English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland

I though it was Dutch Hugenots who started selling fried fish on London streets.

Iberian Jews . :)
The Dutch dont tend to bother with that boring little thing called "cooking" when it comes to fish from take aways ;)

I know, isthatu2. It's a bit of a wind up. Unless sth is truly and undeniably English or Scottish, I just see it as British. I saw it when I travelled. I often used to drink with a Welsh girl and an English guy and there was no bickering about most foods traditionally seen as British. Very little territorial instincts there, just an appreciation of foods which were spread around Britain long ago.

I can't wait to get some cod fillets, fish&chips and scampi. Hatherwood actually makes some pretty decent stuff. The caramel shorts are made with real Belgian chocolate. I had them about 1.5 years ago and they went down well. As calorific as it gets but tasty!

The reason is historical.


Yes, but we eat real turnip instead, black or white: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip

with the greatest respect that has not stopped Polish people consuming bananas and pineapple

there must be a reason why this great root vegetable is not grown in Poland

@alfred
I do not remember seeing any references to rhubarb crumble and as a result I feel that
the entire thread has been weaker as a result so I must thank you for turning the spotlight
onto rhubarb crumble

Or jam roly poly!

Go out and catch some and make them yourself so. F*cking hell. It aint difficult.

Jam roly poly has been discussed within this thread and the thread was all the richer for it

or perhaps jam roly poly was discussed in the things you love about the UK
in any case, the subject of jam roly poly has been aired

That's been a long week. Even Northern Line minutes aren't that long :D


Treacle tart & custard FTW

Steamed treacle pudding and custard was/is probably my favourite desert from my junior school days. We usually got semolina, with a dollop of jam.

I have to say that I have rekindled a fondness for rhubarb crumble based on your posting, so you have changed a life today for the better:-)

Chocolate cracknel was my favourite dessert from primary school. The hotpotch with sausages was tasty too.

Lol, you can never have too much rhubarb crumble.

Even better if you had skin off of the top.

get back on topic and stop talking about anything crumble... it's been more than twenty years for me.

and if Lidl shops happen to sell crumble during their British food week ?

Is it just my local Lidl that never seems to have more than one person at the checkout? Apart from the British week and the very nice curries I hate the place.

It's been two years since the topic was "on-topic", tbf ;)

They have cherry bakewells. Baked beans too if wildrover is reading this :)

Errr, uhhhhh, Maybe Italian??????

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Check a few sources.

Wiki says: "The English word scampi is the plural of Italian scampo," and we know Wiki is never wrong!
Ok, I'll check a few more places...

I think this may be a case of British/American false friends.
To me, scampi is a style of preparation (butter, garlic, white wine...) and it seems like to Brits it's a kind of fish.

Bugger - No Marmite! Not a happy bunny. Haven't been able to find it in Gdynia for the past month.

Thanks again for sending me some :) :)

Look for a Kuchnia Świat in Gdynia, gdj. I have Marmite in my flat now as I bought some in Kraków.

This is true.


Yep.

Unfortunately, finding good fresh shrimp here is difficult so I just buy the frozen ones. Cook them in butter and garlic, then add a sauce made from the remaining butter and garlic in the pan. Add about 400 ml of wine, preferably sherry, reduce the mixture and pour it over the shrimp. I'm making myself hungry.

I think I'll pass on English cuisine week.

Well, true scampi is Irish and Norwegian. The Italians may have had their version.

Though the langoustines the French and Spanish use are caught off the Western shore of Scotland.


Scampi isn't made from shrimp.

Yeah, the Spanish and their dubious fishing practices again.

Not really, around 90% of Scottish caught seafood goes directly to Spain and France. Not (if any) Spanish trawlers fish in Scotland.

Ha, i'd forgotten about that, it's been quite a while since I've popped in here. Long story, but now have an apartment in Gdynia and work mostly in Gdansk.


Nothing in Gdynia, but there is one in Galeria Bałtycka - which is only 2 mins from my office. Sorted!

Heinz Beans (fasolka) in Bomi if anyone is interested.

G