The Great US vs UK Food Debate

Out of all that I have put the things I do not like in bold. I guess it can still be done without those though? I guess it is like most foods, whether some be requirements to your taste likes or not. No meat at all in these things?

 

They all have meat

Fajitas - I like shrimp and steak, some people use chicken; Fajitas require a marinade
Tacos - chicken, ground beef, or fish (fish tacos are made a bit differently, I'd look at a recipe)
Burritos - chicken or ground beef
Quesadillas - chicken, steak, or just cheese
Enchiladas - I usually use chicken, sometimes ground beef

If you've only had salsa from a can I can understand why you wouldn't like it. It's good when it's freshly made. Here you can easily find fresh salsa in the vegetable aisle or at the deli.

These are bell peppers:



The onions are fried or grilled in most cases.

 

I just remembered about a company down here that does all of those things seperate.. Old El Paso.



Oh, we just call them peppers down here.

 

Man if you aren't going to put those things in, you might as well not bother, phisix.

 

Then what do you call the other peppers (chili, jalapeno, black, etc), ?

 

I guess, but I cannot help what I don't like.

You guys ever tried chicken breasts wrapped with bacon, with melted cheese on top covered with BBQ sauce? God I love that.

 

The same names, but with those in the picture above, we just called them red peppers, green peppers ect.

 

The seasoning packs in those things are decent, but the tortillas are small and shitty.

 

Ah, i see. But you can just buy better tortillas etc to use instead of the packed ones I guess.

 

The tortillas come in bags and can be found in the bread aisle or refrigerator section.

 

Apparently the moral to this story is that mexican food is the middle ground for american and british food

 

You don't like sour cream?

Damn, it's official, you British really do have bad taste. As for onion. You do realise it's to add complimenting flavour right? When you cook just about any meal with minced beef you start with onion. No ones expecting you to eat it raw... although you can do that with red onion in a salad and I quite like it.

I love Mexican food. Plenty of good Mexican restaurants around here actually, and I love to have Burritos, Tacos and Enchiladas at home. I just made Nachos tonight actually.

- Just fry up some diced onion, add minced beef cook until brown then add seasoning and stir for a while.
- Line a baking container with refried beans, top with salsa (I mix medium and hot), put the mince on top.
- Make a quacamole with advocados, diced tomato, crushed garlic, mustard and some tobasco sauce and salt and pepper. Spread over the top of mince, cover with sour cream and with more salsa.

- Add shredded cheese, corn chips and more cheese.

That some basic stuff but soo tasty.

I'd go crazy eating meat and 3 veg every night. That's the standard British meal that our country was founded on and many people still stick to that. I'm just glad I was brought up with many other influences!

 

What do you think of our delicious skippy steaks Fusion? I really haven't had any Kangaroo so I don't actually know, has anyone had Kangroo here?

 

Authentic Mexican food doesn't use sour cream. Sour cream is a U.S. bastardization that was introduced to cater to gringos who can't handle the chile.

 

I've had some. It not too bad but it's a little chewy and has a bit of a wet fur aftertaste. I think australia was the first place I ever saw an egg on a pizza. They also seem to have pineapple in more burgers than I thought was sensible. I had an ostrich meat pizza as well, wasn't anything special.

Asian tastes are also a bit odd, abalone, that's fine and I like it but they batter and fry oysters, have something called stinky tofu which makes me gag and preserved turtle, which did make me sick.

We do have the usual ethnic cuisines in Britain, Mexican is a bit scarcer because you have all the mexicans and they don't fly over here. We have a lot of curry houses and Chinese places though.

 

Must just be Birmingham, I have 2 within walking distance and another a 10 minute drive away.

 

I only have the chain, Chiquitos where I live. You do live nearly, almost in London so you're closest to all the hubbub.

 

A lot of what we think of as Mexican in the US is actually Tex-Mex. Fajitas aren't Mexican either.

It's kind of like how Americanized Chinese food barely resembles actual Chinese food. We took and made it our own. Mostly by deep frying everything and covering it with sugar, and replacing alley cat and mangy dog with chicken and beef respectively.

 

Same for English curries and chinese. The chicken Tikka masala is a prime example.