And of course the premium grocers carry all kinds of stuff.

Quick tip: if your candy is newly arrived at the store and it has an expiration date within the next month or so, that's a good thing. Not as good as being in Europe and buying bars that are made that day, that go bad in a week or less, but still good.

Bill Frist: Also isn't hot dog a british originating term? corn dogs are just corn wrapped hot dogs, so the childish of that name comes from england.

:P

Hot dog is entirely American, and possibly the most childish name ever coined for a common food item.

Bill Frist: a fancy restaurant in england might indeed sell a nice version of toad in the hole or bangers and mash.

I've never seen those on the menu in a restaurant restaurant - in a pub restaurant, sure; but not a proper restaurant.

Poop-n-Slop: I love Wikipedia...

"...The beef jerky waffle, particularly popular amongst British students is a vibrant mix of regular waffle folded over beef and smothered in cheese (usually (but not always) low value mature cheddar)...

whatshisname: Hot dog is entirely American, and possibly the most childish name ever coined for a common food item.

Do you have a source for that? It seems it was first called a dog in german before the term came into english.

Chocolate?

Callebaut.

whatshisname: Hot dog is entirely American, and possibly the most childish name ever coined for a common food item.

More than "bubble and squeak?" I think not, sir. I THINK NOT.

It's just not right.

Why does England suck so hard?

LukeA Because it's been taking lessons from your mother.
_{fight twats with twattery - it's the only way}

I'll give you americans credit for one thing...



A hotter crisp/chip I've not found!

Poop-n-Slop: corporate mustache: Dude. Seriously.

Why there's isn't a single Southern-style BBQ place in Alberta is BEYOND ME.

We're basically the Texas of Canada.

We need a soul food place, here in Hongcouver.

oh yeah, we need a soul first.


Just go hang out by the Safe Injection Site.. I'm sure you'll find some soul down there!

And you can't beat the ladies of Vancouver in summer. (well I'm sure you COULD beat them, if you're into that)

Last time I was in BC, we stopped at some hippy commune and scored some great weed. Peachtree I think the place was called?

BC rocks.

Peachland? or Peachtree.

So did they have the steak, or the fish?

/oh, that's right, I had the Lasagna

So it turns out it was actually norovirus? That makes sense, Blumenthal's known for being fanatical about hygiene and food safety.

NB. He has a second restaurant right next door to the Fat Duck. It serves things like tomato soup, steak & fries, apple pie & ice cream, and dinner's like $25. It's apparently pretty much as good as tomato soup, steak & fries, and apple pie & ice cream get.

I've eaten the best food in my life in the UK.

The USA should shut up until they can do a franchise restaurant as good as Wagamama or "Sausages and Mash".

Also American candy falls into a pale quivering heap beside the glory that is british confectionary.

/THE SALMON MOUSSE!

American cheese - yellow processed dog food squirted into containers of any size and shape. It all tastes the same! Salty, oily and thickened with fakeness

American salad - limp wet things covered in oil and/or American cheese. Smells like oil, tastes like limp weeds from the garden.

American sushi - hahahahahahahahahahahaha you have no idea

American Chinese food - rice done with mexican spices does not equal chinese cuisine. Adding limp weeds doesn't make it any better.

The Amercian bagel - a load of thick, heavy, oily semi-baked flour spread with thick processed cheese, over-salty meat and limp weeds

I would rather eat in the UK

American chocolate may not be up to snuff, but I will put a warm chocolate chip cookie up against any of your biscuits any day.

And a real Southern biscuit against a scone, while we're at it.

Not to mention pecan pie, pumpkin pie, red velvet cake, krispy kreme donuts, chik fil-a sammiches, sweet tea, fried green tomatoes, fried okra, jambalaya, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, black eyed peas, chicken fried steak, chicken fried chicken, jalapeno cheese grits, pulled pork and wonderbread, Texas Pete, brunswick stew, reubens, 24 hour salad, 7 layer burritos...

As a Brit I must confess that the British Breakfast Sausage (a.k.a "Banger") is a paradox. On one hand, cheap supermarket ones are just meat-effect offal tubes that have no taste at all. But well made butchers sausages are a thing of beauty with a taste to transport you to gastronomic heaven.

The problem is, hotels (even the expensive ones) tend to serve the meat-effect offal tubes rather than decent ones with the "full english". I've only had decent sausages in a hotel as a "Bangers and Mash" main course.

Cumberland Sausage, as produced in Cumbria by farmers, is an especially excellent variety.

But, like many other people who have been following the situation, he speculated that the diners might have come down with Winter Vomiting Disease, a highly contagious type of norovirus that has been cutting a swathe through Britain this winter.

Interesting... the Winter Vomiting Disease... Hm... would that be what we Americans call.... THE FARKING STOMACH FLU?? Obviously not, lets blame our flu-like symptoms on the most expensive restaurant we can think of and wait for the class-action suit. Particularly since there were only 40 who reported being sick at first, and now over 200 who claim to be sick from eating there. We'll blend right in!

Oh, and to add to the awesome American food:

Chicken fried steak, biscuits and sausage gravy

mmm.... I wish I wasn't dieting... or that I lack the death wish for the ensuing heart attack. Might be worth it...

warwick_hunt: I'll give you americans credit for one thing...



A hotter crisp/chip I've not found!

my ears tingle just looking at that

i don't know how they make pastrami in the UK. but if you get a good pastrami, well, you have something.

NeuroticRocker: warwick_hunt: I'll give you americans credit for one thing...

A hotter crisp/chip I've not found!

my ears tingle just looking at that

If you can find them, try them.

Not for the faint of heart. Have a dip ready, I can only eat them smothered in sour cream and chive dip.

warwick_hunt: NeuroticRocker: warwick_hunt: I'll give you americans credit for one thing...

A hotter crisp/chip I've not found!

my ears tingle just looking at that

If you can find them, try them.

Not for the faint of heart. Have a dip ready, I can only eat them smothered in sour cream and chive dip.

theres a famous store in delaware called Peppers. its just a store that sells hot sauce and hot sauce accessories. spicy jams, spreads, chips, etc. but their selection is GLOBAL.

they have the hottest sauses in the world and chips like that.

i dont know. i love spicy food but not stupid spicy. im not into macho heat with no flavor.

Food of the gods:

NeuroticRocker: theres a famous store in delaware called Peppers. its just a store that sells hot sauce and hot sauce accessories. spicy jams, spreads, chips, etc. but their selection is GLOBAL.

they have the hottest sauses in the world and chips like that.

i dont know. i love spicy food but not stupid spicy. im not into macho heat with no flavor.

I still have 7 bags from the original 12, I really have to be in the mood to go for one. I thought, 'Pah, how hot can a bag of crisps be?'

Too hot, that's how hot.

I'm sure I'll now get shot down by the chilli hardcore who eat these for breakfast or to cool their mouth down when eating an even hotter crisp.

I loves me some black pudding. And white pudding. you can get them at http://www.foodireland.com/

Chicken fried steak turns my stomach, but biscuits n' gravy are freaking awesome. Though I prefer chicken gravy to sausage, by whisker. And honestly, Americans, about Black Pudding (the only British dish that is actually worse than it sounds) but I got one word for ya : Chitlins.

I rest my case.

HTApprovedChick: But, like many other people who have been following the situation, he speculated that the diners might have come down with Winter Vomiting Disease, a highly contagious type of norovirus that has been cutting a swathe through Britain this winter.

Interesting... the Winter Vomiting Disease... Hm... would that be what we Americans call.... THE FARKING STOMACH FLU??

Nah, norovirus is different, it's like having a weeks worth of flu packed into 2 days. I got it once, never vomited so much in my life. Couldn't even keep water down.

EverythingElseWasTaken (love the nick!), if Marmite is the food of the gods, I'm going to go eat at the devil's table.

warwick_hunt: NeuroticRocker: theres a famous store in delaware called Peppers. its just a store that sells hot sauce and hot sauce accessories. spicy jams, spreads, chips, etc. but their selection is GLOBAL.

they have the hottest sauses in the world and chips like that.

i dont know. i love spicy food but not stupid spicy. im not into macho heat with no flavor.

I still have 7 bags from the original 12, I really have to be in the mood to go for one. I thought, 'Pah, how hot can a bag of crisps be?'

Too hot, that's how hot.

I'm sure I'll now get shot down by the chilli hardcore who eat these for breakfast or to cool their mouth down when eating an even hotter crisp.

i forget the name. possibly "Hot As shiat Hot Sauce" but i forget....the bottle had a plastic toilet seat as a charm around the neck....but one of the bottles at Peppers was in the top 10 hottest in the world (going by scoville units)

the label was a guy naked on the floor, lying in fetal position, crying as an atomic mushroom cloud of fire was shooting out his ass.

too honest. i stayed far far away.

the hottest sauce has a waiver and has an eyedropper. each DROP has to be dilluted in 2 gallons of water. and after that, its still unbearable. its basically pure capcasin.

warwick_hunt: I'll give you americans credit for one thing... A hotter crisp/chip I've not found!

I am intrigued by their ideas and will try to subscribe to their newsletter in Selfridge's. McCoy's chilli has been outclassed.

Look, you only enjoy ridiculously hot things because you get an endorphin rush from the pain, You'll get the same "flavour" from smashing your hand in a car door.

Fruvous: Chicken fried steak turns my stomach, but biscuits n' gravy are freaking awesome. Though I prefer chicken gravy to sausage, by whisker. And honestly, Americans, about Black Pudding (the only British dish that is actually worse than it sounds) but I got one word for ya : Chitlins.

I rest my case.

I'm from Atlanta, and I've had more than my share of soul/southern food. My first experience with chitterlings was in rural China, at the hands of my cruel and untrustworthy brother. The reason behind their consumption, whether it be poor Chinese or poor blacks, is simply economics. At least black folks have the decency to cover them in hot sauce. Also, wikipedia suggests that they are very popular in Yorkshire.

In short, nobody eats pig ass if they can avoid it.

eggi541: b>OgreMagi: warwick_hunt: fake cheese in an aerosol can.

You mean the greatest invention in the history of mankind?

I think SPAM is the greatest food invention of all time.

By combining the awesome power of Spam and aerosol cheese I could, dare I say it, rule the world! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Hey, if you're eating it because you're poor, all bets are off, That's not cuisine, it's survival, and you can eat chicken fried possum balls and call it Xmas Dinner, with my blessing.

But if you have a choice, man, put that shiat down. :)

Then again, a lot of high-toned, super expensive food used to be weird shiat only peasants ate. Case in point : lobster.

But you ain't getting me to eat chitterlings unless you make them look way, way, way better. Having watched a fellow eat chitlins with biscuits and gravy, I can attest to the horror of watching someone happily consume something that, to me, looks like it's screaming "THROW THIS PART AWAY!".

EverythingElseWasTaken: Food of the gods anus:

FTFY

Fruvous: Chicken fried steak turns my stomach, but biscuits n' gravy are freaking awesome. Though I prefer chicken gravy to sausage, by whisker. And honestly, Americans, about Black Pudding (the only British dish that is actually worse than it sounds) but I got one word for ya : Chitlins.

I rest my case.

no one actually eats chitlins though. I've never once in my entire life seen them, and I grew up in the south.

Chitlins were bascally the cheapest worst food that slave owners could feed slaves and that is how it came about.

The slavery is part of our shiatty history, but chitlins aren't really part of our cuisine.

Fruvous: Chicken fried steak turns my stomach, but biscuits n' gravy are freaking awesome. Though I prefer chicken gravy to sausage, by whisker. And honestly, Americans, about Black Pudding (the only British dish that is actually worse than it sounds) but I got one word for ya : Chitlins.

I rest my case.

Not gonna lie, I'm black, and truer words have never been written on Fark.

I remember being a child and going down into the hood (Newark in the '90's) on New Year's Eve. Then I had to shut myself in my room and close the door, even though my bedroom was on the floor ABOVE our kitchen and on the opposite side of the apartment (though it was by the stairs).

...I was the whitest black kid ever. Though I think I took after my dad - my mom's side of the family loved their chitlins for New Year's Eve, but Dad was right up there with me.

Though, to be fair, tripe is considered a delicacy in MANY countries, so.

ktybear: American cheese - yellow processed dog food squirted into containers of any size and shape. It all tastes the same! Salty, oily and thickened with fakeness

"American cheese" is just a name for processed cheese. It is definitly gross, but who really eats it outside of poor people? What I mean is, you don't go to a decent reasturant and eat it.

That said, cheeses in america are definitly not on par with europe.

American salad - limp wet things covered in oil and/or American cheese. Smells like oil, tastes like limp weeds from the garden.

I honestly have zero idea what you are talking about. I've never heard the term American salad and NEVER EVER seen anyone put American cheese on a salad.

It is quite easy to find good vegetables in America. Probably easier than England given if you live in the right area.

American sushi - hahahahahahahahahahahaha you have no idea

American Chinese food - rice done with mexican spices does not equal chinese cuisine. Adding limp weeds doesn't make it any better.

Okay, here you have to be joking. American east asian food (chinese/thai/vietnamese/etc.) is miles and miles above the British versions.

British Indian food is a lot better than here though.


The Amercian bagel - a load of thick, heavy, oily semi-baked flour spread with thick processed cheese, over-salty meat and limp weeds

That sounds more like some shiatty British version of a bagel. Real bagels are not oily and you can put whatever you want on it unless it is some devil's anus droppings like marmite.

OgreMagi: warwick_hunt: fake cheese in an aerosol can.

You mean the greatest invention in the history of mankind?

Yes! Every time one of my friends goes to the States I get them to bring me a can of this crap. Amazingly bad/good stuff. I love cheese and now I can...spray it in my mouth? Unbelievable.

The_Sponge: warwick_hunt: Come back and whine about our food when you invent something on a par with the Yorkshire Pudding!


Ahem.....

Babyback Ribs
Buffalo Wings
Turducken
Philly Cheesesteak
Crab Cakes
Stone Crab Claws

Chinese food
Pizza
Chimichangas

Bill Frist: Fruvous: Chicken fried steak turns my stomach, but biscuits n' gravy are freaking awesome. Though I prefer chicken gravy to sausage, by whisker. And honestly, Americans, about Black Pudding (the only British dish that is actually worse than it sounds) but I got one word for ya : Chitlins.

I rest my case.

no one actually eats chitlins though. I've never once in my entire life seen them, and I grew up in the south.

Chitlins were bascally the cheapest worst food that slave owners could feed slaves and that is how it came about.

The slavery is part of our shiatty history, but chitlins aren't really part of our cuisine.

My dad was a white guy from east Texas. He ate chitlins, as well as hog head cheese, polk sallet, etc. When he cooked chitlins you simply could not bear to be in the house. Awful, awful smell.

Any you guys in Victoria, BC, go to "Smoken Bones" cookshack. But go when you are really hungry.

http://restaurantsvictoria.blogspot.com/

Me, I'm all about the brisket. My daughter would cheerfully take a life for the beef ribs. Then there are the sides: smoked baked beans, great cornbread, excellent 'slaw.. on and on.

Give it a shot. I bet you carry some away with you.

One thin wafer, What harm can one wafer do?

Beans? For breakfast?

Oh yeah, go to a commuter loaded with people and fart your way to your destination of your choice.