Vegetables

Dorsetmike

Dorsetmike

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After the post elsewhere on dishes common here in UK that are little known over the pond (toad in the hole) I got to thinking; from reading books and articles, I get the impression that many of the vegetables we eat in UK are rarely mentioned in the USA.

Examples,

Runner beans ( and French or dwarf beans)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ru...QWr7t2ODw&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=743

kurly kale

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ru....,cf.osb&fp=1fed6aefd72d58f1&biw=1067&bih=743

various other members of the cabbage family

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ru....,cf.osb&fp=1fed6aefd72d58f1&biw=1067&bih=743

numerous "root" veg like swedes, turnips, & parsnips, carrots do seem to exist elsewhere though.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ru....,cf.osb&fp=1fed6aefd72d58f1&biw=1067&bih=743


We now see more "foreign" foods here than in my younger days, sweet potatoes, and corn(maize) for example, has this been a 2 way traffic?

Not only vegetables, I suspect things like kidney and liver don't appear on many American tables, nowt like a good steak and kidney pud (aka snake and pygmy or Kate and Sidney)

If fiction books are to be believed then Americans live on Pizzas, burgers and the occasional Chinese takeout, except in the south west where they breathe fire from Mexican chilli dishes.

What other (false?) views do we have on each others' foods and life styles?
 
John Watt

John Watt

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Do you see ketchup as a vegetable?
President Ronald Reagan passed a bill recognizing ketchup as a major food group,
so school menus could count that as a serving.

Pizza magazines say that over 50% of pies sold in California are bar-b-que chicken,
and hamburger sales, individual eaters, are growing while overall pizza sales fall.
The biggest growth trend in fast foods in North America is coffee shops with food.

95% of the canned apple juice sold in Canada is made from Chinese concentrate.
The last canning company in Canada closed down two years ago.
That's not new news, but it keeps spreading.
 
Corno Dolce

Corno Dolce

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These days I always exclude lettuce and/or cabbage from salad dishes. I use Spinach instead and am happy that my tribes appreciates it very much.
 
teddy

teddy

Duckmeister
I am expecting to see the potato renamed, as the majority of the ones we eat over here, are grown in Egypt. We send them the seed potatoes and they grow them and send them back to us. Stop the world........................

teddy
 
Krummhorn

Krummhorn

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One of the food preparations I experienced in the UK was "mushy peas" served usually with fish n' chips.

(during our trip to the UK in 2010, for lunch most everyday we had fish n' chips at different places around the country - couldn't get enough of that, for sure)
 
teddy

teddy

Duckmeister
We tend to associate mushy peas with the North rather than down our way Lars. Fish and chips still a very popular dish, despite the EU trying to make catching fish illegal over here. Did you not try a battered Mars Bar? That is deep fried in batter. They tell me they are delicious but I have resisted the temptation so far.

teddy
 
Krummhorn

Krummhorn

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teddy said:
. . . Did you not try a battered Mars Bar? That is deep fried in batter. They tell me they are delicious but I have resisted the temptation so far.
teddy
Click to expand...

I feel a diabetic coma coming on just thinking about that one ... :lol:
 
wljmrbill

wljmrbill

Member
I too love fish and chips ( better I guess as old school Episcopalian) but will admiit I do get alittle tired of fish durning lent as I am one of those no meat guys from the old days. thinks I'll stick with Chocolate cake and skip the fried mars bar as that might be alittle much.
 
JHC

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
One dish we have is Pukaka soup you first get your Pukaka (road kill is good) you then boil in water for 2 hrs then add a large river stone and boil for a further 6 hrs. drain onto a reed mat add a sprinkling of salt finally throw away the Pukaka and eat the stone.
 
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