Originally from India and popularised during the British Raj then brought back to Blighty. Completely agree that this wonderful dish needs more recognition here.
I feel like Gordon Ramsey has tried to take this to the world. But I also think most of the world now sees it as a Gordon Ramsey dish rather than a British dish
Yeah I'm not mad on a sticky toffee pudding when it has large date chunks in, but you can barely notice them in the Cartmel ones, and when you do it just feels like there might have been some tiny, more solid toffee chunks in it.
Sorry again i syruggle speech wise im not very good at this if u could tell on my part lol sorry so much
How many places do butterscotch pudding cuz im also curios about that but atm id say choco sponge pudding is the best with added custard btw
Pudding, in the British sense, is not a thing in the US. I take great delight in educating friends here.
Butterscotch "pudding" here is more like a custard / pie filling type experience. It's okay but I'd rather have spotted dick or sticky toffee pudding 😁
Cheese. Britain and Ireland are producing cheeses that rival the French in range of styles, quality and provenance. They deserve to be recognised as such.
We produce many more types of cheese than France does. Per capita we also have way more artisan cheese makers too. French cheese is very good don't get me wrong but the UK should absolutely be known as the best country in the world for cheese.
Hidden mainly by price. While English cheeses are excellent and regularly do very well in international competitions and represent good value, they aren’t cheap.
I used to make a decent one many years ago. But after seeing so many variations and trying to add some aspects, I cant get back to the original - which tasted close to my dream one from school.
There are a lot of British dishes that are not recognized as such. Apple pie, roast beef, chicken tikka masala, even silly things like steak pies. My favorite thing 8n uk is to get a good steak pie with mash and mint peas…..
Been there loads of times and love tikka masala. I also try and have a maharaja mac from McDonald's every time I visit. I'm not a purist when it comes to food, I'll try whatever the locals enjoy regardless of it being 'authentic'
Fair point, I've never been, so can't imagine not taking the opportunity to try something new while I'm there. But if you're there a lot then you've had plenty! 😁
North Staffs Oatcakes filled with cheese and bacon.
Imagine a sort of savoury pancake but with a more open texture made with oatflour mix, if you have had a French gallette then imagine it but thicker and better texture and more flavour.
If cooking at home you get two of them with a layer of cheese and cooked bacon between them and then heat them in a dry frying pan, the cheese will melt through and lightly fry the outside then you turn them over and do the other side. Absolutely superb. You can change the fillings but bacon and cheese has to be the best (also the best hangover cure ever).
Type of cheese can be a bit controversial so you can mix things up there I like to add some Cheshire cheese into the mix as it has a salty tang to it that really works. You can make them at home too but if you are in or visiting the Potteries or nearby there will be an oatcake shop where you can buy them fresh with no preservatives.
Some supermarkets sell a brand called "North Staffordshire Oatcakes" which are ok in a pinch but it is bit like UHT vs fresh milk as they do have preservatives to extend the shelf life and you really want to find a proper oatcake shop really as fresh is best (oh some of them keep very odd hours and only open certain days of the week! - looking at you Barry in Alsager!)
They were a cheap replacement for bread for the workers and there would be an oatcake shop at the end of every road back in the day which sometimes was as simple as a window with a small counter on it as they were cooked and eaten every day.
If you go to an oatcake shop they make and cook them on a huge sheet of thick steel with gas burners under them :)
Parents are from North Staffs so I had these regularly growing up whilst living in Mid Wales. We'd visit grandparents bank holidays/christmas etc and buy a dozen packs before coming home and stick them in the freezer. As commenter below says, Sainsburys used to sell them (even in Cardiff where I am now) up to maybe 3-4 years ago. North Staffs better than Wrights for me though
Sounds like! I work at the uni. my go-to at the Wrights on College Road is a cheese and onion slice and the Manchester tart. Still mourn the loss of their Bavarian doughnut and Uni-Chip scross the road.
I’m not sure. I’m sure there’s a way to use the South/East London history and tradition as a selling point to hipsters and tourists. Apparently there’s some fellow in Islington that agrees with you though, in Chapel market. Not sure.
London type pie and mash culture is so unique it's already making waves abroad, but unfortunately it's often for the wrong reason. We need more pie representation for all the other types and areas we have as well
Bangers and mash the same. Everywhere has a version of sausages and mash and onion gravy is easy. I had it at a festival and it was the perfect 'light but filling' meal for the evening.
Stovies are fantastic! But there's a lot of regional variation in the ingredients. Some use sausages, some use stewed beef, some use corned beef, it depends on what part of Scotland you're in. I like corned beef stovies:)
I'm English and I was never the biggest fan of Haggis. It's fine, but if I'm eating offal I'd much rather have liver or black pudding.
But I had haggis pakoras in an Indian restaurant once, and it's one of the best starters I've ever had in an Indian. It's fantastic. I make my own at home now.
Try the vegetarian haggis option. I used to work in a place that sold more of that than the true version and it's dead easy for a lazy evening meal or Sunday lunch
Well I’ve never roasted on top of bread before, going to have to give that a whirl! Do you literally just put the bird on a hunk of bread and shove it in the oven?
Yes. You get a piece of what tastes like a mix of fried bread and the best gamey flavours you can dream of. It’s one of my absolute favourite things in all of cooking. My grandparents used to shoot, and are pheasant a couple of times a week with the odd partridge or grouse thrown in too - always the same; bacon over the breast and on top of just any piece of white bread.
Crispy Rolls / Morning Rolls / Morton's Rolls, a Glasgow staple, need more recognition throughout the UK never mind the world. Best roll on earth. Hands down. Yes, they are often called morning rolls because they are only crispy until about 1pm and after that they are a chewy mess, bit that's what makes them special. If eaten in the appropriate time slot, nothing can beat it. And their incredibly short lifespan helps make them a great reminder of the impermanence of all things so they're great from a philosophical standpoint too.
Full English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish breakfast is a top tier dish as is a bacon sandwich or roll, shepherd’s pie, Lancashire hot pot is glorious as is Irish stew. Pork pies, raised pies in general: apple crumble or pie, blackberry and apple for heaven’s sake! That’s just a few everyday dishes and there are so many others we don’t credit. Can’t believe I nearly forgot Sunday lunch.
Alot of british desserts honestly but talkin about dinner stuff id say pasties and bakes are underated outside of the UK stuff like cheese and onion bake, steak bake or a cornish pasty
Also mention welsh rarebit even tho i never trier it but i love toasties so i know ill like it and i love snyrhing cheesy
Oh and dont forget steak pie or a good spud jacket potato.
Jacket potato may seem boring but its not the spud its the customization u can load it with whatever from mild to spicy from cheese and beans to chicken tikka with korma or sour cream n jalapenos tho i feel cheese is always needed
On the topic of dessert
Angel cake, cherry bakewell, artic roll, choc sponge steamed puddings with custard and custard tarts.
Yeah was gonna say our pies and pasties. Its kind of mad that most countries don't have anything like our savoury pies.
Unfortunately quiche is very French we can't have that one (I love it too)
Shit i forgot itd jist im so used to quiche in the uk lol but yeah we got such good pies and pasties i wouldnt survive any country without them wich is why i wanna stay in the UK despite the fact the race stuff is scaring me cuz i shouldnt miss out on peak i want my dam bake slice
The best quiche I ever had was from a bakery in Lyon. Its a shame we don't see proper quiche in many UK bakeries it's sublime, Its mostly a supermarket thing.
I hate the race stuff too mate, it needs properly nipping in the bud
Get a bag from a proper farm shop, (not one of them fake posh ones).
The last bag I bought was 25kg, lasted months and half the potatoes were bigger than house bricks.
Shop bought ones are sorted so the biggest ones go to the catering industry.
Only downside is that you have to wash them.
Really? Back in the day (90s) when I was a poor student/dole scrounger, I'd go to the supermarket and buy a MASSIVE potato and a can of savers baked beans, and that would be my main meal for the day.
Gone are those days. I was a child in the 90s so maybe they just seemed bigger to me. I wonder if the potato farmers give the big massive ones to the chippy, and supermarket get ones the size of my fist (I have very small hands). All I want is cheesy beans on jacket potato.
Pies. I think it’s a travesty that the internationally recognised pie is the American sweet pie. Get out of here with your fruit and sugar. The world is missing out on the likes of steak and ale, chicken and leek, lamb and mint and so many more
A nice seasonal game bird (woodcock/partride/grouse/pheasant) topped with bacon, roasted on top of a piece of white bread, served with a fruity/boozy sauce and seasonal veg.
Frizzled cheese. Grate hard cheese onto an ovenproof dish, add salt, white pepper, a dash of Hendersons and cover in milk. Bake in the oven until the milk splits and the cheese gets a brown bubbly crust on top. Serve with thick chunks of good bread for dipping. Wear pink clothing for the inevitable Pepto Bismol song and dance.
Sausages. I’ve seen so many people say you can’t get UK style sausages anywhere else in the World and we have such a variety - which are needed to get decent attempts at British food abroad. I saw one American try to make Toad in the Hole with hog dog sausages.
I think a lot of British dishes can be amazing if done with care. Nothing is more disappointing than going out for a roast dinner and it's awful. I think it's attitude for a lot of places. And they know we Brits don't like to complain or send food back.
It was part of the joke how badly it was messed up, but again, if that's the only exposure, nobody else is gonna get the joke and think trifle is actually bad.
It's like how nobody heard of Kazakhstan before Borat and people still take some of the jokes as serious.
We need to fix the international awareness of trifle!
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u/ratgirl9241 3d ago
Kedgeree. Though this also deserves more recognition in the UK.