First appeared in an 1861 cookbook, target for this was sick people. Would be easy to keep down, carbs and fats to nourish more than just a broth.

Ive had it a couple of times, for a laugh, while broke as a joke. Only just discovered that i didnt invent it though.

Yeah I agree, there was always weird things like every culture, blood pudding and stuff, but generally there is absolutely nothing wrong with average UK food, except it's not that healthy.

I tried the fabled beans on toast and i was shocked when I bit into the toast that there was butter on the toast. It was a dumb thing to be shocked by but I did not expect it 😂.

That being said, it looks really stupid in person because it's literally toast with a ton of beans. Taste wise, it was ok.

Here's a crappy photo:

Mmmm the fabled half english.

If you think you can make something not bland with just butter, salt and pepper, you may be a Brit.

"Yo dawg, I heard you liked bread..."

For a while, I was toasting sandwhiches by stacking the top bread piece under the bottom one with topings on top of it. You end up with a sandwich (with actual sandwich toppings) just toasted on the inside and soft on the outside.

I love the texture just like I loved putting plain potato chips between two pieces of bread. Soft then crunch.

What even is jove

Edit: okay this one's complicated. It's like saying "holy shit" ("oh my god"), but you're Roman and saying "holy jupiter(the god)", but you're also English and it entered popular usage through Shakespeare, and you're also from before it became "by george"....Or something.... Tldr it's old Latin and jove=jupiter

great scott!

I quite like Yorkshire puddings.

But I agree, British cuisine is pretty beige in vibe

Not a Brit but I would add the different pies/shepherd pies etc to that list. But really I don't think you can not count the imported cuisine because I do love getting Indian, Caribbean, etc when I'm there. Even Italian TBH you can get some nice pizza (but not quite like Italy obviously).

In my 5 decades of Britishness I've never ever heard of a toast sandwich. And for one and a half of those decades we were so poor that we sometimes had sugar sandwiches just so we wouldn't starve.

But, yeah, I'd give it a go. Hell, I may even have one today.

It's strangely tasty.

Tried it when I first heard about this and somehow the crunch and the butter work really well with the untoasted bread.

I still do this. I save easily $200/month eating it 3 days a week. Pro tip: the bread and bologna at Aldis is S tier and with the right addons and seasonings it’s a fantastic light meal.

Didn't the US have pasta in jello?

By 1930, there appeared a vogue in American cuisine for congealed salads, and the company introduced lime-flavored Jell-O, to complement the add-ins that cooks across the country were combining in these aspics and salads. Popular Jell-O recipes often included ingredients like cabbage, celery, green peppers, and even cooked pasta.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O