Having lived in Italy for several years, my view is that Italians can be incredibly parochial about food, and the range of ingredients available in the typical Italian shop or market is very limited compared to what's normal these days in Britain.
I can completely understand you much preferring Italian food to the classic British crappy meal of boiled beef, potatoes and over-cooked veg, but the food eaten by ordinary Italians day-to-day rapidly gets pretty damn boring if you come from a country where Indian, Chinese and Thai food is considered perfectly normal. My wife found cooking in Italy particularly challenging since she's Dutch, and it was simply impossible to find the ingredients used in Indonesian and Surinam dishes.
Meh, no reason to get didactic. From across the pond, my view is simply this: why worry about the food in England when the ale on tap is top shelf stuff?
I've never liked beer, so I can't rave about how wonderful British beer is. I'm aware that a lot of Brits who are into beer think that run of the mill American beer (Bud, Coors, Pabst, etc) is crap, but I suspect that's mainly due to many Brits preferring beer that's much more strongly flavoured.
Well, I formed my opinion on a trip to London and Southeastern England about 15 years ago. We were eating at the pub near the B&B. First night, had fish and chips with an Ale. Second night, I had an ale with fish and chips. Third night, I had fish and chips with a dark ale. By then, it was pretty clear that the ale was the culinary highlight of London. And since then, I have always ordered the British beer on tap whenever eating at a British Isles or Irish themed restaurant here in the states. It's bloody good shit.
What is your opinion on the British?
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Having lived in Italy for several years, my view is that Italians can be incredibly parochial about food, and the range of ingredients available in the typical Italian shop or market is very limited compared to what's normal these days in Britain.
I can completely understand you much preferring Italian food to the classic British crappy meal of boiled beef, potatoes and over-cooked veg, but the food eaten by ordinary Italians day-to-day rapidly gets pretty damn boring if you come from a country where Indian, Chinese and Thai food is considered perfectly normal. My wife found cooking in Italy particularly challenging since she's Dutch, and it was simply impossible to find the ingredients used in Indonesian and Surinam dishes.
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Meh, no reason to get didactic. From across the pond, my view is simply this: why worry about the food in England when the ale on tap is top shelf stuff?
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I've never liked beer, so I can't rave about how wonderful British beer is. I'm aware that a lot of Brits who are into beer think that run of the mill American beer (Bud, Coors, Pabst, etc) is crap, but I suspect that's mainly due to many Brits preferring beer that's much more strongly flavoured.
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Well, I formed my opinion on a trip to London and Southeastern England about 15 years ago. We were eating at the pub near the B&B. First night, had fish and chips with an Ale. Second night, I had an ale with fish and chips. Third night, I had fish and chips with a dark ale. By then, it was pretty clear that the ale was the culinary highlight of London. And since then, I have always ordered the British beer on tap whenever eating at a British Isles or Irish themed restaurant here in the states. It's bloody good shit.