OT I am not a very happy at the moment.

No need Tom we probably can't export it anyway due to mad cow / lead / CE / EMF reg's etc Just leaves more for us discerning punters [ belch ]

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You don't think we are going to tell just anyone where to find the good stuff do you :)

Actually, jokes apart I think true british cuisine is amongst the best in the world. It is just a pity that we are so often judged by the bad examples, of which there are plenty. Little sheds in lay-bys are not at all representative of british food. In fact, I have met up with far worse examples of such establishments in the USA, France, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Italy, not Germany etc.

Biggest problem is that the EU has tried to destroy traditional British food, probably because they didn't like the competition :)

Al

For really good fish and chips make your way to Aberdeen or Elgin. Jumbo Haddock and chips, you won't find anything better anywhere.

For black pudding you won't find anything better than Stornoway black pudding.

For the best of Beef you need to get it from the North East of Scotland.

For potatoes you need to buy Golden Wonders or Kerrs Pinks.

So far I have described a few things of what is eaten in the North of Scotland not Britain as a whole.

In England there was once the "Roast Beef of old England", a thing of the past unless you know better.

In England there was once a fine Potato by the name of King Edward. Red flowery and wholesome. I recently bought a pack of King Edwards, so called in the Co-op in Benbecula. White, insipid and tasteless. I threw the rest to the horse and she rejected them.

I doubt very much whether there is such a thing as BRITISH food, each country, each county, each town and each township have there own.

For cod and chips in England try Carlisle. I found them excellent.

Donald. Isle of South UIst

Horses are a bit picky with root vegetables, they like things that are sweetish or tangy but spuds haven't a lot of taste really, so not surprising she rejected them.

Out of our group, some will eat biscuits, some won't. All will eat Polos, apples but none will touch Bananas.

Cats are equally picky, one of ours will eat cheese, two will eat crisps....

Peter

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On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:06:51 +0100, Donald finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouths, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::

There's also a VERY good one in Hastings, over the Fish market.

........... except the prize-winning ones made not ten miles from here in Stanley Common, Derbyshire: see

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