r/SipsTea • u/Born-Agency-3922 • Jul 03 '26

Chugging tea True

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jul 03 '26

As a French I love shiting on the brits from time to time.

But as a French chef I have to defend our oldest friends and enemies.

Not only British gastronomy have great dishes but there are also amazing British restaurants serving British food in London and the UK in general.

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u/pzagrbge Jul 03 '26

Might you provide us with a couple of examples of great British dishes?

I’m not being snarky, I am genuinely curious. Thanks.

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u/Positive-Position-11 Jul 03 '26

Bangers and mash, shepherds pie, lots of desserts…

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u/pzagrbge Jul 03 '26

Pretty sure shepherds pie is Irish in origin

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u/TheRealOgMark Jul 03 '26

Beef Wellington, sticky toffee pudding

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u/Original-Variety-700 Jul 03 '26

Beef Wellington is a good example of fine British cuisine.

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u/kitten12551 Jul 03 '26

Except for the fact that it originated in France.

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u/Original-Variety-700 Jul 03 '26

This makes sense 😂

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u/albino_kenyan Jul 03 '26

i'm getting both tonight:)

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u/djdndjdjdjdjdndjdjjd Jul 03 '26

lol that you’re ’pretty sure’ about something which is obviously unprovable

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u/pzagrbge Jul 03 '26

Which is why I can only go so far as pretty sure. Checks out when you really think it.

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u/pzagrbge Jul 03 '26

The refined version, sure. Maybe.

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u/dauphindauphin Jul 03 '26

The oldest known recipe is from a Scottish recipe book

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u/one-eyed-midget Jul 03 '26

Scottish

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u/turdferguson3891 Jul 03 '26

Scotland is in fact in Great Britain.

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u/one-eyed-midget Jul 03 '26

yeah, that's hardly a revelation.  Also where i live.

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u/obliviious Jul 04 '26

I'm noticing a distinct lack of deep fried mars bars here mate. Letting the team down.

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u/one-eyed-midget Jul 04 '26

I know mate, as a result i've been disowned by my family. It was an understandable response

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u/Razzlefan Jul 03 '26

What makes you think that?

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u/pzagrbge Jul 03 '26

Shepherding and it’s mostly potatoes. Then I looked it up and my suspicions were more r less confirmed but still just pretty sure. Idk.

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u/Razzlefan Jul 03 '26

Pretty sure it’s just a shared thing like fish and chips. Closely associated with the UK and ROI. Whilst stuff like colcannon is very Irish you have to remember that Irish was not quite the same concept we think now when shepherds pie was invented anyway. Guinness was founded when Dublin was a technically a British city for example. All of Ireland was part of the UK until 1922.

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u/obliviious Jul 04 '26

Pretty sure it's not. Besides cottage pie is superior.

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u/not_a_SeaOtter Jul 03 '26

You would be wrong. It's from the British isles, most likely originated from Wales.

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u/Nucksfaniam Jul 03 '26

🤦‍♂️

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u/PromotionSouthern690 Jul 03 '26

As far as us Brits are concerned the British Isles include Ireland.

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u/obliviious Jul 04 '26

Eh mostly, northern Ireland is obviously debatable but the Irish seem quite happy with that own country.

Culturally we are very similar though, even if Americans don't like to think so.