Re: British cuisine

At 9:43 pm -0800 25/3/00, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
>From: "John Fisher"
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>> A mixture of potato and boiled cabbage, made into cakes and then fried.
>> I generally add an egg to bind it together.  It's actually surprisingly
>> nice.  It's not usually something you set out to make, you just make it
>> when there's some left over potatoes and cabbage sitting in the fridge.
>
>Thanks John. That sounds inocuous enough.
It is and, as John says "surprisingly nice".  It was a favorite when I was
young, with a fried egg (or two) on top.  I've always added a bit of milk
if it needed binding, and kep the egg separate :)

One can add other left-over vegs and some chopped onion is a nice addition,
but the essentials are the mashed potatoes & boiled cabbage.

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>
>While we're at it, how 'bout "bangers and mash"?
At 7:46 pm -0800 25/3/00, Barry Garcia wrote:
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>
>There is a pub in Monterey that specializes in British dishes, and they do
>serve bangers and mash. Bangers and Mash from what I could tell is pretty
>much sausages and mashed potatoes.
It's exactly that - no more, no less!

>I didnt get it when I was there, but my
>brother and his girl friend did and says it's very good.
It depends how good the sausages are  :)

>TV Police Inspector Jack
>Frost inadvertantly burns his house down leaving banges and mash on the
>stove when he's called out to a case. What is it with TV Brits burning their
>food? ;)
I suspect food gets burnt over here about as much as it gets burnt in the
US.  Most of the time it's not.  But things happening normally don't make
such interesting TV  :)

Ray.

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