Thread for great British products - post them here.

fc123

louise3965 wrote: »

Cath Kidston. Lovely flowery things http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/

She now manufactures everything in Far East but it was mainly UK produced when she first started out years ago.

They opened near us a few years back and it looks lovely and true to the brand image. You could almost believe it was lovingly put together on Nans kitchen table out of scraps of vintage textiles.

Spirit_2

I tried to just type the brand name but need 10 letters to post (did everyone except me know that?).



Aga.

kabayiri

fc123 wrote: »

The UK factory I use has rooms full of machinery and stuff...stuff I have no idea about. I was looking at all the embroidery machines and how they work. You can get an idea directly from that and it could be a seller.

There were robots on my course many moons ago assembling and stitching 3 piece collars, for one of our well known retailers. It was fascinating stuff, and some ingenious techniques, so I agree with you.

A robot system I worked on made a well known garden product. That same product is now made manually in China.

I expect there are a fair few robots berating this fact on some cyborg-related web forum.

jedk

fc123

Conrad wrote: »

I much prefer 'anglosized' Indian food over the stuff people like Madhur Jaffrey peddle.

My brother and I have been trying to make curries for 20 years, and although were close we cannot get it quite like the restaurants do. Yes, yes, we've read all the books and know about roasting spice etc, but nothing inj any book gets the curry quite like the restaurants. Yes, yes I've been to those pubs where a white guy claims to make the perfect curry but again if your'e fussy like me you can spot the difference and they NEVER get it quite like the restaurants.

We've learned the restaurants whizz the onions and garilc in a blender (you dont see that in Madhur Jaffrey or other Indian cook books) but still we cant get it right. Tried ghee, use tomatoe puree (like the restaurants) but still were only about 85% there.

PS - don't you love those people who claim to know an Indian woman that knows how to make a curry (not a restaurant worker) - that's like being in Indai and assuming every white person can cook a roast :rotfl:

I've tried the food cooked by these Indian mums that others claim know how to cook a curry, but they in fact dont get it as close as my brother and I do and I suspect they dont eat oput of the local curry house so have'nt really got a clue what we mean by the RESTAURANT TASTE.


Now some people tell me that 'x' jar replicates a 'restaurant curry' but I've tried the lot and they absolutely do not. Some people have less sensitive taste buds I think and cant really tell the difference but I really can.

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Bit off topic but one of the bestest things from going DFW a few years back was giving up an Indian on a Friday.
We missed it so I bought a book, all the spices etc and learnt a few recipes. Tastes nothing like restaurant Indian but I prefer it and no dodgy tummy the next either.
It takes a bit if time prepping it all but OH prefers it to going out..except the washing up.

nightwatchman

The two best sausages ever.... 100% British pork... totally yummy

http://www.theblackfarmer.com/

http://www.debbieandandrews.co.uk/

ERICS_MUM

TV drama (Prime Suspect, Morse, Spooks etc)
Documentaries (Richard Attenbrough, Simon Scharma, David Starkey, Dimbleby etc)
Soaps (compared to US soaps at least)
The BBC
Our cheeses
Branston Pickle, Piccalli, HP sauce
Theatres - West End and Regional
"invention" of sports - football/cricket/rugby/golf
Cider
KitKat/Mars Bar/Creme Eggs/fruit pastilles


Linda :T

abaxas

michaels wrote: »

Our internet startup world beater: Betfair

LOL!!

Since Dec 16th they've had some major issues. Huge downtimes, site crashed, api broken.

They are a bit of a British Leyland ATM.

Conrad

HAYTER lawn mowers made in Bishops Stortford - the best in the world.

baileysbattlebus

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

TV drama (Prime Suspect, Morse, Spooks etc)
Documentaries (Richard Attenbrough, Simon Scharma, David Starkey, Dimbleby etc)
Soaps (compared to US soaps at least)
The BBC
Our cheeses
Branston Pickle, Piccalli, HP sauce
Theatres - West End and Regional
"invention" of sports - football/cricket/rugby/golf
Cider
KitKat/Mars Bar/Creme Eggs/fruit pastilles


Linda :T

Sorry you'll have to knock Mars Bar off your list - they are and always have been American.

I worked for Mars for many years and they are owned by the Mars family - Forest Mars Sr was sent to the UK in the early thirties and he set up in Slough and produced the Mars Bar. It was his sons, daughter and one of his grandsons that I knew and met many times.