go down to the local kebab shop and ask themdrinking and taking the piss
Well according to the One Show the other night the idea of frying them in batter came over with Italian immigrants in the 19th century.
Pah ! Fish & Chips is kosher. The first Fish & Chip shop was open in London in 1860 by Joseph Malin who combined "fish fried in the Jewish fashion" with chips. Yaweh knows where mushy peas came from, mind you.
People are people, there are more similarities across national boarders than differences so why don't we concentrate on them?
Boarders are people who live in lodgings. Of course people are fundamentally similar but this is a thread about English culture, not people.
Eating shit food, complaining about the weather, not sharing amongst each other, paitriotic when abroad, old fashioned, bad teeth, over-weight women, pointless monarchy, awful public transport, untrustworthy Governments, disease ridden hospitals, authority abusing police and security forces, facebook, on-line dating, pretencious restuarantes serving microwave meals, an ostentacious way of fashion, an obbsession with non talented celebs, and last but not least...John Smiths!
Thanks for that. Surely culture is made of people?
Eating shit food, complaining about the weather, not sharing amongst each other, paitriotic when abroad, old fashioned, bad teeth, over-weight women, pointless monarchy, awful public transport, untrustworthy Governments, disease ridden hospitals, authority abusing police and security forces, facebook, on-line dating, pretencious restuarantes serving microwave meals, an ostentacious way of fashion, an obbsession with non talented celebs, and last but not least...John Smiths!
Any non-British cultures that regularly tuck into Baked beans ?
Also Mint sauce on Roast Lamb seems to really freak out the French