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Jaxbar Feb 14th 2009 2:15 am

What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Have been invited to a Sunday lunch where there will be people from a range of countries and I have to take a typical Brit/English dish.

The most typical I can think of is curry! Trying to figure what I can take that will transport and reheat well. thinking either
quiche/tuna pasta bake/cheese and onion pasties/gingerbread oh and did I mention I dont eat meat?
Ideas? I dont have a lot of time to cook.

Mummy in the foothills Feb 14th 2009 2:22 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Mmmm Quiche, I had one at a friends house the other day, it had artichoke hearts in it.

Cape Blue Feb 14th 2009 2:24 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
ploughmans lunch - save yourself the reheating

Sally Redux Feb 14th 2009 2:33 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
A vegetable curry would be good and a talking point. I took one to a pot luck.

The ploughman's is a good idea if you can get nice cheese and pickles.

Shortbread - easy and you get lots of praise for it.

ellimere Feb 14th 2009 2:49 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Spotted dick.

Ploughmans pie (more an evening meal though)

Lettuce and marmite sandwiches?

Anything with salad cream on.

lisa67 Feb 14th 2009 3:00 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
I "second" the veggy curry idea. If you cook it in a crock pot it will keep warm while you travel then just plug the crock pot in when you get to the lunch. See if you can find some mango chutney too..yum!:)
Trifle for desert?

emailrob Feb 14th 2009 4:38 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Flapjacks! Made them for a leaving lunch and work and they went down a storm. Much better than the "granola bars" here.

AdobePinon Feb 14th 2009 7:35 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 

Originally Posted by lisa67 (Post 7283738)
I "second" the veggy curry idea. If you cook it in a crock pot it will keep warm while you travel then just plug the crock pot in when you get to the lunch. See if you can find some mango chutney too..yum!:)
Trifle for desert?

Actually, make the curry today - they always taste better the second day.

dunroving Feb 14th 2009 11:44 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 

Originally Posted by Bradford Lass (Post 7283680)
Have been invited to a Sunday lunch where there will be people from a range of countries and I have to take a typical Brit/English dish.

The most typical I can think of is curry! Trying to figure what I can take that will transport and reheat well. thinking either
quiche/tuna pasta bake/cheese and onion pasties/gingerbread oh and did I mention I dont eat meat?
Ideas? I dont have a lot of time to cook.


I took trifle to a similar do and it went down a storm.

Xebedee Feb 14th 2009 11:51 am

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 7284565)
I took a rifle to a similar do and it went down a storm.

Good way to avoid waiting in line for the vol-au-vents. :)

lisag8070 Feb 14th 2009 12:50 pm

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
I always take a dessert, bakewell tart (as long as no one is allergic to nuts), sticky toffee pudding...or even the classic victoria sponge..

but I have to admit, the curry idea sounds lovely...

wotacarryon Feb 14th 2009 2:55 pm

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 

Originally Posted by lisag8070 (Post 7284669)
I always take a dessert, bakewell tart (as long as no one is allergic to nuts), sticky toffee pudding...or even the classic victoria sponge..

but I have to admit, the curry idea sounds lovely...

Wet fish for starters , lame duck for main dish and anything bitter sweet for pudding . Sorry to bring up politicians at mealtime .

Michelmas Feb 14th 2009 8:30 pm

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 

Originally Posted by Bradford Lass (Post 7283680)
Have been invited to a Sunday lunch where there will be people from a range of countries and I have to take a typical Brit/English dish.

The most typical I can think of is curry!

While it is freely available in the UK, what makes a curry typically british? It's Indian.

Now typical dishes [apart from what has been mentioned] would be
Bangers and Mash with some mushy peas thrown in,
Black pudding
cucumber sarnies

to name just a few of the top of my head:)

Jaxbar Feb 14th 2009 8:41 pm

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Well I have just been and bought a crock pot and am going for the veggie curry. Although it is originally from Indian/Pakistan i think it has now developed into being a traditional British dish, just like pasta came from China to Italy as far as I know.

Thanks for the ideas people, I would love to take some of the other stuff but not really easy to put on a buffet type setting. i may make a pudding if I can be bothered.

Taffyles Feb 14th 2009 9:51 pm

Re: What Brit Food can I Take to an International Lunch?
 
Trifle has always been the biggest hit of anything I've taken in the last 17 years- they love it. Other huge hits - pasties, corned beef pies, scotch eggs. Yorkshire puddings, if its that kind of do, massive hit.


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