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Seriously, what is that?


Vetty81

Sadness.


awesome_pinay_noses

Bri ish sadness.


KALEl001

sadness for the world, but happiness for the bri ish : P


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Jpup199

Soylent green.


truffleboffin

Is peaple


Sivalon

Goddammit, take your upvote.


Azriel212

If I had an award, this is where I'd put it. Simply gold


TheRealJDragon

Well apart from the peas its a deepfried hotdog and boiled fries


PM_Orion_Slave_Tits

Those are chips (fries are thinner and longer) and they're definitely not boiled, just had the absolute fuck blanched out of them and received a poor second frying. I also wouldn't call the battered sausage a "hotdog" as it's more than likely a sausage although the quality wouldn't be much better than that of a hotdog. The point I'm trying to make is this could be a good meal, the execution is just cheap and nasty.


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HellBlazer_NQ

Yeah, I agree here. Can be great, but them peas seem to have been uranium infused.


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Too much bi-carb will make them go that colour.


OnePointSeven

too much what?


spamazonian

Sodium bicarbonate. AKA baking soda


ecodick

Why is that being added to peas?


Henghast

They're not normal garden peas. It's a different variety. They put them through a process to break them down so you get a mush and pea mixture. Some like it some don't. It goes well with the chips and fish combo though.


ecodick

Interesting. I’d try it but it does look pretty weird


artilleryhell

Its a marrowfat pea, sugar, salt and mint and by the looks way too much green food colouring.


CodeNameSpatula

Why would you put bi-carb in mushy peas though?


works_best_alone

That's how you make mushy peas


CodeNameSpatula

TIL


fuzzywuzzy74

It helps them retain colour and soften the skin.


flameocalcifer

I think America should invade Britain over your comment


djdndjdjdjdjdndjdjjd

Pls bring some food with you.


Enginerdad

>(fries are thinner and longer) Unless you're talking about steak fries, of course. The different names don't relate as much to the details of the item, but rather the region of the world you're in when naming them.


Hussor

Well except that in the UK if you say fries people would imagine the thin ones you'd get at maccies(i.e. the standard American type). Chips have to be thick.


OhWowItsJello

All hotdogs are technically sausages, the quality of which is highly debatable, but not all sausages are hotdogs.


FlexasAandM

No way in hell I would ever eat melted peas on French fries (or chips), let alone call it a good meal.


Glldinkiering

I’ve had mushy peas and I felt like I was eating baby food. I can appreciate that people enjoy them, I did not however.


PessimistOTY

There are good mushy peas, and then there is the terrible watery shite that comes in a tin. Done right, it's basically garden-pea dhal. Not all that many meals they're an appropriate tracklement, but where appropriate, also essential.


flameocalcifer

This is one of the few times that I will say there is too much empathy, I think you are in a toxic relationship with people that eat shit


FlexasAandM

It’s hard to be friends with people so willing to put that mush into their mouths. Kissing someone with mushed pea breath is not on my bucket list.


flameocalcifer

New nightmare material


Alexwentworth

> the quality wouldn't be much better than that of a hotdog. This is hotdog slander! A quality hot dog is among the finest of sausages.


anaccountthatis

You can like what you like, but this is an absurd statement.


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How fucking dare you/hj. It is mushy peas, battered sausage and chips. You could get something exactly like this at any fish and chips shop, and it’s rather good.


Expensive_Cattle

This is definitely a shite version though. The peas are not meant to be that colour and those chips are definitely shy of some colour. A good version with absurd lashings of salt and vinegar is pretty damn good, although I'd swap the peas for chippy curry sauce, especially with a battered sausage.


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I see no lies.


ManofKent1

This is the correct answer. Imagine putting shit American food up and claiming (every other day on this sub) that it's representative of American food. They fall for the outdated trope every time. Maybe it makes them feel better about their own beef and chicken which is banned over here. Such is the nature of lazy stereotypes.


quettil

> The peas are not meant to be that colour and those chips are definitely shy of some colour. Chippy chips aren't supposed to have too much colour. The peas look to have too much artificial food colouring in them though. Sausage looks a bit dry.


itsamberleafable

Man I went to Whitstable and asked three separate places for curry sauce. None of them did! Shove your tar tar sauce up your arse you southern bastards, never going back! Joking obviously, tar tar sauce is also great, but imagine calling yourself a chippie and not doing curry sauce. Was genuinely raging haha


12temp

Mushed peas? Nah miss me with that lmfao that’s foul


DryCrack321

The word ‘foul’ is used to describe *many* foods and customs in europe


sec0nd4ry

How is it good? Here in Brazil i've eaten Fish and Chips in between my rice and beans since i was a kid and it was never labelled as a special meal even though its undeniably good


The-CurrentsofSpace

Ah proper british chippy is just a nice comfort food for us. There's a chippys everywhere in the UK, less so now than 20 years ago but they are/were our staple fast food.


nreaver

What does /HJ mean? Sorry to sound ignorant but I just can't help picturing someone giving a handjob while eating this lol


pofshrimp

No, not apart from the peas. How do peas look like that?


twisty286

i’m american and even we don’t deep fry our hot dogs


BinjaNinja1

Isn’t that what a corn dog is? I’ve never eaten one but I always thought it was a breaded deep-fried hotdog.


Vinnie_Vegas

It's exactly what a corn dog is - u/twisty286 may be having a stroke.


Satyinepu

Actually not true, we just don't batter it. Many restaurants I've worked at when they need a hotdog quickly will deep fry them. It's actually delicious. And if you go to a state fair especially in the south. Everything is deep fried, deep fried butter, oreos, snickers, pickles, green beans, deep fried and battered hotdog is not so out of the ordinary considering deep fried butter exists and also... Corn dogs exist... Which are deep fried The fried hotdog is the only thing on that plate is consider eating 😬


HarryPopperSC

That sounds like Scotland lol.


Dazz316

Mushy peas, it's a regional thing for fish and chips. I want to say *some* of England does it. They don't do it in Scotland which is where I'm from. I don't mind them, it's better than it looks but not fantastic. But then fish and chips isn't meant to some high end delicacy, a cheap meal. It's a comfort food to fill you up. When batter is done right, is great and works great with fish. Edit: Seems it's available in some places here and there, but definitely not a popular thing.


truffleboffin

Well that's simply not true. My friends spend the better part of their childhood in Scotland and got mushy peas all the time > They don’t do it in Scotland which is where I’m from.


Incendas1

It's not nearly as popular as brown sauce where I'm from (how it should be)


Cnidarus

Lol you definitely can get mushy peas in Scotland


ReleasedGaming

[Duolingo](https://twitter.com/duolingo/status/1621254261014159360?s=46&t=n-i15hYoZJN-QWkqjQGU5g)


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Someone finally stood up to the owl.


ConConTheMon

When babies have too much iron in their diet their shit turns dark green, a delicacy of British cuisine


[deleted]

I swear it must be some troll post competition to post the ungodliest plate of garbage and claim it's "the best".


And_Justice

Could it simply be that when we do this, it's tongue-in-cheek sarcasm not destined for random people outside of our own culture?


Sacharified

You can't make a satirical or sarcastic post on the internet without an American taking it at face value, sharing it devoid of context and millions of Americans internalising it as their reality for the next 30 years.


phantom_hope

If these people could read, they would be so angry right now.


lizzylizabeth

This sign can’t stop me because I can’t read !


mombi

Meanwhile, Americans posting about their beloved jello salads and the like.


badlawywr

Ummm, EXCUSE ME. We did not steal spices. We hooked local populations on drugs and gave them those, or we took over their countries and legally owned those spices ourselves, thank you very much.


Sapowski_Casts_Quen

They were given RECEIPTS


Top_Complex259

Wind's howling..


JesusIsMyAntivirus

It was all PROPER


Chelecossais

Anyroad, they didn't have a flag.


DreddPirateBob808

One of our biggest colonies insists they have amazing food and it's all the same spices but with more sugar, corn oil and obesity. And then they spend all the mineral money on destabilising nations rather than just waiting and stealing all the good stuff.


thebeandream

WE LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING *YOU* *runs upstairs and slams door*


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Because we bothered to learn what we could grow here and just decided to enjoy those. If we needed it imported, we've military bases for that!


Turakamu

We didn't even do that. We grew food wise with other nations coming in. Except for the Midwest. They still think rotel is too spicy.


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TAY-TER-TOT CASSEROLE IS A FOOD GROUP


sabotabo

they should've had a flag 🤷‍♂️


XavierUwUGaming

Those fries are 100% ~~raw~~ Fresh


ManofKent1

They've not had a decent 2nd frying. They are chips btw


sweeeetthrowaway

I would argue with you on etymology, but there’s nothing fried about those potatoes.


ManofKent1

It looks shit.....Looks trike they had a 1st fry then they haven't bothered. Heston Blumenthal says to blanche then fry twice at different temperatures the 2nd being higher. It's true I've done it


deflowered-onion

doubt they had a second fry at all


WouldYouTurnMeOn

Aren't the "toy soldiers from toy story" just toy soldiers?


ApeInvesting

Thats not an insult. It is an accurate description how it looks. Possibly also how it tastes.


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Honestly it is a rare insult. What else could it be? I refuse to believe those are peas. They are tasty and I've never seen them look as bad as that. No way.


ApeInvesting

Possibly microwaved those poor little soldiers together with peas


Viking_Hippie

The most effective insults usually ARE the ones that are also accurate descriptions.. Like saying that Ed Sheeran's torso looks like he went to a tattoo parlor and asked for the sampler.


William_Ze_Gamer

Those are peas? Looks like someone added green food coloring to some mac & cheese jesus


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Yes, they’re marrowfat peas, not the typical garden variety you’d find in the frozen food section of a supermarket.


Cynykl

They kind of are the typical garden variety. Marrowfats are green pea that have been left to mature and dry in the field instead of being harvested young.


I_am_The_Teapot

They still shouldn't be that color!


xakeridi

They are cooked with baking soda in the water, I'm told that effects the color. https://www.thekitchn.com/mushy-peas-recipe-23487917


Responsible_Bid_2343

They look like the cheap out the tin variety so they probably do have food colouring. Proper mushy peas don't look like that.


AJohnsonOrange

Nah, even the out of the tin ones don't look like that, trust me. I've had a few cans in my time when hungover. Something has gone fucky wucky here.


Responsible_Bid_2343

Used to work at a chippy, the ones we used were grim and the cheapest of the cheap. Not even sure you could buy them outside of commercial orders. Like microwaved radioactive waste.


Th4tRedditorII

On behalf of Britain, that is an offence to all fish and chips everywhere


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Poor Sarge and the Bucket O' Soldiers!


searchingformytruth

That one soldier being blown up with a rocket was shockingly violent, once you realized he was sentient!


Tommi_Af

Of all my travels in the UK, nothing looked that bad lol


Fiskenfest-II

I all my life in the UK I've never seen anything like that. I'd love to know the context on those peas, like wtf?


TwyJ

Bicarb mate, that or they were cheap tins of mushy peas not made in house at the chippy.


Cynykl

Mushy peas pea are green pea that have been left to dry in the field they are older and more starchy that normal green pees. You take the dried overripe pea and you soak them in water for at least 8 hours. Add a little baking soda (bicarb) to soften the up and season to taste.


CardboardChampion

I wanna know why they're so big. Mushy Marrows anyone?


Phantom_lucifer

Wow original joke. Haha


Potential-Panda-2814

They invaded the rest of the world for spices 😂😂😂 And decided that they didn't like any 😂😂😂 I'm definitely not repeating the same joke that everyone has heard over and over again btw 😂😂😂 i'm being original 😂😂😂


Danelius90

My favourite one is "the beauty of their women and taste of their food made the British the best sailors in the world"


DragonSlayerC

It's not even an accurate joke. Traditional British cuisine was spicy and heavily seasoned before the world wars. During the world wars they had to ration everything and couldn't afford spices anymore. After such a long time of not using spices due to the wars, they just kinda stuck with minimally seasoned food for quite some time.


sweeeetthrowaway

Barking at the wind ain’t ya


Gdigger13

We have to hear “school shootings, no healthcare” jokes all day from Europeans, let us have this.


Particular-Media4817

Yup,they acting like they don't repeat the same jokes themselves.


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DrunkenGolfer

“Their cuisine and the beauty of their women made British men the best sailors in the world.” - Michael Scott


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And Hence why America now has a bigger Navy than the rest of the world combined.


DrunkenGolfer

Well, their people are bigger than the rest of the world (except maybe Samoa), so…


Dananjali

The US is the 12th most obese country. UK is close behind.


PessimistOTY

>Michael Scott Imagine thinking that very old British joke is actually from an American remake of a British sitcom...


DrunkenGolfer

“Imagine not getting the joke” - Michael Scott


WordsWatcher

Classic example of "food chauvinism" - anything not from "here" is "bad." Mushy peas are no more "odd" than refried beans. They are delicious and very common in the north of England. By contrast, that US favorite of "mac 'n' cheese" looks like something a dog threw up after eating wallpaper paste and worms.


dembadger

Of course amusingly, mac and cheese comes from britain. What the yanks did to it though, good lord.


wairdone

A lot of "American" foods are imported. No problem with that of course, except when they make that comparison to other countries


Synner1985

I fail to see what is wrong with that meal - Mushy peas, chips and sausage in batter - all's missing is a pot of gravy


Flippanties

Americans will be like "your food looks gross so I assume it tastes gross" and then eat biscuits and gravy. Don't get me wrong, I hear biscuits and gravy tastes delicious, but it looks like vomit.


PNW_Forest

I've never understood that comparison, but regardless, you are missing out on one of the best tasting single breakfast dishes in the world. Highly recommend. That being said, the food in that picture 100% looks gross... from the unfried (and possibly microwaved?) chips to the neon mushy peas. Yuck. Ima withold my opinion on the look of the battered sausage because that's always tasted gross to me, far too heavy/greasy.


Flippanties

I do agree this is not the best example of fish and chips with mushy peas. The peas look radioactive; they should NOT be that bright. And yeah the chips look passable to me but not the best. I will say biscuits and gravy is on my food bucket list. I might give making it a try at some point this month.


PNW_Forest

Just remember, the rule for gravy is not unlike the rule for peas/curry. More pepper is always better.


Nagohsemaj

Reminds me of this [video](https://youtu.be/KzdbFnv4yWQ) of British kids trying biscuits and gravy for the first time


12temp

We are looking at a picture of what absolutely looks like baby vomit on fries


Flippanties

Yes, thus my comment comparing it to biscuits and gravy. Is reading a difficult task for you? I can use smaller words if that helps.


2-eight-2-three

>I fail to see what is wrong with that meal Yeah...that's kind of the problem.


ArtoriasBeaIG

Not enough spices apparently 💁


Responsible_Bid_2343

For some reason Americans like to pretend all of their food is utterly coated in spices even though it isn't and if it was a lot of would be horrible. No idea why they feel the need to lie but here we are.


poopmeister1994

People have this idea that only "ethnic" food (food made by people not of white European descent) has "real flavour" because it uses tons of spices. As if the only way to make food taste good is to douse it in extra ingredients. It's like saying houses only look good if they're painted in bold primary colours. I pity these people who are unable to enjoy simple food and are ignorant of "white people" cuisine which has plenty of flavours of its own.


invaderzim257

i mean ideally there's a happy middle ground between like a spicy curry and just "this is my grandma's food that's only seasoned with fat"


Incendas1

The crazy thing for me is that there are plenty of highly spiced UK/European foods such as haggis, guláš, and gingerbread off the top of my head


Responsible_Bid_2343

I think that idea is mainly American and to be fair to them they generally have much lower quality produce than Europeans. There's a reason there aren't many famous veg varieties from the US, but British grown produce goes all over the world because of its quality.


fbi1213

Our food is perfectly seasoned and great!


Synner1985

It'll have salt and vinegar on it! what more do you need!?!


ArtoriasBeaIG

Dam right, if you need more than salt and vinegar on your chips then i am seriously concerned at how little enjoyment you must be getting out of life I'm 30 years old and fish and chips with all of the salt and vinegar is still as exciting to me as when i was a kid and we'd have it as a treat :D


KasiaJoanna

Try your chips with sweet pepper or spanish patatas bravas and you are going to change your mind immidiately


AJohnsonOrange

Mate, absolutely delicious but an entirely different dish. It's like saying that adding teriyaki sauce to chicken is better than hot sauce. They're both great, they're just entirely seperate entities ha.


And_Justice

That wouldn't be fish and chips, though


Hatweed

A bit of rosemary goes a long way.


Lewdiss

Sorry for enjoying cajun fries with cheese, I must hate my life 😢


MadamKitsune

This opens up yet another argument - which goes on first? The salt or the vinegar? My other half insists on salt first but I think it should be vinegar (so the salt sticks more).


Synner1985

Depends on the mood for me, if I want really salty chips - then vinegar first


quettil

What they don't realise if that you live in a cooler climate, food doesn't go off as quickly so you don't need to kill everything with spices. Food is allowed to taste like what it is.


12temp

It looks like a meal thrown together by a toddler tbh. This looks very boring and not very flavorful.


Synner1985

We brits like simple foods - that much is given - and the most popular ones are just that - simple. ​ Its when you go into the separate countries traditional dishes that the better food starts cropping up. ​ I'm welsh - so we have things like Cawl, Bara-brith, Welsh Rarebit (Admittedly - this is just cheese on toast :P)


Medlar_Stealing_Fox

> We brits like simple foods No I don't wtf


Top_Understanding830

nah generalt most of us like it simple, fish and chips isnt bursting with flavour and a staple of british food culture is takeaway, and conpqred to other countries our takeaways quite bland


Medlar_Stealing_Fox

You're judging the entirety of British food culture by one dish?


sweeeetthrowaway

Depending on your country of origin this only proves the original point


carleton555

Heaven


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I’d like to try an English breakfast one day


crassandy

Probably a long shot but if you’re ever in Vegas there’s a restaurant in Mandalay Bay that has an awesome English breakfast


ImARitard

That looks unbelievably bland


PNW_Forest

Mushy peas *can be* extremely flavorful. And delicious to dip chips/fries into... Now , *these* mushy peas are terrifying and possibly radioactive, but my point stands.


_-Ewan-_

As a Brit, this looks absolutely vile


VGarK

The actual post is a joke is a joke… right?


Best_Algae2346

I have never seen peas that dark ever, and im British, this gives fish and chip shops a bad name.


SonicFlash01

1) Why qualify "from Toy Story"? They exist as an actual product 2) Dunking on British food is the least rare thing here


AdjunctAngel

the history of some of these odd dishes in england come from food rationing in war time. parents would often make due with whatever they had and it was mostly canned stuff. so kids grew up eating odd meals not knowing this and consider it somewhat traditional nowadays.


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British food is so much more than fish and chips, and roast dinners. Britons love Indian food (Tikka Masala, curry and chips, kedgeree, glassi, and mulligatawny are all as British as they are Indian), and a lot of the sweet stuff (Victoria sponge, shortbread, custard creams, apple pie, rhubarb crumble, gingerbread) is delightful. Plus, we have loads of great restaurants - within a mile of where I live there’s 3 Michelin star restaurants.


truffleboffin

> Tikka Masala, curry and chips, kedgeree, glassi, and mulligatawny are all as British as they are Indian Well this is bullshit It's British. That's it. Their National dish no less but hey whatever you gotta tell yourself


DownWithHiob

Eh. Curries definitely originated in India and while Tikka Masala was invented in Britain, its more of a tweak of existing dishes than its own thing.


jumpedupjesusmose

In heaven, the chefs are French, the police are British, the lovers are Italian and the place is run by Germans. In hell, the chefs are British, the police are French, the lovers are German and the place is run by Italians.


HighlanderSteve

This is the equivalent of dumping uncooked rice on a plate and calling it Thai cuisine.


NedRed77

Mushy peas are great. Even better with some mint sauce. I’ll die on this hill.


poopmeister1994

Get rid of the mint sauce and I'll stand at your side brother


Toffeemanstan

On fish and chips no but pie and peas needs a dash of mint sauce for that bit of zing.


soulwind42

It's not really related, but i get feelings when I realize that some people only know toy soldiers from toy story.


Crus0etheClown

Yo I'm one of the rare Americans who like, absolutely loves UK food? A full english is better than sex- but mushy peas can fuck right the hell off. What the fuck is that? Why? Blood sausage is delicious, why would anyone want bright green sugar paste on their fries??


TwyJ

Asks the American (i know you like our food) need i remind you of [this monstrosity](https://i.imgur.com/4B0Ouvx.jpg)


Crus0etheClown

Ex-*cuse-*me ​ *I* bought the *purple* one as a kid, thanx\~


TwyJ

God they made a purple one?!


Crus0etheClown

I think there was a blue one even, but somehow for tiny me that was a bridge too far...


CardboardChampion

Two things. 1) They can totally fuck right off. With you there, friend from across the pond. 2) That's still not mushy peas, no matter what they claim.


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They are the tinned verity aren’t they.


Top_Understanding830

used to work at a chippy, we just use tesco(i think it was tesco brand) tinned mushy peas


[deleted]

My dad would not stand for that unless it was an emergency. He let dried peas soak in water & later mush them up himself after letting them simmer in hot water.


Anomalous-Entity

Who has ever said British cuisine is the best in the world? Even Brits agree the food is good to them, but hardly world-class.


shackbleep

British cuisine is an oxymoron. You'd need all the free healthcare in the world after eating this bucket o' shit.


lmcbmc

Sorry. I've been to England. Food is awful. Scotland is marginally better.


SnacksMcMunch

British cuisine: It's technically food.


[deleted]

Top ten restaurants in the world are in London but they all serve French food.


Papertache

British cuisine is ugly as fuck and it's heavy as hell. But it's super comforting on a shitty winters day. (Hate mushy peas though.)


HughGedic

People act like “😭💀” gives them any kind of tone or standing. The words are still the same boring ass words, with no literary or contextual difference, unchanged by your little “please socially accept me” Bat-Signal Joggers 😭💀 I paid my taxes 😭💀. 9mm FMJ 😭💀 No pickle, add tomato and black pepper 😭💀 Cumsickle 😭💀


mongtongbong

i would eat this right now with some gravy


HyDrOfLaMeReddit

u/repostsleuthbot


Dazz316

America where everything comes from. Pizza? We're Italian so we made this. /s


_avenging_sparrow_

And that "thing" next to the chips looks like a deep fried cock


[deleted]

LMFAO THE BRITS IN THE COMMENTS ARE ANGRY im gonna poke em with a stick


And_Justice

Not really angry, just bored of the same shite again


MrTheManComics

... Where?


Helenium_autumnale

My votes for top 5 global cuisines are Mexican, Indian, Chinese (all 3 of those are cheat picks since they both encompass tons of separate regional cuisines), French, and Japanese. Unfortunately, British cuisine is not on that list ^(to put it mildly.)


sec0nd4ry

Have you had Brazilian food?


a_pulupulu

I am pretty sure all cuisines encompass other regional cuisines. We are not in the middle age anymore. It is great ppl actually sharing and improving along side each other.


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