Re: [london.food] Denny's Sausages (was: [ ADMIN ] outage)

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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Simon Batistoni wrote:

> Anyway, there's a core subconscious part of me which can't quite
> reconcile itself to the "sweet stuff on savoury dishes" thing which
> Americans seem to take as a matter of course. And it's not just me - a
> quick survey of fellow expat Brits confirms that we're all equally
> weirded out.

americans are weirded out by having BEANS with breakfast. or on toast. or 
on baked potatoes.  it is exceptionally bizarre at breakfast and i just 
recently came around to the idea.  that whole fried tomato thing is still 
not on, though.

weird is in the eye of the beholder.

anyway, baked beans in the states are disgusting since they make them 
sweet with "brown sugar" (probably corn syrup more like).  i think 
americans look for an excuse to chuck sugar in anything. pork products in 
particular are begging to be drowned in sugary goodness, cue honey baked 
ham and the maple flavour of jimmy dean.

as for sweet + savoury in british food:
coronation chicken.


candace

• Simon Batistoni 19:29 on 23 Nov 2005
  This underscores a weird difference between American and
  • Rev Simon Rumble 10:08 on 24 Nov 2005
    Tend to agree, but have you ever had one of those melon and prosciutto
    • Rev Simon Rumble 10:15 on 24 Nov 2005
      Bad form replying to myself, but want to point out that traditional mince
    • David Cantrell 14:32 on 24 Nov 2005
      So does almost everything. Which is why so many people smother their
  • candace 12:22 on 24 Nov 2005
    americans are weirded out by having BEANS with breakfast. or on toast. or
    • Rev Simon Rumble 13:10 on 24 Nov 2005
      Not just Americans. Us Aussies think the stuff you put on jacket
    • Re: [london.food] Denny's Sausages (was: [ ADMIN ] outage) David Cantrell 14:51 on 24 Nov 2005
      If it's any consolation, fried tomatoes really freak the Germans out

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