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| Cottage pie, take-away sandwiches, fish & chips with mushy peas, and who knows what |
Bubble & Squeak...Toad in the Hole...Mushy Peas...S & M (as in sausage and mash)...Making our way through a pub menu, shop signs, and markets. Two months in England and there's still fun in eating out (or in). Back in the 1970s, when I went to university here, a friend told me that the British had their tastebuds removed at birth (no wonder they circled the globe looking for spices). There was no evidence to refute that. Now, though, "good British food" is no longer an oxymoron, and the number and variety of foreign cuisines available is truly staggering. The obsession with locally sourced food has also struck London, and our neighborhood grocery store labels their produce not only with the geographic origin but sometimes the farmer, so you know that some guy named Brian grew your strawberries on the Isle of Wight. There's still a chance of getting a miserable meal but it's no longer dead certain.
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