IS BRITISH FOOD WEIRD? | AMERICAN REACTS | AMANDA RAE

[@stephenward740]

Toad in the Hole is my favourite Winter meal. Served with thick onion gravy

[@LADYRAEUK]

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[@jimattrill8933]

The dish with leftover meat was originally not called toad in the hole. In the 1787 book A Provincial Glossary, for example, it was referred to as "meat boiled in a crust". The first mention of the word "hole", outside of Pigeons in a Hole found in the cookbook by Hannah Glasse, appeared in the 1900 publication Notes & Queries, which described the dish as a "batter-pudding with a hole in the middle containing meat".[8] Despite popular belief, there is no record of the dish ever being made with toad.[8] The origin of the name is unclear, but it may refer to the way toads wait for their prey in their burrows, making their heads visible in the earth, just like the sausages peep through the batter.[8][12] It may also derive from the "entombed animal" phenomenon of live frogs or toads being found encased in stone, which was a scientific fad of the late 18th century. (from Wiki)

[@daviderrington8224]

You can tell who are Brits on holiday in Europe by the breakfast on their plate. If it includes beans, there is a strong chance they are British. Other nations may think it is weird, but when it comes to beans on toast, we are right and everyone else is wrong.

[@LADYRAEUK]

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[@jackflash743]

@@LADYRAEUK whatever you do, dont eat our fish and chips from a fish shop, its awful

[@DaleSteel]

I'm British and I can't stand beans on toast. Makes toast soggy. Yuk.

[@fatbelly27]

I'm a Brit and I love beans on toast but wouldn't have it for breakfast nor have them with a fried breakfast

[@SidBonkers51]

@@jackflash743 You dont go to the right fish 'n' chip shops then.

[@fatbelly27]

I remember my biology teacher telling me that most vegetarian sources of protein were incomplete in terms of the range of amino acids. But the amino acids lacking in beans were to be found in bread and vice versa. So beans on toast is a perfect combination. Whether he was right or not I don't know but I've eaten them frequently ever since.

[@jenniedarling3710]

I was told the same by my food and nutrition teacher, she said it was good for vegetarians, it was because they both contain low biological value protein and when combined it is equivalent to eating something with a high biological value protein.

[@cijmo]

The best thing about haggis is when it's chilly and you're shopping, then you go into a wee pie shop or cafe for tea. The spices from the haggis just warms up your body so well.

[@maccladoz]

I don't see how these are considered "Weird British Foods" I grew up in New Zealand, and I ate all the same stuff, except the deep-fried Mars bar. Our go to sweet treat from a chippie was either pineapple fritters or apple fritters, basically pineapple or apple rings coated in batter and deep-fried and then sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

[@B-A-L]

I regularly go on a live cricket stream on KZbin hosted by a Kiwi and often the chat ends up talking about food and it is so refreshing being able to talk to someone from a different country who actually knows and enjoys the same food as us in Britain and not having to explain what every different thing is every time!

[@shanchat]

NZ chippies are brilliant. Also you put more things into pies than the UK. I saw a Thai green curry pie in NZ.

[@robertdraper5782]

When I was working in New Zealand I remember having an early breakfast with a co worker in a cafe by the Octagon in Dunedin, it was 07.30 on Waitangi day in 1992 and we'd found the only cafe open in the city. We were eating bacon, sausage, eggs, beans, fried bread, toast and tea, he asked me what the food was like in England because he'd heard it was awful, I just smirked at the irony and said it's not that bad. The only other customers were a couple of English posh boy gap year types one of whom complained loudly to the young waitress about a tea leaf in his tea and was it too much to ask that his tea be strained properly. I'm a working class bloke from Liverpool who was only a few months out of a 12 year stint in the Army and was grateful that I'd found hot food at stupid o'clock on a bank holiday so unable to help myself I explained rather bluntly exactly what I would do with his mug of tea if he didn't shut his winging trap, by the look of shock on his face I'd guess no one had ever told him off before, I think it was a lesson well learned.

[@robertdraper5782]

@@shanchat I couldn't work out why they put cloves in the tomato sauce and the obsession with beetroot on their burgers.

[@graemep804]

Back in the 1970s, here in the UK we used to have pineapple fritters (without cinnamon!) on gammon, and apple fritters (with cinnamon) and cream for dessert.

[@grahamwilson8789]

Just love your reactions to everything that you research. They're always humorous.

[@LADYRAEUK]

thanks so much! :)

[@keithdavies1395]

@@LADYRAEUK Tripe,with vinegar, served cold.Fabbo! Definitely a Northern thing.

[@neilgayleard3842]

Spotted dick, is derived from the old English word puddink. It's a simple misunderstanding.

[@sienc74]

We always used to have bubble & squeak on a Monday with the leftovers from Sunday lunch. Absolutely love it and we still have it every boxing Day. Also sometimes see it served on an English breakfast in some cafes

[@England91]

Or after Christmas on Boxing Day from the left over

[@MKR5210]

Boxing day leftovers 😋😘

[@lindabiggs3905]

Yeah love it, gotta have really well done bits mmm fried egg on top,,,

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

I occasionally cook up a big batch of bubble and squeak and then freeze it in portions. It’s a great addition to a meal after a cold day at work, as well as for breakfast

[@TychoCelchu]

As well as the ones that you mentioned, chips & gravy or chips & curry sauce. Chip butties, because you always need some carbs to go with your carbs. I've heard that bacon sandwiches aren't really a thing in the US. I'm honestly surprised that the US doesn't have our version of pigs in blankets, because you'd expect an American to have thought of wrapping a sausage in streaky bacon.

[@daviderrington8224]

As a kid in 1973 I had never heard of putting gravy on chips. That year I went on holiday to Canada, ordered chips from a cafe, and it was served with gravy. Gravy on chips has certainly become popular in Britain, but I'm not sure it originated here.

[@whocares9082]

Haggis is great! Ignore what’s in it and it is very tasty. 1st time I had it a friend came round just after I served up and had a little left over and gave him some without telling him what it was and he loved it.

[@LADYRAEUK]

I'll give it a go !

[@buggybill2003]

@@LADYRAEUK We`ll hold you to that......lol

[@justanotherviewer4821]

Can you recommend one? Haggis is very similar to many black puddings... you get good versions and bad... and depending on what one you try the more chance you either love or hate it. Similar to all food I guess!

[@martinbobfrank]

@@justanotherviewer4821 I love black pudding but there are some rubbish versions out there, but Bury's from Manchester is really good. The first time I tried haggis was from Morrisons, not sure about the brand but it was dismal and I threw it away. I tried it in a pub/restaurant in Edinburgh and loved it.

[@delboyt4882]

@@LADYRAEUK It is Burns night in a couple of weeks, perfect time to have haggis, neaps & tatties, I had some on Thursday, was excellent

[@ChefBenG]

There's a fish and chip shop down in Dorset whose dessert menu consists of so many different deep fried chocolates, mars bars, snickers, creme eggs, list goes on and on! Haggis is a definite must, it's a bit like a peppery spicy black pudding.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

I've had a deep fried chip butty, bounty, mars bar.

[@SpeccyMan]

... whose dessert menu ... 😉 who's is the contraction of "who is" or "who has"

[@joannagodfrey5111]

Haggis essentially tastes like a slightly spicy sausage, if the ingredients turn you off, try vegetarian haggis, serve with mashed potato and mashed turnip for either St Andrew's Day (he's the patron Saint of Scotland) or Burns night, in which Scots celebrate the life & work of Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous national poet. This is in late Jan

[@shanchat]

January 25th.

[@wenglishsal]

Hi Amanda, I just 'googled' this for you .. There is a tale which may explain the origin of the name, but there is nothing to tell that this is more than a local legend. Some say that Toad-in-the-Hole originates from the town of Alnmouth in Northumberland, where the local golf course was overrun with Natterjack toads. During a golf tournament, a golfer putted his ball only for it to leap back out before an angry toad raised its head, peering out of the hole that it had been sleeping in. The chef at the hotel the golfers were staying in devised a dish to resemble this humorous moment, baking sausages in batter to appear like toads poking their heads out of the golf holes -and thus Toad-in-the-Hole was born! I agree, it is YUMMY :D Best wishes for 2022, from Wales.

[@LADYRAEUK]

hey Sally! Thanks so much for sharing, that's a great origin story! :) I hope you've had a lovely christmas and new year!

[@vinniesmagnetfishingandmet7445]

@@LADYRAEUK happy new year Amanda to you and your family may God's bless you all I'm a chef a good stake and ale pie vinnie from Dublin City Ireland 🇮🇪 and I'm going to USA 🇺🇸 to the Yankee stadium in May for my MMA fight 😀

[@vinniesmagnetfishingandmet7445]

@@LADYRAEUK I love your videos keep up the good work vinnie from Dublin City Ireland 🇮🇪

[@wenglishsal]

@@LADYRAEUK Thanks Amanda, it was lovely, spent with family, I only had to cook for 5, so not too nuts.. I was working Christmas Eve (retail lady). Had Christmas Day and Boxing Day off, then back to the checkouts.. I worked NYE and NYD but I don't mind, leave the partying to the 'young ones' as alcohol does not like me at all.. But all good, I love my job and love the variety of people who come through my checkout .. Pass on a smile, that's my mantra.. ;) And you dear lady, make me smile, my very best wishes to you and your family for 2022 and I do hope your Christmas was great too. Best wishes, once again, from Wales.

[@posypoodle6034]

Ooh, I had never heard of that story!

[@raygray7779]

Because I love eating, I love everything on that list. I love Marmite but draw the line at jellied eels lol. They just look nasty. Happy New Year to you and all. ☺☺☺

[@LADYRAEUK]

Happy new year!

[@Johnbro8]

Personally I like hot stewed eels, from a pie and mash shop, but not fond jellied eels. Like all foods it’s an acquired taste, but best I like pie, mash and liquor. Love marmite 👍

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

@@LADYRAEUK have you tried malt loaf yet ?? just cut a piece of about 1/2 inch then butter or margarine one side , plus if you fancy add a thin piece of cheese as well , banana and strawberry flavours are also available . bbc show factories making some of your favourite foods so keep an eye open and maybe on you tube also

[@raygray7779]

Thanks Amanda. And yes I have had maltloaf. It is gorgous. I just smother mine in butter and wolf it down lol. I have'nt had it for ages though so I will buy some soon. 👍👍👍

[@glastonbury4304]

I draw the line Marmite coming from West Ham 🤣🤣

[@jpgale]

Try adding a fried egg to your beans on toast, I love that combo.

[@LADYRAEUK]

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[@carldarbyshire4]

Oh yes. Mwah (Chef's kiss) 😘

[@dazo69]

I love beans with the little sausages and then throw a poached egg on top.............heaven.

[@BadAssAstronomy]

@@LADYRAEUK that sounds disgusting, you need a breakwater for the beans and the eggs. Trying adding worchetshire sauce an bacon.

[@akaCol1987]

Beans on toast with a heap of grated cheese on top.

[@duncanrobinson3200]

Tripe and onions, I live near Manchester and was made to eat this as a child, which used to make me wretch - tripe (which is a cows stomach lining) with cooked onions, boiled potatoes in a white sauce. I do like black pudding (living not far from Bury which is a place where they are still made commercially). You can't get tripe in supermarkets these days but on markets like Oldham and Bury or from small butchers shops. Liver, bacon and onions is still a favourite of mine, people ate offal when times were hard with money.

[@BeleagueredThespian]

Also surprised that Welsh Rarebit wasn't on that list. And no, it isn't just cheese on toast! 😁

[@kristinajendesen7111]

Egg & mustard too. Amanda will probably like that.

[@triffidkiller1234]

and lavabread, yumyum.

[@ianrandle2780]

I'm proud to say I'm English, and yet I have say Hagis is great. Try it.

[@lordflashget8780]

HOTDOGS ! the contents of which are a complete mystery, depending on which meat processing factory floor the ingredients were swept up from or which part of the machine was "cleaned" my point is I bet we all unknowingly eat all the ingredients of haggis and black pudding, look for reconstituted or mechanically recovered on packaging, haggis and black pudding are unashamedly honest foods with nothing to hide, probably refined over many many years of hardship and extreme poverty, we are so spoiled nowadays, hands up if you have never felt that clash of your teeth against the fragment of who knows what bone or tooth that didn't quite get thoroughly processed in a hotdog or burger ? great post as always Amanda, either get drunk or do a blindfold taste test of various foods, ( would make a great vlog ) you said you like black pudding ? you will LOVE haggis, just do it ! i have found bovine eyelashes and porcine bristles in many processed foods with absolutely no mention of said follicle survivors on the packaging, not even in the fat content or calorific info type labels, what is the amount of unsaturated fat in a cows eyelash anyway ? if they gave haggis a French sounding name and sold it in posh shops and restaurants it would become world renowned as some kind of super food. oh and beans on toast with eggs was always called "angels on horseback" where i'm from, dunno why ? probably sarcasm, there was as much chance of seeing oysters on yer plate as there was of picking daffodils on the moon !

[@Nastyswimmer]

@Drew Peacock 90% pork - but which bits of the pig :p

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

I remember finding a cow’s eyelid, replete with eyelashes in my corned beef. I never enjoyed it much after that!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@Drew Peacock True but US Hot Dogs are made with stranger ingredients and of course all those additives and the like. Haggis and Black pudding are much healthier for you than those things.

[@RunninWithScissors]

Would be awesome if you create another channel called Amanda Eats where you try eating English peculiar dishes at local establishments :)

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Why limit it to just English? Amanda lives in the UK. There's plenty of good Scottish, Welsh and Irish dishes she could also try.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Most traditional foods have reasons for existing. Bubble and squeak not only made use of leftovers, it was a quick way of providing a cooked breakfast in the days when a fire had to be made or a wood/coal stove brought to heat to cook breakfast on. In medieval times, keeping cattle over winter was difficult, since they needed feeding, the majority would be slaughtered before winter, with the bulk being salted to get through the winter months. Pigs (as kept back then) could handle winter easily, and with lots of woodland available could be left to forage for acorns, chestnuts etc. which only arrived with fall. Since they were cheap to keep, and didn’t become a burden to feed in the winter, many families could keep a pig or two. As a source of protein, it was common to bleed pigs. Cutting the animal to get a pint or so of blood to make black pudding. - there are still cultures that do this kind of thing. I think the Massai bleed cattle, either drinking it straight from the cow, or mixing it with milk to make a sort of yoghurt.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Ah thank you! 😊

[@wickerman4948]

One fad from back when I was a teenager ( many moons ago ) was hedgehog flavour crisps, wish they would come back, any other weird foods from the past ? Love the vids Amanda, keep them coming xx

[@marcushull12]

I remember those, they got a lot of complaints but it was a joke / marketing ploy , the company was called Hedgehog and they were just flavoured crisps , but people thought they were made with hedgehogs. lol

[@ChristbaitRising]

I remember them in late '70s early '80s right? Walkers?? Back in the day when Curly Wurlys were as big as a cricket bat! Spangles.................oh don't get me started x

[@marcushull12]

@@ChristbaitRising Spangles were always the last thing you ate out of your Christmas selection box .

[@ChristbaitRising]

@@marcushull12 Texan bars?, blackjacks? Are you old enough to remember those stuff when parents didn't know enough to give a fuck enough?🤪

[@marcushull12]

@@ChristbaitRising Yeah I`m old enough , I loved blackjacks, they aren't the same now. I miss all the class jars of sweet, sherbet lemons, kop Kops, fruit sensations, cola cubes, caramac bars. my favourite was Rowntree Nutty bars but no one can remember those I cold go on forever lol. I've always had a sweet tooth

[@awall1701]

I love a little bit of bubble and squeak, especially if it is served with poached egg and hollandaise sauce on top.

[@LADYRAEUK]

that sounds delicious!

[@monkeytrumpet11]

Haggis is awesome. I've known this to be true for many a year. Recently though I had haggis on a pizza. I have not the words to convey just how good this was. The words just don't exist.

[@tonys1636]

Why not, better than Salami, Black Pudding is great on one too. Used it as a substitute in the Take Away I managed when we ran out of Salami one night, people only noticed when changed back, "where has that great tasting Salami gone?" The staff never said a word. Never discovered why an Italian Take Away had Black Pudding in the cold room, unless belonged to the Boss's half Irish family.

[@maggiebrinkley4760]

Beans on toast is good, but topped with a poached egg it's divine! Happy New year!

[@LADYRAEUK]

Happy new year!

[@steveburn8125]

Definitely try Haggis, MacSween haggis is the best, it’s spicy delicious and comforting 😊, it’s even better than black pudding. I have always hated “mince” pies, as a little kid I tried one, expecting delicious little mince and gravy pies…..I’ve never got over the disappointment!!

[@Hiforest]

Me too! I wonder if that's why I still don't like them, I was expecting a meat pie and got raisins!!

[@ThePereubu1710]

sorry but haggis is simply vile. I accept that there are many who enjoy it but I'm certainly not one of them (P.S. my grandfather was Scottish!)

[@Hiforest]

@@ThePereubu1710 there’s dozens of recipes for haggis, even I don’t like all of them. It’s worth giving it another chance.

[@simondavid2477]

If the traditional haggis ingredients make you feel queasy, then try a vegetarian version. A lot of the texture and taste are due to the oats and spices used, not so much the meat of dubious origin. Also can recommend Scottish mealy pudding.

[@Hiforest]

@@simondavid2477 I meant mince pies, I love haggis.

[@stevencooper7505]

A local (Stoke on Trent) delicacy are Staffordshire Oatcakes. I'm in a minority of not liking them but a lot of people love them with cheese & brown sauce.

[@Nastyswimmer]

Are Staffordshire oatcakes like Yorkshire oatcakes? Oatmeal pancakes like edible shoe leather. Lovely stuff.

[@stevencooper7505]

@@Nastyswimmer haha sounds about right!

[@rendezvouzwithrama]

I love them with bacon and ketchup.

[@jj9nf]

Beans on toast is one of the few dishes that can be eaten for any meal, breakfast, dinner or tea. Works every. time

[@Scorpion-Gamer82]

I love your videos, your voice is so calming. I went off black pudding when I found out what it was made off, but thankfully I enjoy it again. Can't wait to see what you post next.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Thank you so much 😊

[@campbellgraham1979]

Here in Scotland we call the deep fried pizza a pizza crunch and you’re bang on. It is amazing! 🤤

[@LADYRAEUK]

I need to try it ! :)

[@craigoliver3709]

A freind of mine highly recommends one to stop hangovers

[@campbellgraham1979]

@@craigoliver3709 defo hangover material

[@brianmacmillan2690]

@@LADYRAEUK I used to have one every day for lunch when I was at school and loved them, then cut to 20 years later when I had one after I moved back to Scotland and it was horrible. Far to greasy as the dough seems to soak up the oil🤢🤢🤢

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

Hard to get real haggis now, as the hunting of them has seen their numbers drastically reduced, and they are now on the species endangered list.

[@atl9077]

😂😄👍

[@LADYRAEUK]

Lol🤣🤣

[@davidwright7193]

Particularly hard to find are the clockwise haggis which have a much better flavour than the more common but less flavoursome anti-clockwise haggis.

[@Zacharia503]

@@davidwright7193 Something to do with the Clockwise Haggis getting more sun on its Port legs through the day...

[@stevedickson5853]

Scotch egg with HP Sauce. Cut it in half ,apply a touch of salt and pepper, and then a sploge of HP Sauce on top , yummy.

[@alanmclean6690]

Pleasing to watch your fun yet still factual aproach 🌹good luck with more

[@neiltaylor1765]

We told my cousin haggis was a furry creature that ran around the Highlands, she was about 5 at the time (we even got her a haggis toy to take home)

[@LADYRAEUK]

lol!

[@maverickhistorian6488]

You have to sneak up on them, and batter them with a spurtle! 😀

[@simondavid2477]

An extra twist is to mention haggis legs. They always walk around the hillside in one direction so one leg has naturally grown longer and stronger than the other. So you want the outer leg, as it will have more meat on it.

[@jimattrill8933]

There used to be a joke that the Haggis had shorter legs on one side. So to catch them you got them to run around the mountain the wrong way and they would fall over and you could catch them. A friend of mine brought a Haggis back from Scotland and gave it to his wife to cook. So she boiled it in the kitchen. There was a huge explosion and the Haggis was all over the ceiling. You have to prick the skin before cooking!

[@stephenreynolds7591]

I would add any of the "milk" puddings .... Rice pudding, Semolina & Tapioca ( last one looks like frogspawn !!). Ate them all as a kid and still love them all today. I don't mean warmed out of a can either, my mum made it all fresh !! Not sure what our transatlantic friends would think of any of them??? 😂

[@LADYRAEUK]

I love tapioca pudding!

[@geoffpearson8919]

@@LADYRAEUK back in the 40's & 50's my nan used to make macaroni custard. She would cook macaroni in milk & sugar and then bake it in custard. Lovely.

[@samb1123]

I grew up eating tapioca pudding in Canada. As kids we called it Fish eyes and soap suds. We loved it.

[@jimattrill8933]

We used to get it with the dreaded 'school dinners' back in the 60s. It also tastes like frogspawn!

[@josephturner4047]

Beans on toast with a poached egg on top. A little curry powder in the beans and a few raisins. You have a meal fit for a Rajah.

[@flippineck2825]

Beans on toast to us is like gumbo to louisiana. I would not add jellied eels. Nobody eats them except for one specific part of London.

[@majoraz6051]

My Lithuanian friends told me they were puzzled when they first came to the UK, as to why we British like to eat potato in our sandwiches (i.e. crisps, chips or hash browns). I guess it is a little strange if you think about it.

[@LADYRAEUK]

I agree but it’s so good lol

[@mazinwonderland3077]

Or fish finger sarnies, sausage sarnies, egg and bacon sarnies. The list is endless. 😉

[@colinvincent9101]

Thats student food, thats why they can't get out of bed till midday.

[@dianeharrison4975]

Yes so true but delicious 🤤

[@dianeharrison4975]

I think uk will make a butty out of anything😂🤤

[@jerrytracey6602]

You should try haggis. As it says in the video, it's like a peppery meatloaf. My wife reached her fifties before trying it, because she didn't like the sound of the recipe, but I talked her into trying a bit of mine once, and had to fight her away from my plate for the rest of the meal! She still doesn't like black pudding, though, which I love; but then, I'm from Yorkshire and she's from Surrey. By the same token I won't eat South-Eastern delicacies like bubble and squeek...😖

[@scottmeehan9611]

Cant beat some haggis neeps and tatties espically on burns night when the haggis is piped to the table and toasted with one of burns best known poem prior to eating. Also best black pudding is from stornaway.

[@andreashessler838]

Bubble and Squeak is glorious. Especially with brown sauce.

[@Jim230176]

One often overlooked British delicacy is a crisp sandwich. Wether you add crisps to an already made sandwich with a filling of your choice or just crisps between two pieces of bread! Yeah! (Kisses fingers like an Italian chef!)

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

Black pudding isn't just a typical British product, you see it all over Europe with slight recipe variations.

[@madmanjoe1002]

Crisp buttys are my food of choice when I want a quick snack lol. Hopefully they are on the list. Edit- they're not 😔

[@thesynergyofblood]

Can't beat a good ole chip butty!

[@mrshaw3794]

Crisp butties are No1, but only with cheese and onion Chrisps. My wife will only eat them with plain, what is wrong with her? 🤮

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@mrshaw3794 usually after a couple of drinks..

[@soulscornsentinel-7124]

Amanda, try warming two mince pies in a microwave for one minute, then cover the hot pies in cold (refrigerated) ambrosia custard. IEat with a spoon 😊 I swear you will love it

[@fandangobrandango7864]

Never microwave pastry, that's an absolute rookie mistake. Warm them in the oven.

[@rendezvouzwithrama]

@@fandangobrandango7864 You can do it, but make sure it's a low power setting, or the mincemeat turns into the equivalent of molten lava. Once nicely heated, serve with vanilla ice cream. The contrast is amazing.

[@elapid68]

Beans on toast with a couple of poached eggs on top…. the soft warm yolk mixing in with the beans is incredible

[@CarlAlex2]

Black pudding isn't particularily Brittish. - its just a variant of blood sausage and blood sausage is something eaten all over Europe in some form.

[@DaveF.]

Yeah, Haggis is fantastic - the main, overriding ingredient is the oats. That give it a consistency that's pretty much somewhere between stuffing and couc-cous. Then a very large amount of black pepper and other spices giving it a realy peppery tang - much more than in black pudding. That's then combined with the deep meaty almost iron like flavours from the offal. As I said, the texture is of that of granular stuffing and the flavour if highly peppery black pudding. It's quite delicious, especially when re-fried as part of a breakfast. Because of the oats though, it's incredibly filling - a little goes a long way. definitely worth trying.

[@66oggy]

Haggis is superb, but here's a few more.... Derbyshire Oatcakes ( But if you live on the wrong side of the river bank, Staffordshire Oatcakes will suffice ) , Hash Browns, Kippers with Marmalade ( It does work superbly ) , and the good old Cheese and Onion Toastie.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Good shout 👍🏻

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

Staffordshire oatcakes will suffice!! They're far superior to derbyshire ones,or any other places to be honest.

[@chindleymuffin]

Cheese and Marmite Toastie is also heavenly, but yes Cheese and Onion Toastie is amazing too. Mozzarella or Monterrey Jack cheese is best and red onions.

[@66oggy]

@@chindleymuffin Yep, agreed, Cheese and Marmite is a heavenly combination, although I have to admit, I have had this combination countless times on toast, and on sandwiches, but never a Toastie.

[@66oggy]

@@ivanfernyhough3851 To be honest I think there is little difference, if any, in the mix, it is size I think that differentiates them. Also, they all taste superb, but one has to side with one's location, doesn't one.

[@festermckelvie82]

I live in Stonehaven, was raised here. Nice to see the battered Mars bar still going strong I think it first came around in 93/94 ish definitely worth a try

[@LADYRAEUK]

👍🏻

[@VampireJack10]

Mince pies originally had meat in them with varying proportion of fruit, but over the years more fruit was added and less meat, until we got what we have now.

[@benjamindavies4960]

I went in a chip shop once and they were trying deep fried black pudding. He gave me one for free and it was one of the most delicious/deadly things I've ever eaten.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Ohh that sounds perfect! Lol

[@ninebangtrojan4669]

@@LADYRAEUK it is, my local does it with beer batter only problem is I end up eating too much & having to have another scotch.

[@justteeny1389]

Black pudding, white pudding and haggis supper are standard up in Scotland. Delicious and deadly lol I remember a local chippy doing deep fried creme eggs when I was a teenager x

[@andyallan2909]

@@justteeny1389 and red pudding!

[@fatmaninthesun1]

When heating baked beans, add a spoon of Curry Powder and some raisins. Curried beans are wonderful, hot and sweet.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Ah okay 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@theodoremason6344]

Raisins and bake beans. Are you on drugs?

[@johnfisher4630]

What about "Toad in the Hole"? This is sausages in Yorshire pudding served with Mash, Peas & Gravey yum yum

[@icarossavvides2641]

Variations on black pudding are found all across Europe, by the way. The purpose of kidneys isn't just " to make urine"! Their purpose, amongst many others, is to maintain a stable water and chemical balance within the body.

[@joemyers5302]

I used to love the scotch egg with black pudding instead of the sausage meat at a pub i used to go to, with a duck egg and the yolk still runny. And paprika mayo with battered pickles.

[@LADYRAEUK]

that all sounds amazing!

[@buggybill2003]

Amanda, if we thought about what went into our foods we wouldn`t eat a lot of things. Haggis is awesome, as is steak and kidney pie or pudding. You HAVE to try it or you haven`t lived. 😁

[@LADYRAEUK]

Hahah that’s so true p

[@campbellgraham1979]

You’re right, mate. Haggis is amazing but Amanda lives in London. Surely near impossible to come by in her neck of the woods?

[@MarkmanOTW]

@@campbellgraham1979 It's easy to find, most supermarkets stock it esp. Waitrose and M&S. McSweens is our go to, and use Burns Night in January to have it with neeps (turnips or swede) and tatties (mashed potato) with whisky sauce and a glass of whisky on this side. Followed by cranachan for dessert is the perfect end to the meal. Give it a try Amanda!

[@campbellgraham1979]

@@MarkmanOTW McSweens is the one I always buy too

[@buggybill2003]

@@campbellgraham1979 you can get it in most supermarkets really mate.

[@cornovii934]

Shropshire Fidget Pie is great , Ham or Gammon layered with Apples and Potatoes(optional) with a creamy sauce in a pie . Black Pudding is Food of the Gods and you can`t have a proper Full English without Kidneys

[@LADYRAEUK]

That sounds so good!

[@paulsaez7941]

Beans on toast with cheese up here in Glasgow is called cheesy beano, a wee bit of white pepper gives it a wee kick.

[@julietannOsfan1972]

I'd love to try a deep fried mars bar but can't find anywhere in my area that does them. Beans on toast is great & can be eaten for breakfast, dinner (lunch) & tea. They're even better with cheese on them. I've heard that beans in the US are quite different to British ones. Yes, they should have added Marmite. I love it but I know loads of people don't.

[@LADYRAEUK]

The beans are very different but they’re both yummy

[@Zacharia503]

The American ones probably have three times as much sugar in them....

[@chrisknox4346]

You can get deep fried Cream Eggs too.

[@julietannOsfan1972]

@@chrisknox4346 Oooh, yes please.

[@jamesrawl3648]

Just buy a mars bar and ask the chippy to fry it for you

[@geoffbeattie3160]

Try Irish white pudding!! It is very similar to Haggis and readily available in South of England.

[@awall1701]

I love Irish white pudding absolutely divine. I purchased Scottish white pudding thinking it would be the similar, I was very much mistaken.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

So true Geoff , happy dining...

[@martinshepherd8041]

Amen to that, I love White Pudding

[@nathancarr3916]

hello Amanda here's a funny story for you' I was working in a PUB / restaurant in Redhill Surrey one Sunday afternoon . A customer complained to our young waitress (who was quite young and obviously not very well educated) that he had ordered mushy peas not regular peas . He was elderly. So she proceeded to go get a fork and started mashing his peas on his plate for him. That was so hilarious when I heard about it. We ragged her about it for after...ahahaha

[@LADYRAEUK]

Oh no 🤣🤣lol

[@stevenaston249]

Soft Herring Roe tossed in flour, fried in butter until lightly crisped, with loads of black pepper. On buttered toast 😋😋

[@paulryan9640]

Tried jellied eels once .a london delicacy. .i still feel ill thinking about it now 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LADYRAEUK]

Hahah I bet 🤣

[@larryc9617]

like having a really badd cold lol

[@chrismatthews8717]

Yes, it's dog sick!

[@tonysutton6559]

Like a lump of cold snot.

[@mazinwonderland3077]

Jellied eels, stewed eels, pie and mash. All great food that I grew up on. Cockles and whelks, as well.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Ahh ... a sunny Sunday morning, bacon and scrambled eggs and Amanda's voice ... I deem this a good start to the day :D

[@con.troller4183]

In Tudor times, mincemeat pies used to be mostly meat, with some fruit. Gradually the meat was replaced with more fruit as it became cheaper. I find undiluted mincemeat too intense and add apple to tone it down. Maybe next year I will try adding some ground beef instead.

[@jimattrill8933]

My French mother in law bought mince pies at Christmas and served them with gravy!

[@con.troller4183]

@@jimattrill8933 Annnnnnd? How were they?

[@dazzycommander3254]

Hey Amanda did you know that you can also get white pudding. I love black pudding and scotch eggs separately of course 🙂

[@lynnejamieson2063]

If you’re a bit unsure of trying traditional haggis because of the cuts of meat that are used, it might be an idea to try vegetarian haggis. It’s finely diced vegetables with lentils and sometimes barley with the same spices used in the traditional version. Most supermarkets sell McSween’s vegetarian haggis or there are countless recipes available online. I know that they aren’t completely the same but it will give you an idea of what the dish actually is and seeing as how we are less than three weeks from Burn’s Night and haggis, neeps (mashed swede) and tatties (mashed potatoes) are what make up a traditional Burn’s Supper, there’s no time like the present really.

[@martinrandall5836]

Hi Amanda, A few years back In the run up to Christmas, I popped into my local Tesco on the way home from work, and found a display of Tesco Finest Mince Pies, never having tried the range I picked up a box. When I got home I couldn’t wait to give them a try and pulled one from the box and eagerly took a bite. Imagine my surprise when I found out that these were made with real mince meat! It pays to read the packaging. Once cooked and served with a meal they were quite tasty. The funny thing is that to this day I have never seen them in store again.

[@peterhagan8454]

Lee Mack said French don't unstand our UK cuisine but he says you will never know the delight when you get beans on toast and find a cheeky sausage

[@MissLibra-ce8qe]

My go to hangover food when I was younger was always beans and scrambled eggs on toast with grated cheese melted on top and plenty of salt. Simple yet delicious.

[@LADYRAEUK]

🙌🙌

[@jamestheferret]

Swap the salt out for Worcestershire sauce and you're laughing?

[@IronBhoy]

Haggis is wonderful. So versatile. I love it served on the side with roast chicken . Indian restaurants in Scotland offer Haggis Pakora which is amazing.😋👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@peterrabbit2331]

Beans on toast with a poached egg on top, yum yum 😋😍

[@craigoliver3709]

My favourite is toad in the hole but I love most of this list,in Scotland I've seen deep fried pies and battered deep fried pizza on the menus at chip shops

[@robertsnare1411]

Well, Burns night is near, (25th Jan), the perfect opportunity for you to try haggis. Any good supermarket will have small ones for around £3. You really should try it 😋

[@Nastyswimmer]

3:24 - the English word "pudding" comes from the French "boudin" which means blood sausage ... AKA black pudding

[@LADYRAEUK]

Thank you 😊

[@oddjobkia]

cut a pita bread in half toast it. then add baked beans a little cheese and generous amounts of chilly powder topped of wit a little stilton cheese.... so so nice

[@LADYRAEUK]

That sounds nice!

[@allenterence7919]

Hi Amanda love your channel as you always make me smile!!! I have had Haggis and it does taste really nice but I also didn't know what went into it at the time!! This was back in the 70s and I have been a veggie for some years since then, but if you feel brave enough. to try one please try the vegetarian option as I think it tastes even better !!(and the ingredients are not quite as gross !!!!} btwi love beans on toast!! The ultimate comfort food !!!

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ll give it a go 😊

[@joannshupe9333]

I ate beans on toast in New England in the early 50s. My best guess is that it was a leftover from Depression era foods. And I do understand that it has to be canned beans. When we had homemade baked beans it was a real treat and there was none left to put on toast anyway.

[@Tim_3100]

Great video again lady rae really help with my anxiety watching your videos

[@alanleea1644]

Hi Amanda, if you have not eaten haggis may I suggest you get yourself invited to a "Burns Night" party.(Next 25 January 2022) My Scottish friends have one each year. We have a good range of different scotch whiskeys. The menu is usually cock a leekie soup, followed by Haggis with neeps (swede) and tatties (mash potato), followed by Cranachan. When the haggis is to be served then a reading of "Address to a Haggis" by Robert Burns. Some of us put a dash of whisky on our Haggis.

[@duxberry1958]

meat and potato pie cooked the same way as a deep fried mars bar ...in Glasgow and inverness many years ago ...

[@snorkelthump]

The dish with leftover meat was originally not called toad in the hole. ... The origin of the name is unclear, but it may refer to the way toads wait for their prey in their burrows, making their heads visible in the earth, just like the sausages peep through the batter.

[@LADYRAEUK]

ah ok! that makes sense lol

[@archiebald4717]

Haggis is wonderful. Marmite is not as unique as many think. Switzerland has its own homegrown version called Cenovis. In Brazil a similar product is called Cenovit.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Ah I didn’t know that 👍🏻

[@janinetrauts]

Smack barm pea wet: Fried Slice potato, with the juice of mushy peas in a big barm

[@Dreadnaught1985]

In Scotland we have a savoury mince pie as well, which is minced beef and seasoned usually referred to as a.scotch pie. And haggis, good haggis, is fucking delicious. If you're worried about what were telling you is in Haggis, don't ask what they're not telling you is in hotdogs.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

I totally agree, hot English mustard that gets you snorting is great, I try to use it on as many things as possible. Failing that, it's back to the old chilli. Oh, by the way, when having a roast dinner, I like to have mint sauce with lots of lemon juice. Just for the hell of it!

[@MickRiley]

humm white pudding has the oatmeal where black pudding is blood, pearl barley and fat lumps included.

[@any-car-will-do]

If you like black pudding you’ll love haggis, one thing I recommend is that get it from a butcher in Scotland if you live in the north of England as I do, or from M&S food hall.

[@paulcroxton6047]

Pie , mash, and liquer is one of my favorites..have it every time I'm in London...( Tower bridge road .) Love a proper Cornish pasty too...

[@LADYRAEUK]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@julianaylor4351]

I make a really good toad in the hole. If you want a vegetarian version, use vegetarian sausages. Many mince pies now use vegetarian suet made with vegetable fat, which I prefer for making dumplings to beef suet, which is rich and very fatty. Steak and kidney pie is traditionally made with ox kidneys, but many commercial ones are made with pork kidneys.

[@colinhawes1907]

You can get a sausage in baked beans tin in most shops. They are nice.

[@LADYRAEUK]

They are good

[@trevormillar1576]

Bubble and squeak is basically an Irish food known over there as Colcannon Mash.

[@akaCol1987]

Haggis, like black pudding, or even just a basic sausage, is one of those dishes where you really should try it before asking what's in it. Personally, I love a beef suet pudding, which is quite common in British restaurants.

[@charlestaylor3027]

A friend was eating in a Michelin starred restaurant and asked for the "nose to tail" rabbit. He asked the waiter what was in it. "We generally suggest you wait until you've tried it, sir".

[@davidwright7193]

Treaties are like sausages, enjoy the results but don’t ask how they were made! Remember don’t tell secrets over the breakfast table, Walls have ears.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Glad you like BOT..... good quick light meal..... nice with Worcestershire sauce or a dash of HP....

[@nickphipp1949]

The dish with leftover meat was originally not called toad in the hole. In the 1787 book A Provincial Glossary, for example, it was referred to as "meat boiled in a crust". The first mention of the word "hole", outside of Pigeons in a Hole found in the cookbook by Hannah Glasse, appeared in the 1900 publication Notes & Queries, which described the dish as a "batter-pudding with a hole in the middle containing meat". Despite popular belief, there is no record of the dish ever being made with toad. The origin of the name is unclear, but it may refer to the way toads wait for their prey in their burrows, making their heads visible in the earth, just like the sausages peep through the batter. It may also derive from the "entombed animal" phenomenon of live frogs or toads being found encased in stone, which was a scientific fad of the late 18th century.

[@chriswalford9228]

Toast buttered topped with baked beans, topped with grated cheese and a drizzle of marmite or Worcestershire sauce

[@johnhopkins6921]

Even better than beans on toast is beans on crumpets. Even better than beans on crumpets is beans on cheese on crumpets. Yum!

[@LADYRAEUK]

Sounds yummy!

[@mpainter22]

Welsh rarebit, Lamb Cawl, Bara Brith, bake stones. Add some HP barbecue sauce to your beans on toast and some sausages.

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ll give it a go 👍🏻

[@timothypowell8624]

Beans on toast. Pimp it up. Grate some cheddar on the top, under the grill

[@alangriffiths2100]

I love jellied eels. They can be a bit earthy sometimes but when they are not they are almost creamy. I also like all offal.

[@edlesboroughkoipondstevech3546]

Pie & mash with liquor drenched in chilli vinegar and white pepper. Can’t be beaten

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ve never had that

[@MarkmanOTW]

Steak and kidney pie (pastry) or pudding (suet sponge casing) is delicious, with potatoes (mashed or boiled or chips), broccoli, carrots and gravy. Served with a glass of beer or red wine makes for a perfect Saturday lunch.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Sounds great!