OT: German vs British food - which is best?

They should have rated by which plate will lead you closer to a heart attack.

Where is the national dish, the Chicken Tikka Masala?

I used to be a really fussy eater up to about the age of 25ish, didn't like trying out anything new, still am a little fussy but nowhere near as bad as I was, so I didn't know what people were going on about when they said British food was terrible.

It was only when I got a little older and started being a bit more adventurous, trying out local cuisines on holiday that I realised British food is... by far... the worst on the entire planet.  It starts all the way from the bottom, you buy a steak in an English pub, or kebab on your local high street, and yeah it is just about edible, but when you go on holiday and buy the equivalent for a fraction of the price they actually put some effort into it to make it delicious.  I think it is because we don't complain enough when we get below average food.  I'm guilty of that as well, I've never complained once, I think it is because if I get bad food I feel like it is probably my fault for not being "in" to it.

If I was opening up a food place (I never would by the way because I'm not into food enough), I would damn well make sure I put my back into so that I have the best food in the local area.  And I certainly wouldn't leave the most important aspect, the food, up to someone else to do, because 8 out of 10 people are just drones who will not give a shit about your reputation, never-mind try and excel.  How hard can it possibly be to cook decent food?  Just following instructions.  I don't buy this shit that cooking is some kind of skill either, it is just following a formula that has been laid out for years, centuries even, so just follow the fucking instructions!!!  It just baffles me how someone can open up a restaurant or take-away place and sell shit food, I mean surely they've fucking tasted it?  Then they normally shut down after a couple of years and wonder fucking why, only to be replaced by another shit show who also can't cook.

I was lucky as i was always involved in cooking everyday - and we ate properly.. well seasoned , high quality produce food, world variations and british classics with again high quality cooking and ingredients,

British produce is amazing - the problem is many people don't know how to cook from the uk mass society which i am not a part of. The myth of british food being bad is ot the case for me - A subsection of the uk Have always cooked very similar to the french as my family do. And obviously never afraid of cooking spainish, italian, etc. I dont get better food in restatarants abroad than i cook for my self unless its a high class restaurant.

I remember at about 17 eating a burger king and i took it back and said it tasted rancid. he gave me another 2 and they all did. I later found out when you eat badly looked after food in the production stages you just get used to it. My taste buds can not deal with low quality food. 


I dont even follow instructions. Cooking is an art and a science and about understanding , once you can cook a few things you can start understanding the process and you do not need recipes, you can just understand what to use. Ok baking is following instructions but that is not my thing but when my girlfriend constantly asks me 'how long' will blah blah take - i always reply 'when its cooked'!!

it drives me mad. Then you get people that drink rancid milk because the date says its ok, and the same people throw away decent milk because the date says it isnt!

its simple stuff (if you were brought up in that environment)

the war and being a relatively densely populated island hurt the country badly and was one of the reasonings for processed food. from the rationing days , food became just like any other bodily function, bar the odd treat of fish and chips (fish due to being an island - potatoes grow best in damp soil). On the mainland of europe food is a celebration in many nations every day.(as it should be). 

but these things dont happen by choice they happen by consequence and geography.

You have big plates in germany jesus!! Not as big as americans, but still damm big !!

I dont mind the pork knuckle's - but the potato dumpling is not my thing..

Big pots of stews and a litre of pilsner is what i go for..

Brits and germans however on the whole do eat a lot of stodgy foodstuffs. Its very similar food in dietary form but quite different in taste, but then i suppose to someone from thailand they probably would not be able to really differentiate it to the same extent.

Everything American is British. Especially apple pie.

You're lucky we don't bring it up more often.

Is there such thing as good British food? Don't you guys like to eat kidney pie which smells like urine?
Yes, sure, fish and chips can be good, but the only reason the UK supposedly came on top, is because kidney pie wasn't included...

"Everything American is British. Especially apple pie...You're lucky we don't bring it up more often."

No it's not, not even your one example. Apple pie is dutch.