A big thank you to those who voted for Brexit

MaizieD

Oh no! The claim wasn't about British food, it was about EU food...

Big eggy face here...

And there you have it Maizie ..... other European countries would never to stoop so low as to describe having egg on ones face! They would say looking foolish or ridiculous, but they wouldn't disrespect food!

I am always astonished by the posts on here that expect schools to teach children to cook, that certainly doesn't happen here in France.
I think British cuisine can be excellent and I love the range and variety of cuisines available and spices from around the world.
As I said upthread, French cuisine can be very dull and in my opinion far too far up its own backside. We do get excellent ingredients and local produce is prioritised which is better for the planet. The best thing is the freshness of the summer fruit that comes up from the south, that seems to us to have an intensity of flavour here that is diminished when it crosses the Channel.
If I had to choose one cuisine for the rest of my life I think it would be Italian.

Oh no! The claim wasn't about British food, it was about EU food...

Big eggy face here...

Well, it was moggy57 who made the strange claim about British food and she's never come back to defend it

Let's face it, most countries produce good quality foods. IMO, Greek tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber are better than any UK produced equivalents, but ours are still absolutely fine.

I don't want to upset any amazing home cooks here, but we don't hear so much about British mums teaching their kids the real basics in the kitchen. Yes, baking cakes and fancy stuff maybe, but not soups, sauces, tarts etc like say the French and Italians do. I've lost count of the number of times Raymond Blanc mentions his Maman in the kitchen and Angela Hartnett her Nonna.

Ah Ellianne that’s because you haven’t tasted our gorgeous local English sparkling wine

Maddyone, I agree, Rick Stein has recently done a series of programmes celebrating produce from Cornwall. He has cooked up some amazing dishes, and added French or Thai touches along the way. We can achieve excellence.

Sorry, it has to be proper champagne for me though!

And the English sparkling wines rival champagne. Mind you, they’re not cheap, but we choose them from our local vineyard now rather than champagne.

Maizie
I agree with you, it’s much more to do with preparation. However we now have world class chefs and the quality of food even in the local pubs has improved immeasurably. If you choose burger joints expect rubbish. But you can have a locally produced, prime British burger in your local pub and it will be excellent.

I don’t accept British food is of poor quality. British beef for example is outstanding in quality. Our free range eggs are second to none, our cheeses gorgeous. I love the Brie type cheeses made in Britain, just as good as any produced abroad. British butter is lovely and our vegetables are lovely. We have many artisan bread shops where the quality of the products is outstanding. Lots of Gransnetters post regularly about buying local produce from local farms or farm shops. We eat fresh fish regularly and it is all caught and sold in Britain.

Obviously the range of foods available from abroad is huge, things we never had as children such as avocado, kiwi, mango, and many more products. These things add to our diet, but let’s not bury our heads in the sand, they also cause a massive environmental problem. We really do not need kiwis for example. English apples are among the best in the world and the variety is huge. We could choose to eat mainly British food because it’s more environmentally sound, but we do not. Many Gransnetters complaining about British food will also be on other threads saying how they engage in environmentally sound behaviours, and then they’ll go to Waitrose and buy kiwis, or fruits from South Africa or olives from Greece.

but let’s face it British cuisine has never had a great image.

But that's much more to do with poor cookery than with poor quality ingredients...

But it's not always the ingredients that have are lacking, it's the way British cuisine unimaginatively prepares, cooks and presents the food.

Most food from Europe had been of a better standard than British food which is why we have had such an improvement in quality and quantity of food in the last 30 odd years That's not to say the U.K. does not make some quality products, but let’s face it British cuisine has never had a great image.

moggie57

and what is wrong with british cheddar ? i get the 59% lighter brand and its still yummy...if we made more british food we wouldnt have to put up with poorer cheaper quality goods from europe .

Eh? What poorer quality goods from Europe? I'm still scratching my head about how olives are going to be produced in the UK.

The UK can't feed its population, especially all year round. Maybe there really are people who enjoy eating the crops the UK can produce, especially in winter, but I'm not one of them.

I do have some sympathy with the length of time it took the government to achieve a deal. I am still wading through my French pension and insurance docs, tax papers, bank accounts, health card etc. To top it all they have just pulled the plug on my French email address and everything I've sent has bounced back!

Varian:

"Regions where voters have more neurotic personality traits were more likely to vote for Donald Trump in the United States or for the Brexit campaign in the United Kingdom, revealing a new trend that could help explain the rise of fearmongering populist political campaigns across the world, according to new research."

I agree with the theory fear causes people to become self centred while love includes the foreigners and the strangers.

Really Jules48? That is quite unnecessary. Perhaps you should take a leaf out of your own book and try not to be rude and negative to other posters.

Thank you GagaJo - good advice. Trouble is there wouldn’t be many threads left for me to read

PippaZ

We could have a Just Good News Thread?

We could indeed!

I could point out lots of other posts on this site that are very cheerful, but that would involve posting about other threads in a different thread, and that is against GN rules .

Jules48, by all means give anything I post a swerve. I will not be offended at all.

We could have a Just Good News Thread?

Callistemon

Did you like my mixed metaphors?

They could have been silver cups

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