English Menu for Swedish Visitors

[Spydaman]

We’ve got the future Swedish in-laws coming to stay in a couple of weeks. They always feed us with traditional Swedish fare when we go there. Stuff like pyttipanna and prawn sandwich cake. I do all the cooking but not really traditional English. Any suggestions for quick tasty easy food?

[sherman]

Toad in the hole.

Follwed by spotted dick and custard.

[Super Sonic]

Steak and kiddly pud peas carrots mash
Fish n chips
Ham egg chips
Mince beef onion pie peas mash
Roast beef Yorkshire pud roast potatoes
Pork or lamb chops

[Richonenope]

Full English, with strong English breakfast tea

Toasties for lunch, with a glass of vimto

Meat pie & chips plus mushy peas and gravy, with a pint of warm ale

[loskie]

buy a good steak pie from the local butchers, mashed potatoes and veg.

Trifle to follow


a British cheeseboard

If you need a starter decent smoked salmon which yes they will have at home but it is British.
If that's no good leek and potato soup. Easy to make in advance and freeze.

[twing]

Pie & mash with jellied eels

[loskie]

Or an Indian Takeaway. What's more British?

[Silvanus]

For Swedish relatives I recently did Cullen skunk, followed by a proper Lancashire hotpot with braised red cabbage and a blackberry crumble and custard. It went down very well with them and they've made the same meal for their friends back home.

[bristolbaron]

Sausage, chips & beans and a Viennetta.

[Super Sonic]

Don't forget the prawn cocktail

[Sporky]

Super Sonic said:

Don't forget the prawn cocktail

Black Forest Gateau for afters.

[Super Sonic]

Sporky said:

Black Forest Gateau for afters.

Or Sherry Trifle!

[Sporky]

Super Sonic said:

Sporky said:

Black Forest Gateau for afters.

Or Sherry Trifle!

When you're right, you're right.

[richhead]

how about a roast dinner with all the trimmings, about as english as it gets.
Or beans on toast

[Regbuser]

KFC party bucket feast with 2L pepsi, plus a viennetta (used to be included..)

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Chicken tikka masala and a giant stack of poppadoms. As British as it gets.

[Simbu]

Definitely a quality meat pie with mash, veg, gravy. All my continental colleagues are keen to try it when they visit and love it! They even take some home with them! Pies are typically sweet with fruit in, at least in Germany it seems.

Fish and chips if you have a good local near you.

Apple or rhubarb crumble with custard.

Crumpets with butter.

Sunday roast with trimmings, cauliflower cheese.

Full English breakfast.

+1 for toad in the hole, decent Cumberland sausages from the butcher

Bakewell tart or battenburg cake.

ETA: a decent ploughman's with some good British cheeses and a pork pie!

[paulwirral]

I remember watching some sort of European house swap programme once where the people had to swap lifestyles and the French family left a pre cooked dinner to warm through for a Friday night , can’t remember what it was exactly but it looked great . The English family left £20 and the pizza takeaway menu !
They were embarrassed but the French guy took it on the chin and basically said “ it’s a lifestyle swap so this is what we’ll do “
Your guests may be pre warned .
Otherwise it’s fish and chips Friday or pastry based products depending where you live , pork pies and piccalilli or Cornish pasties ?

[paulwirral]

I remember watching some sort of European house swap programme once where the people had to swap lifestyles and the French family left a pre cooked dinner to warm through for a Friday night , can’t remember what it was exactly but it looked great . The English family left £20 and the pizza takeaway menu !
They were embarrassed but the French guy took it on the chin and basically said “ it’s a lifestyle swap so this is what we’ll do “
Your guests may be pre warned .
Otherwise it’s fish and chips Friday or pastry based products depending where you live , pork pies and piccalilli or Cornish pasties ?

[sean ie3]

Faggot', onion gravy, cabbage and mash, a British take on a dish from Sweden.