8773 What do you think is Britain's Best Dish?

please note that 09011 is a Premium Rate number.

[quote=pigro;82400]please note that 09011 is a Premium Rate number.[/quote]
You can email like I did which will cost you nothing.

May I remind you that one of the nations favourite meals is curry. I believe an Italian dish could win the show.

Looking at the history of food many dishes that you think may originate from one country may in fact come from another.

A know of a romantic story about Marco Polo bringing pasta back to Italy on his return from China. I suppose the origin and thus the history of pasta depends on how you define it.

May [B][I]I[/I][/B] remind [B][I]you[/I][/B] (again) that numbers beginning 09011 are premium rate, chargeable at up to £1 per minute to the caller ...

... not, of course, that this would be apparent from your posts, the ITV website, or the phone line itself (none of which mention the call charges at all). Dearie me. You'd think that the broadcasters would learn their lesson from the recent spate of fines imposed for widespread PRS malpractice.

Anyway, seems a bit 'odd' to encourage more opposition to participate against you in a competition with big cash prizes? You're clearly a very skilled & confident cook. Or maybe you just work for ITV or their PRS service provider?

For a moment I thought I'd stumbled onto the wrong forum! There is the weather in London, Britain's best dish, how to download BBC programmes (in the UK only) and so many posts and threads about Ryanair and IKEA that Italy seems to get forgotten.

How can Britain’s best dish be about Italy? If the dish entered in the competition is Italian then its ITALY'S best dish.

Thanks Pigro for highlighting the premium rate number, I hope no one has been daft enough to ring it!

Cask ale isn't it? Some thing better? :wideeyed::nah:

Fish and chips. Yummy! And a nice roast with all the trimmings.

cant beat a bit of pie and mash, loads of salt and vinegar ,,,,,,,,,,yummmmmmmeeeee

You can enter this competition for free by using the email so I can’t see why you are still going on about the number; but thank you for highlighting it.

I mealy wanted the show to have an Italian dish as a winner this year.

[quote=deborahandricky;82432]cant beat a bit of pie and mash, loads of salt and vinegar ,,,,,,,,,,yummmmmmmeeeee[/quote]

I agree, particularly a home-made pie with all the filling chopped the right size and prepared the right way. I hate finding a large piece of kidney which has not been properly soaked in water and vinegar... you can taste the difference.

Also, a well prepared chicken pie is delicious. And I love pasties.

[quote=markfuatch;82434]I mealy wanted the show to have an Italian dish as a winner this year.[/quote]

OK, fair enough, I was maybe a bit harsh ... cos I assumed you to be a spammer trying to con people into calling a premium rate phone number. Trust, me, you wouldn't be the first. I guess you're not, as you're still around and willing to have a dialogue.

Firstly, I'll admit that I know nothing about this competition, but it (or your interpretation of it) sounds entirely contradictory to me. I take your previous point about curry being "one of Britain's favourite dishes" - entirely true, but surely irelevant to "Britain's best dish"?

To my mind, this should be something either trully indigenous to the UK (say smoked kippers), or at least something which has been developed uniquely by & for the British, but with the aid of some foreign ingredients - eg. kedgeree? That example has some historic merit in any case, due to Britain's colonial past - but we never colonised Italy IIRC.

So, let us all know about your italian dish, it's ingredients & inspiration, it's origins, your passion for it, and the story behind its historic adoption within Britain.

If, on the other hand, your recipe is new rather than classic or does not actually have a history of production or consumption within Britain, discuss instead why you feel an Italian dish should be eligible for a competition dedicated to British food.

Final thought - A thoroughbred racehorse is a wonderous beastie, but it would never be eligible for a greyhound race, nor would it be nimble enough to win on a dog circuit if allowed to compete.

Hello markfuatch. Might I suggest that now would be an excellent time to remove the telephone number that you have given in your thread starting post? It really isn't particularly a good idea to be publicising a Premium (read bloody expensive) Rate Phone Number asking for British recipes on an Italian (read Italy) specific web site - in my humble opinion that is.

Of course, with all the English stuff on here at the moment, I could be easily wrong.

Scotch Eggs (read due palle), eh?

[quote=Gala Placidia;82438]I agree, particularly a home-made pie with all the filling chopped the right size and prepared the right way. I hate finding a large piece of kidney which has not been properly soaked in water and vinegar... you can taste the difference.

Also, a well prepared chicken pie is delicious. And I love pasties.[/quote]

Hi Gala
No, I meant the stuff you get in East and Sarff London, Eyes in the spuds, grey minch, green licker, its gods gift ...........whenever my sister comes over she brings some and has to smuggle the licker through in a shampoo bottle ......but its worth it

Hi Ricky, Deborah and Mary,

just love pie and mash,mushy peas and green liquor, not sure about the jellied eels though!
Also, faggots, pease pudding, beans and thick gravy are another favourite of mine.
Regarding bringing over the liquor in a shampoo bottle, how ingenious. Just hope the bottles never split in their luggage though..:eeeek:

Francesca

There isn't a rule about bringing liquor across so why decant it into shampoo bottles of all things and taint the flavour???

Pies, pasties ..... yes I used to like all these but now quite happy to munch my way through a bag of nuts from/packaged in Italy.

I heard that crispy fried duck (as served with pancakes) is a dish invented in Chinese restaurants in the UK. If that's the case, then it's my favourite British dish.

crispy aromatic duck (UK, 20th century) vs. Peking Duck (China, ming dynasty). To my mind, just a quicker method of preparation to achieve broadly the same end product, so wouldn't really qualify as British as it's more imitation than innovation. Agree thought that it's a culinary classic regardless of provenance!

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Steak and Ale pie with creamy buttery mash. Love is just a much as my fave Italian dishes. Good luck with the competition. Mark, what are you going to make (or have you already told us and I've missed it)