Visitor from USA - English food idea?

wyebird

I saw the thread and was going to suggest lamb, then realised the moment had already passed, because it was something I didn't see when I went to Texas. (We ate a lot of things fried in chicken fat and battered :eek:)
I guess the meat you eat and are used to is due to cultural / religious inheritance. Sheep are farmed in more "difficult" terrain than cattle, feature quite alot in Middle Eastern cookery, Greek, and here in Wales lol.
Hope the fish and chips went down well

Mati1968

I'm American as well, and never had lamb until I moved here. I don't like it.

I'm from NY and unless we went to KFC we didn't eat much fried food. We ate a lot of beef, chicken, pork & fish.

Have to agree on the bit about American chocolate. I never realised how crap it is until I got hooked on Cadburys. My MIL use to say Hershey's tasted like sick. First time I had it again after about a year over here it tasted like wax to me. Can't eat it now.

pigpen

I am not American and think lamb is vile, greasy and slimy and full of ickinss.. I cooked it... and goodness it STINKS while cooking.. I wouldn't want guests to think my house always smelled like that.

Fish and chips.. from the paper.. with a pot of mushy peas and 'scraps' ... Mana from heaven!!

9pm is too late to be eating a roast dinner.. it'd have me up all night with bellyache.

Chippy on the way home and have dessert waiting to serve at maybe 10ish.. nothing too stodgy, maybe apple pie or crumble with ice cream or cream.

angie_loves_veg

Well, we all had an awesome evening thank you all. We saw my daughter in the school play (Roald Dahl's Riding Hood) where the boys dressed as girls and there was lots of strange English humour - I'm not sure our visitor 'got it' but as an English cultural experience it will feature high I am sure :rotfl:

We stopped at our chippy and had fish chips and peas - the fish was fabulous but I'm not sure the peas were entirely trusted - that said, if all Americans are this polite then you can all come for tea! We had fun, and my daughter is still bouncing off the wall from her great performance and being up til 10.30 on a school night

Thanks for all your ideas - isolating quite what makes 'English' food English isn't easy - I know when we go to Texas, the food is similar but will always be prepared slightly differently to the point it becomes very foreign. I therefore achieved what we needed with very low stress, and wouldn't have thought of good ole Fish and chips without the suggestions here!
:T:T

meritaten

thanks for letting us know how it went! so pleased a good time was had by all! I guess there arent many chippies in Texas so at least your visitor was treated to the traditional British takeaway! and it made life a bit easier for you! have to ask........did you eat it the traditional way too? out of the paper wrappings? or as my OH insists on.....on proper plates with knives and forks?