Coronation Quiche

Too many fish and chips in a historic ie touristy locales. I'm gonna leave aside the whole bizzare beans for breakfast as we don't actually eat breakfast at home so it was pretty irrelevant although they thought it was funny. We hit a couple very popular  ie touristy restaurants in London and then realized we were very much better served by the around the corner ethnic restaurant. We don't eat a ton of fried food, so all these "typical" British fares were not our jam - but perhaps they were also just catering to what they thought tourists wanted.  

That you're combining biscuits and gravy with spray cheese tells me you've never actually had them - they're DELICIOUS and it's a biscuit and gravy, seriously why would you have an issue? And seriously the US is a big place, I managed my entire life with never having any casserole with cream of anything - it's a midwestern thing, so 90% of Americans have no idea what you're talking about same as jello salads and spray/velveeta cheese.  I hear grits are good- but I'll leave southerns to opine on your classifying them with velveeta 

What do you think is the best British cuisine?  No snark - I've been to London a handful of times - and really the cuisine isn't what's memorable to me, so if I'm ordering wrong I'd love to know. 

Why exactly don't you answer the question? Honestly? so this article says all the delights of British cuisine from a UKer:


fullsuitcase.com/british-food/


Umm - it's not so awesome.  So if you all are hiding your wonderful cuisine, I'm all ears as I have to go to London next month. I think fish and chips are fine, but not something I'm interesting in for a whole week, but right there with a chicken tender children's meal in the US. I'll be hitting up the curry shops as they're awesome and not something I have access to at home, but am all ears for a traditional British spot I should go to. 

Again - I'm going to London next week - what would you recommend? I've had fish and chips, will not eat any organ meat period and think shepherd's pie is gross - legitimately what restaurant would you recommend to enjoy British cuisine? 

I think beans in quiche sounds unappealing. I don't like broad/fava beans though. Replacing with asparagus or just leaving it spinach sounds good though. It looks like it tastes good.

Curry meals were my favorite in London. I am trying to remember what I ate in England; we actually went out for ribs because we landed in London on US Thanksgiving (the first time we went) and we were visiting our ex-pat friends and THEY wanted to eat something American for Thanksgiving LOL--supposedly they were the best ribs in London (they were pretty good). I don't think the food was as memorable because we did eat a lot at our friend's loft. I have more memories of other countries, but that might be because we ate all our meals out. I thought the food was fine/good though and loved the curry.

Oh, LOL I just remembered the second time we went, we went to Nobu for my birthday...so I guess we ate expensive sushi in London too.

If I have time next month, I'll let you know gillyp - it'd be fun to meet you!  

And seriously - I've spent a not insignificant time in the UK and I actually find it extremely similar to the US in that it has embraced food from all over - It's a bit different as a lot of the food I make was in the US well before it was ever "American" so we come by our hodge podge differently. But seriously laugh off the mushy peas like we laugh off the hot dogs - I haven't had one in literally 20 years so it makes me laugh when one calls in quintessential American.

OK, this made me LOL and I'm currently taking a break from working at a table in the library, you jerk!

When I was in England, I had some great food and some awful food. Probably pretty much like my random experience would be if I came to the US as a visitor. I don't think it deserves the stereotype of awful food just like I don't think the US deserves the spray cheese and deep fried butter stereotype. You can find the stereotyped food in both places, but you can find plenty of wonderful food, too.

I am, however, on the "broad beans don't belong in quiche" bus. I've not actually eaten those specifically, but I've eaten lima beans and soya beans and am guessing the broad beans are somewhere in between the two. Considering the fact that both of them sound dreadful in a quiche, it's a no from me. Spinach is fine. I agree, it is probably a cost thing - putting out a quiche recipe calling for lobster and cream and some sort of expensive, out-of-season veggie would definitely not be a smart thing right now.

not a fan of quiche in general, but the addition of broad beans is definitely interesting

I'm heading to the UK next month for a few weeks to visit my dd, who moved there last year. She has never mentioned anything to me about not liking the food there! Guess I'll get to find out for myself, but I'm open to trying new stuff. I will definitely be avoiding anything with organ meat in it though LOL

That's the beauty of America - my family was in New Mexico when it was still under Spanish rule in the 1700s. My "American" enchiladas and fajitas were here way before any of this spray cheese stuff!

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LOL, now I am going down a rabbit hole on this. So, biscuits and gravy, shepherds pie, "hot dish" (Minnesotan for casseroles in general) ---all have a similar vibe to me.  They can all be bland/bad texture and they can all be tasty and enjoyable....but I want to eat about 1/3 of whatever portion I get of them.... I don't care for a plate of stuff that is all the same---boring and I get sick of it quickly.   Give me a 1/3 portion or less with a salad and something else, and I can like all of those options. 

I make bangers or kielbasa with mash/colcannon often--doesn't have the same "plate of something mushy and rich" vibe.  IDK, I am weird. LOL

As far as biscuits and scones....to me, they are vaguely similar, but a good scone is denser and more moist than a good biscuit that is fluffier and dryer. (I do think scones in the US tend to be sweeter and often have fruit in them.)