# Do folks in the UK eat Beef? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268 "2003-03-30T20:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chickendoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chickendoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chickendoc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/1 "2003-03-30T20:22:20Z")
I’m planning on going over to the UK in another month or so and was wondering if people over there were eating beef again? I figure that their beef is probably safer than ours due to increased monitoring for BSE. I don’t know if I could handle going without a cheeseburger for months at a time! Ha! They do eat cheeseburgers…right!!! I sure hope so. I’m taking my ice tea machine over and some Tony Cachere’s, but I don’t figure I could take a side of Texas beef in my suitcase! Just kidding! Thanks:) 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/2 "2003-03-30T20:35:39Z")
Despite much worrying about BSE, beef is still eaten in the UK. I eat it myself, regularly. Whether or not this constitutes a recommendation is up to you … There will be no problem getting things like cheeseburgers, though we do, generally, prefer to do slightly more interesting things with beef. Try Beef Wellington. Or a proper steak and kidney pudding. Live a little. ---
**Author:** ![ICP9991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@ICP9991](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ICP9991)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/3 "2003-03-30T20:38:08Z")
or rare steak with home made chips, and onions, and brown sauce…[homer] awwwwwwwwwwwwwwgh [/homer] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chickendoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chickendoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chickendoc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/4 "2003-03-30T20:41:42Z")
What a relief! I won’t have to go thru cheeseburger withdrawl after all. I may have to try a few English ales before I get brave enough for the kidney pudding though. Heck, my wife is from China. I’m used to eating weird food. Kidney pudding can’t be as bad as fish heads and beef stomach. Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/5 "2003-03-30T20:42:45Z")
Just watch out for the marmite… ---
**Author:** ![chickendoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chickendoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chickendoc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/6 "2003-03-30T20:44:17Z")
What’s a marmite? Is that some kind of fury creature over there? Does it taste good and can it be barbequed? ---
**Author:** ![jayseebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jayseebee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayseebee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/7 "2003-03-30T20:48:27Z")
Cheeseburgers… no problem. At the lower end of the market, MacDonalds have had double cheeseburgers for 99p in the McChoice Menu for a while now. BK is doing two doubles for £3 at the moment too. At the other end, I’ve been meaning to go to the [gourmet burger kitchen](http://64.177.214.198/) for _ages_. Let me know what it’s like if you make it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/8 "2003-03-30T20:49:07Z")
Marmite is a spread made from yeast extract, usually served on toast at breakfast time - it is very strongly flavoured and very salty - if you like soy sauce and those leftover gummy/crispy bits in the bottom of a roasting pan after cooking a chicken, then you might like it, just apply it sparingly. ---
**Author:** ![Armilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@Armilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Armilla)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/9 "2003-03-30T21:12:04Z")
I’ve been working not far from one of the Gourmet Burget Kitchens for about a year now and we’ve occasionally sent out for lunch there. I can wholeheartedly recommend their burgers as about the best ones I’ve ever had, but the chips’re overpriced and pretty ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/10 "2003-03-30T21:37:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I may have to try a few English ales before I get brave enough for the kidney pudding though. > > Kidney pudding can’t be as bad as fish heads and beef stomach. > \*\* What is it about the American aural system that totally blocks out the words “steak and”? Anyway, to the OP: Most UK people still eat beef. Roast beef is regarded as one of the most traditional of English dishes - often served as the main meal on Sunday, with Yorkshire puddings. ---
**Author:** ![ChalkPit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ChalkPit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChalkPit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/11 "2003-03-30T21:41:28Z")
Beef? Never stopped eating the stuff - steaks of course, and I use minced beef for tons of stuff. Lovely. Umm, never thought of Marmite as beng very salty, though it is an ingredient. I can’t stand salt, but love Marmite - go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/12 "2003-03-30T21:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChalkPit \* > \*\*Umm, never thought of Marmite as beng very salty, though it is an ingredient. I can’t stand salt, but love Marmite - go figure. \*\* You’ve obviously never eaten it with a spoon, straight from the jar… The nutritional analysis says 4,9g ofd sodium per 100g (apparently that’s the weight of elemental sodium, - in which case Marmite would work out to be somthing like 15% salt by weight - pretty salty) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/13 "2003-03-30T21:59:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*You’ve obviously never eaten it with a spoon, straight from the jar… \*\* And you bloody shouldn’t, unless you have a death wish! Thinly spread it on your food of choice. That’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/14 "2003-03-30T22:20:01Z")
In between my post above and this one, I went and made a Marmite sandwich, The only occasions on which I can resist sticking my finger iinto the jar and scooping out a bit to eat _au naturel_ are thos when the jar is so depleted that the entire length of my finger gets covered by the stuff remaining on the rim. This was not one of those occasions when I resisted. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/15 "2003-03-30T22:29:53Z")
Yes, I have eaten beef every time I’ve visited the UK recently. Bleeding lovely if cooked right (and rare). I have some beef, red wine and onion sausages sitting in my freezer that my missus brought back from a business trip to London a few weeks ago. They’re calling out to me: “eat us, **jjimm** , eat us NOW!” but I’m teasing them. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/16 "2003-03-30T22:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amarone \* > \*\*What is it about the American aural system that totally blocks out the words “steak and”? > \*\* It happens in Sweden as well, they are convinced we eat “Kidney Pie”. I have come to the conclusion that “Steak and” must be inaudible to all foreigners. ---
**Author:** ![Pebbles131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pebbles131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pebbles131)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/17 "2003-03-30T22:44:36Z")
Roast beef…only to be had with horseradish sauce Yorkshire Puds, roast spuds and gravy…but be warned, if anyone offers you a saveloy, run…RUN!!! ---
**Author:** ![chickendoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chickendoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chickendoc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/18 "2003-03-30T22:47:59Z")
So what’s a saveloy? And what’s the deal with “Steak and” that Americans don’t get? I don’t understand the post. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/19 "2003-03-30T22:52:19Z")
I have never stopped eating beef (well I do when I am full or want something else, but you know what I mean) I also would like to know what a saveloy is. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268/20 "2003-03-30T22:57:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chickendoc \* > \*\*So what’s a saveloy? \*\* A saveloy is a highly-seasoned, highly processed sausage, not unlike a bockwurst or similar, it has quite a tough skin, usually deep red in colour (part of the delight of eating them is having the skin ‘pop’ as you bite through it ). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-in-the-uk-eat-beef/165268.md?page=2)