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Esteemed Members of Parliament,
I am a staunch defender of British food. I love pasties, kebabs, egg and cress sandwiches, jacket potatoes, chicken tikka masala, brussels sprouts, soft British bread, british milk, yorkshire pudding, blood pudding, and cauliflower cheese, and I believe custard is a more appropriate cake accompaniment than ice cream. Both the hot dogs and the apple pie are better than America's, and the beer is head and shoulders (not to mention the cider).
But dear god, something has gone very wrong with lasagna. I have had it twice now, in different places and at different times, and it is the same gross and tragic mistranslation. It is enough to put me off food entirely. Please, England, stop. Stop putting mayonnaise and bechamel in your Italian food. We could plausibly make this change part of the war on terror. I don't think it would be a bad idea to get rid of bechamel entirely, come to think, along with that clear gelatinous sauce that features in a lot of seafood-based American Chinese food. It could be a mutual disarmament.
Think of all the lives we would save.
Yours Faithfully,
Romie
I am a staunch defender of British food. I love pasties, kebabs, egg and cress sandwiches, jacket potatoes, chicken tikka masala, brussels sprouts, soft British bread, british milk, yorkshire pudding, blood pudding, and cauliflower cheese, and I believe custard is a more appropriate cake accompaniment than ice cream. Both the hot dogs and the apple pie are better than America's, and the beer is head and shoulders (not to mention the cider).
But dear god, something has gone very wrong with lasagna. I have had it twice now, in different places and at different times, and it is the same gross and tragic mistranslation. It is enough to put me off food entirely. Please, England, stop. Stop putting mayonnaise and bechamel in your Italian food. We could plausibly make this change part of the war on terror. I don't think it would be a bad idea to get rid of bechamel entirely, come to think, along with that clear gelatinous sauce that features in a lot of seafood-based American Chinese food. It could be a mutual disarmament.
Think of all the lives we would save.
Yours Faithfully,
Romie
