I can't believe it

Looks like the Brits were trying to follow a recipe for poutine, but transcribed it as "peas" instead of "cheese".
- I thought he bought a box of vomit for 4 bucks. What you said seems to make a lot more sense.
- People in here loving poutine, but you swap cheese chunks in your gravy for a vegetable and it's suddenly disgusting? The North American palate is weird.
  
  Cheese is better than every vegetable. Especially melted cheese. That's certainly not an unpopular opinion or a weird take.
  Peas + gravy is a weird palate mate, there's a reason you can only find it in 1 place.
- Fuck yeah poutine.

Does all British food look like literal diarrhea or only the British food that gets photographed?
- The cameras lie to you. It looks way less disgusting when you are about to eat it!
  ~~but yes, it does~~
- it just not feeling cute right now 🥹
  
  She never is 😅
- It turns like that right before being photographed

I can't lie that looks genuinely amazing. Yes I am British, how can you tell?
- As an American, I'd try it. I just don't understand it.
  
  It's pork, chips, gravy and peas. Had it had less gravy, it'd look less messy.

I like that we all knew exactly the country
- Luv me mushy peas, simple as
- The £ is a bit of a giveaway.
  
  I think the r/casualUK is a bigger giveaway
- i think it would still be overpriced at 4₱ or 4¥

I'd say that's a reasonable price for dog food.
- As a Spaniard I was going to comment that it is kind of overpriced dog food.
  
  Here in the Netherlands I spend 80 euros on 10kg of cat food (kibble).
- Why do you hate dogs?

Is this what yall think poutine looks like?!?
Canadadians, shield your eyes!!!

British food gets a bad rap but I don't really get it. Fried fish, potatoes, roasted meat, cured meat, meat pies, lots of puddings and sweets, not to mention the Indian food. What's not to like? I'm going to the UK in October and I'm pumped for the food.
- I've heard it's because they invaded every country on the planet for their spices and decided to use none of them
  
  No, you're thinking of our grammar.
  
  The taste of British food and the looks of British women made the Britains the best sailors in the world!
  
  I was going to defend us by pointing to how some of the most popular places to eat here are focused on spicy foods (curry houses) but when I thought about it more... you're right :(
  The most popular dishes there are usually the less spicy ones (but they taste really nice and would probably taste even better if they were more spicy)
  
  We didn't just steal the spices, we stole cooks too. Eg, our first curry house was 1810, run by a Bengali chap. So we didn't piss about with traditonal English dishes to get our spice fix, we just went out for a ruby instead.
- If you're bringing cash, bring it in 20s and below. 50s aren't used much at all as they arouse suspicion - many smaller places will flat out not accept them.
  Hope you enjoy the trip :)
  
  I remember people used to say £50 notes were easier to forge compared to the others. Not sure if that was because of something about the note itself or because people saw them less and weren't as used to them. Either way people became wary of accepting them. Plus it can be a pain to make change, especially when a lot of people pay with card now.
  
  Are you from the UK? How are you using lemmy.zip?
  Also, I never pay with cash so this might be why but I have never heard about the 50p thing, Is that true or are you saying it to mess with tourists?
- Lots of it I love but there's definitely outliers. See jellied eels
  
  I’ve eaten Surströmming and liked it, been eating it once a year ever since. I’ve eaten Beuschl, Narezushi, mite cheese, eel soup, fried insects (pupa, crickets, spiders, scorpions…), snails, brain, testicles… heck I’ve even made the fish finger pie that one British YouTube cooking show lady made (same ingredients but different preparation). You can’t scare me with eels in azpik!
  
  Yea, jellied eels are only really eaten on a small section of the south coast. The rest of the country wouldn't go for that.
- Best place to have fish and chips is near or on a beach in overcast weather. It's a vibe. Pasties are definitely worth trying if you like pies and things. Greggs is worth a look. I think a lot of the bad press on our food is because so much of it doesn't go for any kind of presentation, it just happens.
  
  Greggs is my biggest cultural shock ever. I couldn't find anything remotely edible there but locals keep praising it.

Those peas look like they came from can in a silent film and were colorized for this photo.

Pretty sure £4 is below minimum wage, especially since you’re exposed to such hazardous materials?
They should be getting way more for taking care of this monstrosity.

I'd eat that, especially at that price. Not even British

That looks fucking disgusting.
- It tastes amazing. I wouldn’t have mushy peas like, but never mind.
- I gobble the thing still though.

If I were to spend £4 on a meal, I prefer an egg

Youd have to pay me to eat that shit
- How much?
  
  For $30 id facefuck this meal into another dimension

Poor people acting fancy calling garbage food. Yet after a joint at 3am I would fuck with it. Ever try ketchup and peas?
- yuck

2 girls 1 british food

When you get a takeaway in the UK and it comes in these little containers, it often looks like gross slop. I recently got a taco+cheese chip, and it looked like pure vomit.
Doesn't put us off eating it though. Normally tastes good. Our local chippies and curry houses are supreme.

Ya got yummy sausage. Ya got gravy. Ya got yummy deep fried starchy goodness to soak up said gravy.
Why the the fuck would someone throw peas into that heavenly mix?!
- Imma be real, peas in gravy are delicious in the same way corn is in mashed potatoes. Adds a sort of poppable texture that just goes well with the flavor
- I’m not a fan of mushy peas. Swap it and the gravy out for some Irish-style curry sauce and now we’re talking.

I'd eat that, and in only a little drunk.

I'm always so worried about food with gravy. It can either be delicious, or foul. There's no middle.
They should allow gravy samples like they do ice cream 😤

As a Brit... yeah, that looks disgusting.
- I bet it tastes great. But I do hate any other kind of soggy fries.

Holy shit ... 4 pounds for the worst diarrhea and wet bean farts of your lifetime. What a steal.

Call me a child, but peas are gross. The rest looks fantastic though.
- You child!
  You're welcome.
- Let us be called children together then. Peas suck absolute ass in terms of texture and taste.
  
  Only good peas I've ever had were raw fresh off the vine. ENTIRLEY different texture and taste, juicy and crispy, vs bland and mushy. Whoever decided we need to start cooking them deserves the lack of love in their life.

I want to make a joke about "shitpost", but my beloved chili is right there with it. I suspect this might be mouthwatering to the intended audience.

Almost makes me wish I could abide mushy peas. If I did I would finally be allowed to return to the North.

Ehi thats a good british dish… they’re trying their best guys, come on. This is nasty but a good builder breakfast is great: eggs, bacon, hotdogs, potates, beans and tomatoes. You can work for 3 days after it 🤣 south uk fish and chips is the shit ✌️
- Clearly you never been north. The south fish and chips are shite

That looks like the supper we had when the dole ran out.

Beans. They make Lemmy work.
- Actually, they make Britain work too. Baked beans.
- True, but those are peas in the pic friend

Who knows what evil lies beneath?

I thought that was blueberry vomit

British invaded the entire world, and shipped exotic foods and spices back home for hundreds of years..
Only to make food that looks like this.

What is that?
- Microplastics and peas. Very traditional.
- Saussage, chips, peas and gravy.
  
  Why do the British eat like the Nazis are still flying overhead?

I hope whoever put that in there wiped

I thought... I thought those were beans until I read the comments.

Can someone more familiar help me with what this is?
Bottom to top:
fries/crisps Baked beans (more sauce than I’m used to). Peas Polish sausage/kielbasa/hot dog?
Please forgive my ignorance. I’d expect this to be glorious or horrible with no option between.
- Bottom to top: Chips/fries Gravy Peas Sausage, but not like any of the ones you mentioned. They are very common here in uk fish and chip shops.
  If i was stumbling home drunk at 3am this would be heavenly. I would not eat it at any other time.
  
  Thanks! That last bit translates all too well. 😉
- Bangers and chips with gravy and garden peas.

looks like it'd be delicious, for all of 20 seconds before all the fries got soggy.

That seems overpriced.
- Depends where in the UK, close to London? best deal you will ever see. Anywhere else? It's still an alright price.
  
  About right for where I live which is quite far north.

Mushy peas innit?

Skip the peas and it probably slaps ngl.

What even is that? I see fries, gravy, canned peas and a hot dog? Is that right? Because £4 is overpaying. Currently that's $5.31 in Freedom Funnbux. Definitely overpaid for that.
- *chips :3 big chunky chippy chips like that cannot be called fries. Also our wages are dogshit and our cost of living is sky high that £4 isnt as much as it seems weirdly when a big Mac costs £5 by itself quite often.
- Chips. Fries are thin pieces of fuck all yet full of calories.
  With a jumbo sausage. Self explanatory.
  Mushy peas. Peas that are mushy.
  And gravy. A sauce made from veggies and/or meats.
  I'm so old I can remember when a pea mix (chips and peas together) went up from 16 pence to 22 pence. I can't remember why it went up so much though, I was very young at that time.
- That mate is a jumbo sausage.

Na this shit is nasty. There are food carts that give out better-looking food and more quantity for around 5-7 dollars. This just makes me want to throw up.