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A nutritionist who analyzed the results said that cooking is perceived as taking time, effort and money, but the fact that 5 in 10 people said they were "happy to spend £100 or more on a meal out" suggests that perhaps people really just don't like to cook -or even that they simply can't, despite the popularity of food programming on TV - rather than that they feel they are spending too much time or money when they do.
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9-02-2006 @4:02PM LynnB said... Anyone who has ever eaten Brit food knows just how nasty it is. If Brits order take out, it is probably Pizza or Indian fare.
There's a story about a Brit couple visiting the London zoo and watching a mother owl and her hatchlings. The mother swooped down, grabbed a mouse and proceeded to tear it apart to feed the youngsters.
The hubby turned to the wife and said "Look dear, they're eating better than we do"
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9-02-2006 @4:26PM Kara said... I lived in Britain for 7 years. The food is terrible there so I don't blame them for eating out. They probably did go to a themed resturant that doesn't serve traditional fare. And aside from the US they're right up there with the overweight problem, but their food doesn't even taste good..I think the entire modern world needs a nutritional makeover....
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9-02-2006 @6:20PM Pamela said... I'm a Southern girl who married a Brit in the Bahamas 19 years ago and learned to cook British comfort food only by his descriptions, as very few of the ex-pats there cooked. I wasn't told that it should be bland, so it wasn't. Meat pies, Scottish eggs, even bangers and mash are delicious when creatively spiced or herbed. I think the Brits have some good food concepts, they just have to learn to kick it up a notch.
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9-02-2006 @6:51PM sara said... you people are crazy, british food is excellent!! and they do know how to cook, bangers and mash, shepards pie, a nice roasted chicken and bread sauce and so much more i love their food!!!!!!!!!!!!
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9-02-2006 @7:46PM sara said... british food is very tasty and spicy the brits are very good cooks and the food there is wonderful!!
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9-03-2006 @8:59AM Alex said... I've lived in the UK for 5.5 years now (having come from a pretty culinarily sophisticated place) and the food here is fine. The range of fresh ingredients is good (if you're prepared to go to the market or farmers market) and you can have some amazing dining out experiences. You can have some awful ones too, but I'm sure that's the case with anywhere.
My one criticism would be that food in the UK is expensive - but that's ALL food, including the nasty takeaway burgers!
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9-03-2006 @10:22AM mcdonalds said... There are more fat people in the USA than anywhere else on the planet. To say the Brits are "right up there with America" in being fat is to be blind. All you have to do is go to both countries and see for yourself. Shocking!
Likewise with the food... I can name a list of good British food...can you name a list of good American food? Pearls before swine.
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9-09-2006 @4:22PM Nicola Hill said... I'm surprised to find such blinkered views in the comments of such an open-minded site. Anyone who thinks that "Brit food" is universally horrible has not visited the UK in the last 10 years, or, if they did, stuck very carefully to junk food throughout. London competes with anywhere in the world for culinary excellence. True, it's difficult to find fresh vegetables when eating out cheaply in north-west Scotland, but anywhere else in the UK provinces you can find fantastic local produce cooked well, as long as you use some intelligence. Now comparing that with the mid-west US.......
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