They really do be eating like the Germans are still flying overhead
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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Britain is the only country who improved their cuisine with war rations.
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It’s like poutine, but with peas instead of the best part
Paul Revere 'saved' America from poutine, apparently, too. Joke's on them!
I feel like a war of 1812 reference would be more apropos here. Regardless, we’ve already successfully stolen poutine like we do all the other great foods of the world
I'm glad someone pointed this out. Plus the chips look soggy and underfried. Honestly if this looked like good quality chips I would give it a fair shot (even if it's doomed to be inferior to cheese curds). But as is? No way, this is trash tier food
You ever had a samosa though?
I love samosas. Smack some chutney on these fries and I may be on board
Okay, it ain't for everyone.
But, you never have peas and mashed potatoes, then have them get mixed up with some gravy? It's delicious, even if the peas are canned.
Chips/fries just add extra texture to the basic idea, with a little of that brown goodness frying causes.
Shit, I could pan roast some peas, make some nice brown gravy, and do up some camp fries, throw it down and nobody would complain once they ate some. It's the execution in the pic that makes it look yucky. Not saying the texture of what's in the pic is ideal, but it's not going to be worse than smashed potatoes and gravy. The peas being mushy is a thing that not everyone likes, but it isn't going to be a problem with the fries giving some tooth to it.
I'd at least try the version in the pic because the basic flavor combo is a sure bet.
The first bite is with the eye. Britain is blind af.
Listen it's alright mate. We understand why Britain had to invade nearly every country on Earth in search of food with some flavor, you don't need to go and make that point for us.
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I just don't understand the point of mushy peas. I've had them three times and each time every other component of the meal was better. It's not like they're there for their texture. I guess if you're a new parent and you run out of baby food it's convenient to be able to run out to the local chippie and get some.
- The peas honestly need to be Marrowfat peas, it makes a difference
- Add lard or beef drippings
- Avoid the premade trash most pubs (and restaurants) serve.
But even so, it’s still pretty mid imo. Just like grits in the southern US; yes I will eat it if served as such, no I won’t pay for it.
Just like grits in the southern US; yes I will eat it if served as such, no I won’t pay for it.
You take that back, you dirty thing!
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I'm not sure the nation that birthed forth the quesarito upon the world was really saved from anything.
I see you are jealous of our superior American constitutions, which allows us to just barely cling to life no matter what concoctions we torment our arteries with
The superior American digestion maybe, but I think the value of the American constitution is all too clear these days.
hol up, that's TOO real, you're makin' me sad
Improper quesarito slander.
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The American equivalent is watching “football” whilst eating a boiled Pigs Anus in a plastic skin, accompanied by a beer that is essentially diluted water.
I know which I’d rather be doing
Don't even act like they don't also eat questionable meat stuffed into casings and pies, because they definitely do
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The difference is that pig anus tases amazing with a bit of sauerkraut.
Fair enough on the beer though.
Are you suggesting we should just let the pig anus go to waste???
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Ngl it looks pungent in that pic but that food is hella tasty. I lived a couple years in the UK and learnt to love it.
(Yes my french mother would guillotine me for saying this).
Vile. Texture hell. At least make the fries crisp
It's always the limp soggy fries that really get me
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Fyi Paul Revere didn't even do the his whole ride, he got cold and went home.
Instead a iirc 16yr old girl completed her whole ride and gets basically zero credit, like she got a statue but no actual note in any regular school history book.
If memory serves, Paul Revere only got credit because his name was easier to rhyme with.
It's because he was a he and she was a she, Ludington is a pretty rhyme able name.
And William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, and Israel Bissell faded into obscurity as well, any idea why?
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Perhaps when President Musk and First Lady McDonald take power in a few days they can liberate us from this terrible fate with imports of nutritious hotdogs, Twinkies, chlorinated chicken and steroid beef.
If this shit ever becomes mandatory I will take up arms.
Fun to play with, not to eat.
Those look more like french fries than real chips.
But honestly, don't knock it til you've tried it. That's some pretty tasty food, and better than a number of dishes we have in America.
Chips in the UK are called crisps and fries are called chips.
Yeah, I know. I'm originally from the UK.
ETA: the 'chips' in that photo look too skinny to be real British chips IMO.
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You're going to throw that at the opposing team, right? ... Right?
I was in the UK for six days and if I learnt one thing there it was that the British like their food soggy and mushy.
"Let's fry potatoes and make them nice and crispy only to dump a cup of slop on top of it to make them all soggy again. And vinegar for some reason"
Edit: Maybe they weren't even crispy to begin with, idk, not eating that shit
As an American: vinegar on fries is good, and we agree with them, Ketchup (#1 fry sauce) is vinegar and tomatoes!
The ones I had done "properly" by a Brit I knew came out nice and crispy, then you put a little vinegar on them, not a ton, and it lightly seasons them without getting too damp. Can also help with the heat if they're fresh
The peas? Disgusting and wrong
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does look a bit shit
This is what I look forward to, is it?
(Actually, I'd eat it...)
Think of it as Poutine with peas I guess. So thanks French cooking! I guess.
I've never mixed chips with peas, but it does sound good. Mashed potatoes with peas are great, so there's no reason chips with peas would be a lesser dish.