Welcome to another edition of the internet’s most popular David Mitchell show.
In this episode, David casts his beady eyes over the relationship us Brits have with food. Has the so-called food revolution impacted the way we live? Are we now the greatest nation of cooks on the planet? And what exactly is the deal with snail porridge?
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I’m an -atalie, and fear David Mitchell’s anti-atalie stance will lead to me being unable to hold my name up high in stylish society.
why does pot noodle always get such bad press,.
it kept me alive at college and still provides many students with their only green stuff[peas in chicken and mushroom]and a cheaper way of a late night curry.after a few beers it really does taste cr*p but you care a lot less.
oh dear, just read sunday march 15 observer;it just goes to show you can’tbe too careful
Haha i love the impression \please you haven’t eaten for three days\
Haha i love the impression “please you haven’t eaten for three days”
As an -arl, so I’m all for this anti-atalie stance.
If you go to almost any country other than USA, UK or Croydon you will find not only do people at all levels of society enjoy and love good food, they make it themselves and take the time to enjoy it.
It comes as a welcome surprise when I work abroad when people actually stop for lunch and sit down together for a meal everyday.
The vast majority of people here are still trying to stuff as much Pizza Hut in their mouths as possible.
And no other bastard.
As an Australian, i am offended our cuisine has been compared with that of German and British food. Outrageous! Our food is so much better.
That’s like saying the English football team is of the same standard as that of Tonga or North Korea…
Mmm- inspiring. You could add the pepperami to the pot noodle to make a doubly nutritious pepoodle or poterami…Let’s get experimenting!
The difference with Australian food (ie; anything edible, barbequed) is that we know how to cook the shit out of it before crunching it down. We still love eating the things some of our ancestors were accused of stealing; like sheep. I don’t mind eating at the kid’s table if it means pigs-in-blankets, fairy bread, cocktail frankfurts and chocolate crackles. Fond memories. Although I don’t fancy projectile vomiting in the car on the way home. Not so good memories.
I love the little food van :”Mitchell’s Schnitzel, freshly mad fo you” Ah, were it only true…
I was in London two months ago, and found most of the food quite edible — and invariably served by foreigners. The exception was this hotdog i bought from a food van in front of Westminster Abbey, served by a sullen British teenager. That sausage was horrible, with the texture and taste of school paste.
As for Aussie food, well, yes, it is pretty bad. Spent 7 hellish years in Oz, where a sausage is not deemed properly cooked unless it’s charred right through. Again, the only decent tasting sausage I found there was made by a foreigner (Ukraine).
I totally agree! And have you noticed how TV Chefs hardly ever wash their hands properly; never wash veggies or salad leaves or herbs, and invariably undercook meat to dangeraous levels, esp pork and chicken. It’s a wonder half of British TV watchers aren’t dead
What the US inherited from its English origins:
1. The common law
2. The language of Shakespeare
3. The tendency to think food can be improved by more efficient delivery systems, such as putting cheese in an aerosol can.
Two out of three ain’t bad.
What’s with this flash player? Not only is there no fullscreen button, there isn’t even a play/pause button!
Grrr it’s enough to make me want to rant amusingly on video.
Mmm food listening/watching this has now made me think about my tea i`m hungry now. I am a terrible eater i mean that i don`t like that much not in the sense i eat with my mouth open but what little food i do eat i really enjoy. Thanks for this David xxx