Foods around the world.

[Wesley]

Here we have whipped cream and heavy whipping cream, which is a slightly lighter version of clotted cream.

[chex]

And apparently I can put heavy whipping cream over a double boiler and make clotted cream, so yay!

[Beany]

Maybe we Brits are just spoilt cream-wise... single, double, whipping, heavy whipping, brandy, UHT and clotted.

[chex]

I like cream...

[LaLou]

There are some recipes out there to make your own. It involves cream and mascarpone.

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We're in Greece today! Baklava is made. Tzatziki sauce is made. I even made some hummus yesterday. (Froot Loop made the tahini for it.) All I have to do now is prepare the gyro meat.

I'd planned on going to England next weekend, but my brother's girlfriend will be at my mom's then, and I have a lot of English foods planned, so I'll probably do something like Haiti next weekend (only one meal planned) and save England for a weekend I have more time.

[bella]

Hummus with Tahini? No chick peas?

[chex]

Of course there are chick peas. It has tahini too though.

[sizz]

Of course there are chick peas. It has tahini too though.

I feel like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLGUFaizAHs is appropriate here.

You don't need clotted cream with strawberries! strawberries in season are so good by themselves. Or just have them with a little bit of single cream (i don't know if it has the same name in the USA) Clotted cream is only needed for scones.

And if you make fish and chips, don't forget tartare sauce! But yeah what Cho says is right, they do kinda vary by region (but in my experience, this is usually just a case of they're usually good by the sea and rather hit-and-miss when you're not). also the chip thing is important, they have to be really thick chips, not the fries. The curry sauce/gravy thing is quite nice but not really necessary, salt and vinegar or ketchup/mayo/mustard is your best bet. Also mushy peas can be so nice if you put lots of yummy spices and seasonings in them.

[chex]

I believe what you call chips, we call steak fries.

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We're finally going to England this weekend! Day one will have a full English breakfast, a tea with scones and clotted cream (if I'm successful. It's on the stove now) and Beef Wellington. Day two will possibly have another full breakfast, and a roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding, and banoffee pie for dessert. (I'm too poor to make a trifle, or I would've done that.) So, no fish n chips, but we've been making frozen, battered pollock filets and steak fries/chips lately, so they get the rough idea.

[sizz]

I am SO jealous. I miss my mum's cooking so much.

Also, I've never actually had beef wellington!

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Come on over any time, sizzle!

I've never had it either. And I couldn't find pate for the traditional version, so I'm making Gordon Ramsey's mustard and prosciutto version.

[sizz]

I'm saving up, believe me!

Is pate not a common thing in the states? To be honest mustard and prosciutto sounds even better

[chex]

It's fairly high end, and they don't usually sell high end foods at Walmart. The website says they carry it, as well as clotted cream, but the website is wrong.

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Walmart doesn't carry scones, either. Now I have to make some. smurf you, Walmart. Man, my kids better appreciate the hell out of this!

[chex]

Breakfast was tasty, and we had a friend join us. He put ketchup on his eggs, so of course the kids all had to as well. Damn it. That's just gross!

The scones (lemon cranberry) were tasty. I served them with lemon curd and clotted cream, which I really liked, but may have been a bit thin. I could only find ultra pasteurized cream at my local Walmart, which apparently doesn't work as well.

Starting the beef wellington soon. I really don't feel like cooking with this headache but I've been wanting to try this for too long to just put it off.

[sizz]

What else do you put on eggs if not ketchup? You may be an excellent cook but your kids are in the right with this one

If you ever documented this 'Round the world' cooking thing in a blog or something, it would be ridiculously popular. It was a pretty neat idea!

[chex]

Salt and pepper. Cheese is acceptable, but I prefer just the egg with salt and pepper.

I thought about it, but I keep forgetting to photograph the food. I'm always too excited to eat it!

[sizz]

Okay I'll give you that, salt and pepper does work too.

Yeah understandable. I cannot look at food without eating it...