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I despise Taco Bell. I literally cannot eat it - my body rejects it!
I gotta take exception on Sonic though. For a road trip, there's nothing much better than a BLT, tater tots, and a cherry limeade from Sonic!
I despise Taco Bell too, I can eat it but my body rejects it out the other end. Its Mexican food for gringo's, the blandest of the bland that still kills my stomach.
I'm eating a lot of British meals, not surprisingly as i'm living here at the moment, and on the whole it ranges from acceptable to wonderful. There is a wide variety of ingredients used for very simillar meals which adds a nice, subtle change. If you stick with seasonal foods and regional dishes the quality is on the whole very good and i'm yet to complain about the way something has been cooked.
I despise Taco Bell. I literally cannot eat it - my body rejects it!
I gotta take exception on Sonic though. For a road trip, there's nothing much better than a BLT, tater tots, and a cherry limeade from Sonic!
Oh, Taco Bell is toxin in a to-go bag! I would have told the guy that ate there that he immediately needed to find a CVS or other drug store for 'help', but his post was a day old. Ditto for giving him the number to poison control. Lol Gees! 'Welcome to America. The doctor will be in here to see you shortly.'
Hopefully he didn't have a reaction to the food like us and many others, and is enjoying his vacation. I just can't for the life of me see how people can eat there.
I haven't tried the BLT at Sonic, I'll have to try that. I just can't eat at fast food places. Even in a pinch if I find myself in the middle of nowhere on a road trip, the little stores usually have little cans of baked beans or beanie-weenies, or peanut butter and bread. I prefer that over fast food.
Oh, Taco Bell is toxin in a to-go bag! I would have told the guy that ate there that he immediately needed to find a CVS or other drug store for 'help', but his post was a day old. Ditto for giving him the number to poison control. Lol Gees! 'Welcome to America. The doctor will be in here to see you shortly.'
Hopefully he didn't have a reaction to the food like us and many others, and is enjoying his vacation. I just can't for the life of me see how people can eat there.
I haven't tried the BLT at Sonic, I'll have to try that. I just can't eat at fast food places. Even in a pinch if I find myself in the middle of nowhere on a road trip, the little stores usually have little cans of baked beans or beanie-weenies, or peanut butter and bread. I prefer that over fast food.
I'm not a big fast food fan myself. We just moved this past month, and it was one of those moves "across town" (actually 45 minutes away) that meant a lot of back and forth trips - and weird fast food. I gained five pounds even though I was working my tail off every day! I am so glad that I finally have my kitchen set up again and just went to the grocery store for all my "normal" (and readily available at reasonable prices) natural and organic foods so I can get this weight off me. I don't know how people stand to eat that crap all the time.
Taco Bell is NOT Mexican food. I have to admit though, that when I joined the Marines and went to Virginia in 1989, I lived on Taco Bell. I had never had it before. Now I don't touch the stuff. I certainly never would have thought it was real Mexican food. I lived in San Diego for 16 years. I know real Mexican food.
I've never had Sonic's food, Just their half priced milk shakes. I really like 5 Guys Burgers and I was really surprised to see one opening in the West End in London
Yeah, the perception of British food being bad in my mind is rubbish. I was surprised by the quality put out by many pubs. I do wish it was cheaper here though. In the US I ate out all the time. Here you really can't unless you're an MP. I would like more choice here in the South West too.
I always assumed it gained that reputation from the American servicemen who were in Britain during WW2 - a few years of rationing tends to reduce the quality of the cuisine available at the time, but has no bearing on how good it is now.
Taco Bell is NOT Mexican food. I have to admit though, that when I joined the Marines and went to Virginia in 1989, I lived on Taco Bell. I had never had it before. Now I don't touch the stuff. I certainly never would have thought it was real Mexican food. I lived in San Diego for 16 years. I know real Mexican food.
I've never had Sonic's food, Just their half priced milk shakes. I really like 5 Guys Burgers and I was really surprised to see one opening in the West End in London
Yeah, we figured out it wasn't Mexican, that's the problem. They used to advertise that they were the best thing north of the border. You only needed to eat there one time to prove that wrong.
I have always liked traditional English (and Scottish) food. I think one reason it has a low reputation is due to a combination of British self-deprecation combined with the elevation of all things French. Combine that with the xenophilia of the 19th and 20th centuries bringing in wide acceptance of Indian, Chinese, Italian, and other exotic foods, and the British food paled in the popular perception.
Also, in many 'common man' eating establishments in the late 20th, the standards weren't very high, and Britain went through a similar decline in food preparation in the home (convenience foods) that America experienced. And both countries have done spectacular things to revive and elevate their cuisines since.
I have always liked traditional English (and Scottish) food. I think one reason it has a low reputation is due to a combination of British self-deprecation combined with the elevation of all things French. Combine that with the xenophilia of the 19th and 20th centuries bringing in wide acceptance of Indian, Chinese, Italian, and other exotic foods, and the British food paled in the popular perception.
Also, in many 'common man' eating establishments in the late 20th, the standards weren't very high, and Britain went through a similar decline in food preparation in the home (convenience foods) that America experienced. And both countries have done spectacular things to revive and elevate their cuisines since.
I agree with you completely.
I watched a cooking show recently that was dedicated to traditional British produce and cuisine and was blown away by the variety as well as the
history. I lived in England as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed school dinners (although many others claimed not to). They were great days and I'm sure that for more than a few kids, that was the best meal that they got each day.
I don't know what they're like now but back then they were very hearty meals followed by "afters". Stew with dumplings, ploughmans lunches, semolina, jam roly-poly, cake and custard etc. If that's 'bad cuisine' then I must be a monkeys uncle.
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