What does Britain do which is the Envy of The World?

LizEstelle

Personally, I have little doubt that the Aussies are right in viewing us as the world's champion whinge-meisters.

We seem particularly good at storing up axes with a view to grinding them on an ongoing basis, irrespective of their actual need for sharpening...

Really2

lostinrates wrote: »

Really2....honestly, I know. Incidently I wonder where the first indian and chinese takeaways as we know them were opened?

Chill it was you who questioned the validity of "fish and chips" being a UK dish.

Why are you reacting like that?

Personally I would say the countries above would have some way done some type of there own food in a takaway format in their own countries in some format.

But a fish and chip shop is not representative of British cuisine as a whole. But I dare say a British takeaway would be everything with chips. Sunday dinners and full English breakfasts.
Most probably like comercial spain.

lostinrates

Really2 wrote: »

Chill it was you who questioned the validity of "fish and chips" being a UK dish.

Why are you reacting like that?

I still do...I know they were invented here...having typed it on the forum even in the past!

I'm not reacting like anything, I am decidely chilled and happy sitting down with a lovely cup of coffee!

Really2

lostinrates wrote: »

Apart from...the origin of fish and chips....well, never mind...

So what did you mean by this, I must have miss-read it. I thought you meant fish and chips was not a British originated meal.

Did you mean the separate ideas of fried potatoes and battered fried fish separately?

lostinrates

Really2 wrote: »

So what did you mean by this, I must have miss-read it. I thought you meant fish and chips was not a British originated meal.

Did you mean the separate ideas of fried potatoes and battered fried fish separately?

Britains best claim to fish and chips is in its multi culturism, not as a meal. The potato, as we well know, is not British, though we have taken it to our hearts. Fried fish is eaten....everywhere there is sea, and its most likely fried battered fish in this ''origin'' is devised from Gelfilte fish and so...not more British than Jewish...eaten in slightly different (and varying degrees of ''appetising'') forms for a very, very long time. In my in laws house hold no one would eat gegfilte fish as sold pre mde, they either have fish fingers or fish cakes with chrain, which is very different.

I believe one of the reasons fish was probably so orginated was because fish is 'parve' and was probably easy to handle by an observant person.

The really intersting question to me is whether the original shop was open on Fridays!

what britain can claim here, is a long history multiculturalism and curiosity. Something I think all Brits sould take pride in


ETA: jellied eels, as far as I know, we can take all the credit for.

lemonjelly

I have always, for some reason, been under the impression that our scientists (& as alluded to earlier engineers) have been/are envied in the world? Ismbard kingdom brunel et al, the inventiveness of so many things on a shoe string? John Logie Baird, Alan Turing, Abraham Darby & the industrial revolution, George Stephenson, the discovery of naming clouds, the invention of the tin can, Michael Farady, the jet engine, the fax machine, the gas mask, lightbulbs & the davy lamp, Alexander Fleming & penicillin, the steam engine, thermos flasks, radar, inventing the periodic table, and lets not forget, viagra!

Good thread generali! Felt quite proud reading it.

Really2

lemonjelly wrote: »

I have always, for some reason, been under the impression that our scientists (& as alluded to earlier engineers) have been/are envied in the world? Ismbard kingdom brunel et al, the inventiveness of so many things on a shoe string? John Logie Baird, Alan Turing, Abraham Darby & the industrial revolution, George Stephenson, the discovery of naming clouds, the invention of the tin can, Michael Farady, the jet engine, the fax machine, the gas mask, lightbulbs & the davy lamp, Alexander Fleming & penicillin, the steam engine, thermos flasks, radar, inventing the periodic table, and lets not forget, viagra!

Good thread generali! Felt quite proud reading it.

Thomas Telford also, A Scot that did a lot for our infrastructure during the industrial revolution and pushed the boundaries quiet a bit in terms of pulling off designs.

Really2

lostinrates wrote: »

ETA: jellied eels, as far as I know, we can take all the credit for.

Would that not brake down in to who created jelly (congealed) and cooked eels.

TBH if you broke everything down I think you would struggle to come up with any dish as purley British as we have invaded and been invaded for so long it is difficult to define anything much like the marriage of fish and chips like you pointed out, the components are non British.

lostinrates

Really2 wrote: »

Would that not brake down in to who created jelly (congealed) and cooked eels.

It could do. Or where the eels are born?

I think its more likely to break done into who would eat them! *shudder*

Really2

lostinrates wrote: »

It could do. Or where the eels are born?

I think its more likely to break done into who would eat them! *shudder*

or where they ended up living

eels are fairly amazing if people do not know.(I am a fisherman )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_life_history

Ugly as sin but bizzar how they live.