Not a bad looking effort either, no black pudding or tattie scone, and some iced coffee looking abomination over a good builders tea keeps it from perfection, but good go. Glad you liked it.
Yeah, I haven’t found any coffee shop around me where I can buy myself something better than instant coffee for home, so when I saw they had coffee I had to go for it!
Good coffee shops are becoming more common over there, but still a long way from the US, France, Italy, etc, where there’s two cafes on every corner.
There’s been a real boom in roasters over here in the UK over event years. No idea how you like your coffee but I love Roaring Stag up in Ballater, Scotland. They so online delivery, if you like a real dark roast their Dark Lochnagar is great.
I was thinking of trying this year coffee with a filter where you drop water on it, last year I tried coffee with an Italian Machine. I’m not big into coffee but I want to try different ways and the difference it makes
I’d recommend an aeropress, easy to get a good consistent cup of coffee from and pretty low cost to try.
I have a beginner question, if i’d go for an aeropress, or a simple filter. The coffee always has to be grinded before putting the water, so either I also need a grinding machine, or I would be limited to buying pre-grinded coffee which I am guessing from what I’ve looked at, is rarer to find
That is a good point, yes it needs to be ground and finely at that. The pages I but my brand from do offer to grind for you though. Also I’m the supermarkets in the UK it is mostly ground that is sold, though I don’t know how finely.
Decent electric grinders are pretty cheap, and worth it, I’d say.
But pre-ground coffee is much easier to find than beans, you just need to make sure you get the right grind for your preferences. In an Aeropress, if it’s an Espresso grind, don’t brew it for more than ~30 seconds (with a bit of a stir). If it’s a coarser grind, use the inverted method and brew it for 2-3 minutes before pressing. You’ll need to experiment a bit to find out how you like it.
You can get permanent metal filters for the Aeropress. Connoisseurs will tell you it makes a difference, I just want minimum hassle and running out of filters is a hassle.
Hey @JimmyChanga@lemmy.world ! I come back here to tell you that I made a small budget and leard a bit more about coffee from your comment 4 months ago, and got myself an Aeropress! It’s coming tomorow! I’ll be waiting a tiny bit before getting myself an aeropress, my parents have some unopened pre-grinded coffee they didn’t use anymore that i’ll finish before then! Thank you for you coment 4 months ago and happy new year!
Happy new year to you too! That’s great Kyoyeou, I’m sure you’ll love it when you get to it. Enjoy your coffee.
Is that what that ‘drink’ is? It looks like mushroom soup.
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Separation of beans. Good. Always like to see that. I’d rather fried bread than toast and one solitary sausage is a bit mean. Overall, good effort.
I’d rather fried bread than toast
Nah, eggy bread for the win.
On a full English? That feels blasphemous.
And yet, intriguing…
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Hey mate, After seeing your post, curious I went to check what you post. And found a very interesting post of your called The Science of Why People Hate Vegans it’s a great post with a great video I just watched fully of BiteSizeVegan.org This comments makes you look a bit more “5:37” than “5:31” Seems like your doing a bit of “5:46” and a bit of “7:03” Especially this part, I would totally invite you to listen to it, it’s very interesting.
I would even go to say you are right now actively participating to why people say those things at 10:12
Watch your own posts, you’ll learn a lot, the video was very interesting.
To any UK vegetarian or vegan watching this except him, I would like your help
I’m a bit overwhelmed right now learning so much different brands, and products. I’ve got an Aldi near me where I got some “Planet Menu - Vive le Vegan” Soya Chicken" and found some fake steaks too so I’m quite happy as taht’s what I usually buy for myself at home
I’ve been told there is also a Tesco around me, and I was wondering if anyone could tip me some good plant-based meat replacement brands that I would find at Aldi next time I go back or at Tesco, and if you knew if there was any Oat Milk? I usually buy Oat-ly in France, but I haven’t found it yet at Aldi. If you have any tips fro brands or maybe specialised stores brands I can find, it would be a pleasure to get your help on that
Thank you in advance for any help!
As a veggie, just wanna say I bloody love this response here. And as a UK person, welcome! I remember you saying you were due to move here, in that thread about wholesome communities recently. Hope you settle in fine!
(We don’t do Tesco or Aldi so can’t help you with specific brands of things, but the UK is very veggie-friendly so honestly you’ll be able to pick up some decent stuff wherever you shop. Experiment and you’ll soon find your new faves. Oatly is pretty widely available here too)
Thank you very much, and I truly think the video was very interesting!
I have to say all the people I met are very nice and ready to help (but I’m guessing it’ll be a bit different when their will be a rugby match against France)
Oatly should be widely available, otherwise most supermarkets now make their own brand. Personally I’m a soya milk drinker, so can’t really recommend any though.
As for meat replacements - there are a lot, you can pretty much replace anything now from nuggets to donner to roast (like roast “chicken” or “beef”, either whole or in pieces) to cold cuts. It’s hard to say which you would like because they vary in texture and flavour, so I’d just start trying them out!
Some brands I personally enjoy - Squeaky Bean, Oumph, Vivera. But most supermarket own brands to really good stuff nowadays, even Iceland (if you don’t have a store close by, they all deliver).Thank you very much! I’ll look for it
Hey, welcome! While I’m not a native, I’ve lived here for a few years now and would be happy to share some info!
I have to say I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of vegetarian stuff you can buy in most supermarkets here. My go-to for just adding a meat replacement into a dish is any of the “Quorn” branded stuff. I will say though that normally it needs quite a bit of salt added to it. Especially the mince is great though if you want to do something like a stir-fry or burritos. Their cold-cut looking selection is also pretty decent (the vegetarian ham slices etc), I prefer the vegetarian over the vegan options though, I think they taste a bit better
Other than that, there is a brand called “Linda McCartney”, their stuff is pretty nice as well and on offer quite a lot.
I haven’t been to Aldi and Lidl in a while now, not sure if they have any off-brand/own-brand options that are decent but I think it’s worth a try. Anyway, welcome :)
And be careful when you’re in traffic, people here are terrible drivers
Edit: oh and I forgot to say about oat milk: you can get Oatly at Tesco, Sainsbury’s etc, there is also a nice brand called Minor Figures, they have it at Tesco and Lidl sometimes. Otherwise Asda (another cheap-ish supermarket chain) and Lidl have their own brand of barista-style oat milk, can’t remember the name off the top of my head but it’s easily as good as Oatly and much cheaper
Thank you so much! I’ll try looking for those brands around! I’ve actually almost entered into a motorcycle already, crossing the road I’m not watching on the right side yet, especially when there is a roundabout But the people here are very very very nice I have to say, or I am good to speak with nice people
Oatly is widely available, even in the little convenience shop round the corner from me.
However, FUCK Oatly: “Oatly sues UK oat milk maker over trademark” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57425162
Btw, Oatly lost.
Thank God they lost this is as childish as suing anyone that would use the word monster
Just noticed you mentioned Tesco. I use Tesco’s own brand oat milk for breakfast cereal. Confusingly, they have normal and long-life UHT oat milk. Get it from the fridge section, rather than the UHT stuff from the non-chilled shelves.
Understood! Will definitely try this out! Thank you very much!
Trademark laws are written in a way that obliges trademark holders to be very aggressive against potential infringement, or they risk losing the trademark.
Hey! Nice to see you back on this post buddy! You didn’t answer my comment, I was worried for you
BAH GAWD THAT MAN HAS (pig) FAMILY!
New to veganism, I see.
Mate here has 3 months of post on !veganism@lemmy.ca
I don’t have a problem with veganism. But frankly these militant type comments are utterly counter productive and only ever serves to push people against the cause.
Anyone who has been a vegan for more than 5minutes quickly realises that it isn’t the way to go about it. But I know they know this.
I’d really invite you to see my other comment responding to him, I’ve copied a post he made himself, and it’s on the subject of “Why people Scientifically hate Vegan” it was very interesting.
Also responding to this eating potatoes and Fake Soy Chicken, but I added a bit to much pepper sadly
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Uh…
This post is generating waves of nostalgia for /r/Fryup for me. We need somewhere on the Fediverse to post, lust over and critique other people’s fry-ups.
There’s apparently !fryup@lemmy.world but there’s no content yet
I See you’ve awoken the fry up police…
Guilty your honor!
english breakfast:
protein ham
protein bacon
protein sausage
protein eggs
protein beans
protein/garbage blood sausagegarbage mushrooms
garbage tomatostarch hash browns
starch toast…but the beans make it superior to anything americans do. seriously beans with breakfast wtf are americans doing wrong. missing beans that’s what
but seriously…choose a protein or two and ditch the fucking mushrooms jfc wtf is wrong with people it’s not an animal or a plant its a fungus i don’t want to eat the stuff that grows at the base of your toilet.
ditch the mushrooms and it looks delicious. and add more beans.
I’ve lived in the UK for nearly 20 years and see no benefit to having the beans anywhere near a full English plate.
I’ve lived in the UK for 42 years and see no benefit to having beans
I’ve been alive in the UK for 46 years and also see no benefits to having beans.
They’re just delicious. They’re in some kind of gravy, aren’t they? Something mildly sweet that makes it absolutely wonderful to eat?
Do people call bean juice gravy?
I don’t know; that was just the word that came to mind. It could be very wrong.
It’s basically ketchup, and ketchup is horrible. Malt vinegar and tomato never belong together
How does it feel to be so wrong about mushrooms?
Downvote for being factually incorrect about mushrooms, one of the best things that can be put into a mouth.
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The Toast was so good! And the Bacon was per-fect, I love bacon like that, way more than the way I found it in the US dry as a crisp and super salty, here it had juice! it had taste!
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The differences between the classic American and English breakfasts are one of those things that make travel between the two countries so pleasing, at least for me.
Different enough from one another to feel mildly exotic, yet similar enough to make you feel (mostly) at home.
Did wonder while I was over there ages ago why no one had shown them you can fry green tomatoes too for a bit of variety. Searing a ripe one just kinda makes a mess, lol.
Fried green tomatoes are fairly common in the south, there’s even a movie called “Fried Green Tomatoes”
We don’t really have green tomatoes here. I don’t know why.
Beans belong on the plate 😡
You are incorrect in more than one way.
Tip them out.
Where is the slice of fried black pudding?
Lack of blood sausage is a deal breaker for me
“Black pudding”, surely.
Blood sausage sounds yuk, black pudding is … well I’m not a huge fan (hands in passport) but at least it sounds like it should be palatable.
Black pudding not just because of the name, but because blood sausage is a much wider category that black pudding is only one part of. Would be a bit weird to get Korean blood sausage with your full English
Needs more sausage but aside from that it’s pretty alright looking. Maybe go in with the brown sauce.
They asked me If I wanted any sauce, this was my first time and I had no idea their where some so I said no, will give it a try mate!
To be fair if someone asked me for ‘brown sauce’ I’d probably turn it down too. Enjoy your stay.
Racist.
Brown and mustard for that meal
I foresee heartburn and congestion in the pipeline for your future.
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What’s the ratio of Brits who always have full English breakfast vs other types of breakfasts like French (white coffee an croissant ) or cereals for example ?
Almost nobody, it’s not meant to be a daily meal, more like once a week or so as a treat.
