Pie Wars

[bambu.]

Syria and Libya are former British Colonies? ... since when? ...
Are you seriously suggesting that the Duchess of Sussex wasn't railroaded out of Britain because of her skin color? ...

HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW ... that's rich ...

I very seriously suggest she wasn't railroaded out of Britain because of her skin colour at all...but left for other reasons which have been well-documented in all forms of the media...including in statements from her former bestie.
Oprah interview is also instructive.

 

[Blues Man]

Gordon Ramsey, British Chef.

1. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, located at Royal Hospital Road, London, was voted Top Restaurant in the UK in the London Zagat Survey in 2001 and was awarded its third Michelin star.
2. Was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
3. Won the Catey award for "Independent Restaurateur of the Year", becoming only the third person to have won three Catey awards.
4. Was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.
5. Set a new Guinness World Record for the 'Fastest time to fillet a 10 lb fish'.
6. Owns at least 38 fine culinary resturants in America and probably 50-60 more around the globe.

So ya, the British can cook.

One guy isn't "the British"

And it's the traditional British food that's usually knocked.

 

[toobfreak]

One guy isn't "the British"

So you mean the french can't cook either if I find one Frenchman who can't cook?

 

[Blues Man]

So you mean the french can't cook either if I find one Frenchman who can't cook?

For one I

So you mean the french can't cook either if I find one Frenchman who can't cook?

I never said the British can't cook.

The usual criticism is of traditional British fare not the ability of the cooks

 

[toobfreak]

I never said the British can't cook. The usual criticism is of traditional British fare not the ability of the cooks

Well, that was the whole point here, the claim was that the British cannot cook, when clearly, anyone can learn to cook if they want to, there is no British bad-cooking gene.