Royal wedding menu ideas???

[tennisfan]

When is the wedding? Is it tomorrow morning? I thought it was later in the week.

29th april

 

[KerriSue]

I love the idea of scones with clotted cream and tea!! I think I will do that. I am so excited for the Royal Wedding!

 

[Angelrose]

Thank you tennisfan. I will definitely record it. I can't imagine getting up at 4am. I can't wait.

 

[frijolefrito]

English food is the worst food in the world. Better do indian because they make really good indian food in england!

 

[Sarah_Rose]

The real question is where do you buy clotted cream in the US? Amazon has a 6 oz jar for $13... does anyone know where you can buy it locally?

I lived in London for a few years, and I miss clotted cream!

 

[Lassie Lynne]

The real question is where do you buy clotted cream in the US? Amazon has a 6 oz jar for $13... does anyone know where you can buy it locally?

I lived in London for a few years, and I miss clotted cream!

I have been looking around the local grocery stores in the import aisles and have not been able to find any at all. I might have to bite the bullet and order some through the internet and have it sent.

 

[southernsam]

Hello from England, as it is DH birthday today we have been out for a typical English breakfast. He had - sausage, bacon, fried egg, baked beans, mushrooms, tinned tomatoes, saute potatoes and bread and butter. I had sausage, bacon, fried egg, hash brown and bread and butter, washed down with mugs of tea. Not sure if thats what Wills and Kate will eat on their big day though!!

 

[Harley Quinn]

English food is the worst food in the world. Better do indian because they make really good indian food in england!

English food is like all food when cooked properly is divine, when not can be tasteless and bland and even though we are nowhere near as large a country as America what we cook and how we cook changes from place to place. I am a Londoner born and raised and some of the dishes I eat my friends in Bristol just two hours away would never even have heard of.

Granted we have had the stereotype of having vile food but over the past ten years we have really changed that. Farmers markets, locally sourced food and really getting back to basics have really become the norm.

I see that you are based at Lakenheath (I spent a bit of time up there when I was a teen, had the pleasure of spending forth of July there it was amazing.). So I don't know if you're just being fed bad food but really please don't write off my whole country's cuisine most of it is fab.

 

[Deb in IA]

I saw a show about the Royals the other night and I found out that Prince Charles wanted Prince William to be called Arthur (one of his middle names), but princess Diana wasn't having it.

Also, Prince William uses the last name "Wales" on legal documents. I always wondered about last names and the Royals.

I think technically, royalty do not actually have last names.

Now, if the children of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip took their father's last name, they would be "Mountbatten", although even that is not exactly his last name.

He was Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark before he married then-Princess EIlizabeth, and didn't really have a last name. But he took the name "Montbatten" which was an Anglicized version of Battenburg from his British maternal grandparents.

The House of Windsor has actually only been used since 1917. Prior to that, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were acutally of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was a minor branch of the House of Wettin. Queen Victoria had wanted her sons to rule as the House of Wettin, but that name was never accepted very well. When anti-German sentiment broke out before WWI, King George V changed it officially to the House of Windsor.

 

[frijolefrito]

English food is like all food when cooked properly is divine, when not can be tasteless and bland and even though we are nowhere near as large a country as America what we cook and how we cook changes from place to place. I am a Londoner born and raised and some of the dishes I eat my friends in Bristol just two hours away would never even have heard of.

Granted we have had the stereotype of having vile food but over the past ten years we have really changed that. Farmers markets, locally sourced food and really getting back to basics have really become the norm.

I see that you are based at Lakenheath (I spent a bit of time up there when I was a teen, had the pleasure of spending forth of July there it was amazing.). So I don't know if you're just being fed bad food but really please don't write off my whole country's cuisine most of it is fab.

WHOLE COUNTRY BAD!!!! Tried the farmers market, tried all that... POOP! I think we've eaten at every "english" place within an hour drive... poopie. Maybe you have some suggestions?

 

[snarlingcoyote]

I think you have to remember that British food and New England food and many other "cold climate" cuisines have the same traditional problems that are all due to their position on the globe.

They all have a short growing season: this limits the fruits and vegetables that can traditionally be grown and used.

Peppers will not germinate under around 70 degrees. Add this to a short growing season and you can't really grow much that has spice or kick except for horseradish.

England is wet. Wet = bad for traditional methods of storing food. (However, this is also why England, Ireland, Germany and other countries have such storied ales and beers and such: these are actually pretty efficient ways of retaining the calories found in certain grains that might otherwise be lost to rot. )

So, don't hate too much on the Brits. Until they were able to import food from other places, they didn't have much chance to develop a great cuisine.

OTOH. . .I've always heard it joked that British cuisine was developed to make the island less inviting to invaders from the Continent. It worked on Napoleon, at any rate.

 

[frijolefrito]

I like british people have made some friends there. I'm just... not a fan of the food or the customer service but that's all of europe. The german's weren't any better. I made friends with the locals in germany too. I'm not saying britian sucks... just the weather is horrible, their houses are insanely tiny and they drive on the wrong side of the road. They have a great sense of fun, nightlife, and understand the importance of a vacation! Best indian food I've ever had in my life!

Born in california west coast saw East coast when I was in delaware. I'm half mexican I have visited mexico on and off since I was born. I've lived in mexico 1 year, germany 3 years, deleware 4 years, and lakenheath. I've also visited countless countries. I've seen culture food first hand from pretty much everyplace... just saying british food sucks.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

I like british people have made some friends there. I'm just... not a fan of the food or the customer service but that's all of europe. The german's weren't any better. I made friends with the locals in germany too. I'm not saying britian sucks... just the weather is horrible, their houses are insanely tiny and they drive on the wrong side of the road. They have a great sense of fun, nightlife, and understand the importance of a vacation! Best indian food I've ever had in my life!

Born in california west coast saw East coast when I was in delaware. I'm half mexican I have visited mexico on and off since I was born. I've lived in mexico 1 year, germany 3 years, deleware 4 years, and lakenheath. I've also visited countless countries. I've seen culture food first hand from pretty much everyplace... just saying british food sucks.

For someone as "worldly" as you, you subscribe to a lot of stereotypes. I think you see what you want/expect to see.

I have traveled extensively through the UK and Europe (I too lived in Germany for several years). I have had great food and awful food in all the countries I visited. Same with service. In fact it is a real shame you have missed out.

I have also had sublime Mexican food and disgusting Mexican food. It happens. Open your eyes and your mind and you may be surprised.

 

[Catananche]

I was going to suggest kedgeree but Walden's beaten me to it. It tastes better than it sounds, honest!

A cooked Scottish breakfast (or fry up) differs a bit from the English version: we add black and / or white pudding, sliced sausage and a tattie scone, in addition to the usual eggs and bacon.

Or a good ol' bacon butty. Lovely.

 

[hildasmuriel]

Soft boiled egg and soldiers.

 

[KerriSue]

Fresh Market sells clotted cream. It is kind of pricey, around 5-6 bucks, but worth it!!!

 

[Conservative Hippie]

The real question is where do you buy clotted cream in the US? Amazon has a 6 oz jar for $13... does anyone know where you can buy it locally?

I lived in London for a few years, and I miss clotted cream!

There are so many British vacations out where we live that all the major grocery stores have a good-sized English food section. So next time you are in the Disney area you can come out this way and stock up on clotted cream!

 

[frijolefrito]

I responded a little harshly and I realized maybe what I have said has offended people. So I'm just gonna agree to disagree. I hope the wedding is fantastic! I am not closed minded and never subscribe to stereotypes. I just go off of experience always. Sorry if it is offensive enough to start personal digs on me.

Isn't sunday carver or roast or whatever it's called. You could do like a big thing of meat and maybe a roasted pig with an apple in the mouth?

 

[The Princess]

Think I'm just going to go with tea and scones....

 

[Lovely2CU]

Think I'm just going to go with tea and scones....

If you're having them for breakfast, I'd make some cheese scones. Delicious warm and buttered!

Make sure you use a strong, mature cheese. I found American cheese mild compared to here!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8877/cheese-scones

Also a good and easy to make celebratory drink is Buck's Fizz, orange juice and champagne.

http://www.cocktailmaking.co.uk/displaycocktail.php/225-Bucks-Fizz