Why in the world haven’t those fiendish Brits told us about the wonder that is cake with cream? I mean, it is just a good slice of cake with heavy cream poured over it–we have the technology, after all. Don’t be mislead by the simplicity, though. Cake with cream is heaven itself.
I know what you are thinking…cake is good by itself. It doesn’t need cream. But ask yourself this: Do you need cake?
Enough said.
My husband slipped and told me about cake with cream (he was jonesing, he couldn’t help it), but now I worry. Will he be punished for telling the secret? If so, how? And will we have to tell the British in exchange about peanut butter and jelly sammiches? (Poor fools, they leave out the jelly.)
I’ve just recently discovered the joy that is double cream from Devon (say that 3 times fast!). The mouthfeel is like mild sour cream with double the butterfat. I tried it as a spread on english muffins and strawberry jam and was that delicious! The label also suggested stirring a portion of cream into a pasta sauce. That was scrumptious, also. I think we should keep these Brits around.
It took him all this time to tell you that, Brynda? I think I ate cake with double cream on my first foray into “enemy” territory.
The next secret to force out of him: sticky toffee pudding with double cream. Hans Blix would be hard-pressed to find anything so devious during UN inspections.
carnivorousplant, what is this boiled bread and blood sausage of which you speak?
Toad in the hole is regular sausage surrounded by Yorkshire pudding (which is a pancake like batter) and it is baked in the oven.
Duke, I did not want to overwhelm her. I thought I should introduce her to one heavenly pleasure at a time. [sub]I started with sex and moved on from there. Sticky toffee pudding with custard is next.[/sub]
Blood sausage = black pudding. I’ve no idea what boiled bread is, apart from the obvious, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen Americans (I assume) thinking that we eat it.
I can see “boiled bread” meaning bread pudding. However, that is a dessert quite commonly seen in up-market American restaurants, so I don’t see why it should be trotted out as an example of strange British cuisine.
As for boiling fish and chips, nope - never heard of that (yes, I did see the “possibly” and the smiley).
Off hand, I cannot think of anything that the British usually boil that is usually cooked a different way in America.
Fish and chips are never boiled, except in oil. Often they’re fried once, then put on the warmer, then when you order them, they’re fried again, just to warm them up. Occasionally I’ve seen someone cancel their order, and the food returned to the warmer, presumably to be fried for a third time if someone else orders them.
Oh, I’m not at all uncalm. I live in Georgia but I’m not from there. I’m British and lived there for 36 years until moving to sunny Atlanta 6 years ago.
I find it amusing the things I hear about “what the British do” when many of them are plainly wrong stereotypes. I’ve got English teeth, though. And I’m fixing them at American dental prices.
Welcome, sir, and I apologize for making light of your cuisine, Spotted Dog notwithstanding.
However, surely you realize by now that ya’ll talk real funny.
And I’m fixing them at American dental prices.