"Tristán White" wrote in message >

> >"British Food... that's an oxymoron, no question about it, eh.:
> >
> >That's exactly the thought that went through my mind too....but I didn't
> >have the nerve to post it!
> <SNIP>
>
> Sigh! I'm British and live here. I was just wondering when the last
> time was that you guys actually went out to eat around London, and
> tried some excellent British nouvelle cuisine.
>
> Back in the 60s and 70s British food was nasty and insipid. But over
> the past twenty years there has been a revolution. Just see how many
> restaurants with Michelin stars there are in the country. Some
> wonderful food over here. The British are also extremely experimental
> and willing to try stuff that they would never dream about twenty
> years ago.
>
> It's a nasty stereotype... it would be like a Brit assuming that
> American cuisine is all McDonalds and Burger Kings and TGI Fridays and
> all the horrible fast food joints that litter cities worldwide. But of
> course there's much more to US cuisine than that! However, stereotypes
> are hard to shake off.
>
> Please do not stereotype or leap to conclusions! Unless you actually
> live here and experience British cuisine daily... I wouldn't dream of
> stereotyping American food in the same way.

Thank you, Tristán. I've been saying this for years; it's so good to have
some backup. British cooking just can't seem to live down the past, whereas
it has become really innovative because of much increased travel to other
countries and the influx and influence of people of other nationalities.
The days of boiled cabbage and potatoes, plus Spotted Dick, have long gone.

Dora

Dora