Comments on: English Food – enjoy with gusto!

By: michael

michael — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:00:32 +0000

if london was always a cultural and ethnic stew it would be unlikely english identity in any form would have survived in london at all, and certainly not in a food sense, it would have been too week, and there is no way such an identity would have survived the way it has, also ethnic identity as food was passed down, no one is taught ethnic identity, other ethnic identities would.have survived more. as such identities require a sharing.of common culture, language, tradition and way of life.

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By: michael

michael — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:54:23 +0000

i am not.sure about london being ethnically and culturally stew, most ethnic english who lived in london like other cities came from rural areas, after the romans few lived in cities like london, which actually had a tiny population after the romans, most people in england were rural until the industrial revolution and even then major cities and towns only developed gradually. new archaeology and analysis suggests names such as london are closer to germanic languages than celtic ones and it may.be possible a germanic language was.already spoken in britain in roman times which may explain the change to anglo-saxon england without the need of mass movements of people, one can also explain this with vikings and normans who tended to adopt the language and culture of those they conquered and were also small in number.

british food generally reflects climate, simple,.basic and wholesome, which is more to do with local ingredients and climate, environment. traditional london food often reflected the food of the mass number of people from the surrounding rural areas and villages who came to london. such food is actually quite uniform with only a.little regional variation. of coarse there has also been mass movements of people out of britain throughout history too which rarely gets mentioned. there is also a tradition of pubs which only recently have been selling food, also restaurants and takeaways are a more recent phenomenon. restaurants are also not a traditional way the british.ate, most food was home cooked and it has only been since mass industry.that takeaways/cafes were needed.

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:55:18 +0000

@Bach: love that thought!

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By: Bach

Bach — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:46:55 +0000

We all know you are a very busy bee, Mel ! Please don’t worry. You know what, I have just bought a 007 styled mini camera from a spy gadgets shop and I intend to go to Border and secretly photo all the recipes in Tom’s new book and send the film to Lord Mandelson who will forward it to Lord Truscott who will ask his wife to develop the film for me. Hey, Bistro!

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By: Philipa

Philipa — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:59:10 +0000

@Bach: Thanks ))

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By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:42:59 +0000

@Bach: Ha ha!!! You are so so funny I nearly rofl

Glad to hear you find the recipe totally swooningly wonderful, which it is. However, I do have a day job and couldn’t possibly type out each recipe out however much I love everyone on the site. If you let me know your favourite type of food, however, I could find another one – how about a hotpot for instance?

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By: Bach

Bach — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Mel, could you post all the recipes from Tom’s new book for us to copy, so we don’t need to buy his book, please?

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By: Bach

Bach — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:25:58 +0000

@Mel: Thanks for the wonderful recipe, Mel. You’re so kind – it saves me from standing in my local Border, holding the book open and writing down the recipe from the book!

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By: Bach

Bach — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:07:12 +0000

@Philipa: Just layering berries and sugar in a big jar, tightly covered and leave in a warm room to ferment. Use un-washed berries for that rustic taste.

Sloe Gin ( from a wine making book ): Pick a handful of Sloes. Prick them with a pin carelessly. Drop them into an empty bottle with a bit of sugar, then top it up with gin. Leave for a few months to infuse.

Philipa, I ain’t say nothing more rather than that!

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By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:40:02 +0000

@Gillian: He is indeed desperately rushed off his feet! All he needs is to put up his feet and enjoy some great nourishing mouth-watering English food.

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