I don’t see a cup, much less a teabag. 0/10 tea.
Its a good meal for when you can’t be bothered to cook.
What are the round things with smiley faces on them?
Potato.
Oh thank goodness. Thought they were these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrub_Daddy
Heaven. That’s what they are. Heaven.
Doesn’t look authentic to me. Those potato smiles look to have a bit of browning on them - ought to be straight out the big bag in the freezer and into an oven that’s not quite up to temperature, then served pale and slightly soggy. Also needs some brown sauce and a fried egg on that plate, otherwise it’s not nutritionally complete. Good attempt for a foreigner, tho.
I suspect this wasn’t made by a genuine Brit because of the American portion size.
And inability to use your/you’re correctly.
I’d be repulsed by the ‘your’. Some citizen of the UK they are…
Apologies on their behalf–i imagine they’re from Yourkshire 😬
that’s the worst tea I’ve ever seen
I get that brits use “for tea” to mean “as a snack” which has fuck all to do with the beverage, but they still have literal royalty so I understand they’re a bit off
Not really. Tea is the evening meal around 5-6pm. If your from a family that has “Tea” then “Dinner” is has around 12-1pm, and “Supper” is a late before bed something. With breakfast that made 4 meals a day.
Trends have changed, I think because work schedules have shifted later. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are more common now.
It’s just regional differences in dialect, tea is the evening meal. So some places have breakfast/lunch/dinner, others have breakfast/dinner/tea.
you make those dino nuggies and hook my ass up with a glass of choccy milk, we could enjoy many spongebob and fairly odd parents reruns
Not delighted.
I’d eat it to be polite, because one time won’t kill me. Although, I’d probably regret it later.
Since the pandemic, I’ve made all my own meals.
Sounds like a vote for repulsed.
Why would you be repulsed? Solid food right there.
A bit on the ultra-processed side might be one reason I can imagine.
The beans should be in their own bowl, not touching the other stuff!
Or a sausage added as a breakwater
I thought I’d invented the sausage corral 25 years ago, but turns out it’s actually quite common. Cafes appears wimp out with a ramekin though.
The beans are there to go on top of the smilies. Creating a partly soggy, partly crunchy beany delight.
Repulsed is a bit of a strong word here but I would be underwhelmed and eat out if politeness. Ultra processed, but also heavy on the carbs and overall sweetish in flavor. I’d rather have a buttered toast and call it a day. But to each their own
In my house we call this kind of plate “the autism sampler”. Needs a cheapass miniature pizza from Asda cut into shabby wee hors d’oeuvres.
In my house, I call this my usual dinner ;)
I mean, we all know I stole the joke but yes exactly
English tapas, the banquet of beige.
By “tea”, they could mean “dinner” ( if they’re from Yorkshire)., so watch out.
No, dinner is lunch.
I’d be unsurprised since it’s likely me that put it in the oven.
I recommend chicken strips over nuggets though.
All you need is some toast made from the thinnest slices of white bread possible, and you’d have a quintessential British meal.
Having the knife on the left is truly deranged.
Im confused. Thats right isnt it? Its how I have mine.
No. Forks on left and knife and spoon on right.
Though I guess if you are left handed you could reverse it.
This never made any sense to me. I’m right handed and use my fork in my right hand. It should go on the right side of the plate.
Just because some aristocrats made up some bullshit about “etiquette” hundreds of years ago, doesn’t mean it makes any god damn sense, or that we should have to still follow it.
It’s because when you use a knife and a fork, which is kind of the opening move of the entree course really, you’re using the knife with your right hand and your left hand holding the fork. Pretty simple.
that’s absolutely unhinged, why?? i keep my fork in my dominant hand and use the knife with my other hand. I’d go insane switching forking hands like this!
The idea is that you use the knife in your dominant hand, probably because it requires some kind of precision when cutting.
I’ve found I can be precise enough cutting with my non dominant hand!
but to be fair I suppose I’m also a bassist and keyboardist so I’m extremely accustomed to doing intricate things with both hands??
I’m sorry you were never taught how to use a knife properly
I have zero issues using a knife?
I don’t do that though. Fork is always in my right hand when eating. Only time that is swapped is if I am carving a large chunk of meat to serve.
I remember being taught to do it the way you described. But its stupid.
It’s not stupid, it’s better to use your dominant hand when you’re cutting with a knife. It’s extremely un stupid. It’s the safer and more precise way to cut things.
I agree in most other situations. It just feels unnecessary for cutting food right before eating. The fork in your right hand stabilizes the food being cut. The plate is usually very stable on a table. Of the countless times I have cut myself with a knife I was using for various tasks. Not once has been while cutting food on my plate while eating it.
I am convinced the safety argument is merely an attempt to justify something that is simply a table manners thing decided arbitrarily by some bored noble. The other excuse I have heard for it is that constantly having to put the knife down, and switch fork hands, slows down how fast people eat.
