English Menu for Swedish Visitors
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So we did beef in red wine with shallots and mushroom with mashed potatoes with treacle pudding and custard when they arrived. Full English breakfast with everything, ploughman’s lunch at a proper pub then fish and chips and lashings of proper beer. Everything went down well with them.
Sporky said:
The use of "an" with "herb", makes me think this was compiled by one of our American friends.
Doesn't mean its not an interesting list, of course, it just caught my eye.
I'm pretty sure using 'an' with words beginning with H is proper olde-worlde English. Americans got it from us, obviously, and stuck with it. We should probably still use 'an hotel' or 'an house', especially when writing, but I would imagine only hardcore grammarians do so nowadays.Doesn't mean its not an interesting list, of course, it just caught my eye.
I definitely say, "I'm staying at an 'otel," but I think it's normal if you drop aitches all over the place and I'm fairly tripping over them 'ere.
Also, OP, deep fry everything.
Nexus Icon said:
I'm pretty sure using 'an' with words beginning with H is proper olde-worlde English. Americans got it from us, obviously, and stuck with it. We should probably still use 'an hotel' or 'an house', especially when writing, but I would imagine only hardcore grammarians do so nowadays.
I definitely say, "I'm staying at an 'otel," but I think it's normal if you drop aitches all over the place and I'm fairly tripping over them 'ere.
That also makes sense.I definitely say, "I'm staying at an 'otel," but I think it's normal if you drop aitches all over the place and I'm fairly tripping over them 'ere.
Simbu said:
Definitely a quality meat pie with mash, veg, gravy. All my continental colleagues are keen to try it when they visit and love it! They even take some home with them! Pies are typically sweet with fruit in, at least in Germany it seems.
Fish and chips if you have a good local near you.
Apple or rhubarb crumble with custard.
Crumpets with butter.
Sunday roast with trimmings, cauliflower cheese.
Full English breakfast.
+1 for toad in the hole, decent Cumberland sausages from the butcher
Bakewell tart or battenburg cake.
ETA: a decent ploughman's with some good British cheeses and a pork pie!
Ooh yes, all good suggestions. Fish and chips if you have a good local near you.
Apple or rhubarb crumble with custard.
Crumpets with butter.
Sunday roast with trimmings, cauliflower cheese.
Full English breakfast.
+1 for toad in the hole, decent Cumberland sausages from the butcher
Bakewell tart or battenburg cake.
ETA: a decent ploughman's with some good British cheeses and a pork pie!
Spydaman said:
So we did beef in red wine with shallots and mushroom with mashed potatoes with treacle pudding and custard when they arrived. Full English breakfast with everything, ploughman’s lunch at a proper pub then fish and chips and lashings of proper beer. Everything went down well with them.
Beef bourguignon, nice, good English dish Silvanus said:
For Swedish relatives I recently did Cullen skunk, followed by a proper Lancashire hotpot with braised red cabbage and a blackberry crumble and custard. It went down very well with them and they've made the same meal for their friends back home.
where did you get the skunk for the haddock soup?2HFL said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Well.
Considering that traditional Swedish foods consist of either fish lips and aholes, or pork lips and aholes, the Northern Hemisphere is your playground.
I'd go for a curry, personally.
Personally I disagree…. Considering that traditional Swedish foods consist of either fish lips and aholes, or pork lips and aholes, the Northern Hemisphere is your playground.
I'd go for a curry, personally.
Having a Swedish Mum I’ve been fortunate enough to experience all sorts of wonderful dishes, in the main all very healthy with amazing variety. Plenty of fish, meat, cheese, breads and salad options - delicious.
Makes you realise how very dull and non-existent English cuisine is in contrast, aside from a good old roast dinner!
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