Food in whose name the worst atrocities have been committed

i'm sorry we're out of the eel pie

English food > Irish food >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scottish food

Fair enough, apart from salmon, venison and grouse. Irish have the best bread, though.

the best basic bacon/eggs/toast breakfast i have ever had in my life was in ireland, so for that i thank you all.

xpost: see MW knows what is up

xxxxpost: idk when i think of bastardized sushi im thinking of the bullshit you see where theres like bacon and chutney and shit. basically sushi for novelty eaters that think raw fish is ooogy.

in scotland they deep fry pizza in batter. <3333333

Lots of Scottish food is great, but not the stuff the Scots actually eat

and by "they" I mean all scottish people, for every meal

All the good grub gets eaten by posh English bastards

another argument for pizza here would be the delivery pizza option of getting your pizza surrounded by a rubber o-ring of semi-melted not really cheese encased in the crust

Sushi is a good one for this.

Another one I'd like to throw out there: lasagna. There are the versions served in schools that are typically embarrassingly terrible, but the vegetarian versions that are loaded with white sauce are another degree of awfulness.

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I just thought of a couple of broad prejudices I have:

Fish and cheese generally shouldn't go together, not should fish and bacon.

scallops, emmental cheese, and walnuts give you an idea.

sounds awesome!

i don't think anything competes with pizza for this question. maaaybe 'mexican' but that doesn't really compare.

maybe chinese too, but i'm a fan of really ratty storefront fake chinese food

I know (re. the pizza w/ emmental + scallops)! I ordered it, unsuspecting what was to come. Execution was more the problem than the ingredients, though I tend to agree that fish + cheese is a bad combo.

it so isn't

my personal vote might be fish and chips. it always sounds like a good idea when i see it on a menu and it is always a grave error.

http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/editorial/images/files/editorial/images/images/mdControlled/cms/2009/09/05/489464932.jpg

oh fuck that sandwich is going to kill people

aw on what planet continent is 'fish and chips' ALWAY a grave error?

for jj

RFI: The Traditional Irish Fry-Up

fish and chips is a good shout. my personal vote would be any 'traditional' 'british' 'food'. fortunately my countrymen don't really attempt much mediterranean, but sheesh pork joint and roast potatoes can be dismal

also bad casserole ;_;

not a fan of fish and cheese at all

que that is apparently a 'cake'

and strangely nough, that thread about the daily mail seems to have an indepth discussion of the merit of a potato farl vs fried soda bread.

xxp lol no I know - found out the hardest way

i'm not saying f&c is bad, i'm saying i've had a lot of really bad f&c

that cake is going to kill me, tonight. i can feel it.

btw the 'traditional irish/english (under protest)' fry up' is a genuine contender for this title.

^^^yes

Fish and chips = awesome, sorry, jolly good

fortunately my countrymen don't really attempt much mediterranean,

fish and chips is mediterranean, funny enough

"vegetarian fry" as a breakfast option in dublin café- good strong evidence that you're in west brit territory imo

FUCK YOUR MUSHROOMS I DEMAND CREMATED PIGFLESH

Maybe chili is another one? Eh, I think chili's pretty hard to fuck up, maybe because even at its best it's just stewed meat + maybe beans (stfu Texas). I suppose if people start adding shit like creme fraiche or rhubard to chili, then we can start talking.

Good fish and chips is okay - not a fan of chips, per se (shoestrings are far superior imso). I've had fish poached in cream before but dairy and fish and even mayo and fish make me uncomfortable, especially ADM indistrial grade oil mixed with bland, factory-raised eggs kind of mayo. Sure, I've had aioli with my bouillabaisse but I'm always a little sqeamish about getting it in the broth. I don't even make tuna fish with mayo much anymore - I just get tuna in oil and use lots of lemon and lemon zest and s and p. The whole neo-sushi shit with weird mayo type things on it makes me want to retch.

fish and chips is mediterranean, funny enough

Haha, well most good food is tbh

I'm not saying F&C is bad - often it's lovely. But soggy, terrible chips + soggy batter + tasteless, chewy cod = why. why. why.

Creme fraiche in chili sounds intriguing, though.

but i think the question is more about common (or not) preparations of food that are atrocities, not badly prepared examples of food that is actually ok- ie not fish and chips, more like quail eggs on pizza or w/e

apparently chili with creme fraiche is "a thing" acc. to the google, e.g. "Delicious recipe for Mango Chilli Creme Fraiche on Foodista.com, the cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit." and Results 1 - 10 of about 416,000 for chili creme fraiche

quail eggs on pizza aren't so crazy! There's definitely pizzas w/eggs on them so why not quail eggs? I, for example, cannot abide pizza w/chicken on it but then I cannot bear pizza with potatoes on it either.

Chinese is def right up there with pizza in my book, and prob ahead of Mexican. Cause even bad, Americanized Mexican can be good in a drunk-at-3am sort of way. Bad Americanized Chinese is so prevalent that people say "oh Chinese? nah not a fan" without ever having had good, more authentic Chinese. There's one place nearby that has good shit in addition to the kung paos and general tso stuff, and taking people there is always a revelation to them.

i mean, i knew that there were different kinds of salsa for different dishes, but i thought even mexicans had their own chip dipping salsa.

They do. Don't know if I'd trust the NYT for Mexican cuisine info.

xp yeah I was thinking of types of food that leave room for specification, and it's in the specification where things go wrongly: like taking pizza and adding lettuce and hollandaise sauce, e.g. The idea of pizza opened up great possibilities for good but also for ill.

pizza is probably the answer. i would also say "seafood" or any "ethnic" recipe originating from the back of a box or can of goods.

ok eggs on pizza in general, but quail eggs stands as a particular example.

creme fraiche is p good on any type of ground beef dish, partic on the 2nd day.

Part of these discussions here stems from our categorical thinking. Flatbread is ubiquitous. Pizza is Italian, though there are American versions of pizza that many Americans think of as normative. Even if you include them all, does a thai chicken pizza really count as a pizza or should it be considered either 'bad' or other? Beans and meat is hardly limited to America, but if I make a boar ragu w/cannelini beans, take a wand mixer to it, add creme fraiche and hives, should I even bother calling it chili, even if I add some traditional chili spices?

starting now anyone who uses the word "authentic" on this thread is getting a suggest ban from me

i dunno but i would eat yr boar chilli and to hell with the doubters.

if you call your wild boar ragu, it's a ragu
if you call your wild boar chili, it's chili

going with nachos on this one.