# Things you always order if you see it on a menu **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 14, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680 "2024-08-14T02:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/121 "2024-08-16T15:38:49Z")
Loaded baked sweet potato (or just a regular baked sweet potato, if that’s all they’re offering) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/122 "2024-08-16T15:47:26Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > (I think what North Americans call “lemonade” they call “squash” in the U.K.) And what North Americans call “squash” the British call “marrow.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/123 "2024-08-16T16:55:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > British themed brewpub > > So, I messaged the owner of Leaning Cask in Springdale asking him about locally available mushy peas and he replied immediately that [Pipers Pub](https://www.piperspub.com/menu) has them on their pub menu!! They’re on the SouthSide, right on Carson Street. > > > Beer battered Haddock and fresh chips, served with a side of mushy peas and Tartar sauce _$18_ OMG thank you! I am going to Winchester for the weekend. Next week when I get home I will definitely look this up! You are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/124 "2024-08-16T17:00:33Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The katsu are deep fried breaded pork cutlets Katsu is one I don’t always order, but if I do, I know 100% that I’m going to enjoy it. It’s the most reliably tasty dish I know of. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/125 "2024-08-16T20:25:08Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The katsu are deep fried breaded pork cutlets Sounds tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/126 "2024-08-17T00:51:51Z")
Prime Rib, cause I can’t make it at home for just me. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/127 "2024-08-17T08:00:27Z")
The UK version is usually liver and bacon, which I love, but quite often it’s overcooked and of course the liver ends up hard. It’s not meant to be like that! Needs very short cooking time. My other go-to’s Smoked salmon Garlic mushrooms Scampi and chips (proper British chunky chips, not those skinny US things) ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/128 "2024-08-17T09:26:27Z")
or screw up the gravy ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/129 "2024-08-17T10:42:40Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > The UK version is usually liver and bacon, which I love, but quite often it’s overcooked and of course the liver ends up hard. It’s not meant to be like that! Needs very short cooking time. I make _Liver & Onions & Bell Pepper & Bacon_. In fact, I made it yesterday. First, I fry a strip of bacon. Then I add a pat of butter to the bacon grease and sauté the chopped onions and peppers (and sometimes mushrooms) to translucency. Then I plate the onions & peppers and fry up the liver—just a couple minutes on each side, seasoning as needed. Then I hold the cooked liver in forceps and slice bite-sized strips onto the plated bed of onions and peppers with scissors. Cut up the bacon, too. Add mashed potatoes and peas and mix it all about till it resembles a pile of glop (_hey, taste trumps aesthetic presentation_). Top it with a dollop of Bisto beef gravy, or equivalent. Cleanup? One pan. Done and dusted. And it’s not just tasty; it’s a great source of iron! Just a heads-up—if you’ve got gout, maybe sit this one out. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/130 "2024-08-17T14:43:13Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > if you’ve got gout, maybe sit this one out You’re a poet And you didn’t even know it ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/131 "2024-08-17T20:36:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > So, I messaged the owner of Leaning Cask in Springdale asking him about locally available mushy peas and he replied immediately that [Pipers Pub](https://www.piperspub.com/menu) has them on their pub menu!! They’re on the SouthSide, right on Carson Street. > > > Beer battered Haddock and fresh chips, served with a side of mushy peas and Tartar sauce _$18_ And not a bad price, I have to say! So: back here in the home of fish, chips and mushy peas, if you went to [The Gardeners Arms](https://www.gardenersarmsardingly.co.uk/) in Ardingly (as a frinstance - just a pub we know), we have: > Beer Battered Fish & Chips, tartare sauce, garden or mushy peas, triple cooked chips, lemon £17.75 Makes the Pipers Pub sound like pretty good value. And that reminds me - The Gardeners Arms used to do [kedgeree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedgeree) (sadly no more). If I ever see that, I’m having it. j ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680/132 "2024-08-18T04:15:49Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > You’re a poet > And you didn’t even know it He talks in rhyme all the time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680.md?page=6)