British food week at Lidl (from Thursday 5.Jun.08)

Are they doing real English tea bags /& loose tea too? That ascot tea mischung is crap!

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
Toad-in-the-Hole
Roast Meats (Beef is eaten with horseradish sauce, pork with sweet apple sauce and lamb with mint sauce.)
Ploughman's Lunch
Gammon Steak with egg
Lancashire Hotpot
Pie and Mash with parsley liquor
Jellied eels
Bubble & Squeak
Bangers and Mash
Black Pudding
Cumberland sausage

Glamorgan sausages. mmmm cheesy goodness.

ooh and a Clarkies Pie with a pint of Brains SA.mmmmmm

Exactly


Alternatively, chase it the wrong way around the mountain and it just falls over...

Currently the import of Haggis to the USA is illegal. This is due to haggis' offal ingredients such as sheep lungs. The British Food Standards Agency disputes these concerns, and claims there is no reason for the import of haggis to be restricted. US FDA has declared them "unfit for human consumption" .

And what does the US FDA say about andouillette?

Opus, did you have a bad experience with a masala causing you to fall into a korma or something which has resulted in you having your tits in a sling over British cuisine? A bad touch of Ghandi's revenge or somesuch perhaps?

so again Opus, where are you from? just so we can have a bit of fun poking banter at you and your natives, you understand.
or is the native cuisine also so ´shite´ where you´re from, you´re cautious about revealing?

Ooh, Opus has left us... Does that mean we've won the argument and he's right now poring over gourmet British cuisine, for example, here: http://www.donaldrussell.com/?c1=PAN:UK&am...WID=32964897531

?

Or has he just gone off in a huff?

Where do you all reckon he's from btw?

No, he (she???) is back... Hold on to yer hats!

I am not French or may be I am!!

Oh for the love of God, just tell everyone where you're from. How do you expect anyone to take you seriously if you won't reveal even such basic information?

Slovenia probably.

Yup! I reckon of Eastern European origin acccording to his other posts and topics.

I am from Hungary.

Now chaps, go easy - no jokes about being hungry...

By the way there are more Hungarian restaurants around the world than British.

maybe, but I bet we have more pubs!

Fuck me, you're irritating. And I'm not even British.

@keydeck

who is irritating?

& I´ve been to one of them (in Spain) and the food was shit.
Moonboot Conclusion à la Opus: all Hungarian food is shit.

SWK, I was referring to the our alleged Hungarian friend.

phewwww

No worries, I'll get to you later

Some help from petite Hungary to enhance the British taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRZlQa5Zq0

I'm American and thought flapjacks were also pancakes. Until one day I was visiting my British friend and she asked if I wanted flapjacks. She brought out these kinda cookie things that looked like a musli cereal bar. It had oats, raisins, honey and some other things in it. It looked strange but tasted very good. I was very surprised! You learn something new everyday...

Try this lady, you thought the Brits/English/Scottish couldn't cook. You should try this book! You may be amazed!
Mrs Beetons Cookbook

Thats it Moonboot no messing about with words eh?Tell em how it is girl.

@ sea-king

Amazed at how bad it is. Mrs Beeton is the nadir of English cooking. She recommends boiling carrots for 30 minutes FFS.

Well, as you know the carrots were a lot harder then!

Oh by the by, I didn't mean you would be pleasantly amazed, did I?

Sea-King...? British food week...lad where does da fit wit die cigarettes + die helles diet???

Somehow I cant see you cooking up a 2 bangers and mash meal!!!

Thats because a ton of you ran off in 52, couldn't return and were forced to recreate home in the countries you landed in. I actualy have experienced alot of Hungarian cuisine more than you British in fact, any country that considers pasta with sugar and salt a dish can just shut up when it comes to judging others.

Back to the topic in question- thank you v much for the info I will def be checking out what is on offer in Lidl next week.

It was American week a few weeks ago and I got some tasty bbq crisps, beef chilli and mexican chilli crisps. Yes i am a crisp addict, bring on Salt n Vinegar!!! (I feel paying 1 euro for a (small) bag from Subway is a lot when I eat so much!!!)

Note: it is currently Asia week at the moment, I bought a curry sauce which I wouldn't recommend. It was so sweet :-(

Why? It's an awful offer. Avoid.

Its worth it for the S+V chipsticks...arrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhh

"Thats because a ton of you ran off in 52"

Get some basic facts right, to sound more credible. It was 56 and not 52.

Hungarian restaurants run because they do profitable business, because people spend their CA$H for the taste they offer.

As you British are discovering, Nostalgia alone, or simply "TALKING UP" the Cuisine does not make it popular with any one. No one spends their bucks for the British taste, even the British do not do it.

Even Britons do not eat British.

There are more British expatriates around the world than than half the population of Hungary. Yet hardly any British restaurants, even for the expatriates. If you guys like it so much then why not eat it too.

All British claims on this forum would qualify as hypocrisy, you claim British good is good, you claim you like it, but you don't put your money there, because in reality your taste buds tell you that there is no value there.

Only remark I hear about British food from non British is "It's crap".

You're entirely right and we really should be boycotting Lidl next week for trying to impose such awful food on the country.

Sauerkraut lunch anybody?

No way Pas i am going to Lidl if Opus does not want owt then he should go to the hungarian shop.Have you ever seen Lidl or Aldi having an Hungarian week.I think not Opus kind sir.If it was a choice between Goulash a pie or a duell in the morning hours then i would be eating the pie while duelling with someone.So Opus sir i will see you in the morning,name your weapons sir.

only remark we hear about you is you talk crap.

so, ever been to Spain, where there are some big expat British communities, full of ex-pats, and tourists, chomping happily away in British restaurants??

but do carry on with your broken-record drivel, you´re quite entertaining with your wild claims and sweeping generalisations.

Was thinking the same myself. 90% of that stuff is rebadged assortment stuff from Lidl UK, available all the time. However the vinegar is not the same-in the UK/Irish Lidls it's proper malt, dark brown like Sarson's. The bottle is a different shape too. As I said, the rest of it is pretty much all available (in different packaging) year round in British and Irish Lidl stores.

I was wondering that. I'm expecting a nice reminder, but not exactly world class (sorry could never be world class as british food is rubbish:-)) , of my fave British foods.

Supposed I should really get of my arse and cook more of it myself.

Dude I ate Hungarian food for nigh on 4 years at every family opportunity of an ex. Her farther being hungarian arriving here after 53 or whatever. Believe me your food is shite, over cooked over fatty greasy horrible peasant rubbish. Taste? I've scraped grime up from the back of fridges with more taste.

As I said pasta with salt and sugar. The only dish in the world I couldn't swallow. Who's country does that come from?

ANd if you want to talk about cash then I think it may be good to compare money generated by the Britis food industry including media exports and your pathetic country's attaempt at making a stew.

Sorry your basicly talking rubbish and if any body is talkingup their national cuisine it's you. But to be honest having met so many hungarians that does not suprise me.

Usually I only look at the Sun for the pictures but this caught my eye.

Roast Tatties. Gotta luv em.

I'm amused the Sun has a Discussions section. Bet that gets interesting sometimes.

anyone got a good recipe for roast potatoes - never seem to get them crispy enough!

Super awesome crunchy roast potatoes

Opus time to finish this topic.you do not like British food ok,most of us British do.Stp gabbing on about it and bring on some proveable constructive evidence.If not fuck off and join ButtfuckBoy annoying everyone else.You have a go at expats and your are asking for a real slagging off and maybe a slap up the side of the head with it.If you do not like British food then stop posting on the thread.Time waster and aggrivator

That is bollocks, my dad is german and so is my husband, and they both adore british food, as do many other foreigners I have spoken to who have actually eaten there and are not just quoting the cliché.
And no, they are not just saying that to be polite as per your theory. Most germans I know are far too direct to lie just to humour someone.
Also, the variety and quality of produce in british supermarkets is by far superior to germany, and I dare say Hungary too!!!

I remember why I left the UK now.

It's bland.