Most enjoyed USA food

From Canada, proper poutine and anything Tim hortons.

From the usa proper gumbo and jambalaya down south!

I would say baconator but its still on my list of things to do before I die!

Remember to make it a triple

Also good call on the poutine!

leafygiraffe wrote:

Calamity Jane wrote:Ive come to the conclusion, after extensive research that the Americans do the best breakfast in the world

French toast, maple syrup, sausage patty (it sounds so wrong but it's heaven on a plate)

Corned beef hash and eggs

Dunkin Donuts sausage and egg muffin

Crap! Now I've made myself hungry.

No, no, no, no, no, NO.

English Breakfast - Bacon, sausage, tomato, bacon, black pudding, hash brown, eggs, more bacon, fried bread, toast, bacon, beans, mushrooms, bacon. With coffee. And no blooming maple blooming syrup in sight. Maybe HP or Ketchup. Or mustard. Or all three. But not mayo. Certainly not.

I agree, although I think you need a bit more bacon!

Where do people stand on having proper chips with an English breakfast?

I'm not really sure what I think of the food quality on the other side of the Atlantic. I guess some people enjoy the good stuff but on the whole I imagine a lot of citizens eat low quality crap far too often.

The Yanks most certainly don't do beer - at least not on any mass produced scale.

A full English is the greatest breakfast in the world. Not every day of course but as an occasional treat it's awesome.

sportsportsport wrote:

leafygiraffe wrote:

English Breakfast - Bacon, sausage, tomato, bacon, black pudding, hash brown, eggs, more bacon, fried bread, toast, bacon, beans, mushrooms, bacon. With coffee. And no blooming maple blooming syrup in sight. Maybe HP or Ketchup. Or mustard. Or all three. But not mayo. Certainly not.

I agree, although I think you need a bit more bacon!

Where do people stand on having proper chips with an English breakfast?

Chips? No chance. You get all the spud action you need from the hash brown/rosti/boxti variation. Tomatoes are fine but for me are a mere token gesture towards health. Black pudding is for northerners and is disgusting - white pudding that we have in Ireland is however pretty fine. Fried bread is arguably the worst foodstuff ever created and I'd seriously be concerned by anyone eating such a thing in the 21st century. Coffee? Bit girlie. Tea is preferable for a man.

I absolutely HATE to admit the following......and I can't under estimate how much this hurts....but, I have to agree with Leafy

CJ - You have to come home, you are fast becoming, too American!!!

When me and the brother went to Philly, he brought back two boxes of Lucky Charms.

American breakfasts are awesome. Bacon and Eggs followed by a stack of pancakes = awesome. Anyone wishing to try a baconator dont just get one, Three is an acceptable amount in one sitting in my eyes.

Three triples?

No votes for the KFC Double Down then?

mc_homer wrote:Three triples?

Of course

Calamity Jane wrote:No votes for the KFC Double Down then?

I have not sampled a double down. They were not on sale when I was there.

I had the misfortune of eating a XXL Chalupa from Taco Bell as part of a challenge. You'd thing at 28 and 30 me and my friend would be passed such childishness, but no. Not only was the challenge to see who could eat a whole one, but more importantly who finished first.

Although I won, I also lost, as I spent that whole evening on the crapper. Luckily they had two toilets as my friend wasn't much better. Those things should come with a warning.

"Do not purchase unless you have nothing else to do today..."

You english and your fancy breakfast. Ulster is the best form of breakfast fry up. It's like an english breakfast without all the fancy tomatoes and mushrooms and crap. Its just meat,beans and soda bread which is the greatest kind of bread.

In America at the moment, loving the food but rather than any specific place or type I think the best part about the food is portion size vs price. While quality is a constantly shifting variable based on where you go America destroys on size of portions. I don't think I've been to a restaurant here yet that hasn't required a little extra effort to get through the meal.

Yes, but are the huge sized portions a good thing? It might be a novelty for a tourist but for the country's citizens I'd suggest no and it goes a long way to explaining why a lot of Americans are chronically over weight and therefore terribly unhealthy.

Definitely Ronnie but as you say it is fun for us tourists to enjoy briefly lol. To quote one of my American friends.... "Americans don't understand moderation when it comes to food!"

I had just over 2 weeks there, and added half a stone to by weight.

I've been home for 6 weeks, and I've lost 2 of those 6 pounds, so at the moment I'm still carrying what my girlfriend calls 'the pancake baby'.

True men do not weigh themselves! They guestsimate their weight.

BuffonIdol wrote:True men do not weigh themselves! They guestsimate their weight.

I have to know how much I weigh so I can shout it at people who I check on the ice.

"You just got steamrolled by 200 pounds of Northumberland metal....BITCH!"

Ok, I don't really do that, but when you have electronic scales, and they're right there in the bathroom, next to the sink, then it's tough not to stand on them and weigh yourself...and then weigh yourself holding the dog and work out how much the dog weighs, just for the hell of it... then the dog and a lamp, then the dog gets bored and tries to bite you. Me holding a lamp and fighting off a dog that is trying to bite me, weighs 311 pounds. I would have discovered more, but I was late for work, and covered in fur and scratches.

Sounds like the kinda thing I would do!

"Ok, I don't really do that, but when you have electronic scales, and they're right there in the bathroom, next to the sink, then it's tough not to stand on them and weigh yourself..."

And then your significant other sneaks up behind you and yells "No coach parties!!"

OK - a mix of USA / Canada from me....First off and most important.... Steam Whistle Pilsner from T.O. Then, in no particular order, Butterfingers, the snickers in the yellow wrappers (is it peanut butter?), sour patch kids, anything from Timmys and the beer cans eg Bud Premium, Bud with lime etc sold at Duane Reade all over NYC - absolutely massive and surprisingly cheap!!!!! And Geoffrey's pancakes for breakfast from Pimbletts B&B in Toronto!!!!

Calamity Jane wrote:Dandelion and burdock
Proper chocolate (loathe Hershey's)
HP sauce
Heinz baked beans
Cornish pasties
Wensleydale cheese
Chocolate buttons
Tetleys (beer not tea)
Cadburys selection box at Christmas

I can get most of these at a premium from specialist shops.

Who said Twizzlers? Mr C and get through those at an alarming rate.

OK just checking I've not missed anything off my list off stuff to bring back from the UK when I return next week. Need to add Quavers and Soreen. The sniffer dog at heathrow is going to have a field-day with my suitcase.

Calamity Jane wrote:Dandelion and burdock
Proper chocolate (loathe Hershey's)
HP sauce
Heinz baked beans
Cornish pasties
Wensleydale cheese
Chocolate buttons
Tetleys (beer not tea)
Cadburys selection box at Christmas

I can get most of these at a premium from specialist shops.

Who said Twizzlers? Mr C and get through those at an alarming rate.

I tried this delicacy the other day, and I have to say bleurgh. Seriously, stick to the Tetleys and leave this God-forsaken tat to some inbred clown from Norfolk (the strange bit in England, not the place in Virginia)

Dandelion and burdock is awesome!