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T_i_B

(14,888 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:26 AM Oct 2014

American Food not actually that great [View all]

Lobs cornish pasty, then runs back to the UK forum!

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/american-food-not-actually-that-great-2014100291249

FANS of fashionable US-type food have been reminded that it is just meat with cheese on it.

As gourmet burgers, barbecued ribs and other ‘diner style’ foods reach epidemic proportions across the UK, some Britons have noticed that these are just slightly better quality variations on the crap they were eating years ago.

Plumber Tom Logan said: “I was at Texas Jack’s Barbecue Shack, excitedly chomping through a ’28-day-aged’ Angus ranch burger with Monterey Jack cheese, when I realised it was just a Wimpy with nicer tables. If you look at the menu, everything is just a piece of meat either with or without onions or cheese. Fries are chips, and coleslaw is disgusting, it’s like cabbage with milk on it. There was nothing for sale there that a child could not cook.

“I have tasted America, and it is greasy.”

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American Food not actually that great [View all] T_i_B Oct 2014 OP

Brits and edible food never the two shall meet. whistler162 Oct 2014 #1

Only when we're imitating American food! T_i_B Oct 2014 #2

Come on, they've got some good stuff going on across the pond! Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #18

Yet you couldn't name one! whistler162 Oct 2014 #25

I'm sorry.... T_i_B Oct 2014 #31

That stuff is VILE! Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #42

The Brits do wonderful cheeses. hifiguy Oct 2014 #51

I'm sure there are good cheeses made in the US. T_i_B Oct 2014 #55

THAT I am going to try. hifiguy Oct 2014 #56

Quite a few US imperial stouts could do the job.... T_i_B Oct 2014 #57

Old Rasputin Imperial Stout is a beast of a beer hifiguy Oct 2014 #59

Kraut? That I never heard of. KamaAina Oct 2014 #62

Stereotype?... lame54 Oct 2014 #34

I agree about cole slaw Renew Deal Oct 2014 #3

And on that note... T_i_B Oct 2014 #5

Pulled pork can be screwed up Renew Deal Oct 2014 #6

As a former Texan, pulled pork is in no way BBQ. alarimer Oct 2014 #9

My cousin is emphatic sharp_stick Oct 2014 #11

FINALLY! Someone who understands. :) OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #12

I make cole slaw with vinaigrette for flavor and moistness (sorry to use that word) Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #20

Your cole slaw is moist, creamy, an healthy. Renew Deal Oct 2014 #21

That sounds marvelous. hifiguy Oct 2014 #52

The slaw served at old-school BBQ joints in Oakland is made without mayo KamaAina Oct 2014 #64

I went to Applebee's last night. Dirty Socialist Oct 2014 #4

Applebee's is disgusting in any country Renew Deal Oct 2014 #7

This is 100% true OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #13

Nevermind... Xyzse Oct 2014 #8

One Word....Marmite sharp_stick Oct 2014 #10

"like Marmite" is a commonly used expression T_i_B Oct 2014 #14

That is true sharp_stick Oct 2014 #15

By the same token... T_i_B Oct 2014 #16

I like Marmite. trof Oct 2014 #23

american food can be amazing and nouvea american food can truly be astoundingly good La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #17

I had to travel abroad to find that people can totally fuck up something as simple as a cheeseburger Throd Oct 2014 #19

The best food I have had was in France, RebelOne Oct 2014 #22

So...you've never been to Italy? trof Oct 2014 #24

The late, GREAT comedian John Pinette on eating in France and Italy; A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #29

THANK YOU for that. trof Oct 2014 #35

WHATSA MATTA? YOU DON LIKE IT?!? A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #43

That guy was brilliant--apparently he just (April of this year) died. MADem Oct 2014 #58

Yes he did, on April 5th. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #60

Never expect too much from "Huffington Post." They do well to use spell check--can't expect MADem Oct 2014 #61

Last thing.....one of my favorite lines of his... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #65

I spent ten days in France back in '03 hifiguy Oct 2014 #54

Well I am in London now, halfway thru a month long visit... vanlassie Oct 2014 #26

I'm sure we have Mexican resteraunts in that there London town T_i_B Oct 2014 #32

Well, without corn tortillas, they can't make me a taco. vanlassie Oct 2014 #39

There is also a Taco Bell near where I live T_i_B Oct 2014 #44

Yeah, I've been to British Taco Bell... vanlassie Oct 2014 #47

We Americans get our culinary heritage from Britain, and anyone holding up British cuisine ... kwassa Oct 2014 #27

Whilst nobody claims that Wimpy ever made the best burger... T_i_B Oct 2014 #28

no, Wimpy is far worse than McDonalds ... kwassa Oct 2014 #33

Disagree T_i_B Oct 2014 #36

Nandos is chicken, right? kwassa Oct 2014 #48

Nando's is Peri Peri Chicken T_i_B Oct 2014 #50

Lobster Newburg avebury Oct 2014 #30

In defence of American food... CanSocDem Oct 2014 #37

Here in the UK.... T_i_B Oct 2014 #38

I can agree with you there, Most Definately. vanlassie Oct 2014 #40

To be honest... CanSocDem Oct 2014 #41

That's like eating at a fish and chips place and saying British food ain't all that great mainer Oct 2014 #45

That might be because it's actually a satirical article.... T_i_B Oct 2014 #46

how does the Slate website feel about this? kwassa Oct 2014 #49

I gotta say, I have had nothing but GOOOOOD fish-n-chips in UK. MADem Oct 2014 #63

Sounds to me like some clever Brit is selling minced beef patties and chips as "American food" and MADem Oct 2014 #53