to think that Britain hasn't got a national cuisine any more?

[TheFourthLobster]

My parents were telling the DCs about the stable British diet of meat and two veg. The DCs were saying they never had meat and two veg for their meals so what was the stable British diet now? We couldn't agree on what it was, so what meals do you regularly eat in your house? Does Mumsnet have a staple cuisine and is that more reflective of British food today than meat and two veg?

This last week we have had fusilli bolognese, fajitas, achari curry, roast turkey (the only roast we've had all year), thai green chicken curry and pizza.

What have you eaten in your house?

Didn't the French invent tinned food? I believe Napoleon wanted a way of preserving food for the army on campaigns.

'Hey Jacques, fancy some beans?'
"Ooh yes, pass me that new fangled tinny thing with beans in it'
'Here you go. How do you get into it then?'
'D'oohh lala!'

Yorkshire pudding is brilliant.

Toad in the hole also needs some careful explanation to some...

lol toad in the hole yy that might get a few concerned looks at dinner!

I've not had that since i was a kid.

I made one for ds on boxing day. That kid has truly global tastes!

Banoffee pie! That was invented in kent.

Bakewell tart? Mmmmmm.

Cupcakes are different to fairy cakes. They were definitely around in my childhood so longer than 5-10 years.

Cupcakes are definitely not fairy cakes or muffins. Oh no.

We only had fairy cakes when I was growing up.

May be a regional thing?

I honestly thought they had arrived from america! They're big aren't they.

Internet keeps telling me they are american as well

Learning lots of interesting things - they also used to be called "number cakes" apparently!

Oooh sticky toffee pudding is an english pud isn't it. We made some yesterday it was lush mmmmmmmmmmm

Fairy cakes are small buns, sometimes with butterfly wings and a filling in between, at least that is what they were when I was growing up/

Spotted Dick, cucumber sandwiches and sherry trifle are things I've never seen on offer abroad. Or scones, clotted cream and jam.

Britain has an excellent cuisine, just British people don't appreciate it.

Cup cakes deffo American. All that buttercream icing.... a fairy cake is merely draped - kissed - in simple icing made with icing sugar and water. A few hundreds and thousands or silver balls are acceptable but that's it.

Fairy cake ratio of cake to icing 30:1
Cupcake ratio of cake to icing 2:1

Is Meat and Two vey something uniquely English? Don't most Northern European cultures serve some sort of red meat along with vegetables?