Well no, people visit the UK to experience our culture and history.
When they arrive they are often pleasantly surprised that our food is actually quite good.
A proper fried breakfast with quality meats and good sundries beats an american breakfast hands down. Proper back bacon instead of that crispy streaky shit Americans eat, proper sausages instead of those shitty little cat turd "links", toast made from thick cut bread from a real bakery (or baked on site). God tier.
I challenge anyone to eat a proper shortcrust pastry meat pie made with slow cooked beef in a rich beer/red wine gravy with vegetables and chips and come away thinking it isn't anything other than delicious (unless they dont like pies....)
Proper back bacon instead of that crispy streaky shit Americans eat,
This is the only part I'll push back on being better, and even then, it's with some qualifications. Rashers are fine, and I think I even prefer them if it's on a sandwich or burger, but just sat on a plate? Slab bacon beats it every time for me. A nice, thick cut piece of streaky bacon is just more tasty to me, though you need the right balance of lean and streaky bits. Honestly, I think that's where rashers lose me at breakfast, they're just too far on the lean side, so you hardly get any of the nice, crispy fat bits, just a little strip of it at the edges.
Then again, I have no complaints with an Irish breakfast roll for breakfast if I'm feeling lazy, which, around here, gets you some sausage links, rasher, and a couple pieces of black and white pudding, wrapped up in the same sort of pastry you'd make a sausage roll with. Not the healthiest of breakfasts, but it certainly does the job when you're hungry and tastes great with some brown sauce on it.
When you say "American breakfast," we do have that sometimes, but what it actually consists of and the quality (e.g. type of bacon or sausage, how the eggs are cooked) varies widely. Where I live, breakfast tacos are much more common than the stereotypical American breakfast though
I've never had a Kiwi pie, but I'd like to hope you've toured around the regions and based your opinion on country bakery pies or on-point roadhouse pies rather than the standard city servo fair.
I managed to find one good sausage roll at the Southbank market one time (lived there for 8 years and was actively seeking out acceptable sausage rolls and pies the whole time), I blew the mind of the guy selling it by suggesting he should make some with bacon and cheese in the sausage meat.
I'm feeling a bit defensive about UK food in this thread, but it's undeniably true that our sausage rolls are an absolute embarrassment. Supermarkets predictably are the worst -- gristly flavourless meat in anaemic half-baked pastry. Same goes for pasties.
I think the picture is also intentionally heavily de-saturated. It's food already somewhat bland in colors, but if you further remove colors from the picture it looks even sadder.
Where's the fried bread, where's the buttered toast, where's the fried tomatoes, where's the rest of the bacon, why are the sausages raw?
For some, the black pudding and hash-browns seem to be missing.
Black pudding - or blood sausage as the Germans call it - is the most disgusting thing I've ever had the misfortune of tasting. I consider hash-browns as something septics eat and less so the British, although they do taste good.
Different meal. For breakfast, the beans are on the plate. For dinner, it's just beans on toast. Breakfast, the toast is essentially a side dish. Sometime it's fried too. You don't want beans on fried bread.
Great British Bake-Off gave me unrealistic expectations for British food. Recently I went to a British branded restaurant near me, and ordered a decent shepard’s pie and the world’s worst apple pie.
It was a sphere of what seemed to be Wonder Bread smothered in totally flavorless custard, filled with soggy apple slices containing no flavor that were extraordinarily grainy. No sweetness or saltiness or tart apple flavor or even texture other than the graininess. One of the saddest things I’ve ever eaten.
I don’t think it was a good representation of British food because I’ve been to London before and done the rounds, but it fit the memes perfectly.
Soo what do we see in this picture? What looks like a white european's dick cut in half, some part of his bladder, with a splash of vomit and industrial bread.
Yanks like to shit on food from the UK, but that's because they're stupid and insecure
I've had amazing food all over the world, including the UK and US.
I've dined at Heston Blumenthal's restaurants and been blown away, and eaten at Michelin started places in New York City that were hugely disappointing
The cheap shots from 'Muricans are only second in frequency to the shots killing children in their schools because they think owning firearms makes their dicks less shrivelled and pathetic because they cut the most sensitive part off
128 Comments
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 196 pts · 150d
Did you cook that using your camera flash?
determinist@kbin.earth · 54 pts · 150d
Left it out until there was a break in the clouds
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 150d
Gotta take it in before that UV hits it. What if it accidentally developed some color or flavor?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 150d
I was going to say something but this is way better.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 150d
Lmao. Cooked 'em with this comment that's for sure.
CelloMike@lemmy.world · 111 pts · 150d
I meannnn
Brit here, all the elements are correct but jeez please cook all of that for at least twice as long
JillSteinsPuckeredAnus@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 150d
Nobody visits England for the food.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 32 pts · 150d
Well no, people visit the UK to experience our culture and history.
When they arrive they are often pleasantly surprised that our food is actually quite good.
A proper fried breakfast with quality meats and good sundries beats an american breakfast hands down. Proper back bacon instead of that crispy streaky shit Americans eat, proper sausages instead of those shitty little cat turd "links", toast made from thick cut bread from a real bakery (or baked on site). God tier.
I challenge anyone to eat a proper shortcrust pastry meat pie made with slow cooked beef in a rich beer/red wine gravy with vegetables and chips and come away thinking it isn't anything other than delicious (unless they dont like pies....)
hraegsvelmir@ani.social · 7 pts · 150d
This is the only part I'll push back on being better, and even then, it's with some qualifications. Rashers are fine, and I think I even prefer them if it's on a sandwich or burger, but just sat on a plate? Slab bacon beats it every time for me. A nice, thick cut piece of streaky bacon is just more tasty to me, though you need the right balance of lean and streaky bits. Honestly, I think that's where rashers lose me at breakfast, they're just too far on the lean side, so you hardly get any of the nice, crispy fat bits, just a little strip of it at the edges.
Then again, I have no complaints with an Irish breakfast roll for breakfast if I'm feeling lazy, which, around here, gets you some sausage links, rasher, and a couple pieces of black and white pudding, wrapped up in the same sort of pastry you'd make a sausage roll with. Not the healthiest of breakfasts, but it certainly does the job when you're hungry and tastes great with some brown sauce on it.
protist@retrofed.com · 7 pts · 150d
When you say "American breakfast," we do have that sometimes, but what it actually consists of and the quality (e.g. type of bacon or sausage, how the eggs are cooked) varies widely. Where I live, breakfast tacos are much more common than the stereotypical American breakfast though
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 150d
I'm not even sure a "stereotypical American breakfast" even exists in 2026.
My go-to is a breakfast sandwich on a toasted bagel
protist@retrofed.com · 1 pts · 150d
Yeah mine is oatmeal with walnuts, honey, coconut, and a bit of cocoa powder with a scoop of cottage cheese. Classic American breakfast 😂
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 150d
As an Australian, English pies make me sad.
JillSteinsPuckeredAnus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 150d
As a Kiwi, Australian pies make me sad.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
Always blow on the pie. Safer communities together
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 150d
I've never had a Kiwi pie, but I'd like to hope you've toured around the regions and based your opinion on country bakery pies or on-point roadhouse pies rather than the standard city servo fair.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 150d
Their sausage rolls pale compared to their oceanic descendants too.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 4 pts · 150d
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 150d
They should be embarrassed by what they call sausage rolls.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 150d
they have no idea, haha, they got very offended over there when I told them I was disappointed to find they were so shit compared to NZ ones
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 150d
I managed to find one good sausage roll at the Southbank market one time (lived there for 8 years and was actively seeking out acceptable sausage rolls and pies the whole time), I blew the mind of the guy selling it by suggesting he should make some with bacon and cheese in the sausage meat.
egrets@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
I'm feeling a bit defensive about UK food in this thread, but it's undeniably true that our sausage rolls are an absolute embarrassment. Supermarkets predictably are the worst -- gristly flavourless meat in anaemic half-baked pastry. Same goes for pasties.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 150d
You can get everything you listed in the US relatively easily
supamanc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 150d
And you can get pretty much any cusine in the world, at Michelin star quality, somewhere in the UK. What's your point?
saltesc@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 150d
I love English food. All of the British Isles do pub food to die for, especially in colder weather.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
Sticky toffee pudding is the king of desserts.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 150d
I disagree
The best, most fun meal of my life was in England
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 150d
Micky D's happy meal?
JillSteinsPuckeredAnus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
spotted dick
MurrayL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 150d
wow, what an original and well-conceived take
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
I lived there for 30 years, now live in Germany and by God if I see another Maultasche I will scream.
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 25 pts · 150d
Mate they’ve obviously boiled this long enough. All the colours gone
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 150d
Mostly we just want to be sure it's dead.
Nighed@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 150d
Needs mushrooms still I think. Or fried tomatoes, or black pudding if you are feeling fancy.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 150d
The shit in a full English breakfast always seemed so random to me... Tomato? The fuck are you talking about?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 150d
And fried!?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
you're frying most of the rest, might as well chuck it on
raef@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
The egg will be powder if it gets any more
dustyData@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
I think the picture is also intentionally heavily de-saturated. It's food already somewhat bland in colors, but if you further remove colors from the picture it looks even sadder.
egrets@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 150d
I'm not sure any amount of image correction will make those sausages less criminal.
dustyData@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 150d
At least it reveals that the bacon looks tasty, though the egg is burnt.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 56 pts · 150d
I'm convinved that this post is some kind of bait.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 150d
Some yank who hasn't left their state, let alone understand how to apply for a passport
Steve@startrek.website · -1 pts · 150d
Funny thing to say when the british believe this food looks good
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 150d
Trust me, we think this looks terrible.
cynar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 149d
As a Brit, If I got this in a greasy cafe, i would send it back. Fellow Brits will attest how bad it has to be for THAT to happen.
This is an abomination of a fry up.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 149d
Shouldn't you be celebrating how the slaughter of children in schools means you're free?
cobn@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 40 pts · 150d
Even the bread was boiled to prevent browning.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 35 pts · 150d
Man the energy crisis has hit UK hard; they’re only half toasting their toast and parcooking their food.
Corngood@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 150d
It looks like they used the egg to protect the rest of the food from the heat.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 26 pts · 150d
Maillard would be very upset with the lack of caramalisation and browning on any of this supposedly fried food.
Routhinator@startrek.website · 3 pts · 150d
Was coming to say this.. This is considered cooked?
Even the toast is underdone
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 150d
So would Gordon Ramsay
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 25 pts · 150d
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 150d
You just had to get political didn't you?
Frog is wearing a Lego hat, part number 4520723 usually used for Lego Indiana Jones sets.
Yes I'm autistic thanks for asking
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 25 pts · 150d
I mean that’s the literal raw ingredients yeah.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 19 pts · 150d
Cooked with a withering glare.
Skrapz101@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 150d
That looks so undercooked, where's the tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding and hash browns?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 150d
By the look of that egg, it seems to have taken all the heat for itself, leaving the other protiens in the cold.
Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe · 17 pts · 150d
Did you microwave that 🤢
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 149d
It's fucking raw.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 149d
I've seen more browning from a microwave. This atrocity was intentional
joe_archer@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 150d
The mere fact there are 3 "sausages" but only one rasher of bacon tells me this person has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 150d
The cuisine of England led their people to become the best sailors in the world.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 150d
It really isn’t. Please do not
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 149d
Have you thought of cooking it?
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 150d
When you add beans to the plate for some color...
mika_mika@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 150d
I'm offended and grossed, but I upvoted because that's about right.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 149d
Is it so pale because of the lack of sun?
kreskin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 149d
everything on that plate looks like it should be boiled for a little bit longer.
Toribor@corndog.social · 11 pts · 148d
This looks like someone was afraid they might accidentally cook something.
WandowsVista@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 149d
are they aware that the great war has ended?
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 149d
Does it fuck. We'd at least cook it first.
chattre@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 149d
ragebait? I'm not even British this food just looks like it was intentionally cooked in the worst ways possible
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 149d
Ah, so you're familiar with British culinary principles then..
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 150d
All these centuries of robbing countries of their spices and this is the best you can come up with???
neo2478@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 150d
They didn't dip into their own supply, and instead got us fools addicted to flavor
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 150d
Curry ring a bell? Chicken tikka? Ginger snaps? Christmas pudding?
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 149d
Curry? You mean the Indian food?
Also, are people supposed to live off just cakes?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 150d
Britons still eat like they're trying to survive the Blitz
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
They actually ate really well during the Blitz. They were encouraged to.
rangber@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 150d
The sausages:
PragmaticOne@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 149d
Hahaha in your house maybe :D
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 150d
No no no no no
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 150d
Ah yes, boiled sausages, my favourite.
Sxan@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 150d
Some day, you should try Weißwurst. It's always boiled, and it's incredible.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d
Ay, yes, boiled toast, my favorite.
Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 150d
That's from the chippy.
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 150d
Take the egg off the plate (probably best to fry a new one)
Throw the whole plate under a high broiler for 2 minutes
Return the egg
Qzr@programming.dev · 6 pts · 150d
Looks like the weather there...
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 149d
Ugh wtt why is it all so pale
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 149d
Cause there's fuck all sun in Britain
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 149d
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 149d
Deep boiled English breakfast
SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 149d
Where's the fried bread, where's the buttered toast, where's the fried tomatoes, where's the rest of the bacon, why are the sausages raw? For some, the black pudding and hash-browns seem to be missing.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 149d
oi oi oi whutz goin on ere then
SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 147d
Black pudding - or blood sausage as the Germans call it - is the most disgusting thing I've ever had the misfortune of tasting. I consider hash-browns as something septics eat and less so the British, although they do taste good.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 150d
They must hate Maillard.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 150d
Dude react to everything.
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 150d
If i were as hammered as I am, I might find this appealing. Just saying.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 150d
Based on how well cooked everything else is on this plate, that tea hasn't got enough milk in it
blackfire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 150d
Looks like it was cooked with sunlight
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
Sun tea is a thing. It's quite good when made properly
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 150d
I'll let you into a little secret
::: spoiler spoiler /s :::
melancholia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 149d
Yikes!
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 150d
Looks tasty. Ever put hot sauce on the egg?
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 150d
Brown sauce.
This breakfast looks ridiculously anemic. I've never seen an English breakfast that looked so sad.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 150d
Yeah I love a good full English but this ain't it..
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 150d
I recently discovered garlic chili crisp on eggs and I have been missing out.
texture@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 149d
im hiding this post in hopes that i never have to look at it again
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 150d
Wait you don't put the beans on the toast?
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 150d
Different meal. For breakfast, the beans are on the plate. For dinner, it's just beans on toast. Breakfast, the toast is essentially a side dish. Sometime it's fried too. You don't want beans on fried bread.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 2 pts · 149d
Mmm raw sausages and bacon, an essential part of every British breakfast
TTimo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 150d
I like it tbh
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
British people will only complain that there isn't enough
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 pts · 150d
Deliberately ignoring the elephant in the room, isn't that a lot of protein (and especially meat) for a breakfast?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 150d
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 149d
Great British Bake-Off gave me unrealistic expectations for British food. Recently I went to a British branded restaurant near me, and ordered a decent shepard’s pie and the world’s worst apple pie.
It was a sphere of what seemed to be Wonder Bread smothered in totally flavorless custard, filled with soggy apple slices containing no flavor that were extraordinarily grainy. No sweetness or saltiness or tart apple flavor or even texture other than the graininess. One of the saddest things I’ve ever eaten.
I don’t think it was a good representation of British food because I’ve been to London before and done the rounds, but it fit the memes perfectly.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 149d
Just like McDonalds is the best and only representation of American cuisine?
jobbies@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 149d
Cool story bro
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
Soo what do we see in this picture? What looks like a white european's dick cut in half, some part of his bladder, with a splash of vomit and industrial bread.
Oh, and the egg
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d
No, it's not
Yanks like to shit on food from the UK, but that's because they're stupid and insecure
I've had amazing food all over the world, including the UK and US.
I've dined at Heston Blumenthal's restaurants and been blown away, and eaten at Michelin started places in New York City that were hugely disappointing
The cheap shots from 'Muricans are only second in frequency to the shots killing children in their schools because they think owning firearms makes their dicks less shrivelled and pathetic because they cut the most sensitive part off
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 150d
I mean it's a pretty offensively bad example of an English breakfast but I feel like you could probably chill out a bit mate, holy shit.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 150d
You're really hung up on other people's sausages aren't you?
Like I'm a brit, but what the fuck does bringing up human rights violations have to do with a breakfast shitpost.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 150d
"Yanks like to shit on food from the UK"
Buddy it's not just the Yanks.
hakase@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 150d
Yum!
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 150d
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 149d
varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 150d
Can confirm. Stayed in England for a few days ago. Why don't you like some cheese - when else would you eat Cheddar if not for breakfast?
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 150d
For elevenses of course
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 149d
-the Internet