caller wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:13 pm
The Euro Deli sell some nice things, but their bacon was for me, truly awful. Streaky, from Chiang Mai, it shrivelled up into nothing and tasted the same. That looks like what is on the plate? I'm allergic to egg, so more interested in the other ingredients, and the mushrooms aren't 'British style' as I would expect and is a tiny portion, as is half a tomato! So even though I go past their place often, I probably wouldn't stop for brekky. Their filled baguettes look nice though.
I believe there are 2 sizes of English breakfast. From what I've seen, this would obviously be the smaller one.
You'd rather have canned ('British style') mushrooms than fresh ones? To each his own. Canned mushrooms remind me of chewing on pencil erasers when I was a young 'un.
caller wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:13 pm
The Euro Deli sell some nice things, but their bacon was for me, truly awful. Streaky, from Chiang Mai, it shrivelled up into nothing and tasted the same. That looks like what is on the plate? I'm allergic to egg, so more interested in the other ingredients, and the mushrooms aren't 'British style' as I would expect and is a tiny portion, as is half a tomato! So even though I go past their place often, I probably wouldn't stop for brekky. Their filled baguettes look nice though.
I believe there are 2 sizes of English breakfast. From what I've seen, this would obviously be the smaller one.
You'd rather have canned ('British style') mushrooms than fresh ones? To each his own. Canned mushrooms remind me of chewing on pencil erasers when I was a young 'un.
The eggs, sausage, hash browns, beans, toast, apricot ham and 2 butters (nb not one which really annoys me when there are 2 pieces of toast!) were delicious! The cup of tea was by far the best brew I've had in 2 months since leaving UK!
Yes I didn't care too much for the bacon or the mushroom/onion mix.
The photo posted of Joe's looks fab but also does look a little better than what I got on Wednesday pm in truth. But I'll be going back there for sure as it was very good and I like it there very much.
Homer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:12 pm
You'd rather have canned ('British style') mushrooms than fresh ones? To each his own. Canned mushrooms remind me of chewing on pencil erasers when I was a young 'un.
Who said anything about canned? You can buy them fresh at a few places around town. You can even buy field mushrooms in Villa Market and both they and Gourmet Market sell the mushrooms I mean. I wouldn't touch canned mushrooms in the UK period. Fresh ones are available everywhere and cheap as chips.
Homer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:12 pm
You'd rather have canned ('British style') mushrooms than fresh ones?
Who said anything about canned? [...] I wouldn't touch canned mushrooms in the UK period. Fresh ones are available everywhere and cheap as chips.
British-style mushrooms = canned? A strange perspective...
I haven't knowingly eaten a canned mushroom in my life. For the record, fresh food is available at quite a few British retailers and is, I'm told, quite popular in certain circles. Google suggests that Walmart has a good selection of canned mushrooms available for purchase in the US, although these probably don't match such sophisticated US outlets as McD, KFC, etc. (who've probably never heard of a mushroom) for taste and quality...
dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:55 am
British-style mushrooms = canned? A strange perspective...
Nope, the perspective of living 50 years in California, which produced most of the country's fresh produce until the locally sourced movement took off. Until then, the fresh produce I encountered in the rest of the country ranged from thinking 'this is beyond it's sell date' to 'this is only fit for soup'. Maybe it's the type of mushrooms served in Thailand, maybe it's their age, but either way they're far closer to my memories of having to eat canned mushrooms than fresh ones.
Can't imagine y'all want to know what I think of mushy peas
Homer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:54 pm
Nope, the perspective of living 50 years in California, which produced most of the country's fresh produce until the locally sourced movement took off.
So you're talking about America then, not the UK? It's a bit hard to understand.
And you're also saying that Thai mushrooms remind you of canned one's because Californian one's were, but may not be any more, far superior?
One item in most Engish B'fasts is mushrooms, usually regarded as an extra rather than a main player. Mushrooms are nutritionally an excellent item--low in calories, rich in protein, fiber and vitamins.
Sorry.
