> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling
> When I visited England in the mid '70's I had several Pub "Hamburgers". > the best wasn't as good as a McDonald's Burger, the worst was actually > made of /Ham/, (kind of gristly if I recall but so was the beef, and it > takes talent to make the gristle stand out in ground meat). I haven't > been to England since, but I certainly hope that someone taught them > how > to make a good burger, so they could put some distinctly English spin > on > them, other than "disappointing", Trying them out became kind of a > game, a sad, bitter, miserable game. That doesn't sound at all surprising - except that you found a meal in a pub in the 70s. Even nowadays some of them don't stretch far beyond a packet of crisps and some pork scratchings. Pork scratchings are the stuff that falls out of the landlord's skivvies when he goes to bed. The 1970s were not really the high water mark of British cuisine. As I recall, a gourmet meal consisted of Vesta Chow Mein followed by butterscotch Angel Delight. Except at school, of course, where we normally ate gristle and slimey boiled leeks, followed by Stink Puff. Things have improved a little since then. For one thing, I don't have to go to school any more. For another, people could afford to travel to Europe, and even to the USA, and came back with wondrous tales of hamburgers. When McDonalds opened even I went in to try one. I thought it was disgusting and since then have only had 2, largely against my will, but a lot of people seemed to like them. Proper burgers are also widely available. I've never been much of a burger person, but they seem to be ok. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
