Why is American food so bad?

[Captain Caveman]

People in a hurry. Beans are pretty hard when dried, so waiting for them to cook in a pan is a pretty long wait.

Baked beans in the UK are cooked in the cans in the factory, all we do is open the can and heat them up in a sauce pan. It's probably the vegans here that cook raw beans.

 

[Picaro]

Baked beans in the UK are cooked in the cans in the factory, all we do is open the can and heat them up in a sauce pan. It's probably the vegans here that cook raw beans.

I make mine in a crock pot. Not exactly baked, really. 24 hours usually. I buy the Bushes and other brands occasionally, mostly to see if they're any good and better than my own.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I make mine in a crock pot. Not exactly baked, really. 24 hours usually. I buy the Bushes and other brands occasionally, mostly to see if they're any good and better than my own.

Baked beans in the can in the UK are kinda all the same. Heinz tend to be sweeter. It's just the tomato sauce that differs between all the brands. You can get beans with sausages, Indian spices, and all day breakfast stuff chucked in. Either way, warm them up with a knob of butter to make them extra tasty.

The only time I have beans is when I make a full English breakfast, to give a bit of wettness to it all. I couldn't be done with cooking beans from scratch.

 

[Picaro]

I couldn't be done with cooking beans from scratch.

Well, it doesn't take much; it's not like you have stand there and watch them when using a crockpot. lol just turn on the low heat and check the fluid level every 8 hours or so. If you're not diabetic molasses or brown sugar is good. I've used Stevia and water with a little corn starch thicker and it works fine. Soaking the beans for a few hours first helps. I do that with my brown rice as well as dried beans.

 

[Picaro]

Well, it doesn't take much; it's not like you have stand there and watch them when using a crockpot. lol just turn on the low heat and check the fluid level every 8 hours or so. If you're not diabetic molasses or brown sugar is good. I've used Stevia and water with a little corn starch thicker and it works fine. Soaking the beans for a few hours first helps. I do that with my brown rice as well as dried beans. Cheap, too.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Well, it doesn't take much; it's not like you have stand there and watch them when using a crockpot. lol just turn on the low heat and check the fluid level every 8 hours or so. If you're not diabetic molasses or brown sugar is good. I've used Stevia and water with a little corn starch thicker and it works fine. Soaking the beans for a few hours first helps. I do that with my brown rice as well as dried beans.

Every 8 hours

Blimey, open can, tip into a pan, warm 5 mins tops, serve, eat.

 

[Picaro]

Every 8 hours

Blimey, open can, tip into a pan, warm 5 mins tops, serve, eat.

You can make better stuff yourself, and more than a can at a time, and for a quarter the price. It takes about 3 minutes to dump in the beans and water and syrup mix, and turn on the switch. and you get more than a can's worth. slow cook for 24 hours with dried beans. If you pre-soaked them maybe 12. Pretty easy, no degree from Michelin needed. lol

 

[Crepitus]

I often chuckle at the myths yanks have about British food. Probably because they've never been abroad. The number of Americans on the likes of YouTube etc.. that now live in the UK and Europe, couldn't believe how dreadful their American food was.

So I typed in, "Why is American food so dreadful" -

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Go onto YouTube and check it out, American food is literally dreadful.

They are likely talking about traditional British isles food.

Most of the currently stylish cuisine in Britain is from former colonies.

 

[Crepitus]

As for the American french fries, ours knock socks off theirs -

French fries?

What happened to the chips?

 

[braalian]

I often chuckle at the myths yanks have about British food. Probably because they've never been abroad. The number of Americans on the likes of YouTube etc.. that now live in the UK and Europe, couldn't believe how dreadful their American food was.

So I typed in, "Why is American food so dreadful" -

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Go onto YouTube and check it out, American food is literally dreadful.

You do realize that the UK is notorious internationally for having terrible cuisine, right?

 

[Picaro]

AI Overview


Britain, (which, in the context of Michelin ratings, is often considered alongside Ireland)
, does not have restaurants ranked by a "5-star" system within the Michelin Guide.

The Michelin Guide uses a 0-3 star system to denote restaurant quality:

• One star: "A very good restaurant".
• Two stars: "Excellent cooking, worth a detour".
• Three stars: "Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".

According to the latest available data, as of December 9, 2024:

• Great Britain and Ireland collectively have 206 restaurants with Michelin stars.
• France leads in Europe with 639 Michelin-starred restaurants, followed by Germany with 340.

While some sources mention London having 85 Michelin-starred establishments with a total of 105 stars, according to Near+Far Magazine, the number of starred restaurants in Great Britain and Ireland is 206. This makes Britain a significant player in the fine dining world, but it doesn't utilize a 5-star system in the context of Michelin ratings.

They rank 8th in the world. Not bad. The U.S., with several times the population barely beats them in the rankings.

 

[Captain Caveman]

You do realize that the UK is notorious internationally for having terrible cuisine, right?

Yes, many believe that myth.

If you like carcinogens, loads of sugar, smoked flavour, BBQ'd everything, chlorine chicken, and elephant sized portions, you'll like American food.

 

[Picaro]

Yes, many believe that myth.

If you like carcinogens, loads of sugar, smoked flavour, BBQ'd everything, chlorine chicken, and elephant sized portions, you'll like American food.

The sad truth.

 

[The Duke]

not what the foreigners here at the vegas hotels think.....

Circus Circus Breakfast Buffet! Woo!

 

[Missourian]

With a good malt vinegar.................yum yum!!!

Greg

Exactly. Was going to say the same. Boardwalk style fries. Nothing else compares.

As for fries like McDonald's... I'm old enough (barely) to remember when they were fried in beef tallow.

 

[The Duke]

Yes, many believe that myth.

If you like carcinogens, loads of sugar, smoked flavour, BBQ'd everything, chlorine chicken, and elephant sized portions, you'll like American food.

If you like Spotted Dick, that's UK food.

 

[Captain Caveman]

If you like Spotted Dick, that's UK food.

Spotted Dick

It’s been a while since I wrote a post on a good old British steamed pudding, and this is one of my all-time favourites. Spotted Dick is a great pudding because it lies somewhere in between a suet …

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Spotted Dick is a great pudding because it lies somewhere in between a suet pudding and a sponge pudding and is borne of that period of prolific pudding invention: the Victorian Era.
The ‘Dick’ in Spotted Dick seems to come from the shortened Old English names for pudding: puddog or puddick. In Scotland it is often called Spotted Dog Pudding.

I put puddings into two categories, light and heavy. A Spotted Dick is a heavy pudding because it's quite filling. A Sundae is a light pudding and not filling. So if you balance what you ate (number of courses or portion sizes), you can then choose a filling or light pudding.

I go for light puddings, so if there's no sundae on the menu, I don't order a pudding. In one place I told the waitress I'll give the puddings a miss because I would have ordered a sundae if it was on the menu. She saw the chef and the chef made a strawberry sundae. That earned them an extra £5.85 into their till !!

 

[Captain Caveman]

My mistake was wanting to get the full British “feel” by going to a pub and having Shepard’s Pie. It was so gristly and tasteless I wouldn’t have given it to a dog.

If you eat out, you can either go to a pub or a restaurant. The guys at the top of their game, qualified chefs, work in restaurants so you tend to get better and the best food. These tend to be in Interior Designed kitted out buildings.

A standard pub employ cooks, someone who is generally good at cooking meals, so you get cheaper and traditional meals. You can all too often get crap meals there. So with a pub, you have balance the overall meal to the price. sometimes you feel the food was average, but the cheap price means you would probably return. Once the price creeps up and the meal remains standard, you tend to try other places instead.

But the thing is with American food, the chemicals in the ingredients. Hence why so much of it is banned outside of it's borders. The ingredients at home are fresher and healthier in the UK, and if you can cook, the meals are spot on.

I've eaten in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Like I've said, didn't fine anything special.

 

[Harry Dresden]

If you eat out, you can either go to a pub or a restaurant. The guys at the top of their game, qualified chefs, work in restaurants so you tend to get better and the best food. These tend to be in Interior Designed out buildings.

A standard pub employ cooks, someone who is generally good at cooking meals, so you get cheaper and traditional meals. You can all too often get crap meals there. So with a pub, you have balance the overall meal to the price. sometimes you feel the food was average, but the cheap price means you would probably return. Once the price creeps up and the meal remains standard, you tend to try other places instead.

But the thing is with American food, the chemicals in the ingredients. Hence why so much of it is banned outside of it's borders. The ingredients at home are fresher and healthier in the UK, and if you can cook, the meals are spot on.

I've eaten in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Like I've said, didn't fine anything special.

the tourist that they interview out here on the strip say the main thing they look forward to is the food we have here.....maybe you just dont like good tasting food....

 

[defcon4]

Our seafood is fantastic, the beef sublime, the kangaroo a tad gamey, the emu is really quite full of flavour, and the mangrove worms are like a smooth version of oysters. I also am very fond of lamb, though it is usually hogget these days, while the pork is quite good. Our venison is very good indeed (feral here). Our croc is very much like chicken but FANTASTIC on a seafood pizza IF Estuarine.

I've not been to the US so I won't compare but I've had "American Style" stuff and it's been quite good.

Greg

Say what Greg?