so i was at dinner with a britisher. she ordered a prawn and rocket pizza. when it came, she put ketchup on it. I have pics

"hey, guess what! jimmy savile!"

I don't think that even Findus would put Jimmy Savile in a lasagne.

"don't eat British Beef, you'll get MAD COW DISEASE lol!"

Matt we've established that your Google skills ain't the best but did you seriously just ask what horsemeat is

i'm sure horsemeat is a-ok but how you can dismiss prawns and rep for grated horse well the mind boggles

i wager if an enterprising restaurateur were to arrange a prawn cocktail on a cooled thin base (poss with a thin smear of tomato puree) and called it summer fruits de mer en plein air pizza or whatever if would sell 10x what a prawn cocktail in any other form would

prawns tangiers on a za would probably work fine i imagine

i'll take that wager r|t|c

Surely the knowing 80s yuppy food revival is so close at hand they'd be able to do that with an only-slightly ponced up prawn cocktail before long, without even having to bring pizza into it.

pretty much anything is good on pizza, when combined with agreeable other things

pretty sure there's been several poncy prawn cocktail revivals since the 70s.

go the whole hog, nouveau prawn cocktail, steak and chips and Black Forest gateau menu

wd eat btw

^this is a dece meal except the starter

it's not the naffness of prawn cocktail that's shit

???

few things better than shrimps & cocktail sauce (provided both are fresh)

They do shrimp on pizza in Rome fwiw. I don't know if anybody orders it. But it's on the menu. So are figs! And zucchini flowers! Actually zucchini flowers on pizza are to die for

PRawns on pizza are fine, I think we are getting distracted from the main point which is ketchup on cheese on tomato paste

I semi-regularly eat Gammon Steak Hawaii.

???

few things better than shrimps & cocktail sauce (provided both are fresh)

maybe cocktail sauce is different in the states but here it's basically ghastly pinkish tangy mayonnaise = gross

yeah "cocktail sauce" uk is pretty rank

the essence of even the finest marie rose sauce is to flirt with rankness surely

anything you can accurately simulate by mixing ketchup and mayo is leaning on the sickly side imo

it's not simulation, that's the thing, k&m actually is the recipe

i made cocktail sauce from scratch once (one of the ingredients was ketchup) and it was pretty indistinguishable from store bought stuff

yeah and it's not leaning either, it fully inhabits the fucking sickly side xp

xp with alcohol?

the sauce is finessable imo

nah not with alcohol, and the pot of horseradish i had on hand was a bit old too. might give it a go w/ fresher ingredients next

yeah u fucked up dun

the fuck is this 'za' ting

stop trying to make za stop happening

rtc doesn't regret za

like Piaf, no regrets

za: nu-Piaf

MUGABE

Its a fuckin disgrace, but cf trainspotting im in no place to complain, the fuckers conquered us for centuries on that diet

You're in no place to complain because the Irish diet is arguably worse.

this person seems not so much a "Britisher" as a "disgusting savage" ime

fuckin prawns on pizza jfc

You wouldn't catch an Irishman putting prawn and rocket on a spud.

maybe cocktail sauce is different in the states but here it's basically ghastly pinkish tangy mayonnaise = gross

― ^do not heed if you rate me (wins), Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:06 AM (2 hours ago)

proper cocktail sauce has no trace of mayonnaise, or even oil. it's just ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, worcestershire, vinegar-based hot sauce of some sort. plus whatever else you might want. minced scallion or onion can be nice. some people like a little sugar (savages). good w shrimp.

no version is "proper", don't lower the tone

Is there a thread for foods savages eat?

Paleo

go the whole hog, nouveau prawn cocktail, steak and chips and Black Forest gateau menu

I had a Black Forest gateau for my birthday cake, it was delicious. Bring on the revival. (Needs lots of Kirschwasser though, none of that wimpy alcohol-free Sara Lee stuff.)

Not really against prawns on pizza (can't imagine ordering it though) but shells/tails on is a weird choice. But, where was this restaurant? Not fair to blame Britishers if it's on an American menu, as presumably some of the locals would need to eat it for it to be viable to keep the prawns in stock.

Black Forest gateau is one of my favourite desserts full stop but i don't think i've ever been lucky enough to try a boozy one

yeah me neither. let's go to Germany!

currywurst & Black Forest gateau sounds like a proper meal

otm

gah 10am and I'm salivating

pizza is just cheese on toast - not something to police.

otm obv

Theres a gourmet pizza chain here that does dessert pizzas (obv they dont have cheese and tomato on them) that do a black forest one, as it happens.

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Theres a gourmet pizza chain here that does dessert pizzas (obv they dont have cheese and tomato on them) that do a black forest one, as it happens.

― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Sunday, July 14, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I mean, add some more crust and it could be like cheesecake, no?