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2015-11-13 Britain

20 British foods Americans have probably never heard of but really should try

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I'll have fun with this with my British coworkers. "Toad in the hole" one we cover recently.

Posted by Dale 2015-11-13 07:18|| 2015-11-13 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Blame it on my undiluted British heritage, but I have heard of every one of these, and eaten most ... one or two of which are cooked regularly at my house. And we have an opened bottle of HP sauce in the refrigerator this very moment.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2015-11-13 09:03|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2015-11-13 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Stopped at haggis.

Posted by Iblis 2015-11-13 10:38|| 2015-11-13 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Ha!
Pig in a Blanket is not a cold cop.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-11-13 11:59|| 2015-11-13 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Tried to order Haggis when I was up in Plockton Scotland (near the castle from Highlander) and they wouldn't serve it to me. It was on the menu, other folks were eating it but the yank wasn't gonna get any and badmouth it back in the states. They suggested mutton which actually was delicious.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-11-13 15:00|| 2015-11-13 15:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, I think of associations when I hear haggis...and that brings me to Eric Bogle's Aussie Barbeque song:

AUSSIE BBQ

When the summer sun is shining on Australia’s happy land
Round countless fires in strange attire you’ll see many happy bands
Of glum Australians watching their lunch go up in flames
By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell it’s barby-time again!

Chorus:

When the steaks are burning fiercely when the smoke gets in your eyes
When the snags all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is full of flies
It’s a national institution; it’s Australian through and through
So come on mate and grab your plate, let’s have a bar-b-que!

The Scots eat lots of haggis; the French eat snails and frogs
The Greeks go crackers over their mousakkas, the Chinese love hot dogs
Welshmen love to have a leek, the Irish like their stew
But you just can’t beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie bar-b-que!

There’s flies stuck to the margarine, the bread has gone rock hard
The kids are fighting, the mossies are biting “Who forgot the Aeroguard?!”
There’s bull ants in the esky and the beer is running out
And what you saw in mum’s coleslaw you just don’t think about!

And when the barbie’s over and your homeward way you wend
With a queasy tummy on the family dunny many lonely hours you spend
You might find yourself reflecting as many often do
Come rain or shine that’s the bloody last time that you’ll have a bar-b-que!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-11-13 17:26|| 2015-11-13 17:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe guy with the reelee bad fake accent will sing that for Outhouse Steakhouse.

Posted by JHH 2015-11-13 19:01|| 2015-11-13 19:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Pigs in blankets is also called cocks in socks by the posher uk.mil folks

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-11-13 21:29|| 2015-11-13 21:29|| Front Page Top

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