English Cooking

Bazza-spark said:
When we were on screwfix @Highway Man s post were always popular and got the 3 of us in trouble with the mods regularly. We have been doing things like this for a few years now and really enjoy the banter and fun. It helps me tremendously taking my mind of other things.

Hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
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But which bright spark actually had the idea to come here in the first place?
 
Nwgs2 said:
Does it matter ? They are having a proper laugh.

Something the GD sadly misses.

They even have the Trolls trying to ruin their fun.

Crack on lads, you’ve brought a smile to my face. Fook the haters
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OMG!

It was a joke :)

I have been nothing but welcoming from the start.

Didn't Highway Man post as "bright spark" on ScrewFix? That was the joke!
 
Nwgs2 said:
Does it matter ? They are having a proper laugh.

Something the GD sadly misses.

They even have the Trolls trying to ruin their fun.

Crack on lads, you’ve brought a smile to my face. Fook the haters
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What he said.

+1
 
Bazza-spark said:
Never tried halloumi.
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You should. If you don't like it, nothing lost but the price of the cheese (assuming nobody else in the house likes it). If you do like it then you'll have found something new you enjoy.


. said:
Same as grilling cheese I think, it's nice and cheap in Aldi. You can fry it in a pan too and it only takes a couple of minutes but it's deffo not an English classic.
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It's been sold here for decades, and is pretty commonplace. The great thing about "English" cuisine is that 99.999% of it is imported, so we can import what we like from wherever we like and incorporate it. Fried halloumi, for example, is great as part of a fried breakfast.

And do you know what? In that fry-up you can substitute sucuk or merguez sausages (if you like them) for your usual. (Sausages, BTW, were invented in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, and black pudding is of ancient Greek origin.)

Bazza-spark said:
@Highway Man won't want it then :giggle:
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Seems daft to deliberately cut yourself of from all the food in the world which you don't think is "English" enough.


Highway Man said:
OMG no. Good old cheddar is my preference. Classic through and through.
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You can't do with cheddar what you can do with halloumi, and vice versa. Halloumi doesn't melt, so it's fnin useless for cheese on toast, or a cheese toastie, or a slice on a burger, or a cheese sauce.

OTOH - try frying or barbecuing a thick slice of cheddar - see how well that goes for you.

You are allowed to like, and use, many different types of cheese, it's not a competition.
 
Just had a custard doughnut. Only discovered them about a month ago. You get em in a bag from Tesco. Just like a jam doughnut but with thick ambrosia Devon style custard in.

Are they English though?
 
. said:
Just had a custard doughnut. Only discovered them about a month ago. You get em in a bag from Tesco. Just like a jam doughnut but with thick ambrosia Devon style custard in.

Are they English though?
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Do you not like a sugary ring?
 
. said:
Just had a custard doughnut. Only discovered them about a month ago. You get em in a bag from Tesco. Just like a jam doughnut but with thick ambrosia Devon style custard in.

Are they English though?
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Apparently so! It seems that both donuts and custard (creme anglaise) were invented here.

Doughnuts are a British invention according to historians who have unearthed they were invented by the English upper classes

Until recently the earliest known doughnut recipe dated from 1847 when American Hanson Gregory claimed to have invented them aboard a lime-trading ship.
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