I've really come to enjoy Branston Pickle.

/Makes a grilled cheese/Branston Pickle sandwich using Muenster cheese and bread that's been baked with garlic and extra virgin olive oil until crispy.

I've never eaten poorly in England. In fact, you kind of have to go out of your way to find food worth mocking.

It's possible, but it's a lot of work.

Are you implying that Scottish food isn't healthy and delicious?

I actually happen to like haggis. Deep fried battered Mars bars not so much. The Welsh like to use leeks and seaweed in their food. It's not all that bad though. Fast food will always be a little iffier.

I remember learning to like steak and kidney pie and even roll mops. Can't say I ever liked jellied eel. (The meat is nice, but the jelly and the skin and the bones are pretty disgusting.)

All in all, English food isn't that bad. It takes some getting used to. There was a time that lasted about 150 years in Europe where the majority of vegetables were boiled into colorless mush as the standard. It's nice to see that changing.

One of the best sammiches I ever had was in a little pub in Edinburgh: cheddar and mango chutney on fresh-baked bread. I've also had loch salmon and Aberdeen steak. And I can't wax rhapsodic enough about the lamb. Mmmmm, lamb. FWIW (not much, I know) my favourite Thai restaurant is a little place on The Strand in London. Delicious!

Let us clarify
Traditional English food is > eating at any American chain restaurant > Dog food> Welsh food > something my dog sicked up > Scottish food.

I dunno, I'm kinda partial to Scotch Eggs...

Seriously, how can you NOT love eggs crusted with sausage and then fried up crisp?

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: I never understood "meat and two veg". I don't know what I thought it was, but turns out it was exactly what it said on the tin.

Also, there seems to be a standard "Sunday Dinner" which the pubs advertise, which I thought was odd.

You get the same sort of tried and true in Maine with a "Boiled Dinner" or "Sunday Beans." The British Isles like consistency. The one thing that the English were able to do was break up their cuisine with imports from their Empire--which is why you can get decent curry and kabobs. And a crapload of tamarind based sauces...

Sybarite: Are you implying that Scottish food isn't healthy and delicious?

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I dunno what is that, but I want a slice of it, along with a nice pint.

einsteinsbabysister: Yummy... Beans on toast.

Covered in "drippings", no less.

re scheme to levy higher taxes on "unhealthy" foods:

Can of worms #1: who decides what to tax, etc.

Can of worms #2: what other lifestyle choices will be considered for inclusion in future tax schemes?

Ughh hurts to think of the rubbish that would flow out of this business.

I don't hate the english, I just think they're wankers.

/scotsmen, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers