"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
om...
> Here's a question that I hope will provoke some interesting discussion.
> Imagine that you had to live the rest of your life eating only dishes from
> one cuisine - what would you choose? I was able to narrow it down quickly
to
> French, Italian, Indian, and Chinese, but it is really tough to choose
just
> one.

I'll probably be the only one to choose this, but English is what I'd go
for. I'd hope it was a fairly temperate desert island, because some of the
best English dishes don't go well with hot weather! I'm thinking of roast
beef with all the trimmings, full English breakfasts, cucumber sandwiches
(crusts cut off!), steak & kidney pie, Lancashire hotpot, even the humble
beans on toast. Cumberland sausages with a pile of mashed spuds, scones with
cream and strawberry jam (and a pot of tea), gooseberry fool, strawberries
and cream, apple crumble and custard, roast pork with crackling and apple
sauce, spring lamb with fresh peas, fish 'n chips (in beer batter, of
course). Black pudding, proper raised pork pies with hot water pastry,
crumpets with melted butter and Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup (or honey). All
washed down with a good pint of real ale. Mead when the beer gets boring
(when IS that, exactly?) Winkles. Plain boiled new potatoes, scrubbed so
there's still a bit of skin on them, served with a pat of butter. Winter
stew with carrots, parsnips and swede - and dumplings! Shepherd's Pie, Dover
sole, potted shrimps.

I'll shut up now.

Jo


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