NEWS: Eau de Stilton

CULTURE: Eau de Stilton

Ah, England. While I did savor every last bite of my full English Breakfast this morning, no one can deny that there's some truth to the accusations of your historically bad food, which begs the question: If we don't generally want to eat it, why would we want to, uh...wear it?

Don't cut the cheese, England. Let France worry about cuisine and perfumes, and you stick to what you're best at: comedy and Brit Pop.

Oh yes, I can just imagine how my scoring ability would pick up if I went to a nightclub with the sweet scent of stilton instead of aramis

Ah you crazy englishmen, what will you come up with next?

Erh... This hurts, and I'm not that interested in the topic, but in the general interest of communication, there is quite a difference between "raising the question" and "begging the question".

Yeah, we also have guys who wear brimmed hats, walk with canes when they don't neek them, smoke from ornate pipes, carry Kodak Retinas they don't use, own Hobgoblin t-shirts mocking lager drinkers, and get rather vitriolic about stuff they like that stops being made.

I will be one of these men. But I don't care for cheese.

Thank you.

I like the idea.

But that could be because I'm about to enter my fourth week of a diet. A lady smelling of Stilton would be very welcome about now.

[Edited on May 15, 2006 by quagmirething]

If my girl smelled like bleu cheese I'd sniff and nibble on her constantly...

Imagine the combination if the other smelled of essence of Port.

I think it would go pretty well with my beer stink.

Ew!

A ways off from what's been known to chemically attract females: a combination of cucumbers and candy.

No lie! Google it.

Our food is brilliant. It's a myth. The only bad food around here is imported directly from America.

I don't think english cuisine is bad so much as bland.

I can safely say I have never eaten an English breakfast in my life.
I believe they only really exist in America

Of course (and I'm carrying over a discussion from English Usage), using "beg the question" to mean "raise the question" has certainly become pretty common usage at this point (right or wrong). From your own link:

Back on topic: Cheese perfume. Not good.

??? You've never been to a greasy spoon? Or had a fry-up the morning after a heavy night?

And you live in South London? Maybe it's time to get out of the cellar.

And also: British "cuisine" is both bad & bland.

I can't imagine it as a perfum but it's the very best cheese. The French or the rest of the world can't make anything nearly as good despite years of trying!

You American's have a cheek to critise English food. I agree its pretty poor but yours is far worse. I know, I used to spend a quarter of each year in the USA.

Yeah, right. I take it the only French cheese(s) you've ever tasted were bad imports found in supermarkets...

You just lost all credibility right there sorry

Greasy spoon breks aren't like US English breks tho.
Perhaps my local cafes are just stingy

You kidding, right ?

For anyone who says british food is bad, I have two words.

Cornish. Pasty.

The defense rests

You ate in wetherspoons when you lived here. You have no say.

For serious people, Not only is the best restaurant in the world in britain and serves british food, but out of the 50 best restaurants in the world over 20% are in the UK. Out of those over half cook 'British food'

"It is interesting to note that according to Jay Rayner, The Observer food critic, “London has only one Michelin three-star restaurant and three two-star. Paris has more than half a dozen three-star restaurants and about 20 two-star establishments.” But the best restaurants in London topped at 11, while best restaurants in Paris received only 6 awards.

And with the United States-based Gourmet Magazine recently declaring London “The best place to eat on the planet,” maybe its days of bangers and baked beans are over."

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Seeing at the US got only 9 or something and considering the size difference of our two conties , I think you can conceivably spin on the 'royal it' for all I care.

Give me roast beef, the full english, fish and chips, pie and mash, beef wellington, cottage pie, treacle sponge, apple crumble and custard, baked beans and HP sauce, hotpot and dumplings, real english sausages and mash, english cheese and pickle sandwiches (The sandwich we invented that) english mustard, the bacon buttie, yorkshire pudding, bakewell tart, scones with clotted cream and jam, a cup of tea, and a pint of bitter any day. Mmmmm English food.

American food? Pah! Salted, deep fried stodge!

Literally it makes more sense.