Brits are livid about a blog's claim that this dish is a 'British classic'
Scones, roast dinners, crumpets, fish and chips; some dishes are famed for being totally British. But, one food blog's claims that a dish is a "quintessential British comfort classic" has prompted mass outrage on social media.
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Food blog Eater tweeted a photo of a rather unappetising-looking dish alongside the statement that "mince meat on toast is a quintessential British comfort classic". Only problem is, most Brits on Twitter hadn't heard of the purportedly "classic" dish.
In Eater's article, the dish is described as comprising ground beef in a rich beef stock sauce, carrots, onions and tomatoes, all served up on a slice of sour dough bread fried in beef fat. Sounds...delicious?
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Brits were highly unconvinced, to say the least.
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Some people wondered if Eater had mixed up "mince" with cheese or baked beans.
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One person wondered if Eater had been the victim of some classic British humour.
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Others were more blunt in their feedback.
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Amidst the furore, one person spoke up to say they'd eaten it many years ago.
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And Chocolat author Joanne Harris reminded everyone of mince's mention in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat.
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Eater later chimed in to say that the original phrasing of the tweet, which hailed mince on toast a "British classic," had been inaccurate.
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Sorry, Eater. Neither a classic, nor quintessentially British.
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