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The very best classic British foods ranked (sweet & savoury)
- Thread starter Saya
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Yeah, they can be pretty similar, probably near indentical in some restaurant. I guess the main difference would be that in the masala dish the chicken has to be cooked in a tandoor or on a grill.
I eat Steak and Kidney Pudding and Pie. I'd eat it more but after my Nan died many years ago I haven't ever made one and nobody else in my family cooks them so it's storebought or nothing T_T
I worked at Sheffield uni for a long time, and it was common for us to go to the Nottingham house for food and a pint. The pies were all homemade, and there was a range of fillings but a limited number of pies per day. No other food was served in the pub - besides the usual crisps and peanuts. In my opinion those were some of the best pies in the area... But I haven't been back since I left Sheffield in September 2017, and they may have changed it since then. In my opinion, it's really worth it a try if you're nearby.
Haha yes about to say what a load of BS. Haggis is fucking amazing. And deep fried Mars bars are a novelty at best, it's not a regular thing...
I've always wanted to try Haggis but I haven't seen anywhere to get it, even the highly-specialised butcher I sometimes go to.
A local chippie does do a deep-fried Mars bar so I might go for that once in my life. Doubt I'll like it, though, but that's mainly because I'm not the biggest fan of Mars in the first place.
In England? Surely there must be somewhere you can get some? I figured the big supermarkets would have at least the tinned Halls haggis available (it looks stinking but it's genuinely nice). They all have up here (obviously) but it's still fairly new that the supermarkets even stock any kind of haggis in Scotland, depressingly enough.
To be honest I haven't looked that much, but whenever I've gone to the Supermarket I haven't really found any. I'll keep looking, though, as it's definitely something I want to at least try.
You might be more likely to see it in stock around Burns Night, but that's a ways away.
A lot of these things can be emulated here in the U.S. but I have never had genuine clotted cream like I did when I went to London a couple of years ago. That and a good jam is what makes a scone good. Substitute clotted cream, which is basically a homemade whipped cream, just doesn't compare.
Also, shepherd's pie belongs in the god-tier.
Also, shepherd's pie belongs in the god-tier.
Unfortunately double cream (and clotted cream) doesn't really exist in the US because of how your milk is pasteurised. You have "heavy cream" which isn't the same thing and is basically a poor man's double cream.
What's the problem?
If you can find heavy cream that isn't ultra-pasteurised (normally pasteurised is fine), you can clot your own cream!
Heavy cream doesn't have the fat content though so will never be quite as good.
Yeah, I've looked at recipes before which call for basically unpasteurized cream and I thought that'd be easier to find in the rural area I live. But, it's actually more difficult since more eclectic food shops are few and far between and local dairies don't sell those types of things.
Finding that type of cream is the most difficult part!
That doesn't matter - "proper" clotted cream isn't made from cream anyway, but full-fat milk. The fat separates out while it heats - at the end there's a thicker clotted cream layer and leftover watery liquid.
Add my name to the list of people complaining about this anti-scottish propaganda.
And seriously, steak and kidney pie should be god tier. Anyone who ever tried my Gran's homemade steak and kidney pies would agree.
I live in Japan and I absolutely love some of the food here, but some of my Gran's cooking would give some of this stuff a run for its money.
And it's not just me. My Japanese wife absolutely loves my Gran's cooking whenever we go for a visit, and my wife is from quite a well-off family, so she's used to eating good food.
Years ago, my friend had me over for dinner and tried making her own Yorkshire puddings. She must have made a mistake along the way. They turned out wonderfully, but they were also massive. She ended up putting the meat, mashed potatoes and gravy in there and we had Yorkshire pudding pies. Definitely better than frozen ones, but the frozen ones aren't too bad.
By store bought, I'm assuming you mean supermarket? Have you tried your local butchers? Sometimes you can get good steak pies at the butchers. Obviously varies from location to location, of course.
And seriously, steak and kidney pie should be god tier. Anyone who ever tried my Gran's homemade steak and kidney pies would agree.
I live in Japan and I absolutely love some of the food here, but some of my Gran's cooking would give some of this stuff a run for its money.
And it's not just me. My Japanese wife absolutely loves my Gran's cooking whenever we go for a visit, and my wife is from quite a well-off family, so she's used to eating good food.
Years ago, my friend had me over for dinner and tried making her own Yorkshire puddings. She must have made a mistake along the way. They turned out wonderfully, but they were also massive. She ended up putting the meat, mashed potatoes and gravy in there and we had Yorkshire pudding pies. Definitely better than frozen ones, but the frozen ones aren't too bad.
By store bought, I'm assuming you mean supermarket? Have you tried your local butchers? Sometimes you can get good steak pies at the butchers. Obviously varies from location to location, of course.