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

I know they are, I make them for my kids and come to that the neighbours kids too, but sometimes it's nice to be able to grab something out a bag and bung it in the oven, it's called convenience and it's not all bad. So if they've got some I shall buy some.

Better buy one & try one before filling said freezer just in case the wild expectations are not fulfilled...

That "chutney" looks more like branston pickle.

You're not wrong! Can you freeze cheese?

Some of the cheddar you buy in the UK says 'suitable for home freezing' on it. Never tried it, though (yet!).

Their high-juice Ribena-alike is more than decent, have had it in the UK. The named Lidl brand is also used in the UK, so I'd not be surprised if the stuff stocked isn't just a UK reroute. If that's the case, the beans are iffy, but the pie is better than it should be for the price (yes I have actually eaten a Lidl steak pie and have lived to tell the tale).

You can freeze cheese but not for too long (few months at most) and when you thaw it out, you need to use it up pretty fast because it gets mouldy faster.

ok, don't think I'll bother then, I'll just by a couple for immediate consumption!

Time to start emptying my freezer of all the American rubbish I bought the other day.

Scampi, Tatti Waffles, Cod in Batter, Mint Chocolate Sticks, Ribena substitute,porridge and Baked Beens top of the list.

No bacon thoughl. And no proper British sweet.

Looking forward to this though.

Sneaking suspicion I won't need to be beating the door down in darkest Kolbermoor though.

Is this only in Munich?

No

Pas Lidl do bacon but only streaky stuff.Congrats on Hull by the way.By the way the pies are prepared to be cooked.So no one rush in and open the thing up to munch on eh?Take it home and cook it first.Have tried the shortbread before and they are good.

Are they like Fray Bentos pies then? i.e. in a tin. If so, I'll not be buying any after all!

It's shite though , innit.

Why not? I love those tinned pies, they're great after a days skiing with a bit of Bisto gravy poured over them. Looking at the picture though they look like they come in a box, in a cellophane wrapper I would guess.

I skip the torture of British Food Week. I attempted British food (except English breakfast) twice in my life. Firstly, Shepherd pie, the second was a
Scot dish from minced meat in lamb guts, on both occasions I preferred to go hungry.
I guess common wisdom around British food is true:

"I'll bet what motivated the British to colonize so much of the world is that they were just looking for a decent meal." - Martha Harrison.

Mr Chirac about the English food.
One cannot trust people whose cuisine is so bad,"
"After Finland, it is the country with the worst food."

I guess British Food is can only somehow be enjoyed by British.

I'll bite. You obviously know jack shit about the subject and are splurging out the usual arrogant kraut rubbish. I would suggest you look at how your nation feeds itself, bland bland and bland, a nation of bland standards eaten by even worse cooks.

Careful Opus, your ignorance is showing.

Britische Spezialitäten, ab 05.06 - Lidl's updated it site now.

Seeing as this is supposed to be 'British', did nobody tell them that chips are the ones that go with the fish and not snacks to be eaten from a packet.

I admit of being "ignorant" of British tastes and British food. But am I expected to know any thing more on this subject?

Outside of UK, one never comes across any "British" restaurant any where in the world, not even in US where one can have any type of food. Commitment is where is the money is and no businessman bets his money on British Food.

So before accusing others of being ignorant of your food, may its time to think why no one is ever excited enough to further explore the British cuisine.

strange. there is one right here in Munich where I ate a few weeks ago.

The two are not mutually exclusive. We will happily multitask and accuse you of being ignorant while simultaneously not giving a monkey's whether the rest of the world is "excited" enough to "further explore the British cuisine".
Edit: The briefest of Googles brought up this for starters British food in Oklahoma

Potato Waffles! Potato Waffles! Potato Waffles! Potato Waffles! *doing mad dance here*... I cant wait! And cheddar cheese...and Ribena...yummyyyyyyy...

Not only are you ignorant you're dumb and ignorant too.

the beans on toast were lovely

@Opus

Take a wee look at American and Australian food. The traditional stuff not the fast food.

Where did that come from?

I'll bite too.

Business & quality food hardly go hand in hand - or McDs would not have taken over the world.

However, I think you'll find that a good businessman would employ a British chef over a krout cook any day of the week. English chefs with successful businesses, Michelin stars, book deals? Lots. German chefs known outside of Germany? None. Zero. Not one. Nobody.

I think that chiken tikka masala is known the world over, and that, my unlearned friend, is in fact British. Our attempts to colonise and take over countries were totally awesome, and as such we had a good control of, and influence from the spice trade. The German version of "spice" is commonly known to the rest of the world as "salt".

Why are people assuming Opus is German?

Good point ER; could just be SmallTownBoy under a new nick.

Damn, rumbled.

Probably because a lot of Germans have the idea that British cooking is bad, just like it's always raining or foggy. He/She comes across like one of these ignorant people.

I think British food is pretty bad, food that comes from English speaking countries in general is pretty bad at least comparitively speaking.

he's not. he is French afik.

And Slovenia's just a stone's throw away...or something.

the flyer is online now!

Compared to what? French cuisine? Italian? Indian? Chinese? I would agree with you if you compared British food in 1960 to others but we've moved on. To be honest I cook tons of "british" food and have yet not had any one here complain, in fact quiet the opposite!

Though I do worry what lidls tv diner rubbish is going to do for our reputation here.

Personal taste though isn't it.

Let's be realistic though. French food is just rubbish. Completely overrated and nothing more than good PR. Italian. Throw a couple of things on a thin piece of bread and you're a star. Good work.

Yeah all of those, it does seem that in general, the warmer the country, the better the cuisine. Probably to do with the fact that herbs and spices grow in abundance and year round in hotter climates. And I've heard (although not verified) that people had to be much more creative with their spicing to hide the taste of food which spoiled much easier in the heat.

Sure things are changing now that we can import anything any time but the basic dishes from countries with colder climates are pretty bland in comparison.

For the record, I'm no fan of German food either unless I'm looking for a quick, unimaginative way to fill my belly.

I think that Turkey dinner thing is going to set us back years, people will think British food is as bad as Bavarian!

I learnt something new today, I thought chiken tikka masala was Indian, originally from the Mougul court. Vow, its British, from the Victorian era, you can have it though, you did conquer the world for a decent meal. It would be very sad that after the world conquest even chiken tikka masala can not be claimed.

Then there is a restaurant in Oklahoma, I am impressed. I will visit it next time if I am there, but the point that got lost in satire and emotions here is that even if I go to this restaurant I may return hungry and may go to the next McD.

From a deep freeze probably.

ER has OG cooked you a good roast beef dinner? I know you've not yet fully grown to appreciate the delights of good roast potatoes though.

This Lidl deal is seriously lacking Cornish Pasties.

Possibly though if you research you'll see all forms of seasoning used, juniper, wild garlic etc etc. No the real reason for blandness was the Industrialisation and urbanisation of the populace in the late 18 hundreds.

Traditional Australian food?

I'll thank you not to bolster the reputation of British food by drawing attention to the fact that Australia doesn't actually have any.

You mean oversized french fries?

No that's Murgh Makhani which is a Punjabi dish, youre thinking of. Which is close but no cigar. It's also dead easy to make and my childrens favourites.

Pas was right!

This chap is quite clearly French, as I have to listen to similarly flowery nonsense daily in meetings.
Although "listen" may be pushing it, to be completely honest.

Anyway, great food doesn't have a nationality, we all have personal tastes and preferences.
For me, I'd refute the hot places have better food with thoughts of gravadlax, sea trout and eating raspberries fresh from the bush, but those are tastes that transport me, rather like Proust and his madeleines. So while potato waffles and ersatz Ribena may not be haute cuisine, they are a comfort (and thus a comfort food to many). Maybe they will also become a comfort food to new customers too?

Australiana and Kiwiana food is the realm of the home baker - it made me very nostalgic and was sheer bliss for me to see biscuits and slices and tea breads... *sigh*
Was childhood again when my mother still baked, those are the things I love, I just cannot be doing with Prinzregententorte and the like, too fussy by half.

I'm still slightly sore about Don pulling the rug from under my feet on that one. I do still maintain there is a difference.

On oversized french fry would be a chip though...

You're not Anton Ego, are you?