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54. I spent ten days in France back in '03

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:18 PM

Oct 2014

and the food was mind-blowingly amazing everywhere from fancy restaurants to little bistros in small towns. I think it is a capital crime for a French citizen to open a bad restaurant. And the wine prices were enough to make a grown wine-lover cry. A magnum of a superb Hermitage was $30 in a Lyon restaurant. A restaurant!!

New Zealand was another place I have visited where the food was excellent. Everything was amazingly fresh and flavorful. Best salmon I've ever had was at a friend's home in NZ.

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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