South of Watford?? pls help!

[Davidb]

I remember those 'plastic' fried eggs from fifty years ago!

Mother was from London, father was from St. Helens-you should have heard the arguments---"Bloody Southerners!" "Bloody Northeners!"...

[el-saturn]

i'm not that old david!! this was between 80 and 90 - little chef always (24h) had fresh cold milk and my buddy and i needed quick food and a drink of lovely english milk!! -------------------- that was back then when you'd have all these lovley pies for lunch (i never found the steak in the famous kidney +steak pie HOWEVER!!!) sandy

[vincereynard]

Sandy.
If you have lived on a diet of Little Chef for any extended period you must have the constitution
of an Ox. Respect!

[AHM]

Little Chef went bust a few years ago.

[Davidb]

Little Chef was not a high point of English cuisine...

[AHM]

If it is just the meaning of "south of Watford", it is indeed a derogatory pop at the "north".

These days it's also used equally North or South to mock someone for their geographical (or otherwise) ignorance.

The guns of HMS Belfast, the World War 2 Cruise moored in the Thames, has its guns elevated to hit Watford motorway services incase of a Northern invasion.

Watford doesn't have a motorway services, we have Asda and Tesco though...

It is common to confuse Watford with Watford (Gap) easily confused and the former is used to signify anything North of London, and the latter is geographicaly considered the North South divide.
Interesting that when the M1 was first built it went from just south of Watford to just North of Watford...

[rgh0]

Sandy
Surely the question is do they still taste like plastic mockups

cheers
Rohan

[Bud English]

Little Chef was not a high point of English cuisine...

What is the high point?

[The Veg]

We Yanks mostly have the idea* that English food and English dentistry are both very bad. Hmmm, teeth and food...two items that have a close relationship. If these rumours are true, is there a reason for the correlation of badness?

*Based on no actual experience, since most of us have never visited.

[Spyder fan]

You can't beat pie mash and liquor

The epitome of English cuisine.

[KevJ+2]

You can't beat pie mash and liquor

The epitome of English cuisine.

I thought that was Chicken Tikka Masala

[S3FHC]

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You can't beat pie mash and liquor

The epitome of English cuisine.

I've never tried pie mash and liquor it but it looks disgusting, especially with the eel on the side!
(having said that, haggis wins few beauty contests but tastes great!)

Mark

[Spyder fan]

You can't beat pie mash and liquor

The epitome of English cuisine.

I thought that was Chicken Tikka Masala

My Grandfather would have called that "Foreign Muck!", he was a self educated Cockney who never lost sight of his roots. Born 1885, a true Victorian and genuine miserable old git, but also a very interesting miserable old git.

[el-saturn]

my dad was a fisher and hunter, so he married a devined cook and back in oregon my mother'd cook chicken and mushroom pie once in a while. i used to go to northhampton (for workand oxford area where we had pies on regular basis and here i started making pies for dinner and my wife loves 'em too. i'm loving this watford theme!! thanks sandy

[Davidb]

I would agree that chicken tika masala must be near or at the acme of English cuisine but an English breakfast of sausage,bacon, eggs, beans and fried bread takes some beating!

To the Americans members: I travel in the US often enough to know that you have nothing to boast of when it comes to quality food...

In Canada we have Tim Hortons of course!